----------------------- Media Release: Burlesque Assassin ---------------------------------
Nunchucks, dirty tricks and seduction!
Adelaide Fringe 2011 and Nouveau Entertainment presents ‘Burlesque Assassin’, a night of dark burlesque at Nexus Cabaret, Adelaide on March 10, 11 and 12. Showcasing a morbid narrative of fantasy combining the glamorous with the forbidden, featuring aerial acts, sexy circus sideshow and live music by the Knife Waltz.
Nominated for The Sydney Morning Herald’s “Most Thrilling Theatrical Event” Award at the Sydney Fringe 2010, the performers of Sydney’s latest burlesque production will descend upon Adelaide for this years Fringe. The star of the show, Nikki Nouveau is a femme fatale who punishes her deceitful lover with nunchuks, dirty tricks and seduction. She invites her audience to indulge in the experience of watching this feline character as she subjects her male victim to a harrowing ordeal of emotional annihilation, using a devastating combination of martial arts and sexual provocation that could make normal relationship counseling seem passé.
Lillian Starr Arts Writer for Unfringed said;
“Nikki is not content just to slay the audience with her sultry singing but would rather take us through an unnerving trail of vengeance and seduction.”
“Scorned hot babes who don’t take any shit are always hotter with a weapon. Tank Girl. Barbarella. Lucy Liu in Kill Bill.”
Nouveau’s production is inspired by different art forms that portray her morbid love story featuring burlesque, martial arts, cabaret, and circus sideshow. She draws the audience into her evil world with dark and eerie music performed live by her band, The Knife Waltz, bringing the story to life.
Chard Currie from Arts Hub said,
“The Knife Waltz provide the music and are ones to watch. Dirty, trippy guitar, fat bass lines throughout and the mournful harmonica.”
“She bellows out dark songs of love, loss and deception that would make Nick Cave proud.”
WHEN: March 10, 11 & 12 TIME: 9pm WHERE: Nexus Cabaret, Adelaide ADMISSION: Adult $20, Conc $16 – www.adelaidefringe.com.au / 1300 FRINGE (1300 374 643) Presented by Nouveau Entertainment and Adelaide Fringe Festival 2011 www.facebook.com/nikkinouveau For more information contact Ben Porter / Publicist / porterbenjamin@hotmail.com