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You saw me standing alone…

Ok, we have been a little quiet lately - what, with one of us in a study frenzy while the other is still catching up on life’s demands after a trip to the US.

But here, this week, in Enmore, old Sydney town, its new, its blue….

its the Blue Moon Cabaret!

(And apologies to members who received multiple emails from us on this - we had some slight technical difficulties)

Blue Moon

There will be burlesque, magicians, music, and our fine friends at Absinthe Salon will be lubricating the evening with the finest of the green muse.

And all you can eat. All for only $45 a ticket. This Thursday, 7th June.

Buy your tickets on line now at Under The Blue Moon.

Posted by Jonathan on Jun 2nd 2008 | Filed in Burlesque, Cabaret, Events, Fashion, Food, Music, News, Style, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Fringe Finale

Today is the last day of the Fringe, so if you haven’t been out to see something yet, for god’s sake log on and check out what is left with the remainder of the day - there is entertainment aplenty going until the wee hours of the night.

To round off my 2008 Fringe Experience I went to the one of the showcase Fringe Club nights this week at the Higher Ground Theatre. Built amongst the remains of what was once the Night Train Theatre Restaurant (although I remember its hey day as a laser tag venue 20 odd years ago), the Higher Ground Theatre is an incubator for new and established artists to present their work in the realms of theatre, circus, dance, music, cabaret or experimental acts of exploration.

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Needless to say, post-Fringe, this is a venue to keep an eye on - permanent creative artspaces are becoming something of a rare bird in many cities.

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Posted by Jonathan on Mar 16th 2008 | Filed in Art, Burlesque, Cabaret, Events, Music, News, Reviews | Comments (0)

A Dinner Date With Lorelei & Sarina - More Fringe!

Through the good support of the fine folk at the Adelaide Fringe, Absinthe.com.au were fortunate to attend a ‘dinner date’ performance of cabaret & burlesque with the delightful Lorelei & Sarina at the deliciously 100% vegan & vego friendly/performance space venue - Sarah’s Cafe.

Compered by the hostess with the mostest, the infernally witty Gabrielle, the girls put on a highly polished performance that broke out of the standard conventions of ‘burlesque’, and took us on a journey to more unexpected places, to the festive Copacabana, and even the sex & glamour of 1970s drag strip racing.

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We are also big fans of Lorelei (bom bom)

Lorelei was able to take time out of their busy schedule to give us her thoughts on the future of cabaret & burlesque, and a glimpse behind the golden curtain into the realities of the profession.

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Posted by Jonathan on Mar 13th 2008 | Filed in Burlesque, Cabaret, Events, Interviews, Music, People, Reviews | Comments (0)

Get Fringing 22 February - 16 March.

It’s Adelaide Fringe Festival time again, and there is a bevvy of burlesque, cabaret, theatre and performance guaranteed to keep you out every night of the week over the next month.

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Absinthe.com.au hopes to bring you some reviews of particular performances and performers that we get along to see, and tell you a little bit more about particular artists that we think are helping drive the culture that makes worthy artistic pontificating over a glass of absinthe or two all the more enjoyable.

Some highly mentionable performers we think you should try to get along to see if you are in the ol’ City of (Empty) Churches.

Lorelei & Sarina

What could be nicer than A Dinner Date With Lorelei & Sarina? Sarina Del Fuego and Lorelei Lee will be putting on a sexy and intimate cabaret performance at Sarah’s Cafe, 12 Leigh Street, Adelaide over three nights. What more can you say about the dynamic 1920’s duo who have entertained at both the famed Edinburgh Festival and the Sony Play Station launch party? I’m looking forward to hopefully catching up with the girls while they are in town and bringing a bit more of microscope to the blossoming world of Australian burlesque for our readers.

Wink & Smile

Another event to highlight - which has already sold out - is A Burlesque Cocktail by Adelaide’s own A Wink and A Smile Burlesque at the La Boheme Bar. A combo of striptease, cabaret and vaudeville, if you can beg, buy or borrow a ticket you are one of the lucky few. Lets see if divine intervention drops one in my lap….

Stah

An anticipated cabaret spectacle is The Very Best of Empress Stah, described as Erotic Circus meets Live Art meets Neo-burlesque, complete with chandelier swinging, blood-drinking, drag and mime. Now there’s one to take your mother to. Performances will be in the Garden of Unearthly Delights.

