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Fuse Productions Presents:
HEAVENLY BURLESQUE – “The Untamed Oddities Tour!”
The iconic multi - award winning burlesque circus, dance & comedy cabaret!
Dunedin: (As part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival)
Dates : 2 – 5 & 9 – 12 April. 9.30pm
Venue : Sammy’s Entertainment Venue, 65 Crawford St, City
Tickets : Adults. $25.00, Conc’s. $15.00, Groups 10+. $20.00
Bookings : Ticketek; 03 477 8597 (service fee may apply)
Duration : 90min
Websites : www.ticketek.co.nz
www.myspace.com/fuseprouctionsnz
Christchurch:
Dates : 16 – 19 April. 9.30pm
Venue : The Loons, 16 Canterbury St, Littleton
Tickets : Adult. $25.00, Conc’s. $15.00, Groups 10+. $20.00
Bookings : The Loons 03 328 8230
Duration : 90 min
Websites : www.theloons.co.nz
www.myspace.com/fuseprouctionsnz
Wellington: (As part of the International Comedy Festival)
Dates : 30 April – 3 May. 9.30pm
Venue : Paramount Theatre 25 Courtenay Pl, City, Wellington
Tickets : Adult. $30.00, Conc’s. $25.00, Groups 10+. $27.50
Bookings : Paramount 04 384 4080
Duration : 90 min
Website : www.paramount.co.nz
www.myspace.com/fuseprouctionsnz
Auckland: (As part of the International Comedy Festival)
Dates : 7 – 10 April. 9.30pm
Venue : Crunchie Comedy Chamber Auckland Town Hall, THE EDGE®, City, Auckland
Tickets : Adults $32.50 Conc. $25.00 Groups 10+ $27.50
Bookings : Ticketek 0800 TICKETEK (0800 842 5385) (service fee may apply)
Duration : 90 min
Website : www.ticketek.co.nz
www.myspace.com/fuseprouctionsnz
The award winning extravaganza of circus, dance, comedy and so much more in a night of fast, physical, bawdy and above
all, sublimely entertaining cabaret. Pleasure, sexiness, lashings of comedy; fast, playful, exceedingly physical, and
highly entertaining aerial acts! Divine singing, dance & clever cabaret combined by the seamless magic of your very own host the loveable, unflappable, king of kiwi comedy;
Vinyl Burns.
Heavenly Burlesque, ladies and gentlemen showcases short acts where beauty and glamour go hand in hand with gravity
defying circus and anarchic humor. Be tempted into a world of splendor and excess. Don your most luscious outfit to
mingle with the heavenly creatures. From the moment you arrive you will be lured into a world of unexpected surprises,
farce and more than a sprinkling of naughtiness.
“Cirque du Soleil for the naughtier audience” – Helen King
“…there is much to applaud in this production of entertaining acts under the over-all direction of Tom Beauchamp…highly
enjoyable entertainment…” - Ewen Coleman, Dom Post.
Heavenly Burlesque premiered in the Wellington Fringe 06 taking out Best Theatre and Best of the Fringe awards. The show
had a second sell-out Wellington season "Return of Heavenly Burlesque" in October 06
before successfully touring Wellington and Auckland as part of the International Comedy Festival 07. Taking the country
by storm in 08!!
Fuse Productions Ltd is a Wellington based company that is renowned for offering fast paced spectacularly visual circus
/ cabaret entertainment. Recently returned from thrilling huge crowds at the International Buskers Festival
(Christchurch) Fuse Productions will captivate Wellington in March 08 with a second season of the breathtaking aerial
and circus show: Gravity and Other Myths. For further information contact Fuse Productions Ltd Director Tom Beauchamp on
(04) 4 801 9501 or mobile: 021 121 1321.
Awards and Reviews.
Best Theatre Award - Wellington fringe 2006
Best of the Fringe – Wellington fringe 2006
“There’s no doubt Heavenly Burlesque is a hit of the fringe. Last night the Paramount foyer was packed by punters happy
to be primed by roving performers – a farmer and his dog, a crop-wielding dominatrix, weird people in exotic garb – if
not exactly to ‘Shut up!’, as exhorted by one, to listen to set pieces like Dreamscape’s ‘Restaurant’ sketch or songs
from blue-haired soprano Barbie and blonde mezzo soprano-with a squeeze-box Ashlyn.
By the time they fill the theatre the punters are ready to rock…”
1. John Smythe: NBR
“ The real strength of Heavenly Burlesque was its pace. One act drifted seamlessly into another and there was absolutely
no waiting around. If the stage needed to be changed other parts of the auditorium, such as the audience, were used
flawlessly. There was not a second in which any audience member, especially one with an alarmingly shot attention span
like mine, could get bored…
Needless to say, I enjoyed the show, a lot. It was fun, sexy and highly polished. Unlike a number of similar shows it
worked, spectacularly. It changes every night but it promises to remain bloody good. It went off and I will certainly be
going again, and again.”
- Jules Van Cruysen: Salient Magazine
“…there is much to applaud in this production of entertaining acts under the over-all direction of Tom Beauchamp…highly
enjoyable entertainment…”
Ewen Coleman; The Dominion Post
ENDS