ROCK 'N ROLL! Rockabilly & the like + the Golden Age of Hollywood style Glamour, vintage underwear, retro style, Film Noir, dangerous vixens and saucy sailors, a Carry On style sense of humour, historical decadence & suave yet naughty behaviour, Punk and Goth chic, Hawaiian Tiki/Voodoo Exotica, Kustom Kulture, Hot Rods, classic tattoos and so much more...
Music
ROCK 'N ROLL! We play a fantastic medley of old movie music/rockabilly/low down dirty voodoo blues/swing jazz/jive/mambo latino/surf/60's garage and Mondo Exotica trash!
Professionally choreographed burlesque troupe to suit any club or party! Including themed performance acts, cabaret, can can girls, individual saucy stripteases, meet n greet/walkabout characters, go-go dancers & cigarette girls!!
Live music by our fabulous fez wearing Big Band 'The Dimestore Jive Revue' - professional world class musicians. We play big band swing/jump jive and rockin' classics, movie tunes, cheesy lounge/kitsch classics & a whole lot more! We can also do them
Our In-house DJs lay down a heady mix of hot rockin'/rockabilly beats, surf, 60's garage, mambo latino, loungecore, movie tunes, swing/jump jive, hula boogie, dirty voodoo blues, mondo trash and jungle exotica!
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About me: Welcome to the wonderful world of Vavavavoom!
"There's darkness at the edge of town but always a warm welcome at Vavavavoom!"
Vavavavoom's new website's (yes all 3 or them!) - www.vavavavoom.org.uk
+ www.stellastarr.co.uk
+ www.yourinnervamp.co.uk (Our School of Burlesque site)
are now online!(thanks for your patience!)
The next Vavavavoom 8 week intensive Burlesque courses will be on Wednesday evenings from 7.30 – 9.30pm.
There will be 2 of these courses before our Showcase in December:
July 1 – August 26 (with a break on Aug 19)
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September 5 – October 21
Location: the new studios for the Academy of Creative Training (ACT) – the former Stonelands Ballet School (opposite Tesco!), 170A Church Road, Hove BN3 2DJ
Cost: £200 p/person (£175 concession for low income/unemployed/students) which can be paid in 2 installments if necessary.
Payment for the course is a deposit of £50 in advance. Cheques payable to “Vavavavoom”.
The course includes a useful set of factsheets to take away with you; use of gloves, boas, tassels and other props whilst on the course; a free follow up session + guidance/rehearsal time for those taking part in the Showcase, which everyone on course has opportunity to take part in.
+++ 2 Saturday Workshops coming up – also at ACT on Church Road Hove!:
Sat 4 July – Introduction to Burlesque
Sat 18 July – Introduction to Burlesque for women over 45
From 10am – 5pm.
Cost: £75 (£50 for low income/unemployed/students)
Please contact for full details..
The new "Femmes Fatales" stage show will soon be on tour!
Partly inspired by great Burlesque revues of the past – Ziegfeld Follies, Busby Berkeley – “Femmes Fatales™” also incorporates bizarre elements of Music Hall with other artistic references and anthropomorphic imagery to create a magical set of ‘Tableaux Vivantes’ of surreal beauty and humour. The show plays with the contrasting iconic representations of women through the ages as Goddess and Muse, as well as the seductive ‘Man-eater’ and ‘girl next door’ Pinup, against a moving backdrop of exotic imagery. It explores transgender issues of femininity and the various female archetypes within the context of how women are still being represented today by the media.
Devised and directed by Stella Starr, with choreography by Fifi de Maintenon, it features Stella and a whole host of Vavavavoom!™ performers. This is the first of a set of ambitious new and diverse theatre projects that Vavavavoom!™ are developing to be touring shows in collaboration with a variety of theatre and dance companies.
Part of the “Femmes Fatales™” show was premiered in Brighton Festival 2005 in The Famous Spiegeltent to sellout acclaim. This will be an unmissable event for ONE NIGHT ONLY! It is anticipated “Femmes Fatales™” will then tour to London and beyond…
The first ever album - called "This is Burlesque!" - recorded by Vavavavoom’s big band - The Dimestore Jive Revue is out soon!
Glamour beyond your wildest dreams!
Reveal your Inner Vamp at the Vavavavoom School of Burlesque…
Teaching you how to:
Dress glamorously
Undress elegantly
Pose provocatively
Be alluring and seduce your lover
Do vintage Hollywood styling - hair and makeup tips: easy affordable ways to look a million dollars!
