Christmas, cupcakes, candy canes, chocolate coins, glamour, vintage and Burlesque!

You can find it all at Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque's 'Christmas Grotto' on Sunday the 5th December 2010!

Celebrate Christmas in style this year at our glamorous Burlesque Grotto!

Come to THE most glamorous Christmas party!  Dress in your finest, your most outlandish and wear those decadent pieces or that beautiful ball gown that you never got the chance to wear all year round!  Embellish yourselves with a fur stole, diamonds, lace or a top hat and tails!  Be the belle of the ball as a fabulous prize will be awarded to our best dressed guest!

Deadly Nightshade and Cherry Du Bois by Anwar Suliman at The SotBB Christmas Special 2008

As you walk into our Winter Wonderland you will be greeted by gorgeous girls in corsets and stockings handing you candy canes, chocolate coins and lollypops from a cigarette tray!  What a sweet treat!

Mad Hatters Cupcakes

Once inside our Grotto why not get yourselves to the bar and take advantage of West Street Live's fabulous drinks offers?  They have a fantastic range of spirits on offer all throughout the night.

Drink in hand, take time to have a leisurely stroll around the stalls within our Grotto.  You will see an array of glittering, colourful and mouth-wateringly delicious cupcakes on display from 'The Mad Hatters Cupcake Company'!  We will also have fabulous fascinator's on sale from 'Imogen's Imagination' and bespoke jewellery from 'The Dollhouse'!

Depravity Jane by Anwar Suliman from The SotBB Christmas Special 2008

Once you have gorged yourself on all of our delights, take the time to be truly pampered and visit 'The Vintage Salon' at the back of our Grotto.  The salon will be on hand to provide you with vintage make-up, hair, false lash application or a shiny new manicure to make sure your outfit is complete!  You provide your costume, The Vintage Salon will provide you with the make-up to compliment it!

We would suggest that you arrive at 7.00pm sharp so that you have the time to browse our stalls and pop into 'The Vintage Salon' before the fabulous burlesque, striptease, vaudeville, dance, cabaret and drag acts begin at 8.00pm!  The acts will run all evening from 8.00pm until 12.00 midnight with 15 minute intermissions in between each one!

To see a full and complete list of the performers for the evening, please visit http://www.secretsoftheboudoirburlesque.com/.  Included within our acts for the evening will be a cheeky, naughty and sexy little Grinch, an icy Snow Queen and her gnome minion, Miss. Claus, a candy cane cutie, Jessica Snow Rabbit and a handsome Santa!  Plus much, much, MUCH more!!!

Ruby Jubilee as our 'Grinch' in 2008

There will also be a raffle with over 8 fabulous prizes including a hamper from 'Mad Hatters Cupcake Company' worth a whopping £35, a FREE hairstyle from 'The Vintage Salon', a £20 gift voucher from 'Imogen's Imagination' and a necklace from 'The Dollhouse' worth £15!

All of this for only £6.00 if you book in advance at http://www.secretsoftheboudoirburlesque.com/!  So what are you waiting for?  Book your place on the guest list at Sheffield's finest Christmas party now!  Admission will be £8.00 on the door.

Much love,

Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque.x

The Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque Christmas Grotto

Plunge yourselves into a glamorous winter wonderland this Christmas by arriving at our burlesque Grotto on December 5th!

Warm your cockles as the following burlesque beauties and cabaret cuties fill your stockings with an array of delightful performances:

Starla Bright,

Scarlett D'Lyte,

The Ashay Dance Troupe,

Evie Farrah,

Sian De Leir,

Scarlet Noir,

Depravity Jane,

Deadly Nightshade,

Cherry Du Bois,

Duke O'Growl,

Dante Powerhouse,

Knickerbockerglory,

Mistress la Rouge

and

Vile Bill

Compered with cabaret by the delectable Warren Peace.

Candy canes and delicious chocolate coins will be dished out upon arrival!

As a special little Christmas treat we are inviting 'The Vintage Salon' into our Grotto so that they can provide you with glamorous vintage hair, make up or a manicure. If you really want to treat yourself you could go for all three and have a full vintage make over to help you look the part during our show! Go on....treat yourself!

