Fierce! International Queer Burlesque Expo

I am so excited to be performing in this year’s Fierce! International Queer Burlesque Expo with my girl gang of Betty Quirk, Zilly Lilly, Charlie Quinn and the legendary Coco Framboise!

We are bringing back our Spice Girl meets X-Men group number for this incredible event and will be sharing the stage with a ton of amazingly talented queer performers.  You are not going to want to miss out on this weekend of shows running from May 24th – 27th.

Our group number will be on Friday, May 25th!  There are weekend passes available or you can purchase tickets for individual shows.  Get your tickets HERE!

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60s Go-Go Emma Frost pt 2

I’m so happy to share part 2 of my Emma Frost Photoshoot by Tyrone Islington this week!

You can see this whole look live this Sunday at Sinful Sunday’s PeepshowTO Takeover at Cherry Cola’s in Toronto!  See you there!

Pasties by Charlie Quinn’s Quintessentials

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60s Go-Go Emma Frost

This week Dolly is dripping in diamonds in her 1960s Go-Go inspired Emma Frost Cosplay!

The incredible Tyrone Islington and I had a blast shooting this X-Men inspired White Queen look.  On Sunday, March 18th you can see me rock this look in person at the Sinful Sundays PeepshowTO Takeover at Cherry Cola’s in Toronto!

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Garters of the Galaxy

Our final Peepshow TO show by all means should have been a sad affair.  It was the final time our amazing group of performers and friends would come together to put on the biggest and best nerdlesque show in town.  The last time we would all gather backstage, getting ready and gabbing, swapping eyelash glue and pastie tape.  The final collective feeling of putting on a show that was truly entertaining, inspiring and unique.  But instead of feeling loss and despair I could not imagine a more electric evening.  There was a buzz in the air from the minute the Great Hall began filling up.  Every seat was taken and still people stood to watch what can only be described as one of the greatest shows that we have ever created.  From start to finish the energy was palpable.  Not one lull or low moment was felt and the volume of cheers and laughs echoed endlessly through the night. Every performer brought their best and the roaring crowd pushed each of us to be that much better.

I feel so lucky to have such talented, inspiring and loving friends and to have had so many opportunities to work with these amazing people.  Even though this was the last Peepshow event (for now anyways) I couldn’t be sad for even one second because my mind is filled with all the wonderful moments I have shared with this group.

Thank you Leelando, Sevvy and Betty for giving us a stage to perform on, for making it possible for us to come together as a team and for working so tirelessly to ensure each event has been more outstanding than the last.  Thank you to all the performers who have constantly pushed each other to be more creative simply by being endlessly creative themselves.  Thank you to Rena, Mong Tho, Amie and everyone who has worked backstage throughout the past few years.  Without you we would be utterly lost.  And finally, thanks to everyone who has come out to support our shows.  Hearing the excitement in your cheers is the fuel that drives us.

The final curtain has closed.  The show has concluded.  But I promise this is not the last you will hear or see of the members of the PeepshowTO family.

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Curtain Call by Lick My Lens Cap
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Leelando Calrissian as Namor
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Delicia Pastiche as Beast, Betty Quirk as Gamora
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Dante Him as Wolverine, Dolly Monroe as Emma Frost
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Betty Quirk as Gamora
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Dr. Orifice as Mr. Fantastic
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Loretta Jean as Starlord
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Alex as Stan Lee, Velvet Valhalla as Lady Punisher
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Loretta Jean as Starlord, Betty Quirk as Gamora
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Dolly Monroe as Emma Frost
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Miss Elle Towe as Lady Sif
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Sky Blew as Captain America
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Veronica Vile as Scarlett Witch
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Delicia Pastiche as Beast
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Dr. Orifice as Mr. Fantastic
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Sevvy Skellington as Groot
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Scarlett LaFlamme as Black Widow
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Leelando Calrissian as Namor
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Henrietta VIII as She-Hulk
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Dante Him as Wolverine
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Leelando Calrissian, Sevvy Skellington and Betty Quirk doing their goodbye speech
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Charlie Quinn as Captain Marvel
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Zilly Lilly as Dark Pheonix

Emma Frost at Garters of the Galaxy!

One week from today I will be performing at the final Peepshow TO burlesque show: Garters of the Galaxy!  This is your last chance to see the Peepshow crew together and the one and only opportunity you have to see my Emma Frost act. Basically you won’t want to miss this show!  As a little teaser I thought I would share some photos from my Emma Frost makeup test.  Click any of the photos below to purchase tickets for Garters of the Galaxy….

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Fan Expo 2014

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Stargirl (Sevvy Skellingtong) Wonder Woman (Betty Quirk) and Supergirl (Dolly Monroe) from the DC Bombshells Collection.  Photo by Very Frank Pictures.

This past weekend my friends from Peepshow TO and I put on our best cosplays and strutted our stuff at one of the biggest Nerd Conventions in North America: FAN EXPO!  Fan Expo brings together fans of Comics, Sci-Fi, Anime, Horror and Gaming for a weekend of geeky fun.  The Peepshowers had a booth in the Horror section of the con and spent most of our time advertising our next show Garters of the Galaxy: A Marvel Inspired Burlesque.  We had a blast chatting up con goers and posing for photos in cosplay.

This year I really over extended myself by attempting to do 2 brand new cosplays for the con.  On Friday the Peepshow crew did a Sparkly X-Men Group cosplay in which I portrayed the White Queen Emma Frost.  For the big day, Saturday, we did another group cosplay.  This time it was the DC Bombshells, which is a set of female DC characters as 1940s pinup girls.  For this group I did Supergirl, which was such fun to make and to wear.  On the final day I decided to wear an old favourite, my Batwoman burlesque cosplay.  Overall the highlight of the weekend was definitely getting to meet the Queen of Cosplay herself; Yaya Han!  Yaya is such an inspiration for me as a cosplayer.  Her costumes are flawless and she really embodies each character she portrays.

Please enjoy a few of my photos from this year’s Fan Expo…

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Emma Frost and Magik heading to the con on Friday
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The Queen of Cosplay: Yaya Han!
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Lady Robocop
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Betty Quirk as X Men Psylocke
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Getting friendly with Daryl Dixon
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Gambit (Sevvy Skellington) Domino (Zilly Lilly) Magik (Brittany) and Emma Frost (Dolly Monroe) hanging out at the Peepshow Booth
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Sailor Chibi Moon!
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Our friend Ajay Fry came to visit us
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Day 2: Getting coffee in cosplay
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DC Bombshells Mera (Delicia Pastiche) and Batwoman (Zilly Lilly)
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Dex Morgan cosplaying Gaslight Catwoman (www.facebook.com/DexCosplay)
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Leelando Calrissian as DC Bombshells Poison Ivy
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Chilling with the Batmobile
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Brittany as DC Bombshells Catwoman
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Charlie Quinn joined our group as DC Bombshells Flash!
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Beautiful Mermaid!
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Group Selfie with our booth neighbour friends!
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Amazing Wild, Wild West cosplays!
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Zilly Lilly as Molotov Cocktease with the Star Wars favs
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Rocket Racoon with a baby Groot
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Ran into my friend Serena… I mean Sailor Mars!
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Leelando Calrissian and Betty Quirk as Harley Quinn and Yoshi
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Rufio and Captain Hook from the film Hook
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Batwoman swooped in to steal the spotlight