I would just like to say 'WOW' and a great big THANK YOU to everyone involved with Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque's FIFTH Birthday celebrations on Sunday evening. I am so proud and happy to have run this show every quarter since March 2008 without fail, and to have had the opportunity to run additional shows each year, including the launch of my 'Supernova' events and I couldn't have done it without you all.
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| What a great gift to receive - Sir Midnight Blues! |
The audience were ELECTRIC this Sunday evening and ready to celebrate with us in style and I cannot thank them enough for this - absolutely fantastic!
I wanted to combine the old with the new in celebration of our Birthday, allowing our regulars to perform their most treasured and favourite routines, along with a few specially developed Birthday acts just for Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque.
Kicking off the show was the hilarious Mrs Hawkins, who had me in absolute stitches with her opening 'I Should Be So Lucky' song! Such an hilarious character and a lovely addition to the Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque crew...what say you to making her resident Compere at our West Street Live shows?
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| Mrs Hawkins getting a lift from an audience member! |
Then, what can I say about this woman: she stood in our Birthday Cake for an hour waiting to pop out to open the Birthday celebrations in style, former Secrets student and good friend of mine....the incredible Raven Noir! What an absolute delightful to receive a 6 foot Birthday cake with a Showgirl inside! Such a decadent treat! Now that's a dedication to your Art and to Secrets if ever I saw it!
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| Raven Noir by Duncan Stafford |
Next up was another Graduate of Secrets, the naughty School Girl, Willow Le Wisp, with her rendition of 'School's Out' (again, a nice little Birthday treat for me because everybody knows my feelings on Alice Cooper: Love the man!)
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| Willow Le Wisp |
Willow was followed by our resident blonde babe, Miss Peachy Pinch with her hilarious and sexy take on the 'Diet Coke' adverts which had us laughing and panting all at the same time!
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| Miss Peachy Pinch by Duncan Stafford |
Next up, all the way from London, was the Nymphomaniac, Miss Dolly Dazzle, with elegant belly dance moves, a beautiful costume and finishing her act with a traditional fan dance, it was a pleasure to have her perform for us at our Fifth Birthday Party.
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| Miss Dolly Dazzle by Seraphic |
After our first break we were treated to more delights from our resident dancer Pansy Cheung, Secrets Graduate and Maid Tahlullah Manhattan and the gorgeous Betty Page-esque Maria Moreish. Maria brought her classic 'Cleaner' act back to Secrets and treated us all to a naughty showing of her assets...
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| Maria Moreish |
Former Secrets Graduate, Lexxy Lace then took to the stage with another Alice Cooper song for accompaniment and spanked her way through the audience with a riding crop! She also treated us to another saucy routine later on in the show.
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| Lexxy Lace in 'Poison' |
I then took to the stage with my classic act, 'The Woman' to keep the riding crop action in motion just so that our audience were well and truly whipped into shape! Beginning as an act that I really didn't feel comfortable with, it has now developed into my favourite act to perform and so I just had to bring it to the Birthday Party!
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| Deadly Nightshade by John Slater |
Next was the oh-so delightful Sir Midnight Blues, bringing Boylesque to the party...because we just needed to have a gift-wrapped man thrown into the mix for my own debauchery! Sir Midnight also brought Pole Dancing to the Secrets stage for THE VERY FIRST TIME IN FIVE WHOLE YEARS! What an absolute treat and a first for Secrets!
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| Sir Midnight Blues |
Opening the next quarter of the show was our one of our favourite resident performers, Evie Farrah! Evie performed one of my favourite routines of hers for our party, bringing 'Ego' back to the Secrets stage, which is the act that she made her debut Secrets performance with! She then appeared once again to close the show as Jessica Rabbit!
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| Evie Farrah as Jessica Rabbit |
Tahlullah Manhattan reappeared again as our 'Bubblegum Bitch' with a glittery and bubble-filled balloon pop...because there has to be balloons at a Birthday Party, there just has to be!
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| Bubblegum Bitch by John Slater |
Returning to the stage with a second slice of Birthday Burlesque action was then the fabulous Lexxy Lace, Raven Noir and Mrs Hawkins, along with another dose of Pole Dancing from Sir Midnight Blues and a beautiful bellydance from Ms Pansy Cheung.
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| Pansy Cheung |
Highlights off the stage included a visit from Reverend and The Makers Front-man Jon McClure as well as and Exposed Magazine.
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| Reverend and The Makers' Jon McClure with our audience and Stalls |
Thank you to our exceptional stalls: Tottly Lime Juice, Kitty Sparkles Jewellery, Let Them Eat Cake and Von Harlots. I would also like to say a huge thank you to our Door Girls, Rya and Megan for being absolutely fabulous on the door as well as being incredibly beautiful, to all of our photographers for such beautiful pictures and to all the staff and crew at West Street Live: you make my life so much easier! Big love to my Duke and love to Cherry Du Bois who sadly couldn't be there.
THANK YOU AND HUGE AMOUNTS OF LOVE TO MY LOYAL AND LOVING AUDIENCE, YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME, THANK YOU. xxxxxxxxxxxxx
