Ifyou missed TheBurlesque Hourlast February (it sold out!) don’t despair – that outrageous MoiraFinucane is back with razor-sharp new acts plus a few unforgettablefavourites. But don’t miss it the second time around!
Thelegendary, velvet-trimmed,genre bustingTHE BURLESQUE HOURis back at The Street Theatreto kick start the 2010 Season,with provocative new actsthat defyexpectations.
Aworldwide cult sensation, The Burlesque Hour isn’t tassles andtease. It’s a completely different beast. It’s more than ashow: it’s an event, a destination. Genre-busting,intriguing, provocative, totally unique – andbeloved by audiences around the world, Finucane & Smith’s TheBurlesque Hour has defined burlesque for the 21stcentury.
It’sa show where striptease and cartoon strip, showgirl and showstopper,vaudeville and variety, circus and sideshow, music-hall and mayhemare hijacked by four astonishing performance art divas: Mistress ofGrand Guignol MOIRAFINUCANE, Japanese butoh dancer and shock cabaret artiste YUMIUMIUMARE, circus and burlesque siren AZARIA UNIVERSE and eleganticonoclast MAUDE DAVEY.This is performance that dares to cross art forms, to be unique, andto defy stereotypes.
Criticshave raved. 45,000 audience members around the world have leftwanting more.Canberrabegged for a return season. Kicking off theStreet’s 2010seasonwitha bang, She’sBack!by popular demand, with arevved up mix of gobsmacking new acts, hot new stars, and spectacularrequests.
.Bedazzledby favourites like the international sensation that nearly caused ariot in a London club Queen of Hearts in a red-velvet bikini,three-inch spikes and 150 red balloons, and Dairy Queen, a seven footAmazon with four litres of milk!.
.Becharmedby two new guest artists: Miss Toni LAMOND, the patron of Canberraperforming arts, the legend of Australian Variety, a Member of theOrder of Australia and the Ultimate Showgirl; . andJessLOVE:GuinnessBook of Records hula hoop star and international swinging sensation,withher hot late night trapeze!.
.Beamazedby provocative new acts inspired by the nightclubs of Tokyo andBerlin; eighteenth century bodice rippers in fabulous ballgowns;desire dressed as death . marble skin under black rain.
WHATTHEBURLESQUE HOUR.SHE’SBACK!
WHERETheStreet Theatre, Childers St Canberra City West
WHENOPENINGNIGHT Thursday 11 February 8pm
SEASONThursday 11 through Saturday 20 February
SHOWSThurs11 – Sat 13 & Tues 16 – Thurs 18 @ 8pm
Fri19 & Sat20Feb @ 7pm& 9.30pm
VALENTINE’SDAY SPECIAL Sunday February 14 @ 6pm
TICKETS Standard:$37Concession $33 Group +6 $30
CatwalkTix: Only $10 more!
Valentine’s: $43Twilight Show w/Cocktails all night!
BOOKINGS 62471223 or www.thestreet.org.au