Create our own unique style with timeless classic style tips
Develop a fearless and confident approach to life
Love the body you're in!
This course is not just to encourage women who want to become Burlesque performers – but it’s a course for all women who want to regain confidence in themselves and their abilities – particularly their ability to seduce and tease their lover! It is not necessary to have a dance background to join this course. We will be incorporating elements of Egyptian dance, ballet and jazz/latin dance as well as 60’s GoGo, which is a lot of fun! We ask all participants to wear a skirt or dress they can move comfortably in + some kind of heels they can dance comfortably in.
These lessons will encourage the tease element, with some stripping involved, but no nudity! It’s about restoring women’s confidence regarding their body image in a world seemingly obsessed by ‘body fascism’ and plastic surgery! There’s a glamour puss in all of us and we mean to bring it out of you!
The Vavavavoom School of Burlesque is led by experienced tutor - Neo Burlesque ‘pioneer’ and director of Vavavavoom! - Stella Starr, with additional tuition from the likes of Fifi de Maintenon, our fabulous choreographer. It is probably the most detailed & intensive course of it’s kind in the country, covering many aspects of cabaret performance & stagecraft, as well as the seductive art of vintage striptease. As our testimonials & showcase will show, it has inspired participants - encouraging creativity, confidence & body positivity. Many of our graduates have gone on to become Burlesque performers in their own right – some even performing regularly with Vavavavoom – and we offer a support network to encourage this, with further tuition if necessary.
In this - Vavavavoom’s 12th year - we are celebrating being one of the foremost Neo Burlesque companies in the UK, incorporating dance, music & theatre, as well as festival & corporate entertainment work. From modest beginnings in 1997, we quickly grew from a small cabaret show to a large scale theatrical troupe of performers, complete with our own Big Band of world class musicians - The Dimestore Jive Revue!
Under the guidance of creative director Stella Starr, who also performs & sings with the band, the Vavavavoom! enterprise is going from strength to strength - developing exciting new touring theatre shows for 2008 & beyond!
With Special Thanks to our wonderful choreographer & guest tutor - Fifi de Maintenon!
The Vavavavoom! Burlesque company has been at the forefront of the New Burlesque explosion since we began in 1997.
The Vavavavoom shows are produced and directed by renaissance woman extraordinaire, Stella Starr, who is one of the first of the New Burlesque performers in the UK.
Stella started out as a child star of her father's films - he being the infamous Underground British filmmaker and artist Jeff Keen. From such Bohemian beginnings, Stella went on to be a comic book artist and perform in various bands, most notably as a drummer in low-fi punky pop band SEXLOVEBUSTERBABY!
Stella has been performing in cabaret since 1994 when she was running and performing in the weekly Brighton Zap Club shows - "Andy Walker's Fame Frame" & "The Billy Silver Show". Here she started working with the inimitable Fezman Bob E. Gold and amazing choreographer Fifi de Maintenon! From an enduring love affair with Vintage Glamour, Burlesque, Pinups, Jazz & Rockabilly/Voodoo Blues, B-Movie Trash, Punk aesthetic and the Golden Age of Hollywood - so "Vavavavoom!" was born in 1997 and has been going from strength to strength ever since...
Our shows range from fantastical themed Cabaret Nights to spectacular Theatre Shows, Festival acts and so much more. Stella not only runs the show with her fabulous troupe of talented performers, but also performs herself with Burlesque acts and torch songs - all singing, all dancing, all shakin' up a storm! We were proud to be part of the first International Burlesque Festival TEASEORAMA in New Orleans in 2001! Stella Starr has been nominated for an Erotic Oscar + we have also shimmied across the stages of the Spiegeltent and many other exciting venues.
If you require entertainment for a party, club night or corporate event you may hire specific burlesque dances, cabaret acts, our big band and singers, or the whole Vavavavoom! show!
Let us arrange the party for you!
Contact Stella Starr for full details on all your event needs (corporate or private) - email: chantoose2003@yahoo.co.uk
or tel: 07989 393891
Sit back and be dazzled with extraordinary and imaginative exotic dances, sizzling hot live tunes from our very own Big Band "The Dimestore Jive Revue and stunning meet'n'greet characters of every description!
Vavavavoom! have been delighting audiences here and overseas for the past 11 years with their saucy burlesque routines and gorgeous party nights.
"They have classy strippers and cigarette girls, all that stuff – it’s very glam!"
Vavavavoom regular, actor Joe McGann interviewed in New Woman Magazine
"Club renaissance staking a high heel through discoland."
