You are cordially invited to celebrate,
and/or stick a finger in the ribs of, the Great
British Stiff-Upper-Lip resolve
with special guest appearances from all over the
UK & Ireland
This evening will be the inaugural event in the Women's Institute 2007 Lecture Series.
Special Close-up slight & sorcery from 'London Magician'
Also, special appearances by -Miss Miranda, Miss Bijou Noir & Byzy Bizarre
More colonial friends - All the way from Canada -Kelly & The Kelly Girls
'ello-'ello-'ello, what's all this then? - DC Dick Crazy & his intractable truncheon
Commando McAndrew - Performs his daring Trapeze-Tattoo presented in the most resplendent, traditional tartan finery.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - gogo gosh!
Delightful Lacey Demure invites us to come with her for a moment's escape in the beautiful Welsh valleys.
A true English Gentleman & "MUSICAL GENIUS AND SEX SYMBOL" the Fabulous, Inimitable - Earl Okin
We are honoured & proud to announce a special guest appearance from none other than Her Majesty...Ladies & Gentlemen.... -The Queen!
...or is it Bunny Warren?
The Magnanimous British Nanny! - Tina Twirls & Dastardly D
Stunning Blonde Boom-Boom-Bombshell, Marilyn Slightly, meets old-fashioned city gent,Mr.Nixon
Genuine escapology, this is no illusion or magic trick:
What the Butler Saw - The Irrepressible Mr. Flay finds himself somewhat compromised &, well, repressed by the unforgiving Mamzelle Merciless Maz.
Has he met his match?
Colonial friend & International Man of Mystery, with new album soon to be released - Son of Dave
"...the What The Butler Saw
sketch had us blushing into our champagne flutes"
- London Lite, July 2007
"The freaks of London came
out to play last night at the spectacular Flash
Monkey" - The London Paper, 7th June 2007
"A Riotous high-end show for
the discerning Londoner" - TimeOut (Critic's
Choice), June 2007
A Lost-World Cabaret Casbah of Exotic Entertainment
Award-Winning Circus performance
Finest Burlesque/ Variety Acts on the Planet
Freak & Sideshow entertainment
all presented with Live Music
The
Flash Monkey welcomes you to Cabaret Casbah!
Every
show is significantly different, including new acts
never seen before & some specially tailored, 'one-offs'
for the event, exclusive to The Flash Monkey, that
may never be seen again!
Surely any one of the acts is worth the ticket price, let alone accompaniment of the full live band with brass section, special guest musicians & singers, compere, ambient acts AND after show party with DJs?
How many other events offer such good value anywhere - especially in the heart of the West End?
"...The Flash Monkey production of Cabaret Casbah that is taking the Capital by storm"- 'World's Fair' March '07
"Expect: No backing music for the dancers here, it's all live. Flash monkey nights are lushly stacked with phenomenally impressive acts...
.... Seriously high-end."- Bizarre Magazine: April 2007
King
Kong Cocktails £6 Double measures
Tickets £17.50 in advance / £22.50 on the door
Doors open at 8:30 pm until late. Show starts at 9.30
Table reservation possible on first come, first served basis. Please call venue.
No minimum spend deposit required at The Flash Monkey events, however table service applies.
Cafe de Paris, 3-4 Coventry St. Piccadilly W1D 6BL
TEL: 020 7734 7700
Advance ticket purchase recommended as last show sold out
Nearest Tubes for Cafe de Paris - Piccadilly & Leicester Square
Dress suggestions: Invent your own glamour! Femme Fatales, Demure Dames, Shimmying Show Girls, Sharp Suit Sharks, Cats in Hats, Kittens in Corsets, Bling Bling, Ding Dong etc. - True style costs nothing (or relatively little!)
For this month's
event - British historical figures, Tartan, Irish
dancers, Brick Lane cool, Savile Row suave, Notting
Hill Carnival, Union Jacks, Jeeves and Wooster,
Cynthia Payne party wear, Monty Pythonesque preposterousness,
Glasgow Glamour, Sheffield Chic, Coventry Two-Tone,
Black Country Beauties, Cardiff Couture, Dublin Dappers,
Belfast Belles, Liverpool Fab, Milton Keynes MILFs,
John O' Groats Jaunties to Land's End Lovelies.
These are only suggestions,
please feel free to let your imagination run free,
however...
PLEASE NOTE:Strictly No Casual Wear
even (or especially) if designer : Jeans, trainers, sportswear, T-Shirts,shorts, combat-wear etc.
