A couple of Friday nights ago, I attended Girlesque, yet another local burlesque/vaudeville show hosted by my friend, Mysterion the Mind Reader. Here are some photos from the event (they’re all safe for work):
Ah, the dance of the seven veils!
You can see video of the dance here [4.8MB, QuickTime].
This poor goth was a bit freaked out by Mysterion’s “PK (psychokinetic)
Touch” trick in which he touches her back while standing across the
stage.
Mysterion was one of the finalists for a contenst held by the local
alt-rock radio station to find Toronto’s biggest freak. One of the
other finalists, a burly fella by the name of Professor Orbax put on a great show. Here he is, shoving a power drill up his nose:
Here’s Orbax, after havig been wrapped in Saran Wrap by a professional
dominatrix, announcing that he will now attempt to escape as
cross-dressin’ Chris holds the mic (yeah, we have a lot of odd people
here in Accordion City):
I’ve got two video’s of Orbax’s escape from the Saran Wrap:
And finally, the stomach pump trick. Orbax first drank some yellow
liquid then used the pump (which fed a tube running up his nose and
then down his esophagus) to inject blue liquid into this stomach. He
then used the pump to extract the liquids from his stomach (now a
sickly green) to fill two glasses — one for him and one for Mysterion:
After the show, Mysterion came up to me, grabbed me by the lapels and screamed, “I drank some guy’s BILE, Joey!”
“Sounds like a typical Friday night for you, dude,” I said.
The show was punctuated with some classic vaudeville humor by the
comedian known to most people only as “The Wolfman”. He’s hilarious,
and he greeted me with a hug after the show. Wolfie, we have to do a
song-and-dance routine for the next show.
Curtain call! Here are two photos of all the performers taking a bow.
Mysterion was extra-kind that evening: during curtain call he said “I’d
also like to thank Joey deVilla, the Accordion Guy, for attending
tonight — he’s in the audience, but we hope to have him onstage for
the next show. Give it up for Joey!”
Thanks, Mysterion, and yes, I’d love to perform at the next one!