If the choice is too damn dazzling, why not check out one of the “review” nights. You have the choice of:

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The Butterfly Club, which presents a pick of the shows highlighting the who’s who of Australian and overseas cabaret performers. Performances to be held at the North Adelaide Community Centre.

Your other variety pack pick is the Fringe Club Cabaret which will present a tantalising mix of vaudeville, burlesque, beauty and quirk. With a dizzying array of dates to choose from it there is little chance of missing out. Performances will be held at the Higher Ground Inc (Theatre), 5-19 Light Square, Adelaide.

Meow Meow

 

Last, but not least, I must mention the sexy & sultry songstress that is Meow Meow, who will be performing her famous Beyond Glamour: The Absinthe Tour. To be staged in the Bosco Theatre in the Garden of Unearthly Delights, her reportoire could take us from 1930’s Shanghai to Weimar Germany and back via Belle Epoque France. Love, death & sex are branded like a painful blister in each individual note of the melodies in her sirenic call. Be warned - the barriers between performer and audience are blurred. Perhaps you are her long lost love? Maybe you are the cad who spurned her devotions? Get in the mood and fortify yourself with a good French Verte beforehand I say!

My friends, the world of the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2008 is indeed your tantalising aphrodisiacal oyster - shuck it and see.

Posted by Jonathan on Feb 16th 2008 | Filed in Art, Burlesque, Events, Music, News, People | Comments (0)

We Are The Earth Intruders

Bjork... earth intruder.

The 2008 Sydney Festival is on again in January next year, and the season looks set to be a blistering one. The 2008 line-up features as it’s centrepiece the High Priestess of Art Rock, Björk, who will be vocalising as only she is able in the Opera House Forecourt, under the stars on January 23. She of the Swan will be performing songs from her new offering Volta, which is a return to a more pop-oriented sound, albeit one carried by thundering electronica and saturated in relentless, violent colour. This show is a sell-out and should set a new festival benchmark.

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Posted by Robert on Dec 14th 2007 | Filed in Art, Bars, Burlesque, Events, Music, News, People | Comments (0)

Blog Banners and Belles


The stunning blog banners we have been showcasing over the past week have been plucked from the spongy grey matter of Sydney-based digital artist, musician, DJ and master of several trades, NeoTokyo.

He’s made us look kind of special, thus we think he is kind of special, and feel especially inclined to give him a big plug and highlight an upcoming Burlesque show where you can catch him cranking out those nasty nasty tunes that he plays so well.

Friday 14th December in the beautiful Art Deco Blue Mountains town of Katoomba (NSW), Jingle Belles will be like the Christmas you caught your mother doing something lewd to Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe…….

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How festive!

Burlesque & Beats & Belles - what more could you want stuffed in your Christmas stocking?

But have you been naughty or nice….hmmmmm?

Posted by Jonathan on Dec 7th 2007 | Filed in Art, Burlesque, People, Style | Comments (0)

Music & Passion are always in fashion…

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They have style, they have sass…

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Posted by Jonathan on Nov 21st 2007 | Filed in Burlesque | Comments (0)

Everybody wants to touch me

Paul Capsis 

Australian cabaret legend (and Surry Hills native) Paul Capsis has just released his first studio recording, Everybody Wants to Touch Me upon the heels of a highly successful season performing in the circus-cabaret-burlesque Absinthe at the Spiegeltent in New York. 

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Posted by Robert on Nov 11th 2007 | Filed in Art, Burlesque, Music, People | Comments (0)

That’s why the lady is a Vamp

The Burlesque revival has been an amazing phenomenon, and an artistic pursuit which helps underpin the return of absinthe as the bedrock beverage fueling the attitudes of neolibertines.

One such Burlesque performer who has taken the inspiration quite literally is Australia’s own Lola the Vamp, who has recently finished her sold out Bohemia national tour where the spirit of the Green Fairy was manifested amongst the moods of 19th century Parisian cabaret culture. This, on top of finishing a support gig for Nick Cave and being voted Penthouse Pet of the Month, makes for one very busy fae.

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Posted by Jonathan on Nov 1st 2007 | Filed in Burlesque | Comments (0)