Loaded Magazine
"This was glamour beyond my wildest dreams!" - Vavavavoom regular
Quotes for events available, please message us for more information.
Stella Starr presents a world of glamour....
Burlesque dancers.....
and live music!!
Live music from Vavavavoom! Big Band 'The Dimestore Jive Revue', with sultry chanteuse Stella Starr, Sinatra style crooner Rory Cameron & rock 'n roll singer Mark Stollar.
"A vision of old style decadence…"; "chanteuse and exotic dancer Stella Starr switches the glamour controls to maximum for a celebratory night… ..kitty girls and cigarette girls are on hand to point you to the buffet or mop your brow after you have witnessed the dancing bear, white rabbit on stilts or any of the other glitter-clad cabaret acts."
The Guardian Guide
Who I'd like to meet: Promoters, clubs, festivals, circuses, performers, singers, cabaret artists, burlesque dancers, DJ's, musicians and all interested parties!
Calling all burlesque enthusiasts! Want to reveal your inner Vamp?
Stella Starr presents
The Vavavavoom! School of Burlesque!
Just announced is the return of our fabulous Burlesque course! A detailed look at how to seduce an audience as well as your partner!
SPECIAL BURLESQUE HEN PACKAGE AVAILABLE! Contact Stella Starr via Myspace, or email: chantoose2003@yahoo.co.uk or tel: 07989 393891
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The BellRays headline a night of maximum rock'n'soul on Thursday next
week at The Borderline with Los Chicos and King Salami & The
Cumberland 3 playing live and Corn Rocket Club DJs on the wheels of
steel.
Click on flyer for tickets.....
Other forthcoming NTSOBC action:
July
Thrs 9 BellRays + Los Chicos + King Salami & The Cumberland 3 @ Borderline, London, W1
Thrs 16 Micheal Sheehy & The Hired Mourners + Gemma Ray @ The Lexington, London, N1
Thrs 23 O’Death @ The 100 Club, London, W1
September
Friday 11 T-Model Ford @ The Luminaire, London, NW6
Saturday 12 T-Model Ford @ The Luminaire, London, NW6
Tues 15 Bob Log III @ The Luminaire, Kilburn, London, NW6
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After selling out The 100 Club last week The Jim Jones Revue headline The Rock’n’Roll Circus at Inn On The Green in Ladbroke Grove this Friday (19 June). This will be our last London show until we tour the UK in October......
Tickets on the door only so make sure you turn up early in your best rockin' shoes!!!
..Hey Brothers & Sisters! We are proud to announce the biggest GYPSY HOTEL event ever at The HACKNEY EMPIRE, FRIDAY 3rd JULY.
THE URBAN VOODOO MACHINE will be launching their long awaited debut album ‘Bourbon Soaked Gypsy Blues Bop ‘N’ Stroll’ (in the shops July 6th!)…Joining them on this momentous occasion will be …
…The Fire Tusk Pain Proof Circus | Gawkagogo | The Cesarians | Empress Stah | Lady Ane Angel | The Texas Chainsaw Orchestra | Frank Sanazi | Lalla Morte | Missy Macabre | dj Scratchy | and maybe the odd surprise guest or two…
Antonio Hoyos will be joining us on the 16th of June, appearing as "The Great Antoine!"
We are delighted that this great comedic performer can join our line-up.
The Pop Haydn Post-Modern Medicine Show will be appearing at The Laugh Factory, 8001 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood! One show at 8:00 PM.
Pop will be joined by Professor Dave Bourne and the Medicine Show Band, Rob Zabrecky, Sophie Evans, Antonio Hoyos, Phil Van Tee and Pop's Candy Girls for a wonderful show of Old Time Music, magic, comedy and variety.
It'll make you feel better!
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
19th Century Attire Welcome!
You can buy tickets at LaughFactory.com or call: 323-6561336 ext 1.
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Hey darling!! Thanks so much for wanting to be my friend... If you are ever in L.A and want to catch a show- drop me a line and I can make that happen.. always looking to network and meet fabulous people!! Hope to see you around! XX Fever
Calabrese will be playing at Wave-Gotik-Treffen (the worlds largest gothic festival) June 1 2009 with Shadow Reichenstein and Blitzkid. This show will be our European premier, opening a new chapter in the Calabrese history books. Come join us!
Also the Calabrese video for the "The Graves" is now on youtube! Check it out and leave us a comment.
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May 28-31st in Somerset - Bruton
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