Burlesco Notturno HOT

Vashon’s shiniest, funniest, naughtiest event returns, with an even hotter extravanganza…
Falling on the weekend of Beltane, Burlesco Notturno HOT calls to mind the ancient May Day festival of fertility and fire – a celebration of the power of heat and new beginnings, falling into place as the sun waxes its way strongly into summer.

Madame X, along with her trusted companion the lawyer, returns with extraordinary new inspirations that burn with passion and incandescence. And to help light everyone’s fires, she has gathered FOUR of the very best and brightest burlesque performers of our region – The One The Only Inga, Lily Verlaine, Miss(ter) Waxie Moon, and Isobella Bloom – twice as many as any other Burlesco! All joined by an aerial act that is doubly charming: Chapter 2 – the graceful aerial duo of Esther Edelman and Glenn Easley – bringing an inspiring tango-in-the-air to delight us, along with Vashon favorite Azula showcasing a sultry serenade, and the sizzling music of our beloved The Love Markets... all creating a night on Vashon that will be hotter than the Sahara.

Burlesco Notturno HOT will be unveiled on Saturday, May 2. Doors open at 7pm; the show begins at 8pm.

A select number of VIP tables are available for groups of 4 or 8. The Burlesco VIP experience is truly sumptuous, including tantalizing food from La Biondo, lovely wine, and delectable chocolates – plus reserved seats right up front to enjoy the show! And as the Burlesco performers come out to visit after the show, their first stop will be at the VIP tables, where they will be available for photos and visiting. VIP tables are $200 for a group of 4, and $400 for a group of 8; only available online, through brownpapertickets.com.

General admission is $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Advance tickets are available at Vashon Bookshop and brownpapertickets.com.

And now, for a more intimate peak at the talent who will soon be winging their way to the Open Space Grand Hall…

The One The Only INGA is a tease-interpreted heightened-feminity creation perched strongly on a pedestal and just out of reach, bringing entertainment, beauty and intelligence to audiences around the world through the medium of Burlesque. Since joining the Seattle burlesque community in 2005, Inga has become an international burlesque star. She has headlined in shows all over the world, most recently in 2013 and 2014 Fringe World Festival in Australia.

Lily Verlaine is a classical ballet dancer trained at The School of The San Francisco Ballet, Walnut Hill School, Ballet Chicago, Pacific Northwest Ballet and other notable schools. As a solo burlesque artist and creator, she choreographed, costumed, designed and co-produced the evening length works Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker, Through the Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice in Wonderland, and Burlesco DiVino: Wine in Rome. As a burlesque performer, Miss Verlaine has shared stages with Dita Von Teese and other distinguished ladies of burlesque.

Miss(ter)Waxie Moon (the performance personae and creation of Marc Kenison) is a gender-blending queer lady “boylesque” performance-art solo stripping sensation. S(he) has performed at various venues throughout Seattle including Key Arena, On the Boards, The Seattle Rep, ACT Theatre, The Moore Theatre, The Triple Door and Theatre Off Jackson. His/her performance highlights include being featured in Land of the Sweets: A Burlesque Nutcracker (produced by Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann, The Triple Door), and performing in and choreographing House of Thee Unholy #2, 3, 4 and 5 (produced by The Swedish Housewife, The Triple Door). She has performed both internationally and domestically, appeared on television (Evening Magazine, King 5, KOMO, Art Zone with Nancy Guppy) and been featured on many national blogs. He is the subject of the feature-length documentary film Waxie Moon (directed by Wes Hurley, I Ate My Eye Films) which has been screened at numerous film festivals, including The Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Audience Award), The International Queer Fruits Film Festival (Jury Prize) and CineKink (NY Audience Choice Award – Honorable Mention). She is also featured in the documentary film, A Wink and a Smile (directed by Deirdre Timmons, Golden Echo Films).     

Isobella Bloom graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in Musical Theatre and a minor in Opera in 2008. Some of her favorite roles over the years include playing Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Kate in Kiss me Kate, Viola in Twelfth Night, and Drink Me in Through the Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice in Wonderland. Since moving to Seattle and discovering the art of burlesque, she has performed with every troupe in town and as a solo performer since 2011!  She is now happy to be a part of the rotating casts of Hotel NoTél, The Double-Down Burlesque Revue, Burlesque Behind the Pink Door, and The Can Can Cabaret. She also continues to be thrilled to be a part of Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann’s productions at the Triple Door.

Chapter 2 is the aerial duo of Esther Edelman and Glenn Easley. Esther has over 25 years of choreographing, directing and performing experience and is a founder of the 4 women triple trapeze gang Aviatrix, the Vashon aerial troupe The Silkworms, and of the groundbreaking UMO Ensemble. Esther teaches aerial classes on Vashon where she first met Glenn Easley, who came on as her student and soon was part of the Silkworms. They became entranced with duo fabric work and just premiered their act at the Moisture Festival in Seattle. Glenn’s background is Acro-balancing, Martial arts, African drumming and Architecture.

THE LOVE MARKETS make songs for a world in which we are all on the market, looking for love against a backdrop of loss, greed, and political corruption. Fronted by singer-songwriter Angie Louise, their music mates the decadent bite of Weimar Berlin with the swirl of a circus underworld and the funk of New Orleans blues. Since their birth in 2008, the Love Markets have donned their uniforms of military lingerie to perform at ACT (all three stages), City Arts Fest, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle International Cabaret Festival, Town Hall, Sandbox Radio, TV’s ArtZone and many more. This is their sixth performance with the enchanting Burlesco Notturno series. In 2013, The Love Markets released their debut album World Of Your Dreams, described by Seattle Magazine as “Irresistible...

Intoxicating theatricality... A deliciously dark carnival.”

The Love Markets are: Angie Louise (vocals, songs, keys); Robertson Witmer (accordion); David Marriott Jr. (trombone); Dave Pascal (bass); Chris Monroe (drums).