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Taking cabaret to the vaudevillian perverse, Joe Black sing songs of the wicked dressed in the veil of the already less-then-respectable music hall tradition. Beyond bawdy, some may even label it obscene – sounds good to me! From a hole in the understair cabinet, we observe the boy himself failing to show any respect to his venerable headmaster……
Burlesque belle Fifi Fatale is amongst the acts set to entertain at Club AntiChrist's 'Not New Year's Eve' party on December 30th. Appearing attired to the 'white 'n' silver / glitter 'n' glamour' dresscode for the night, she promises to peel through a silver screen-inspired routine before performing a white feather fan dance finale. SinZine engaged 'the…
When Club AntiChrist's bloodthirsty boylesquer, and our own sickest columnist, performed for Alice Cooper's pleasure the old rocker reportedly commented "I'm going to need a lot of therapy for a long, long time. That is the most disturbing thing I've seen all day". Though our hearts bleed, Alice can afford his own therapy bills. For the SinZine psychiatrist,…
If you’ve seen Lydia Darling pricking herself with play-piercing needles at Club AntiChrist, or performing as a human harp strung with flesh hooks and rope in the visceral yet oddly elegant ‘Skinphony’, then you’ve seen only one string of the many to her bow. DJ, burlesque dancer and circus skills doyenne, boasting an especial affinity for fire, this…
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Clad in kitten ears, corset and cheeky lingerie, aspiring Burly Q belle Tabitha Taboo shook 'n' shimmied her way to the 'Best New Striptease' award at London Burlesque Week back in April. She's soon to put the 'newcomer' title behind her, says SinZine scribe Holly - who pounced at the opportunity to corner Tabitha on her story, her…
In just 3 weeks Club AntiChrist will celebrate its 7th birthday at the circus and as the date draws closer SinZine presents its penultimate profile of performers set to grace the AC stage on June 24th, in the process defiling another British broadcasting institution. Yes, after dining with the Shanklin Freak Show we now challenge real-life sideshow freaks…
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Soon to make their second appearance on Britain’s Got Talent, The Circus of Horrors are on a mission to make teatime viewing a touch darker. Ringmaster Dr. Haze tells SinZine about their bid to ‘take the extreme to the mainstream’. Born into a circus family, before running away to join a rock ‘n’ roll band, Circus of Horrors’…
Marnie Scarlet is a tough cookie to categorize. Creating performances incorporating play piercing and striptease, which nonetheless can be readily interpreted as feminist statements, she is also a skilled costume designer - whose threads invariably standout, whether seen onstage at a burlesque or fetish event. All Mik Scarlet (no relation) can say for certain of her…