Lola The Vamp is the only burlesque performer in theatrical history to perform burlesque for the academic award of PhD. She is part of the resurgent burlesque movement of the early 21st Century, that includes other performers such as Dirty Martini, Dita Von Teese and Jo Boobs. Lola’s work in burlesque harks to the Art Nouveau aesthetics of the Belle Epoque era, (also known as the classic striptease of mid-20th Century Burlesque).
In Australia, her performances included Tease-o-rama (2002, 2003 and 2005), Miss Exotic World Pageant (2006), Go Go Burlesco in Sydney, Edinburgh Fringe (a show that was created in 2005, that earned several positive reviews in the UK from The Times and The Scotsman), The Big Day Out (2003, 2004 and 2005) and her headlining tours of the East Coast of Australia (2007 and 2008). Lola has been involved in launching two burlesque clubs in Australia, and was the subject of an exhibition by 5 artists at Rivoli Gallery in Brisbane in 2005. During that year, she launched La Lola Salon, Australia’s first burlesque school of the neo-burlesque period. She became the Australian Penthouse Pet of the Month in November 2007.
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Lola The Vamp is Australia’s premier showgirl and the fastest rising star around the world. She’s the new star of the tease, the damsel of deshabille, the princess of boom boom! Notorious around the globe for “losing ” her pasties, you never know how far she might go! Her sensual and stunning shows have captured the world’s imagination. Lola’s acts have graced stages in Hollywood, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, and every stop in between! Lola The Vamp has prided herself on presenting the world with her sensual acts of deshabille since 2002, making her a forerunner of Australian burlesque and an internationally recognised trailblazer! She now divides her time between her home country of Australia and her beloved city of Paris.
Lola’s growing “reputation” has seen her stop the show at numerous international festivals and events, such as Melbourne International Comedy Festival, The Big Laugh Comedy Festival at Seymour Centre (syd), Valley Fiesta (bris), Queensland Performing Arts Centre, The Powerhouse, Tamworth Country Music Festival, and The Big Day Out (national tour) and the prestigous Assembly Ballroom at the Edinburgh Fringe. Her American performances include Tease-o-rama at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco, The Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, and the Celebrity Theatre in Las Vegas.
Her list of headlining nightclub appearances reads like a who’s who of the top nightclubs around the world: The Zoo, The Troubadour, The Globe, Rics, The Tivoli, The Rev (bris), MyBar (gc), Broadway Studios (SF), Cotton Club (Byron Bay), Sydney Hellfire, Establishment (syd), Cherrybomb, Dante’s, Miss Libertine (melb). 2006 saw Lola headline the Burlesque Ball and several Sugartime events at 34b Burlesque in Sydney. A darling of bohemians of the Antipodean land, Lola has been the subject of an exhibition by five artists at Rivoli Gallery, and most recently featured in Louise Whelan’s poetic photographs of Sydney burlesque dancers.Her presence has been influential in the opening of two burlesque clubs in Australia – owner of Sydney’s 34b Burlesque dubbed her “The original 34b girl – you started it all!” – and that ain’t a reference to her bra size!
A Brisbane bar was created after the success of a string of Lola’s shows. As Miss Victoria Mist writes, “Lola, the vamp, a woman so in control of her art form as to be more dominant the greater her state of undress, was magnetic. We are fish on hooks!” and Lola Cherry Cola, of Melbourne’s Man’s Ruin, describes The Vamp as “widely acknowledged as Australia’s best solo performer”.