The right to refuse admission is reserved
Viewing capacity has been improved as the upstairs balcony is not a VIP only area for The Flash Monkey events (everyone who attends is a VIP!)
Nina's Hair Parlour @ Cut &Clipper, 35 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LF Tel: 07871 560 526
Strictly
No photography or filming without prior permission,
including press!
"The
Flash Monkey are ideally placed to bring together
some of the biggest talents in the world of steamy
burlesque & cabaret. Growing on the huge success of
Burlesque Bazaar, The Flash Monkey are broadening
out this year with Cabaret Casbah which is set to
delight its audience with show stopping entertainment
featuring yet another alluring selection of music,
dance, circus sideshows & all with the usual good
measure of public interaction. Misfits & socialites
alike are encouraged to arrive dressed as the purveyors
of fine style in inventive attire & to behave in a
manner as eloquently flamboyant or as smoulderingly
sultry as they desire."
Notion
Magazine
Time
Out Critics Choice...not just burlesque teasing
but a whole variety show of late night entertainment....
Floorshows, live music, singers & circus acts as only
Flash Monkey know how,.... turning London into something
like a darker version of 'Moulin Rouge', & what a
great thing that is! The Flash Monkey presents Burlesque
Bazaar will certainly take the suitably glamourous
Cafe de Paris up a notch or seven".
"
A variety show often including striptease', is how
the dictionary defines burlesque. True, in a way but,
but oh so inadequate a definition, because one night
in the company of The Flash Monkey leaves you stunned,
amazed, amused & utterly pleasured."
London
& More
"For
an example of how live music can energize such a night,
head for The Flash Monkey's nights...... Decadence
- so much a part of The Flash Monkey...."
The
Independent
Notion
Magazine, April 2006"The
Flash Monkey are ideally placed to bring together some
of the biggest talents in the world of steamy burlesque
& cabaret. Growing on the huge success of Burlesque
Bazaar, The Flash Monkey are broadening out this year
with Cabaret Casbah which is set to delight its audience
with show stopping entertainment featuring yet another
alluring selection of music, dance, circus sideshows
& all with the usual good measure of public interaction.
Misfits & socialites alike are encouraged to arrive
dressed as the purveyors of fine style in inventive
attire & to behave in a manner as eloquently flamboyant
or as smoulderingly sultry as they desire."
Time
Out Critics Choice: "...not
just burlesque teasing but a whole variety show of late night
entertainment.... Floorshows, live music, singers & circus
acts as only Flash Monkey know how,.... turning London into
something like a darker version of 'Moulin Rouge', & what
a great thing that is! The Flash Monkey presents Burlesque Bazaar
will certainly take the suitably glamourous Cafe de Paris up
a notch or seven".
New Currents magazine:"....This
is the kind of rule-breaking theatre that excites and grips
like little else. It is a cocktail of contradictions, modern
yet traditional, classy with a dollop of steamy sexiness,
charming whilst ridiculous. Ultimately The Flash Monkey provide
entertainment at it's best. Pretenders beware."
Fowler, Leonard George
'LENNY'
Actor, musician and entertainer
Suddenly died on 23 June 2007 at St. George's Hospital.
Dear beloved son of the
late George Lushington and Sheila Winifred Fowler,
much loved and adored brother, brother-in-law, uncle, anda
wonderful friend to many.
The funeral service will be held at St Boniface RC Church,
Tooting,
at 1.15 pm on Wednesday, 18 July.
Flowers may be sent to (
or donations if desired to the British Heart
Foundation c/o) J E Gillman & Sons, 971 973 Garratt
Lane, London,
SW17 OLW
Tel: 020 8672 1557
Lenny.
(Leonard George Fowler AKA Lenny Blonde/ The Little Dragon/
Crouching Tiger-Little Dragon/ The Fire Breathing Sultan/
Dwarf Elvis).
Our Dear friend Lenny died on Saturday 23rd June '07 as
the result of heart failure &, perhaps, from partying
too hard.
Lenny was the best natured person you could ever hoped
to have met & rather impressive in character; he was
exceptionally generous, humorous, convivial, kind, courageous,
boundlessly enthusiastic, honest & loving. He also
had plenty of 'Rock'n' Roll edge' but was always a complete
gentleman, not to mention a hugely charismatic, wonderful
entertainer! He will be unbearably missed.
The world is already a very different & poorer place
without Lenny; it is though, certainly a better place
for him having been here!
Any future shows, will be dedicated in spirit to
Lenny.
