New events! HANKY-PANKY! and The Mata Hari Club
Amy Minns
Unfortunately the weekend long event that is Leeds Erotica Festival is going on secondment for this year due to having too many responsibilities. Due to return to Leeds in 2010.
However, we will be organising plenty of events in the interim too keep the good name of Leeds Erotica alive and well! Details of up and coming events include…
THE MATA HARI CLUB
Saturday 11th July, 2009
The Library Pub, Woodhouse Lane
Doors open 7.30pm, performances begin at 8.30 prompt.
Entrance: Non- members £5, Members £3
Membership: £2
“The favour of your presence is requested at a meeting of ladies & gentlemen connected with the aventgarde and erotic arts and warmly interested in the promotion of eccentricity, expression, debauchery, discussion, caddishness, intellectualism and drunkenness, for the enjoyment of music, literature and performance and the sale of exciseable liquors to be holden at The Library Pub, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds on Saturday 11th July, from 7.30”
Inspired by The Leeds Savage Club, The Mata Hari Club aims to bring together those people interested in the aventgarde and erotic arts including music, literature and performance.
Members of The Mata Hari Club celebrate eccentricity, expression, debauchery, discussion, caddishness, intellectualism and drunkeness.
Our club is named after our most apt representative Mata Hari: the beautiful and promiscuous exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for espionage during World War I. This follows in the footsteps of The Savage Club which was named, "in a frolicsome humour" for Richard Savage, "...a thoroughly disreputable actor and playwright of Dr Johnson's time who killed a man in a brawl and was later imprisoned for debt", our club is named after our biggest role model, the beautiful and promiscuous exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for espionage during World War I.
The first ever meeting of the Mata Hari Club will feature:
***Music***
The finest blues guitar from "bluer than The Black Keys, blacker than The White Stripes" Mr Tom Attah
***Burlesque***
The finest in tease from the marvellous Daisy Cutter and Mimi Demure, as well as Lexi Sexx & Miss Dee Lite of burlesque troupe The Daggar Dames
***Literature***
Stimulating readings from published author... (TBC)
Plus more to come!
HANKY_PANKY!
Hyde Park Unity Day Fundraiser
Thursday 15th July 2009
The Brudenell Social Club
Only £6/£4 NUS in! Tickets to be purchased on the door.
Doors open 7pm. 1st performance 8pm on the dot.
Come and get that warm feeling that only charity and gratuitous nudity can bring!
An evening of unmissable mischief and frippory featuring fun and fruity neo-burlesque performances from:
The enchantingly enticing Adelina le Shay!
Bewitching beauties The Boneshakers!
The gracefully gratifying Crystal Cupcake!
The saucy siren Miss Cissy P!
Gorgous glamour girls The Dagger Dames!
Yorkshire's finest boylesque star: Duke Wayward!
The feisty Frauline Freya Fox!
The effortlessly elegant Glorian Grey!
The stunningly seductive Jubilee Swoon!
The teasing temptress May Hemm!
The prettily provocative Nana Katana
The beautifully bawdy Nelly Plum!
The adorably alluring Ruby Buttons!
The vivacious vixen Willow Blue!
Not to mention dazzling vocals from our compere the delectabley divine Emm Brulee!
What a stonker of a line-up!
Other entertainments include: CAKE! RAFFLE! CRAFTS!
Dare you miss it???
Suggested dress code includes your best vintage frock for the ladies and dapper dan styling for the gents. Think glitz and glam with feathers, sequins, sky high heels, sparlky makeup, eyeliner to die for, braces, hats, pinstripes, spats - whatever the hell you want! If you're comfier in jeans thats no problem, but if you like dressing up, tonight is the night to make a statement!