Burly Unplugged

Important announcement for all friends and fans of Burly Unplugged:

It is with both sadness and excitement as the founder of Burly Unplugged that I make this announcement.

Last night was our last monthly Burly Unplugged show. After 3 years, we will not be returning on the last Wednesday of the month in 2016.

I want to personally thank all of our on stage and off stage supporters of the show past and present. If you have ever come up those stairs on the last Wednesday to watch or perform – THANK YOU.

I feel truly blessed for the community that Burly has created and for the team that works tirelessly with me behind the scenes so I don’t have to be the one woman army I used to be. I shudder when I remember the early days of preparing music and runsheets the night before, moving furniture before the show, catering backstage for the performers, door bitching, MCing the show, and performing (because we didn’t have enough acts) once, sometimes twice all for the same show. Wow how Burly has changed! Our show and performers have been consistently raising the bar every month.

I believe that all good things need to evolve. Burly Unplugged was created to fill a gap and encourage change and growth in the Perth burlesque community. I feel as though Burly Unplugged has served its purpose and the monthly shows have run their course. The Perth burlesque community and scene has changed vastly since I started Burly. The show itself has evolved and grown in many different ways but its time for a drastic change, like caterpillar in a cocoon kind of change.

The Burly Unplugged Community will remain just that, a community and 2016 will be its transformative year. Please keep an eye on this page, the butterfly will emerge and announce some exciting new events in the new year.

Last night we ended the shows on the highest of highs with a celebration of Burly Unplugged and everything that has made it what it is – love, passion, determination, blood (it’s just not Burly unless we are cleaning up blood at the end of the night!), sweat, tears and a whole lot of crazy.

Big love to you all and have a safe and happy holiday period. Be sure to binge on all the amazing shows during Fringe World (stay tuned for some recommendations and reviews from Burly Admin Shy Violet)

xxLola

Rejoice! Tonight we celebrate the final show of the year, and all the majesty that next year will bring. Help ring in the 30 days of Festivus the best way we know how: unclothed! We'll also be presenting the Burly Burly Awards. Will your fave make the grade?

Have you been naughty or nice this year? The Christmas queen of burlesque, Violet Velour, has been writing her list and she'll be checking it twice come Wednesday night. Make sure you get yourself to the last show of the year to see just who's been naughty and nice!

The first show was my highlight of the year! After hosting stars through fringe I gained so much enthusiasm, inspiration and confidence from them and I performed for the first time my uptown funk act. The crowds cheers and responses made me glow in delight. I left my worries at the door and did what I do best....entertain and dance my heart out on stage!!
Another great moment was when awesomo moustachio came running through the green room handcuffed to a steering wheel scantly dressed and the newbies give me a look of shock and I just smile and say.....welcome to burly unplugged, you'll love it here! 😘

Dolly Von Blonde is one of our newest performers, and this gorgeous dame is here to tell you about her highlights over the past year.

Well for me personally I have not been part of burly all that long and so I would say that a stand out moment for me would be the Halloween night. I just remember the vibe being so awesome, it felt kind of electric. This bunch of creative people some new some old all thrown together in a whirlwind of feather and sequins and smiles.

:)

This month we're celebrating the year that has been and the year that will be. We're asking our beloved performers what have been their favourite performances of the year and just what made them special. Here's what Pirateman Michael has to say.

The month of newbies!

Back in August we had x4 new Burly performers on our stage. By memory, Kenjai - แก่นใจ, Sammy Sparkles and Dolly Von Blonde all debuted on the Burly stage as well as Scarlett Vivienne Velour's first performance. Miss Gertie Rude stage vixened that night too and it was her first time vixening for us. It was nice having a whole heap of newbies as well as our regular favourites, Miss Luna Storm (should totally win the Burly Burly award for best stage vixen), Violet V, Whiskey, Moustachio and Aye plus Dollar Dazzler our burly friend all together. It was a magical mish mash night of old and new performers and performances, which made that night my favourite Burly moment of the year!

There was also a sparkly new pirate hat that graced and debuted on the Burly stage too >:D

Today is the last day to get your votes in for the Burly Burly Awards! Have a favourite performer? Make sure you let us know by placing your vote and help them achieve Burly glory!

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Are you ready for one more performer that'll be hitting our stage? You may have seen him in all his rainbow, unicorn glory competing for the title of Mr Boylesque WA this year. Tess OZteron is going to be tearing up the Burly Unplugged stage tonight, with an act that will need to be seen to be believed.

To warm up, I like to watch The Conjuring movie. Then after, I will play hide and seek at midnight and walk home with Annabelle.

This month is filled with pin up queens and our next performer is no exception. Kenjai - แก่นใจ will be gracing our stage with her own tantalizing mix of burlesque and pin up beauty. As for her favourite spooky film?

I'm not much into scary movies but my favourite movie to watch around Halloween would be Beetlejuice!

And the winner of this month's competition for a double pass to this month's show is...

ALAN HISCOTT!

Congratulations, Alan! Your name will be on the door. Bring your best buddy, your darling doll or your neighbour's pet lizard and strap yourself in for tonight's show.

Keep an eye out for more spooky performer announcers throughout the day!

If you love lush cinemascapes and costumes, then Rose Noir may be the pin up queen to take note of.

I love spooky movies that involve beautifully dark imagery, psychological thrills and an element of fairytale. There are lots of movies that do this well - Pan's Labyrinth and The Babadook - but one of my most favourites is Stoker. I love even more that it stars some great Australian actresses; Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman as well as Matthew Goode, whom I'm a big fan of.

Hooray, the show is almost here! Still trying to think of your favourite movie for this month's show? Let Holly Hooray tell you hers!

Ok this is probably the lamest 'scariest movie of all time' but I cannot watch "Event Horizon" without feeling the strong desire to soil myself. In a ladylike fashion of course. For me, the most frightening thing is the human psyche and it's ability to terrify. The fact that the deepest fears of the characters are manifested in front of their very eyes...just horrifying. When the captain of the erstwhile ship declares that the ship has passed through a 'dimension of pure evil' I cower under a blankie every time. Sam Neil, you are a bad bad man and you don't even want to be good.

Lady Malice returns to the Burly stage this month to celebrate Halloween. When asked for her favourite Halloween movie, here was her response-

Can I choose a book? Because I'm super obsessed with American Gods right now and it won a horror award :-P