About

Pro­duced by Mel­bourne bur­lesque bomb­shells Dolores Dai­quiri and Rosy Rab­bit, The Aus­tralian Bur­lesque Fest­ival was born out of a pas­sion to cel­eb­rate our won­der­ful bur­lesque com­munity. Foun­ded in 2010 by Dolores Dai­quiri, Rosy Rab­bit, Sap­phira and Chaz Royal and deb­ut­ing to sold out audi­ences the fest­ival has flour­ished and 2012 prom­ises to be big­ger, brighter and thrill­ing to the core!

Now in our 3rd year!

The burst­ing pop­ular­ity of the bur­lesque revival is in full swing around the world and Aus­tralia is at the fore­front with its unique fla­vour of the­at­rical and col­our­ful bur­lesque acts. With out­rageously tal­en­ted artists shin­ing on the inter­na­tional stage the Aus­tralian Bur­lesque Fest­ival brings together the best of the best of our homegrown artists as well and inter­na­tional shin­ing stars never before seen on Aus­tralian stages!

Bur­lesque afi­cion­ados and first timers alike have delighted in the biggest cel­eb­ra­tion of tease Aus­tralia has ever seen. There is good old fash­ioned bump’n’grind, bawdy vari­ety, clas­sic glam­our and exotic tease, and thats just the begin­ning. The fest­ival comes is a com­munity based exper­i­ence where as well as stun­ning show­cases, per­formers and audi­ences alike can learn the tricks of the trade from the best per­formers in the busi­ness at a vari­ety of workshops.

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Meet the team

Dolores Dai­quiri

Co-producer, Founder and Director

Dolores Dai­quiri has been at the fore­front of the Bur­lesque Revival for ten years and has pro­duced and starred in a vast array of suc­cess­ful shows in Aus­tralia which encom­passes cor­por­ate events, private show­cases and media launches. Start­ing her career as a found­ing mem­ber of Australia’s longest serving bur­lesque troupe and now as a soloist Dolores con­tin­ues to cap­tiv­ate her audi­ences with clas­sic, sassy tease and glam­or­ous stage per­form­ances. She is the ulti­mate con­sum­mate per­former and a main­stay within the bur­lesque com­munity who not only per­forms stun­ning shows but pro­duces high-end bur­lesque events such as Red Door Bur­lesque, Shimmy Shake and The Aus­tralian Bur­lesque Fest­ival, head­liner act in Paris Event and mas­ter­class teacher!

Rosy Rab­bit

Co-producer, Founder and Director

Australia’s darling of bur­lesque, Rosy Rab­bit, has been teas­ing audi­ences across the coun­try since 2006, when she leapt on to the stage with a head full of dreams and taste for the sweet life!

With a back­ground in clas­sical bal­let and musical theatre Rosy is known for her eleg­ant and artistic approach. She has found bur­lesque an unrivaled out­let for her cre­at­ive pas­sions includ­ing per­form­ance, cos­tume design and event pro­duc­tion. As co-founder and pro­du­cer of the Aus­tralian Bur­lesque Fest­ival Rosy is pas­sion­ate about build­ing and unit­ing the com­munity and embra­cing the many facets of this time­less and ever-changing art of tease and sensuality.

A shin­ing star in the bur­lesque revival Rosy has per­formed at many of Australia’s premier bur­lesque and sub­cul­ture events, music fest­ivals and reg­u­lar show­cases. She also toured North Amer­ica and Canada in 2009 and was selec­ted to per­form at the 2010 Lon­don Bur­lesque Week.

Poppy Cherry

Stage man­ager

Melbourne’s mis­chiev­ous minx!  Poppy Cherry is a full-time Mel­bourne bur­lesque pro­du­cer and per­former, cur­rently employed as the Events and Enter­tain­ment Man­ager at the Bur­lesque Bar in Fitzroy.

Spe­cial­ising in irres­ist­ible, comedic the­at­rical bur­lesque tease, Poppy is a res­id­ent per­former at Bur­lesque Bar, and has appeared at numer­ous bur­lesque events, includ­ing: The Aus­tralian Bur­lesque Fest­ival, Cab­aret Cir­lesque, Red Door Bur­lesque, Dr Sketchy’s, Madame Natalia’s Lol­itas, Cirque de Femmes, The Wrong Crowd, Shimmy Shake, Straw­berry Sundays, Three JJJacks, The Star­light Ball, Attack of The 5ft Woman, Draw­ing Straws, 24 Moons and more.

Poppy has also pro­duced the suc­cess­ful bur­lesque / stage pro­duc­tions ‘Bac­chanalia: The Bur­lesque Cir­cus at the End of The World’, ‘Stage Fright!’, ‘Kiss Me Deadly’ and ‘Poppy’s Peep­show’, as well as 3 fea­ture films.  Poppy is very excited to be join­ing the Aus­tralian Bur­lesque Fest­ival as their Stage Man­ager for 2012, and help­ing to show­case Australia’s incred­ible bur­lesque tal­ent around the country!