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My dear friend Dolly Monroe took some saucy photos of me. You can see the full set on her blog, Classically Curvy.

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It's my troupe's first big show in over a year. It's going to be awesome, you should be there!

Nerd Girl Burlesque presents Gams and Gamma Rays: A Burlesque Exploration of Science Fact and Fiction at Revival, in Toronto, on July 12.

Help us prove the positive correlation between smart and sexy at Gams and Gamma Rays, Nerd Girl Burlesque’s first large scale production since summer 2014!

We’re pulling out all the stops to celebrate the wonderful worlds of science fact and science fiction. Come see acts inspired by legendary scientific thinkers, space travel, evil cyborgs, aliens, and much more.

Starring the ladies of Nerd Girl Burlesque: Delicia Pastiche Helen of Tronna Loretta Jean

With headliners: Gala Delicious (Michigan) & Coco Framboise

Special guests: Maria Juana (The Harlettes) Betty Quirk (Peepshow TO) Kage Wolfe (Love Letters Cabaret) Zilly Lilly & Dr. Orifice

Musical Guests: Pavlov’s Dogs Handbell Ensemble

Hosted by: Bad Dog Theatre’s Liz Johnston.

Get your tickets now!

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Tiffany Carter is one of my the most lovely people I have ever met. I aspire to be half as awesome and vivacious as she is. Also, she drank myself and Delicia Pastiche under the table. She is a total bosslady.

As I mentioned on my Tumblr feed recently, I had the honour of meeting burlesque legend Tiffany Carter recently at the Montreal Burlesque Festival in August/11 while there to shoot the weekend’s festivities for the festival. A true classic burlesque beauty, seeing her perform today is an experience not to be missed. She brings class and sophistication to the stage and can still out-shimmy and -shake the new generation of performers.

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The cast of Nerd Girl Burlesque presents Tassels & Tabletop: Clue - come see us in Ottawa on July 11, and back home in Toronto on July 18.

Delicia Pastiche is Mrs. White Jolie Stripes is Miss Scarlett Loretta Jean is Professor Plum Helvetica Bold is Mrs. Peacock Helen of Tronna is Colonel Mustard Titus Androgynous is Mr. Green

-NGB ♥

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We shot these almost a year ago, but the photographer (the very kind and supportive Mopo Art) just sent them to us yesterday. Happy belated birthday, Canada!

Happy Canada from Nerd Girl Burlesque!

Loretta Jean and Delicia Pastiche salute the red and white. 

Photos by Mopo Art

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Nerd Girl Burlesque are hosting a Clue themed edition of Tassels and Tabletop (our monthly burlesque and gaming night.) On July 11 we’ll be in Ottawa, and July 18 in Toronto.

Tickets are available now. It’s going to be a bloody good time!

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Reblogging from my personal/main tumblr. Burlesque + tarot = my two favourite things together at last! ♥♥♥

Please donate if you can! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/851629756/pick-a-card-a-burlesque-exploration-of-tarot

“Pick a Card: a Burlesque Exploration of Tarot” is a burlesque variety show and multimedia experience. Our performers will share with you the occult myth and magic of Tarot, using various art forms to weave a multifaceted spectacle of fortune, titillation, and curiosity! Who: This production is a collaborative effort led by Gala Delicious of The Tickled Fancy Burlesque Co., and featuring the illustrious talents of 2010 Queen of Burlesque, Roxi D’Lite of Windsor, Ontario, Chicago burlesque powerhouses Red Rum, Dahlia Fatale, and Cruel Valentine, as well as Michigan phenomenons Dolly Dagger, Luna Legare, Annie Thing, Toronto’s Nerd Girl Burlesque, and many more! All of the art and promotion will be designed by E. Woodbury Rand (http://raaaaand.wordpress.com/)

Photos: Roxi D’Lite, Lushes LaMoan, Loretta Jean

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Winter is finally loosing its icy grip, which means it’s time to heat things up with one of Toronto’s best March traditions.  Come celebrate the turning of the seasons as well as the best ass east of the Don River.

Helen of Tronna may be a new name, but you can expect the same kind of saucy antics at this birthday show that you’ve come to love over the past five years.  Join us Sunday, 16th of March at the Lula Lounge (1585 Dundas W, just west of Dufferin) for a night of bands, bells, booze and burlesque!

