Talk:Lola the Vamp

Disastrous Edits
Recent anonymous-IP edits on this page have left us with an article that is repeated three times with minor differences, reads like a press release, includes next to no verification or sourcing, and is packed with irrelevant detail of the sort that is not meant to be included in an encyclopedia. I'm reverting the main page to an earlier version and copying the jumble of the current text here, so that it can be worked on and made into a proper article. NEW EDITORS PLEASE NOTE that there are many guidelines for Wiki articles. WP:NOT might be a good place to start. Welcome to the Wikipedia. - Corporal Tunnel (talk) 19:24, 30 January 2008 (UTC) Text that was on main page: Lola The Vamp is the only burlesque performer in history to perform burlesque for the academic award of PhD. She is part of the resurgent burlesque movement of the early 21st Century. Combining Art Nouveau aesthetics with the classic striptease of mid-20th Century Burlesque, Lola's work is unique among burlesque performers, and academics, for it's aesthetics reach back to the late 1800s and Art Nouveau.

Lola's performing career began as a child flute performer in Australia, and saw her win coutless eisteddfords and scholarships. She later trained as an actor in movement theatre and visual arts at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Her burlesque career began in 2002 at Tease-o-rama in San Francsisco where she auditioned for Dita Von Teese, Catherine D'Lish and Kitty West and since then she has continued to progress her work from 5 minute nightclub solos to full length festival theatre events. Her appearances include Tease-o-rama 2002, 2003, and 2005, and Miss Exotic World Pageant 2006, Go Go Burlesco in Sydney and Edinburgh Fringe 2005, Burlesque Idol 2007, The Woodford Folk Festival, Big Laugh Comedy Festival, Valley Fiesta, Big Joke Comedy Festival and countless nightclub appearances.

A turning point was performing in Go Go Burlesco in 2005 at the Edinburgh Festival. Handpicked to perform alongside Austalian burlesque legends such as Christa Hughes, Lola's Serpentine and Fan dances won rave reviews from The Times and The Scotsman, who singled out her shows as having "real tease". She has been involved in launching two burlesque clubs in Australia - 34b in Sydney and the now-defunct Bar Burlesque in Brisbane, and has been the subject of an exhibition by 5 artists at Rivoli Gallery in Brisbane. In 2005 she launched La Lola Salon, Australia's burlesque school with branches in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. In 2007 she toured her solo full length show 'Bohemia' around Australia.

A further career development was garnered in late 2007 when she became Australian Penthouse Pet of the Month November, becoming one of few, if any, contemporary burlesque stars to do so. Her success of that month was further cemented by her support slot for Nick Cave on his Australian tour.

Lola The Vamp is the only burlesque performer in history to perform burlesque for the academic award of PhD. She is part of the resurgent burlesque movement of the early 21st Century. Combining Art Nouveau aesthetics with the classic striptease of mid-20th Century Burlesque, Lola's work is unique among burlesque performers, and academics, for it's aesthetics reach back to the late 1800s and Art Nouveau.

Lola's performing career began as a child flute performer in Australia, and saw her win coutless eisteddfords and scholarships. She later trained as an actor in movement theatre and visual arts at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Her burlesque career began in 2002 at Tease-o-rama in San Francsisco where she auditioned for Dita Von Teese, Catherine D'Lish and Kitty West and since then she has continued to progress her work from 5 minute nightclub solos to full length festival theatre events. Her appearances include Tease-o-rama 2002, 2003, and 2005, and Miss Exotic World Pageant 2006, Go Go Burlesco in Sydney and Edinburgh Fringe 2005, Burlesque Idol 2007, The Woodford Folk Festival, Big Laugh Comedy Festival, Valley Fiesta, Big Joke Comedy Festival and countless nightclub appearances.