If you would like to buy a rare and unusual gift for a burlesque buddy this Christmas then 'The Doll House' and 'Imogen's Imagination' will be on hand within our Grotto selling their beautiful hand-crafted jewelry and fascinators.

We will also be joined by 'Mad Hatters Cupcakes' who will be selling delicious little Christmas treats for you to nibble during our show, or for you to take home and give to a loved one.

The Grotto will open its doors at 7.00pm on Sunday the 5th December, so come and meet Miss. Clause, enter into the White Witch's kingdom and say 'Hello' to Mr. Grinch.

Visit our website www.secretsoftheboudoirburlesque.com to find out more and to purchase your admission for only £6.00 per person!

Much love,

Deadly Nightshade: Organiser: Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque.x

Halloween

This Halloween...

Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque's sister company 'Alluring Delights', which is the brainchild of SotBB regulars Scarlet Noir and Cherry Du Bois, opens its doors for the very first time.

With a script written by Cherry Du Bois and Deadly Nightshade and performances from SotBB regulars, as well as faces that are new to SotBB, the Alluring Delights 'Halloween Thriller' follows the story of two innocent and virtuous characters: Alison Wonder and Little Cherry Red (played by Deadly Nightshade and Cherry Du Bois).  We begin in their boudoir, the night before they embark on a trip to Grandma's house, where they dream up all kinds of alluring and frightening things such as witches, dolls, puppet masters and scary wolves.  Thrilled audiences will be able to watch on as the pair interact with their nightmarish creations, and sometimes run away from them, leaving the stage filled with burlesque, cabaret and dance performances.

Our heroines then awake the next day to find that all their nightmares have vanished and they were only dreaming after all!  They pull up their socks, pack their picnic basket and take a trip through the woodland where they find a couple of helpful happy creatures to show them the way to Grandma's house through the mediums of striptease and song.  On their way to Grandma's, they decide to stop for a picnic and to take in the view for a while...but as they unpack their picnic basket...the smell of death is in the air...

Our narrator for the evening comes in the form of the gorgeous and ghoulish Mr. Warren Peace who will take you through our story chapter by chapter, throwing in some delicious performances himself along the way!

Our story ends with a 'thrill' that will not soon be forgotten as a whole host of grisly ghouls from every tomb crawl in to seal Alsion and Cherry's doom!

There is nowhere else you would rather be this Hallow's Eve...so bring your pumpkin's, put on your costumes and come along to The Library Theatre to celebrate all things unholy...

Tickets are now only £10 from http://www.alluringdelights.co.uk/

Much love,
Deadly Nightshade: Founder: Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque.x

Burlesque and Vintage Events in October

Hello darlings,

And welcome to the dark and cold month of October...

To keep you warm during this Autumn month we have a few little burlesque events to tide you over until the next Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque show which will be on the 5th December 2010.

The biggest event this month comes from SotBB's sister company 'Alluring Delights' who have ventured into the theatre to bring you a burlesque show filled with thrills and chills!  Make sure that you are nowhere else this Halloween as this will be a show to remember!  Come to The Library Theatre in Sheffield dressed in your best, your most horrific or your most terrifying and prepare to be taken on journey through "all things dark, weird, wonderful and sexy" on "a Hallows Eve that will not soon be forgotten".

Featuring SotBB's very own compere Mr. Warren Peace and a bucket load of your favourite SotBB performers....plus some new ones...this show takes you on a journey through Alison Wonder (played by Deadly Nightshade) and Little Cherry Red's (played by Cherry Du Bois) nightmares as their dreams begin to become real in this burlesque nightmare!  To find out more and to book your tickets, please visit http://www.alluringdelights.co.uk/.

If you are searching for something kitsch to wear during this cold month or you would like to find the perfect vintage outfit to parade around in at Alluring Delights' 'Halloween Thriller' then why not visit 'The Vintage Fair'?  This month the fair takes place in Leicestershire but will return to Sheffield very soon.  Whilst you are there you can wave 'hello' to Deadly Nightshade who is resident promo and pin up girl along with Lola Valentine who performed at the first ever SotBB show!

