Billed as a boisterous blend of bureaucrats, office elites and colourfully queer characters, Bureaucratease – an office themed burlesque and performance art show from T-shirt aficionados behind local favorite Bureaucratees – hits the Velvet Room on Saturday March 22nd. The show was made possible in part by a grant from Awesome Ottawa who awarded the […]
This Saturday, Toronto’s Les Coquettes will bring their style of burlesque cabaret to Centrepointe theatre for their first ever “soft-seat” show. The troupe has been gigging in and around the Greater Toronto Area for the last nine years, so local burlesque fans are in for a real treat. To sweeten the deal, Toronto’s infamous and […]
Burlesque performers have long teased audiences with naughty humour, racy dancing and suggestive clothing. Whether in smoke-filled cabarets or packed theatres, this art form has a proud – and flirtatious – tradition that can be traced back to the 17th century. In more recent years, this artistic style has seen a resurgence, with about half-a-dozen […]
Any lingering reputations of being a sleepy town will get spanked this weekend when Ottawa hosts the Capital City Cabaret – a “menagerie of misfits” showcasing performance art from burlesque, boylesque and gorlesque (edgy horror-influenced routines), to sideshow, acrobatics, comedy, Poi, and yes, the classic strip tease. Her name is Veronica, but you can call […]
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