This was a compilation show hosted and very funnily compèred by Ms. Natasha Kalashnikov (I'm guessing that might be a stage name). This evening's show featured five rather splendid women, two men (the first a fire-eater, the second a chap with a puppet which I'll get to later) and a husband-and-wife team with the (very substantial) wife being a jazz singer with the husband's contribution being his trousers falling down.
A quick bit about burlesque - it's not a strip show (that's tomorrow) but a risqué variety show. Sure there's lots of over-the-top camp glamour and loads of flesh (no full nudity - nipple tassels and g-strings are the order of the day and that goes for the men too) but it's all raucously tasteful and inclusive (audience was 60/40 men/women I'd say). Okay I may be trying to over-rationalise here but I'd never been to one and wanted to see ...
The women were all rather wonderful. I can't remember all their names sadly but two stuck out - a Scottish one (well, she was introduced as such - she could have been any nationality) called Whisky Fox and a stunning statuesque platinum blonde called Isabella Bliss. All very nicely done in the best possible taste if, at times, I felt I was in the Titty Twister in From Dusk Til Dawn (in a good way).
Just to prove it's not all glam burdz in corsets and heels there were a couple of male acts. The first was a fire-eater who insisted on stripping (to the aforementioned tassels and thong) then, well, eating fire which I'm sure is a very demanding thing to master but ironically leaves me cold. The second was a skinny wiry bloke with a kookaburra hand-puppet who was memorably introduced to the audience by Ms. Kalashnikov with the line, "Who's ready for some bird-on-human analingus?". Started slowly but did indeed build to such a climax.
The singer I didn't care for much. She looked a bit like Divine (and her name is Fat Man D) but had a good voice. Then her "husband" popped up and his trousers fell down. Odd.
Anyway, a thoroughly enjoyable show very ably anchored by the funny and sexy explosion-in-a-showgirls-costume-factory Ms. Kalashnikov. A nice and raunchy change of pace.
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