Last year Kittie took part in a splendid radio series called ‘My Alter Ego’. The task was to compare a historical person’s life to her own. Choosing Eliza Vestris – Britain’s first burlesque star (1817) and performer turned manageress – Kittie gives new life to Britain’s first (and almost forgotten) burlesque queen. The whole series [...]
Kittie is a guest on BBC4′s Rude Britannia – an exploration of Britain’s bawdy satirical past. She talks about Victorian burlesque, Lydia Thompson and the society of it’s time as well as making appearances in tribute to Lydia as the ‘Sailor boy’ and also as her own characterisation of the figure of Britannia. Kittie appears [...]
Kittie co-writes and presents for the 2nd episode of ‘My Alter Ego’ on BBC Radio 4. ‘My Alter Ego’ is a brand new five part series where leaders in a particular field, discuss what life would have been like had they been on a similar life-voyage in another era. In the second episode, Kittie talks [...]
or, Tickle My Fancy ! - A Guide To Classical or ‘Traditional British’ Burlesque Amidst the renaissance of the showgirl-striptease, the art of traditional (known as ‘classical’) burlesquing is in danger of becoming totally removed from it’s own genre. This article is an attempt to draw attention away (just for a moment) from the fleeting [...]