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World Champagne Day On 24 October As Blanc De Blanc Encore Extends Until February 2026

16/10/2025 Breaking News

Smash-hit ‘champagne cabaret’ Blanc de Blanc Encore celebrates World Champagne Day on 24 October and announces a season extension until February 2026, making it one of the river city’s longest running shows.

Since opening in November last year, Blanc de Blanc Encore has wowed audiences so much that the show is still running, with new dates now on sale until February 2026 at bespoke and award-winning theatre and bar The West End Electric.

“Blanc de Blanc Encore has run longer than many major musicals do, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the overwhelming response. It shows just how much Brisbane loves a cheeky ‘champagne cabaret’! So we’ll be sticking around for the ‘party-season’ with shows all through summer,” says Producer Jess Copas, who has had a busy year, with the company presenting shows in London as well as all over Australia.

The cast and venue are celebrating their success with a World Champagne Day event for the ages, on Friday 24 October. The one-of-a-kind night will feature free-flowing Moët & Chandon, champagne oysters, exclusive surprise show moments, ‘champagne glam’ best dressed prizes and more.

“You haven’t lived until you’ve eaten champagne oysters – where the vinaigrette is replaced with unadulterated French champagne, thanks to our official sponsor Moët & Chandon,” says Venue Manager Rachael Hale.

Festivities will begin at 5:30pm, with the Blanc cast sabreing a bottle of French to begin the night of decadence. Flowing Moët & Chandon is included in the standard ticket price to see Blanc de Blanc Encore on World Champagne Day only. Which might just make it one of the hottest tickets in town!

After the show, the two most gloriously dressed attendees will be crowned ‘Champagne Monarchs’, in a nod to the drink’s history as the official libation of kings and queens.

Blanc de Blanc Encore transports guests from a sophisticated French lounge to a pumping nightclub party with the world’s finest acrobatic talent, great tunes, big laughs, lots of skin and more than a few surprises.

The international cast includes world-class circus, theatre and dance performers who have worked alongside the likes of Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams and Rihanna, ripped up the floor on Dancing with the Stars and graced major stages on many continents.

Global powerhouse production house Strut & Fret are thrilled to extend the Blanc de Blanc Encore season again at Brisbane’s bespoke new theatre and bar The West End Electric.

The minds behind The Garden of Unearthly Delights, The Spiegeltent, The Grand Electric and now The West End Electric, Strut & Fret have toured their signature circus-cabaret shows to 25 countries from Brussels to Bogota and Perth to Prague.

Tickets are selling fast for World Champagne Day and all other dates via The West End Electric. Bookings are also being taken for Christmas parties and group events. Audiences are encouraged to be quick to secure their favourite seats for the festive season.

VENUE: The West End Electric, 125 Boundary St, West End, QLD 4101
DATES: Season extension until February 2026; World Champagne Day on Friday 24 October
SHOWTIMES: Wednesdays & Thursdays 7:30pm, Fridays 7:30pm, Saturdays 4:30pm & 7:30pm; Sundays 5:30pm (times may differ, see the website for all show times)
PRICES: Tickets from $64 + booking fees with special discounts and balcony bar hire options for parties.

The West End Electric

Praise for Blanc de Blanc Encore

“The Blanc experience serves up the top shelf of cabaret-burlesque-circus entertainment with a devilish smile and a knowing wink. This show is bubbling over with hilarious hosts, talented performers dressed up (and down) in dazzling couture-fashion-level costuming, interactive stunts and so-rude-it’s-right jokes.” — Time Out Sydney

“Whether it was risqué cancan in stilettos, striptease, slapstick, vamping, the pole or aerial rings…. [the performers] did not miss a beat” — Theatre Thoughts

Praise for The West End Electric

“Officially Brisbane’s coolest theatre venue” — The Westender

“The West End Electric evokes a sense of bohemian opulence” — Brisbane Times

“Think vaudeville, New York cabaret, Moulin Rouge vibes mixed with cocktails upon cocktails. What’s not to love?” — Urban List Brisbane

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Lassú: Past, Future, and Burlesque Collide

21/09/2025 Adelle Givney🌱

Lassu Cosmic Cabaret Rating

★★★★★

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Produced by seventh-generation circus performer Merrik Ahston and creatively directed by Mitchell Woodcock, Lassú is a fusion of tradition and innovation. Their combined experience is evident in a seamless blend of circus, dance, and burlesque, delivering a cabaret that feels both fresh and timeless.

Billed as a Cosmic Cabaret, the show transports audiences into the glittering confines of the saloon with space cowboys, alien drifters, and the legendary Rodeo Sisters. Beneath the big top, transformed with bars, banquettes, private tables, and rings of chairs encircling the stage, the atmosphere captivates the audience before the first act even begins.

That anticipation was instantly rewarded when a poised aerialist strode onto the stage in boots and a high bun. To the audience’s amazement, she clipped herself onto the corde lisse (smooth rope) by her hair and soared, spinning and twisting with both grace and daring. The crowd erupted with cheers and whistles, fueling her performance even further. She later returned for a more traditional aerial routine, showcasing extraordinary artistry. For me, she was the standout performer in a show already brimming with remarkable talent.

From there, the show surged from thrill to thrill. A knife thrower had the audience holding its collective breath, his blades thudding into the board beside his assistant with precision—made all the more nerve-wracking once he donned a blindfold and relied only on her shouted commands: “Left! Right! Up! Down! THROW!” Gasps and nervous laughter rippled with each loud thunk.

