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
From warehouse apartments to café-church performance venues and inner city bars, Arthaus, the brainchild of dancer/choreographer Paul Cordeiro, is making the leap into a traditional theatre space at the Parramatta Riverside this Saturday night. Cordeiro… Paul Cordeiro’s Arthaus goes Riverside this Saturday
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!
A meeting with the networks was a good excuse to get a short showreel together for Ruby. Thanks to Dylan Behan for the super quick, fun and efficient edit! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SccG7eAfIQo[/youtube]
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
Ruby TV talks with Sheena Miss Demeanour about A Velvet Affair – a cabaret/burlesque/variety night not to be missed this Friday night at The Supper Club as part of the Sydney Mardi Gras festival season. How… A Velvet Affair
Three of Ruby’s SBS pieces from the Cannes Film Festival 2010 have been featured on the Red Carpet section of Screen Australia’s new revamped Youtube channel: (Screen Australia Welcome Drinks, The Tree interviews and Virgins to Veterans piece). The revamp, launched… Screen Australia all revamped and mapping summer
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
Ruby TV recently quizzed Gallery Burlesque’s Onur Karaozbek about his visual art meets burlesque nights he’s been serving up to appreciative Sydney audiences. This Wednesday night is his next soirée and Onur gives up a… Sydney’s mid week art and burlesque
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
Ruby TV will be featured on American International Radio Show The Silver Fox with an interview with Ruby who is currently in hometown Sydney, Australia. The Silver Fox is hosted by interviewer Don James who says… Ruby TV on The Silver Fox
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