A turning point was performing in Go Go Burlesco in 2005 at the Edinburgh Festival. Handpicked to perform alongside Austalian burlesque legends such as Christa Hughes, Lola's Serpentine and Fan dances won rave reviews from The Times and The Scotsman, who singled out her shows as having "real tease". She has been involved in launching two burlesque clubs in Australia - 34b in Sydney and the now-defunct Bar Burlesque in Brisbane, and has been the subject of an exhibition by 5 artists at Rivoli Gallery in Brisbane. In 2005 she launched La Lola Salon, Australia's burlesque school with branches in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. In 2007 she toured her solo full length show 'Bohemia' around Australia, and supported Nick Cave on his Australian tour

A further career development was garnered in late 2007 when she became Australian Penthouse Pet of the Month November, becoming one of a small but growing number of contemporary burlesque stars to do so.

Lola The Vamp is the only burlesque performer in history to perform burlesque for the academic award of PhD. She is part of the resurgent burlesque movement of the early 21st Century. Combining Art Nouveau aesthetics with the classic striptease of mid-20th Century Burlesque, Lola's work is unique among burlesque performers, and academics, for it's aesthetics reach back to the late 1800s and Art Nouveau.

Lola's performing career began as a child flute performer in Australia, and saw her win coutless eisteddfords and scholarships. She later trained as an actor in movement theatre and visual arts at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. Her burlesque career began in 2002 at Tease-o-rama in San Francsisco where she auditioned for Dita Von Teese, Catherine D'Lish and Kitty West and since then she has continued to progress her work from 5 minute nightclub solos to full length festival theatre events. Her appearances include Tease-o-rama 2002, 2003, and 2005, and Miss Exotic World Pageant 2006, Go Go Burlesco in Sydney and Edinburgh Fringe 2005, Burlesque Idol 2007, The Woodford Folk Festival, Big Laugh Comedy Festival, Valley Fiesta, Big Joke Comedy Festival and countless nightclub appearances.

A turning point was performing in Go Go Burlesco in 2005 at the Edinburgh Festival. Handpicked to perform alongside Austalian burlesque legends such as Christa Hughes, Lola's Serpentine and Fan dances won rave reviews from The Times and The Scotsman, who singled out her shows as having "real tease". She has been involved in launching two burlesque clubs in Australia - 34b in Sydney and the now-defunct Bar Burlesque in Brisbane, and has been the subject of an exhibition by 5 artists at Rivoli Gallery in Brisbane. In 2005 she launched La Lola Salon, Australia's burlesque school with branches in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. In 2007 she toured her solo full length show 'Bohemia' around Australia, and supported Nick Cave on his Australian tour

A further career development was garnered in late 2007 when she became Australian Penthouse Pet of the Month November, becoming one of a small but growing number of contemporary burlesque stars to do so.

Lola's academic research in burlesque focuses on the experience of the performer, the mask process in burlesque, the body as inscriptive surface, and the use of feminine accoutrements as fetish within burlesque.

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Reviews from the article
This content is moved from the article - it appears sourced, but I have been unable to verify the citations, and I am unsure what these reviews are for, because the article was not particularly clear when I started working on it. It is possible, but not verified, that these relate to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
 * The Times: "the five women have some idea about showbiz so the whole thing rattles on with well-rehearsed panache. Exquisitely dressed (and undressed), it does not hurt that the five are all quite ravishing to look at" (The Times, 10 August 2005); 'Moreover, and this is rare in the realm of modern strip'n'show cabaret, the show tries to capture something of the original burlesque tradition - Lola The Vamp's exotic dance with floaty scarves is one instance' (The Herald, 27 August 2005); 'Lola's feather and fan dances were beautifully erotic' (Hairline Highlights, 17 August 2005).

Beccaynr (talk) 03:47, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


 * I have also not been able to find this: Burlesque Stripped Bare The Age M Magazine March 10, 2007, by Melinda Houston, so I am moving it here. A 2006 cover story in the same publication is referred to in her SAE bio. Beccaynr (talk) 04:43, 12 November 2023 (UTC)