Featuring burlesque performances from: Loretta Jean (Nerd Girl Burlesque) Delicia Pastiche (Nerd Girl Burlesque) Bianca Boom Boom

With the Canadian debut of Florence of A’Labia (Super Happy Funtime Burlesque) Gala Delicious (Tickled Fancy Burlesque)

Plus feats of mentalism from Mysterion the Mind-Reader

Musical guests High Heels Lo Fi Pavlov’s Dogs Handbell Ensemble

Hosted by yours truly!

Tickets are $20 at the door, or $15 in advance at Brown Paper Tickets.  And, because I love ya so much, Tumblr, you can get an extra $3 off advance tickets by using the passcode “MITTENS” (in honour of our guests from that place what looks like a mitten).

Doors open at 8, and we’ll be kicking things off at 9.  Come buy me a drink and see what happens!

*Photo by Photolena

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Top Hat & Tails ……..Josephine Baker, 1920s

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vintagegal:

Yvonne De Carlo 1944

Yvonne De Carlo may be better known to you as Lily Munster. Prior to her acting career taking off, she worked in burlesque.

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Where are you from originally?

I’m from New York

How and when did you first become Scotty the Blue Bunny?  

Well.  . after many years of experimenting with costumes and drag in the NYC nightclub scene, I officially chart my origin in 1996 - my first national tour with the Bindlestiff Family Circus out of Brooklyn, NY.

How long have you lived in Berlin and how come you moved here?

I moved here in October 2012 - so I just celebrated one year.

Well, basically I moved to Berlin because Germany had the easiest option for a single gay guy over 45 who dresses like a bunny for a living. I had always fantasized about living abroad and had the opportunity to lay down roots in San Francisco or make the move just over one year ago. That easy option turned into quite a bureaucratic journey and organizational challenge, but well worth it. I couldn’t have done it without the help of the fabulous people already living here and one amazing attorney. I don’t think I’ve ever been in such a hopeful, ignorant or vulnerable situation before.

I just wanted to make something out of being a Bunny for 18 years. In the states there really isn’t a market for longer contracts and I was getting tired of putting my career together week by week. Moving to Berlin has allowed me to work longer contracts in some amazing shows like La Clique at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I don’t think I would have been able to do that if I continued on in San Francisco. Really, I was ready to make a decision to quit performing, or give it one last big shot.

I think as a performer you have to travel. It’s all about new audiences and living in Berlin you can reach so many audiences in so many different countries in all different kinds of productions. It’s almost like moving here made it ok to be an artist. Conversations about it have a legitimacy that they just didn’t have in the States. It’s been as incredibly informative and inspiring as it has been challenging. I’ve also been inspired to move ahead with some studio art and have begun some photography projects of my own and a new solo show. It’s been a big creative boost. Moving ahead with my art has been deliciously difficult, but completely attached to the immigration process. I wish I’d had the resources to do it earlier, but it seems to have worked out like perfect timing as it is. We’ll see how the second year goes!

What do you enjoy most about performing?  

Ha ha… thinking 8 hours and working 2. And when I say thinking - I mean completely  living in my freaked-out head cooking up schemes and then suddenly having to be somewhere and do it.

What are your performances like?  

I have no idea.  I leave the house with a rabbit suit, order a shot of tequila when I get to the venue, someone hands me a microphone, and the rest is history.

You’ve performed all over the world, have you got a favourite place to perform?   

Anywhere they let me!  Anywhere they ask me back!

You must have a lot of funny stories to tell, anything you would like to share?  

Yes there are many, but I’ll just lay them out like headlines: Blind Girl in Front Row!  Man Vomits.  Live Cunilingus! Champagne Bottle Penetration! Swinging from the Ceiling!  I work a lot of parties and clubs and when there is a giant gay rabbit around… people can get unchained!  I have to say that most of my craziest memories of shows are about audience members!  I guess that’s a good thing….?

To keep up with Scotty’s globe hopping, check out www.scottybunny.com

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I adore Coco Framboise and this makes me kind of really happy. ♥

Coco Framboise burlesque artist by the incredible Percy Katt!

http://www.cocoframboise.com http://www.percykatt.com

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Best advice for radical self-love and being a general badass.

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I kind of hate that you always come up with the best burlesque names. But not really - never change. ♥

Harley Quim would be such an awesome burlesque name. Oh please somebody use it!!

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Bella Fox and Loretta Jean post-performance at the Michigan Burlesque Festival this weekend. For the record, we had a really good time! -LJ

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It's my darling burlesque sister, Delicia Pastiche! Eeeeee! I love it. :D That Victoria's Circuit sure is talented! She also designed, Angie Bee, our troupe's adorable mascot lady.

Delicia Pastiche: Intrepid Explorer

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Well, yeah!