Outrageous cabaret, gravity-defying acrobatics and infectious musical revelry, performed on, around and over a cocktail bar! Club Swizzle returns to Sydney Opera House from December 2016!
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Laurie Hagen, cabaret and burlesqueartist, Club Swizzle
In 2013, Laurie Hagen won the Most Innovative Award at the Las Vegas Hall of Fame andthe London Cabaret Awards Best Burlesque Act for her famed reverse striptease, but,trained in ballet, musical theatre and acting – and being utterly gorgeous – she has somany other talents with which to dazzle us. The Widows Stanton: …
read moreBurlesque performer Laurie Hagen was sizzling as she stumbled her way to the stage in Act one with what could only be described as a naughty drunken striptease. Hilarious and imaginative, her act was enhanced by the side-splitting antics she displayed. Her second number, known as the reverse striptease was understated and incredibly sexy. Precise choreography and artistry made this one of the evening’s highlights.
Club Swizzle a cheeky take on cabaret
BELINDA SEENEY, The Courier-Mail September 6, 2015 8:46am Quartet the Swizzle Boys are part bartender, part performer and all show men playing starring roles in Brisbane Festival’s late night Spiegeltent show, ClubSwizzle. The cheeky cabaret by the creators of La Soiree, which sold out its two Brisbane Festival seasons in 2012 and 2013, is one …
read moreBelgium-based Laurie Hagen referenced German Kabarett of the Weimar Republic era between the wars, and all that that entailed, including in her re-imagined Burlesque the influence of Dadaism, which was strong at that time.The term ‘subversive’ is most applicable to this artist’s very clever approach to this long-established genre, for which she has won awards.