Taking place on the 9th October is Emily Strange's Oxjam Jim Jam which is a charity event featuring Warren Peace, Deadly Nightshade, Cherry Du Bois and Depravity Jane amongst a whole host of other performers and musicians.  This event takes place in 'Penelope's' under the Odeon and is sure to be a good 'un.

Also, this month, when you find time to sit and chill out in a big cardigan with a hot drink, why not pick up your free copy of 'Toast' magazine and take a glimpse inside at the review of 'Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque Falls in Love' written by Sofire Rosa?  You can also find us in online burlesque magazine 'Debased' this month too.  Ooooh goody!  We get about a bit!

Much love,
...And Happy Halloween!
Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque.x

We have fallen in Love...

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who performed, attended or helped out at Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque Falls in Love on Sunday!

The event was reviewed by the wonderful Sofire Rosa and will be featured in 'Toast' magazine and online Burlesque magazine, 'Debased' next month.

We fell head over heels for you all and our heads are now swimming with flowers, candy and the smell of sweet perfume and our hearts are heavy with obsession, desire and envy!

We would like to thank everyone who took part in our performer auction, especially those of you who bid on our delicious SotBB boys and girls!  Special mentions to Warren Peace, Deadly Nightshade and Duke O'Growl who achieved the highest bids of the night!  Also, let us give a big hand to our wonderful maid Stephanie, a.ka. Coco de Mol who did a wonderful job of tending the 'Love Booth' all night, serving you champagne and chocolates on your 'date' and generally just being as gorgeous and glamorous as possible!

We began our evening of luuurve by dishing up a big plate of 'Envy' as Cherry Du Bois and Deadly Nightshade fought for the affections of Knickerbockerglory at the on stage 'bus stop'! 

Then we had Susie Von Garter perform her sickly sweet love heart shaped balloon pop, complete with heart shaped 'LollyPOP' which was used to pop her pink balloons.

Followed by the curvacious blonde Sian de Leir showing off her burning desire with a forbidden 'Fire Fan' act which left us all a-flame for her love. 

We then had our hunk of the hour Duke O'Growl sing with the beautiful Knickerbockerglory and they both said 'Something stupid' like 'I Love You'! 

All the way from London, Vivica Devine showed us what misplaced love is like when she fell for a vampire! 

Then Pansy Cheung had us mesmerised with her belly dance of devotion and worship originating from Orissa, India. 

We then welcomed Duke O'Growl back to the stage along with our sultry, sexy and down-right delicious compere Mr. Warren Peace as they sang a duet of epic proportions and Duke narrowly avoided a good touching...amongst other things! 

The gorgeous Sian de Leir was then welcomed back to the stage as she decided whether 'He Loves me, He Loves me Not' whilst clutching a bouquet of red roses dressed in ruby red satin. 

Duke O'Growl then serenaded his lucky date on stage and began to do her a little bit of a striptease...we are disappointed that this did not continue...and we will be having stern words... 

Depravity Jane then took to the stage and showed us how an all American cow-girl falls in love, Jane style! 

Vivica Devine then came back to walk down the aisle in a wedding dress only to get jilted at our on stage alter!  She then pulled some fabulous isis wings out of her wedding dress and whirled around the crowd deciding it hadn't been such an 'Imperfect Day' after all.

Making her debut solo performance we welcomed SotBB door-girl Scarlet Noir to the stage as she showed us the 'Crazy' side of love with a mad and hilarious routine involving the destruction of a teddy bear, a poster and some flowers...poor teddy...

Knickerbockerglory then sang 'Perhaps' to a coy Warren Peace, hoping for an answer and getting a kiss!

The svelte-like Warren Peace then owned our stage with his fabulous rendition of 'I Will Always Love You', teasing our audience along the way.

Duke O'Growl took to the stage for the very last time with Dante Powerhouse to sing another beautiful duet which set our hearts-a -flutter.

Finishing off the night perfectly was Depravity Jane wishing Deadly Nightshade a 'Happy Birthday' by presenting her with a Birthday cake.  Jane then teasingly rubbed the cake all over herself whilst Nightshade watched her Sailor Jerry's cake (hand-made by the 'Mad hatters Cupcake Co') get destroyed! 

