Throughout our lives, we encounter people who we admire and who inspire
us. Role models. People who announce they are going to do
something and then do it. Extremely
well. Brilliantly, in fact. And we admire them for this, for showing us
what can be achieved, for walking the talk. They touch our lives and change us.
Some years ago, I met a woman at my pole dance class who I later
became friends with. We were both
beginners and pole dance lessons were a new thing. We both worked very hard and progressed. We
both became teachers. And this woman
wrote a blog, when blogs were also a new thing, and shared her hopes, dreams
and plans for the future. She was going
to be a burlesque performer. The best.
Her blog was the only one I followed avidly. Not just because I knew her, and it was
compelling and full of insight and clarity.
But because she was such a damn good writer. (see her brilliant parody of Fifty Shades of Grey on a previous post here)
Putting yourself “out there” in the public arena, whether writing or performing, takes a lot of guts.
Putting yourself “out there” in the public arena, whether writing or performing, takes a lot of guts.
That woman, Miss Glory Pearl, is one of the most talented, successful,
accomplished international performers today, and I feel so proud and blessed
that we are friends, that we pole danced together and now, perform regularly in
our successful Wanton Words and Burlesque Bombshells show that sold out when it
premiered in the Canterbury Fringe Festival in 2011.
Her professionalism and talent has encouraged and inspired me to
keep going. Working alongside Glory and
the brilliant Missy Maybe has given me more confidence to read my work in
public, to conquer my nerves and to enjoy it.
The shows are a joy to be part of, and to watch. Bold, witty, intelligent, rude, naughty, fun.
Just like the incomparable Miss Glory Pearl.
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The next Wanton Words and Burlesque Bombshells (Kinky Special) takes
place at the Tom Thumb Theatre, Cliftonville on October 6th.
Wanton Words and Burlesque Bombshells is in the Canterbury
Festival on Thursday October18th.
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