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Get up close and personal with The Burlesque Hour

Thursday, July 24, 2008
shaken+stirred @ THE BLAKI, GPAC’s winter series of four very different shows in the intimate surrounds of the Blakiston Theatre, comes to a climax with The Burlesque Hour, a tantalising blend of circus, striptease and theatre.
With nightly performances at 8pm from July 31 – August 2, The Burlesque Hour has created an international storm of sell out critical acclaim and won six Australian theatre awards for its provocative and delicious images of gender, sexuality, power and desire.

The Burlesque Hour, a lush velvet trimmed salon where vaudeville and variety, circus and sideshow, striptease and cartoon strip, boho and butoh, music hall, monologue and mayhem are hijacked by astonishing performance art divas. Creating a rollercoaster ride through dark, hilarious, physically explosive, unforgettably sexy and wildly moving acts, these works have been acclaimed from the Sydney Opera House to Edinburgh, from Stockholm to Hong Kong and Tokyo, from Croatia to Slovenia, Italy to London and beyond.
 
Join internationally acclaimed Queen of Cabaret Bizarre, the Mistress of Grand Guignol Moira Finucane; Moscow circus trained circus and burlesque star Azaria Universe; Japanese butoh dancer and shock cabaret artiste Yumi Umiumare; and the legendary iconoclast Maude Davey with her infamous and fabled strawberry act as they mix it up with luminous guest artistes… your table awaits.

STOP PRESS!
Green Room Awards – WINNER Most Outstanding Cabaret Work, WINNER Best Design, WINNER Best Direction, WINNER Most Innovative Use of Form.
WINNER Most Outstanding Production 2004 InPress Magazine.

'Prepare to be shocked and overwhelmed. Expect no less. Experience so much more… Jaw dropping, feisty, seductive, dynamic… I suggest you grab a drink, sit back and allow yourself to be thrilled. Unmissable.' * * * * * - Edinburgh Guide
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