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Posts Tagged ‘candee handful’

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Liberty Pink

Willkommen, beinvenue, welcome to Dr Sketchy’s Berlin

9th May 2010 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

“Life is a cabaret ol’ chum so come to the Cabaret”. So sang Liza Minelli in the movie Caberet, but she could easily be referring to the recent Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School in Birmingham (previously) back in March. Titled Berlin, this time around the burlesque life-drawing class took it’s lead from the Weimar Republic-set musical and movie – a movie incidentally that I’ve never seen, although I have read Christopher Isherwood’s semi-autobiographical novel, Goodbye to Berlin upon on which it is based. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: andy baker, berlin, bics, birmingham, british international comics show, burlesque, caberet, candee handful, carnival of creatures, cathy simpson, cherry fox, cherryfox, chistopher isherwood, crimson skye, dr sketchys, fanny malone, goodbye to berlin, james hodgkins, liberty pink, life, lulu la rocca, money, movie, mr mistress, musical, pulp, sally bowles, the victoria, this is hardcore, victoriana, weimar republic, wilkommen
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Red Sarah

We are amused… Dr. Sketchy’s does Victoriana

13th March 2010 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

Back in January (ahem, better late than never) we stepped back in time to the nineteenth century for a taste of Victoriana at Dr Sketchy’s latest outing in Birmingham. Held, appropriately enough, at the Victoria pub, we were treated to an evening of music hall burlesque. My notes for this one were a bit patchy, unfortunately, so if I’ve missed anything out, I do apologise. Cherryfox opened the show with a performance of Wouldn’t It Be Loverly from My Fair Lady (duetting with, in what I believe will be his last appearance as compère, the Decadent Gent), and was followed by Amelie de Soleil performing a ballet-inspired routine (to the tune of a classical piece that I’m afraid I don’t know the name of). In the spirit of the music-hall tradition, our next act was Fanny Divine, sporting a rather impressive handlebar moustache and goatee and appearing as the Bearded Lady (complete with a meerschaum pipe). Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: amelie de soleil, berlin, candee handful, cathy simpson, cherry fox, cherryfox, crimson skye, decadent gent, dr sketchys, fanny malone, ger, gerard whyman, life drawing, my fair lady, red sarah, the victoria, victoriana
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Cherry Fox

Happy Birthday, Dr Sketchy

14th December 2009 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

Cherry FoxIt’s time to don party hats, as Dr Sketchy’s Birmingham is celebrating it’s 1st birthday! As regular readers of this blog will know by now, Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is a movement that combines burlesque cabaret and life-drawing that started in New York by comic artist Molly Crabapple in 2005. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: birmingham, birthday, burlesque, candee handful, cathy simpson, cherry fox, decadent gent, ditzy diamond, dr sketchys, happy birthday, life drawing, marilyn monroe, sherry trifle, the stripper, victoria, willow blue
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Meg La Mania

Dr Sketchy’s V: The Final Frontier

31st July 2009 | by Alex
Posted In: News and views

Meg La Mania

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, or last Saturday to be precise, the anti-art burlesque life-drawing class known as Dr Sketchy’s beamed back down to Birmingham. And boldly going where no life-drawing class has gone before, the theme this time was X-Files. Hosted, as ever, by the Decadent Gent, this time regenerated into the form of the Fourth Doctor, we were treated to a selection of broadly Sci-Fi related routines, starting with Candee Handful‘s Rouge Red the Murderous Mare, featuring Crazy Horses by the Osmonds, a persuing policeman and, er, a horse’s head. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: birmingham, birminghamuk, candee handful, chantilly belles, cyberman, dr sketchys, elephant, frankenstein, life drawing, meg la mania, miss rose thorne, scarlet fever, sci-fi
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