Itchy sees nothing wrong with a
bit of cheek every now and then. So, was it any wonder that we jumped at the chance to try an evening o
f burlesque cabaret from
The Wam Bam Club at
Café De Paris.
Café De Paris is perhaps renowned for its West End wag tag reputation. However, its
opulent interior provides enough
old skool glamour to make the perfect venue for some
vintage entertainment.
Before the show, Itchy took the affluent option of ordering a
three course pre-show dinner. Greeted by our glamorous hostess we were placed at a large round table with other couples of all ages. Whilst the food at the venue was
well presented and overall quite tasty, with the wine flowing and service extremely attentive, you do get a sense of mass catering here, a bit like at a wedding. However, still excited at the prospect of some
top class tassel-action and enjoying a real sense of being part of an
exclusive naughty club, we understood that tonight was all about the entertainment.
Thankfully, the show itself is
worth the ticket price alone. After a traditionally feathered routine of big smiles and
bouncing buttocks, from the girls of
Cabaret Rouge, our
corset-clad MC,
Lady Alex, arrives on stage with enough double entendre to make Frankie Howerd groan with excitement. Itchy particularly loved her comedy burlesque routine as a
sexy suicide bomber. Politically incorrect? Perhaps.
Hilarious? Hell yeah!
Other
vintage performances come from
Kitsch Katz, a dance double act. Whilst Itchy loved the airline hostess number, we are still left pondering how their second routine, which involved
a dance round a pizza box, could be considered kitsch.
Scales of the Unexpected, a comedy vocal group, also gets our vote with a hilarious take on some 80's classics. However, the real performance of the evening is the comedian, J
ason Wood. His fearless camp bitching aided by some
stunning singing impressions, from Alison Moyet to Bollywood, makes him absolutely the
one to watch.
Finally, just to tease you, our Burlesque dancer,
Millie Dollar, provided a stunning classic burlesque performance despite a
serious lack of tassel spinning. With the art of seduction these days ruined by the likes of
Jordan, whopping her bangers out every two minutes, there is something
weirdly erotic about watching a stunning girl, dressed like an old movie star, taking a glove off... slowly. Itchy is so impressed by this
slow seduction that we wished we had taken part in the
Wam Bam dance class offered at the beginning of the evening. Then we remember how long it takes us to get our trainers off when we are half-cut and we realise that perhaps we are already there. Bizarre,
highly entertaining and
extremely cheeky. Itchy is seduced.
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