Performer and producer Poppy Cherry talks to Ruby TV about the Melbourne burlesque scene and her upcoming production- a burlesque whodunit- Stage Fright! How did Stage Fright! come to be? ‘Stage Fright!’ is a collaborative… Burlesque Murder in Melbourne
This weekend in Paris, the famous cabaret- burlesque troupe Le Cabaret des Filles de Joie de Juliette Dragon are celebrating their 8th birthday at La Bellevilloise in the 20th. There’ll be classic cabaret routines, fresh… Celebrate with the Cabaret des Filles de Joie this weekend in Paris
It was Imogen Kelly who gave me one of my very first professional cabaret gigs. She was hosting a circus themed variety show in a tent at Bondi beach for the Sydney Fringe and her… Imogen Kelly and star studded line-up tonight in Sydney at 34B
Backstage encounters can lead to lovely discoveries. Recently backstage at The Curtain variety show, a belle brunette asked me if she could borrow a glove as she seemed to be missing one and was about to… Sarina’s Parisian Nights- In Sydney!
(Photo- Cathy Kirkpatrick) I must have first met Mikelangelo at the Spiegeltent in Melbourne and, from hazy memory, there was some tapping invovled with his Black Sea Gentlemen. His southern European charmer character was already a star and women you wouldn’t expect,… Mikelangelo and his Tin Stars
The Two Faces of Slide I first met Claire de Lune several years ago after a Saturday night waitressing shift at a friend’s restaurant, Tharon’s in King’s Cross (no doubt in a money making spurt to… Ruby TV reminisces Claire and meets Marc at SLIDE, Sydney’s coolest cabaret venue
For those in Paris this weekend, don’t miss Marion Sandner and her entourage. It’s a Glasssy Cabaret in a Glassy Theatre. With lots of glassy tap dance and… ok I’ll stop…it’s all on the flier. And… Marion’s Glassy Cabaret!
Six Quick Chicks is a collective of quality cabaret femmes presenting engaging, compelling and intelligent performance in a vaudeville style atmosphere. On Saturday 19th Feb the line-up was fine and wonderfully suited to Marrickville’s gorgeous… Six Skilled and Engaging Chicks
Six Quick Chicks is a hot rotating Mardi Gras line- up providing weekly entertainment during the festival. Tonight’s show (Feb 19th) is at the Red Rattler . Doors open at 8, show starts 9- 10. Starring Imogen Kelly, Lillian Starr,… Sydney’s Six Quick Chicks
Feel like a bit of a dance Friday night? Twist and Shout is produced by Dylan Behan from Banana Report fame (don’t read it? you should! archived here). I worked with Dylan back in the day of the Brag… Tone up with the Sydney Twist
2011 is looking up for Ruby TV with more film festival coverage (most likely including Adelaide, Cannes and Venice), reports over three continents (including Barcelona Tap Festival and perhaps LA) and there’s a series on… Ruby TV’s Year
Several years ago I happily got to know journalist/ astrologer/ New Age writer Yasmin Boland. Both being Australians on our own in the big Paris smoke, we hooked up for the odd meal. Not being much… Your Year Ahead – Yasmin Boland
At last Saturday’s Pussycat Club hosted by the dynamic duo Fancy Piece, I bumped into Glitta Supernova. From Gurlesque fame, the effervescent, unique and consistently amusing performer/producer/make up artist, Ms Supernova is the woman behind the… Glitta Supernova’s theatrical extravaganza
Onur Karaozbek, curator and producer of Gallery Burlesque, talks to Ruby TV about burlesque, beats and his next event. When did you start doing Gallery Burlesque events, why and how have the evenings developed? I never called… Anticipate nothing, expect everything…. Sydney’s Gallery Burlesque
The Crooked Fiddle Band are on the rise. With a solid fan club, an upcoming Chicago studio recording booked for their second album and a festival focussed 2011 agenda, their solid musicianship, theatrical performance and fusioned tastes are paying… Crooked Fiddle Band in Sydney en route for Chicago
A break from the big smoke to think, write, eat well and enjoy la France! We’re heading there tomorrow. Voici some snaps from our last visit. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ow_GQCayGs[/youtube] This is where we stay – an amazing… Béarn, France Vacances!
The long running ‘Tout Coupable’ by Elise McLeod and Camille Nahum (adapted from the book by Martine Tartour) starring Florence Duchez is about to wrap up for the season. Tix are very reasonably priced, so… Last weeks for Elise McLeod’s pregnancy comedy in Paris
Elise McLeod and I popped into the Swedish club to check out Australian pianist Chris Cody and his quartet and special guests… a contrast to the 7 piece band explosion from the Coolin with it’s… Chris Cody at the Swedish Club
When Paddy Sherlock, singer and trombonist from the explosive seven piece swing outfit from the Coolin in Paris proclaimed that he was the first Irish man to be playing Waiting for Godot in French in… En attendant Godot- Waiting for Godot
It was a blast. From the 6th-10th October at La Bellevilloise, with the theme of circus, artistic director of the Paris Burlesque Festival, Juliette Dragon, charmed us with snake dancers, stripping monocylcists, comic peep shows, cinéma,… Ruby TV at the Paris Burlesque Festival 2010