Girlie-Q Presents: Betties @ Betty's (A Rockaburly Tribute to Bettie Page & Lux Interior) March 12, 2009

Featuring a Bettie Page Lookalike Contest (with prizes from the Pleasure Chest), live rockabilly music, and bodacious burlesque, Betties @ Betty's will be a night to remember!

Hosted by the brainiest broad in burlesque, Ms. Bea Haven. With musical guests Pearls Mahone & the One-Eyed Jacks.

Starring bodacious burlesque betties: Crystal Mess, Cruel Valentine, Dizzy Lizzy Delicious (hooping & circus arts), Goddess Feral, Tribal Bellydancer Jolie, Kinky von Kink, Lyra Belecqua, Petite Moll, Scarlett D'Evil, Siren Jinx, Twister Storm (of the Revelettes) and more.

Sponsored by Labrys Chicago, The Pleasure Chest & Vavoom Pinups.

Girlie-Q Productions is the latest, greatest incarnation of the series of Girlie-Q shows produced and directed by Jeanne Theresa Newman, aka Ms. Bea Haven. With a keen curatorial eye, high production values, and a queer campy sensibility, Girlie-Q brings performance that titillates, entertains, and makes you think. Our shows have been in production since 2003, making them the among the longest-running in Chicago today.

Featuring some of the edgiest burlesque, modern dance, live music, and variety performance in town, the Girlie-Q is the alternative to mainstream burlesque. The show mixes drag, striptease, dance, comedy and radical sexual art with "lowbrow" performance interests. They regularly dig up the strange, the bizarre and the fantastic for an unforgettable evening.

Press for Girlie-Q
"Straight audiences bored with vanilla strip tease will not be disappointed...If you like burlesque and you're not boring, check out a queer show. It's funnier, dirtier, and the main course is still mams and gams!"
-Being Totally Sweet in Chicago

Time Out Critic's Pick

Metromix/Red Eye's Best Bets (for things to do that day)
1/5/08, 5/10/08, 6/28/08, 10/11/08, 2/7/09

Metromix/Red Eye's Best Bets for Pride 2008

"...providing bawdy fun for a sophisticated crowd"
The L Word, Metromix.com

"My number one choice is Girlie-Q."
Chicago Theater Critic Johnathan Abarbanel on Girlie-Q's PAC/Edge Show

"For the very adult!"
Lin Bremer, Bremer's Best, WXRT

"Great Energy! Bravo!...Highly Recommended"
-Ray's Guide to Chicago Area Burlesque

FOR THE STRAIGHTS:
"One note about queer burlesque for the straight and uninitiated: the acts may sometimes have feminist overtones, but they still consist of sexy women (sometimes more than one!) taking their clothes off and should be anticipated more than feared."
-Ray's Guide to Chicago Area Burlesque

Official Website: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=61849122921