A slack rope walker defied balance and logic by juggling atop a ladder and later a unicycle; a hypnotic fire act illuminated the stage with fiery beauty; feats of strength impressed with sheer power; and an unexpected clown act (IYKYK) had the audience laughing in surprise. Bringing it all together was the glamour of accomplished burlesque dancers and the soaring vocals of a powerhouse singer, ensuring the energy never faltered.

Lassú is not just a show—it’s a feast for the senses, a wild ride through the cosmic saloon where tradition, daring, and decadence collide to deliver an unforgettable night of entertainment.

To book tickets to Lassu Cosmic Cabaret, please visit https://www.lassutheshow.com.au/.

Photographer: Brooke Elizabeth Photography

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Absolute Trash

19/09/202519/09/2025 Mark Hobgood⭐

Absolute Trash Rating

★★★★★

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Bawdy, bendy and bootylicious.

Glitter Martini have brought Absolute Trash down from the Gold Coast for a short run at the Sydney Fringe, following sparkly five-star reviews at the Adelaide Fringe.

We live in a world surrounded by trash. Bin juice, trash pandas, floating garbage islands, and the toxic waste dump that passes for social media. When was the last time you said that your life is a dumpster fire? (Confession: last Wednesday for me.)

Absolute Trash gleefully up-cycles our garbage mountain planet with eye-popping circus, wacky comedy and bawdy cabaret.

It’s nice the get the word bawdy out of the house. It’s usually stuck at home doing debauched crochet while the sexier words like saucy and spicy get invited out to play.

If you want to, you can take it easy, sit back and watch, but part of the joy of a Glitter Martini show is their love of playing with their audience. You are invited to share your trashiest stories by text at the start of the show.

Director and performer, Darcie Rae, loves creating a real feeling of connection between the audience and performers. She has fashioned a joyous audience-driven, interactive experience that uses comedy to disarm you as it seductively draws you into the show.

Natrasha Binit, the Duchess of Debauchery, the Queen of Trash, is your incomparable compère for the night. They’re taller than Sesame Street’s Oscar the Grouch but they share his love of trash and trashy things, with a green plastic wig and a Chanel little black bin bag dress.

Trent Charles, as Natrasha, is the beautiful mutant lovechild of Cara Delevingne and a Monster High doll. You know, in a good way.

Tangly contortionist Bendy Elle spends the show upside down, in the air, inside out and tied up in knots. While smiling impishly.

It’s not every night that nimble and sculpted aerial artists like Miss Amy May and Darcie Rae take to hoops and trapeze, sharing a stage with puppet bin chickens.

I will go to my grave remembering the look of sheer disbelief on an audience member’s guide dog’s face as it stared up at two puppet bin chickens dancing, with squeaky rubber chickens, to Burt Bacharach, ably puppeteered by Charlie Love in platform PVC boots.

That is a sentence I never thought I’d write. And the rubber chicken can-can is a weird, wild and wonderful thing that you need to experience in the flesh.

Absolute Trash ticks all your sustainable boxes in a consensual way you weren’t expecting.

Glitter Martini’s Absolute Trash is part of the Sydney Fringe, playing at Fool’s Paradise, The Bunker, Entertainment Quarter until 21 September

To book tickets to Absolute Trash, please visit https://sydneyfringe.com/events/absolute-trash/.

Photographer: Josephine Carter, Taylor Scott

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Twisted Tales

16/09/2025 Steve Willems🥈🦉🎭🎬

Twisted Tales Rating

★★★★★

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Does Jessie, the cowgirl from Toy Story 3, prefer a buzz or a woody? Could Elphaba and Galinda actually be lesbian lovers, and who says that Ursula is a villain, especially when she holds a legally binding contract! She’s just misunderstood. These questions and more are explored in Twisted Tales, the extremely NOT child-friendly cabaret show at the Sydney Fringe Festival, fresh from their success in Adelaide.

Guided by the hilarious and charming Magic Mirror, Twisted Tales uses well-known children’s characters as the basis for a cabaret of acrobatics, music, and burlesque. The premise on the tin is to explore the twisted truths and hidden realities of classic fairy tales, but that’s not really accurate. Modern Disney movies and children’s stories (most of them not actually fairy tales) merely serve as a thematic launching pad for the bright costumes and various acts in a fast-paced mixture of rebellious mischief and wicked mayhem. My favourite was the Cinderella story. I won’t spoil it, but the twist here was both hilarious and genius. The show’s tongue is firmly in cheek, the cast seemingly having as much fun performing as the audience is watching. There is plenty of course language, adult humour, and exposed flesh, so again, the show is 18+ and not suitable for children.

The space was cavernous but somehow still intimate, the whole audience sitting close to the action and feeling involved and connected. A leaking roof and a large storm outside merely proved a small distraction from the glitter, flesh, and laughter. Some of the acts felt repetitive, such as the multiple burlesque numbers merely changing performer and costume but effectively doing the same thing all over again, but they were still fun and cheeky (literally) so it didn’t really matter. Everyone was having a great time, constantly laughing, clapping, whistling, and hollering in support. And isn’t that the point?

Also, a shout-out to the stage crew. Off to the side I could spot a few people clad in black trying to go un-noticed, working all night hoisting the performers up and down on various acrobatic apparatus, pulling hard on ropes with choreographed precision. It didn’t look easy.

Twisted Tales is part of the Sydney Fringe Festival and playing at The Bunker, Fool’s Paradise, Moore Park Entertainment Quarter until the 21st of September.

To book tickets to Twisted Tales, please visit https://sydneyfringe.com/events/twisted-tales/.

Photographer: Georgia Moloney

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