Showgirl Whirl

I realise I'm a whole week behind on my blog. I have no excuse other than being unreasonably busy and not having the time!

I've had a whole bunch of shows....

Mirror Picture! Proud Cabaret with Joe Morose, Ruby Deshabille, Michael Standen and Leah Debrincat!

 

Mirror Picture! Privee with Girlesque ** Outside Proud with Bonnie and Carli

Joe Morose... yep. This happened...

 

Oh... and this ** ...and this... poor Felixy Splits!

Mirror Picture! Proud Cabaret with Jolie Papillon, Lili La Scala and Missy Fatale!

I was rather proud of my make-up this weekend!

Last weekend I also got to go on a much needed night out; taking in Tempest Rose's birthday party and Chrys Columbine's new show at the glorious Hippodrome Casino. I will admit to partaking a a couple of alcoholic libations and the next morning found some unexpected pictures on my phone... here is a random selection of images...

 

Joe Morose face photobomb ** Felixy Splits arm photobomb

 

Dolores Delight and Joe Morose ** Me with Dolores and Joe

 

With Dolores and Vicky Butterfly **  With Dolores, Chrys and Vicky

 

Joe Morrow on stage ** Chrys Columbine on stage

I was spoiled this week by getting to go and watch not one, but two amazing shows; on Tuesday I attended the London Cabaret Festival Fundraiser at the Bethnal Green Working Mens Club. It was a truly spectacular event - you know you're watching a good show when you think 'I have no idea what I'm watching right now but I'm thoroughly enjoying it!'

Lili La Scala and Mat Ricardo hosting

 

The Boy With Tape On His Face ** Abi Collins and willing assistants!

I've also been spending a lot of time at the ice rink and working on stuff for my Etsy store! So - busy busy busy!

 

Skating ** Etsy

Big Week - Little Blog

Another rather busy week here in Cabaret Land!

I've had another full week of shows, skating rehearsals, photoshoots and 'real-life' work so I'm enjoying having a lazy Sunday off while working on a gorgeous bespoke headband for a customer of my Etsy store.

Roses and Rhinestones

This week I had two shows at the gorgeous Privee of Knightsbridge and a double Saturday show at beautiful Volupte Lounge. I had a shoot with Zebrowski Photography and hopefully got some good shots in there, and also took a trip to Cellar Door to watch Felixy Splits and Jaz Delorian perform a fabulous show!

Busy Busy!

xx

 

Zebrowski Photography Studio ** Jaz and Felixy at Cellar Door

Mirror Picture! With Vixen DeVille, Tempest Rose, Jolie Papillon and Dolly Rose in the background!

Showgirl Showtime

Another busy week in showgirl land! I've been to see a couple of shows, performed in a couple of shows and worked on an exciting new show! Woop!

Mat Ricardo's London Varieties

On Wednesday I went to see Mat Ricardo's final London Varieties show, which was great fun. I especially enjoyed 'Ray Guns Look Real Enough' and Heather Holliday, and of course, Mat getting a custard pie in the kisser! Heehee...

Thursday to Saturday I was performing at the beautiful, intimate Privee Lounge in Knightsbridge, singing and dancing, which was fab - here's a couple of snapshots of the various shows...

Solo Mirror Picture!

 

Watching guest acts wow the crowd

Tami and Sweet Pea!

I was also working on a new project - I can formally announce it in the next few weeks but here's a sneak peek of what I'm up to...

And that's it for now!
xx

Warm and Wet...

Haha - I know it's a massively misleading blog title! I'm not going to apologise though :P

It's been a very busy, very hot week - so, working backwards: Saturday was a truly fabulous day as I travelled up to Leeds for The Wet Spot (see, the blog title *did* have a purpose!)

Cracking line-up!

I had a wonderful time: the line-up was fabulous and included some of my favourite performers and favourite people! The audiences at The Wet Spot are always wonderful and welcoming, and I love performing at this amazing show.

Mirror Picture! With Missy Malone, Joe Black, Anna Fur Laxis, JeuJeu La Foille, Leggy Pee and Charlie M. Montgomery Esq.

It was also lovely to meet up with some old friends from Leeds and have a long, long overdue catch up. Although my favourite part of the evening was the regular Wet Spot attendees arriving with little knitted doppelgängers in honour of Leggy Pee and Charlie!

Watching Joe Black performing from the wings

Thursday and Friday were also equally busy; I have a little part time job at the gorgeous Dancia International store in Covent Garden, and both nights, after leaving work, I was performing at Privee Knightsbridge. This intimate little supper club is absolutely beautiful and I love performing there for the small but perfectly formed audiences.

Lovely Privee

Also this week I have been working on a couple of secret (for now!) projects that will be announced properly in the next week or so! It's very exciting and marks a few new directions and adds a few new strings to my bow.

 

Sneak peeks of my new projects...

And that's that for now!
xx

New Experiences

Back in January, I promised myself this would be a year of new experiences... and I certainly lived up to that this week!

Earlier in the week I met up with one of my best Burlesque friends, Glorian Gray, and headed across to Queensway Ice Rink... Having not been ice skating for around fifteen years I wasn't even expecting to be able to stay upright but I amazed myself by the end of the session by learning how to (briefly) skate on one leg, go round in a spiral, and (sort of) skate backwards!

Off Ice Skating with Glorian Gray

A couple of days later I achieved a New Years Resolution I had made myself in 2012 - I hosted a show! I have wanted to host for a long time but it's a difficult thing to get into: a host is the most important part of a show as they hold everything together, get the audience on side, make sure everyone is prepared for each act and be an entertainer themselves. While there are newcomer nights for performers, there are no such nights for hosts, so it's very much a 'sink or swim' situation.

While I have no problem singing on stage, I've always been reluctant to speak as I hate the sound of my own voice - I feel like I sound like a posh twelve-year old! However I am never one to shy away from a challenge so when I was offered the opportunity to host a Friday night at the gorgeous Privee Knightsbridge, I grabbed at it with both hands!

Mirror Picture! With Victoria at Privee

I'm not going to say I was perfect, because obviously I wasn't, but you know what - I did okay! I had a few stomach churning moments; being told by a table of women to 'F**k off' halfway through a song, and no one standing up for the planned audience participation - and I will admit that those moments really threw me. However for the most part everyone seemed to enjoy the show - my songs went well, I remembered everything I'd planned to say and surprised myself by actually being a little bit funny! I even had a couple of people after the show ask for my business card with regard to booking me for their company corporate parties!!

And that's about it for this week - I'll leave you with a couple of my favourite pictures from a recent shoot with Taz Zebrowski Photography.

xx