So, I know I’ve been snoozing on updating the blog. My apologies! I
just threw a bunch of listings up on the “upcoming shows” page,
including a kick-ass Valentine’s Day variety show happening tomorrow
night at Firehouse 13.
February 13, 2009
November 17, 2008
Join the fun on December 12 when we reprise our famous burlesque fundraiser, JINGLE BELLES AND A FEW BALLS 4!
Dancing girls, booze, gifts and general holiday debauchery! This is how Perishable Theatre celebrates the holidays!
Featuring performances by:
Blitzen Von Schtupp
The Lady Miss Iris
London Britches
BettySioux Tailor
Charlotte Fever
Doxie Mama
Improv Jones with Miss Honey Bee
Bella Minx Burly-Q
The Dazzling Dames
Doborshiek Dames
Marvelous Marvin
Peter Deffet Boylesque
Nikki Lee, tap virtuoso
Joe WIlson Jr.
as Miss Coco Buttah
The Big Santa Package ($35) gains you entry to the hottest holiday show in town, a commemorative T-shirt, and a drink. A limited number of Elf tickets to the show and party only are available for $20.
Don’t get left out in the cold- last year we sold this show out in 5 days!!!!
Call Donna Lee at 401-331-2695 x 103 to purchase your tickets today!
All proceeds benefit the Perishable Theatre Arts School!
November 14, 2008
Fight H8: Gay Rights Rally 2morrow @ the Statehouse 1:30PM
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Why this is a burlesque-related issue:
1. The burlesque revival would not exist if not for the GLBT community, who kept the tradition of bawdy variety alive in drag revues (which, until the eighties, meant risking violent, unconstitutional police raids on gay bars and clubs) and gave many neo-burlesque pioneers a place to perform in the 1990s.
2. Both the GLBT population and women live in awareness that sexism, bigotry, and even violence are constants–that discrimination and crimes against us based on who we are and what is between our legs happen every day all over the country. Things have gotten better over the past thirty years, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
3. Burlesque is about human sexuality: celebrating it, playing with it, and breaking down the fear, ignorance, repression, and violence that so often accompany it. Like drag performers, we challenge sexual taboos on-stage.
The GLBT fight is our fight. Please join us tomorrow.
November 1, 2008
So: Yesterday morning, Keri King, founder and director of Providence burlesque troupe the Danger Danger Birds, awoke to discover that someone had written “BellaMinx” in pink lipstick on the front and back windshields of her car.
No, it wasn’t us. We don’t deface public or private property, we don’t wish the Danger Danger Birds any harm, and we wholeheartedly condemn that sort of petty, juvenile nonsense.
One of the reasons we enjoy performing burlesque is the sense of fun and playfulness. We try to make every performance a space in which people can feel comfortable and forget their troubles. Acts of vandalism such as the one perpetrated on Keri’s car directly contradict everything we work for and believe in.
In closing, whoever did this (and if anyone knows who did this, you can avoid your share of the guilt by letting one of us know), do all of the hard-working ladies in the Danger Danger Birds and BellaMinx Burly-Q a huge favor: contact Keri King, ‘fess up, and apologize. She is understandably freaked out by this–her home was violated and vandalized and her burlesque troupe was grossly insulted. Buy yourself some time out of Purgatory and do the right thing.
July 17, 2008
April 12, 2008
Friday, Nov. 28th: The Jerkus Circus
Ralph’s Diner Rock Club
148 Grove Street, Worcester, Massachusetts
Featuring Machete
The Steamy Bohemians
other acts TBA
Saturday Dec. 6th: ProvSketchy
The Blackstone (Hope Artists’ Village, 1005 Main St. in Pawtucket)
3PM-7PM
$5
Featuring The Dazzling Dames
Sunday, Dec 7th: The Empire Revue
AS220 (95 Empire St. in Downtown Providence)
8PM-9:30PM
$8
Featuring Miss Bettysioux Tailor
Friday Dec. 12: Jingle Belles
The Perishable Theater (95 Empire Street in downtown Providence; www.perishable.org)
Two shows: 7PM & 9PM
Tickets: $20-$35
Reception to follow performances
Featuring:
The Lady Miss Iris
The Dazzling Dames
Miss Bettysioux Tailor
The Dazzling Dames
BellaMinx Burly-Q
other acts TBA
www.myspace.com/jinglebellesandafewballs
April 10th-April 12th: The Great Boston Burlesque Expo
More info at: http://burlesque-expo.com
