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Burlesque

May 2024

  • Burlesque dance instructor Evana De Lune gives a lesson to students at Tropical Soul Dance, Annandale, Sydney, Australia, 26 May 2024.

    Jennifer Wong's class act
    My first time at a burlesque class: ‘Could I thrust with a force that could kill a man?’

    In her fortnightly review of fitness and wellbeing activities, comedian Jennifer Wong overcomes her apprehension of ‘whorish vagina dancing’ – and then the gloves come off

January 2024

  • Zach Zucker as seedy compere Jack Tucker in Stamptown.

    Stamptown review – late-night comedy cabaret is a helter-skelter delight

    Across 75 haywire minutes, Zach Zucker’s variety show features fire-breathing, copious nudity and superb performances from acts including Natalie Palamides

June 2023

  • Long story short … Taylor Mac tells the history of the US in 24 hours in Brooklyn, New York, in 2016.

    How a 24-hour drag show predicted the past seven years in America

    Just before Trump’s election, Taylor Mac staged a spectacular queer history of the US that was mysteriously prophetic about the culture wars that would follow

May 2023

  • Kris Kneen with hands up while partially clothed

    I stripped myself of clothes and shame. Then – on stage – I started to dance

    Kris Kneen
  • Deep Water - Anna Dudko, Ukraine, 2021 6min animation part of In Short, Europe: Explore short film package

    In Short, Europe: Explore review – a continental tasting menu for cinema

February 2023

  • Demon Derriere

    Big Thick Energy: the party taking body positivity beyond ‘big tits, small waist, fat ass’

    Burlesque star Demon Derriere is behind a queer celebration of bodies of all sizes. She talks about fatphobia and the quest for self-love

January 2023

  • Lilly SnatchDragon in Sound of the Underground

    Sound of the Underground review – magnificent explosion of mesmerising drag

  • Freudian undercurrents … Jemma Kahn in We Didn’t Come to Hell for the Croissants.

    We Didn’t Come to Hell for the Croissants review – wonderfully weird cabaret of the unexpected

July 2022

  • Jarred Dewey in Yummy at the Underbelly festival

    Yummy: Iconic review – drag burlesque gets a bit too cheeky

    The acrobatic feats of Jarred Dewey go some way to redeem a show that’s way too high on cliches and exposed buttocks

June 2022

  • Head shot of burlesque performer Dita Von Teese against leopard-print background

    Flashback
    Dita Von Teese looks back: ‘Going into that fetish store sparked my entire career’

    The model and burlesque performer remembers buying her first corset, partying with drag queens and a very special red lipstick

December 2021

  • ‘I wanted to counter the schmaltz of holiday time’ … Taylor Mac.

    Sexual Consent Santa is coming to town! Taylor Mac’s drag queen Christmas

    With a Virgin Mary strip show, lessons in how to sit on Santa’s lap and a carol about drugs, this festive extravaganza is about as alternative as Christmas can get. Is Britain ready for the New York legend’s show?

September 2021

  • ‘I’m not wearing any short skirts. I’m not an exhibitionist!’ … the burlesque star.

    Dita Von Teese: ‘Even when I was a bondage model, I had big-time boundaries’

    As the star dives into a giant glass of fizz for her first online extravaganza, she talks about this new golden age for burlesque, why the French Strictly gives her costume problems – and how #MeToo has changed her

March 2021

  • ‘Everybody just went into the studio and yelled and hollered’… the Fratellis in 2006, with Jon centre.

    How we made
    The Fratellis: how we made Chelsea Dagger

    ‘My girlfriend was a burlesque dancer who used the name Chelsea Dagger. It was a play on Britney Spears’

December 2020

  • Celebrating Hogmanay in Edinburgh last year – this year it’s online only.

    Virtual New Year's Eve: how to party like it’s 2021 from the comfort of your front room

    ‘Moon’ raves, gourmet dinners and online erotica are some of the ways to spice up that stay-at-home evening

October 2019

  • Māori ringleader Mika Haka

    Natives Go Wild review – First Nations circus is a potent mix of defiance and triumph

    Indigenous people were kidnapped and forced to appear in PT Barnum’s ‘greatest show on earth’. This variety show reclaims their stories with wit and bite

March 2018

  • Dita sitting on a bed wearing a white dress

    This much I know
    Dita Von Teese: ‘Staying pale takes some effort in LA’

    The burlesque dancer, 45, on divorcing Marilyn Manson, collecting lingerie and why she’s actually quite low-maintenance

February 2018

  • Han Solo and Chewbacca on stage for The Empire Strips Back

    The Empire Strips Back: how a Star Wars parody took the burlesque world by storm

    Luke Skywalker twerks to Nicki Minaj. A dominatrix Darth Vader struts her stuff. Film fans are packing out performances of a show that combines cosplay with comedy

  • The Empire Strips Back: a Star Wars parody burlesque show – video

    The show​ has been packing out Australian theatres​ since 2011, when it opened in Sydney. It's now set to tour the US

  • Dita Von Teese and Sebastian Tellier

    Sébastien Tellier and Dita Von Teese: 'Everything we do is glamour'

    He’s the Frenchest man since Gainsbourg, she’s the world’s premier burlesque star. Together, Sebastian Tellier and Dita Von Teese have made an unlikely electronic pop collaboration worthy of Serge himself

January 2018

  • Vicky Butterfly will perform to Dumfries audiences for the first time as she joins Le Haggis

    The Big Burns Supper – in pictures

    Dumfries celebrates the birth of Robert Burns with dance, theatre, live art and comedy, turning Burns Night into a festival of contemporary arts
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