All in all, we had a wonderful night and experienced all sides of love!  A big thank you goes out to our three glamorous door-girls who just looked simply stunning all evening and to our D.J Mr. Vince Spitfire who always does a fabulous job.  He did a great job on Sunday having to cope with all manner of weird and wonderful song formats whilst feeling a little worse for wear!  We heart Vince!  Also, let's hear it for all of the guys and gals at West Street Live for allowing us to turn their venue into our own little love den for the evening...and to whoever had to clean up all of the cake...urm...sorry!

Much love,

Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque.x

P.s. Please send us all of your photos and videos from the event, either add them to our Facebook Group or Page, or email them to: info@secretsoftheboudoirburlesque.com. 

We heart Duke O'Growl

SotBB’S very own man-toy Mr Duke O’Gorgeous..urm...we mean Growl, has only gone and got himself a Facebook! Be sure to add him. He is HAWT. Need we say more?

Described as having “a voice to bewilder” by Sheffield Music Scene Magazine, Duke is not just a pretty face! “Mr O’Growl provides sovereign old fashioned sing a longs which make a fair interlude between the adorable ladies of the Burlesque acts”.

We are not quite sure how Duke stumbled into our clutches, but we are sure glad that he did and everyone at SotBB is holding on tightly…He makes the blood rush to our…well…urm…shall we say…our frillies…!

Duke will be singing plenty of “heart tickling flushed sonatas” at‘Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque Falls in Love’ on the 5th September, so come along and see him growl into a microphone for your pleasure! If that wasn’t enough to get your pulses racing and your panties in a twist, you will also have the exclusive opportunity to bid for him in our performer auction!

A date with Duke O’Growl? Imagine that! (We already have and we are jealous in anticipation of the highest bidder *scowl*). If you manage to out-bid the rest of the competition, not only will you get a 10 minute date with Duke in our ‘love booth’ during the show; where you will get the chance to enjoy a free glass of bubbly with him and a box of chocolates, but you will also get lovingly serenaded by him on the SotBB stage beforehand. Ooooh we hate you already!

So come along to ‘Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque Falls in Love’ in Sheffield at West Street Live on the 5th September 2010 from 7.00pm onwards and find the time to fall in love with our Duke of hearts.

*Sigh*

The ‘Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque Falls in Love’ performer auction

In our 5th September show 2010 we are offering you, our beautiful audience, THE exclusive chance to bid on our performers for the opportunity to enjoy a date with them during our 5 hour show!

This fun auction will take place throughout the night and the man with the gavel and fishnet tights: the dashing, the daring, the dangerous Mr Warren Peace, will auction off a performer after each stunning act!

The money from the auction will then be put into a pot on stage and shared out between our ravenous performers so that they can buy food rations for the week, because all of their money will have been spent on rhinestone shoes and steel-boned corsets for the show. Sometimes our performers have to go barefoot in order to provide you with the finest stage costumes they can find or make! Being a Burlesque performer doesn’t come cheap don’t you know! So show a Burlesque performer that you care this September and give a little, it says a lot.

So what can you expect from your date with a SotBB performer? Well, not only will each performer be crafting their own little personal surprise or ‘thank you’ gift for the highest bidder, but you will then get to spend a full 10 minutes with your performer of choice in our ‘love booth’.

The ‘love booth’ will consist of flowers, candles, scatter cushions and candy and as a part of your fun ‘date’ you will get to enjoy a free glass of bubbly and some free chocolates courtesy of SotBB. You will also have your own personal waitress who will show you to your ‘booth’, seat you with your performer of choice and serve you your bubbly and choccies! It is then up to you to woo your date for a whole 10 minutes…or to simply just chat to them about the show…or the weather…or whatever you can think of…

Remember this is a fun date so please be respectful to our performers…unfortunately this means no inappropriate touching (so put Duke O’Growl down damn you!!)

…unless otherwise encouraged of course…

Please remember, Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque performers are not toys, although they are just for Christmas (or in this case, the 5th September) and not for life!

Much love,

Secrets of the Boudoir Burlesque.x

Admission to our show priced at £6.00 per person is available here: http://www.secretsoftheboudoirburlesque.com/