Blue Mushroom Sirkus Psyshow, Bourbon & Spice Burlesque and Flying Horses at Rainbow Bistro
Saturday night I stepped into a world of tattoos, lingerie, bearded women, sword swallowing, glass crushing, stripteases, nose nailing, a bear trap, fire and lovely music.
A bearded lady, Ms BonBon Bombay took care of the introduction of the Blue Mushrooms Sirkus Psyshow, ”We are special… a slice of death, humor and a lot of love.” The stage was set and the insanity never stopped from there. From strongman The Mighty Leviticus bending a steel rod on his head and putting his hand in a bear trap and then playing tug-o-war with it, to the Mysterious Gitana Georgia dancing with flaming fans. There was something for every freak.
Stealing the show for me though was the sword swallowing feats of the Infamous Istvan Betyar. He swallowed a balloon sword which was very different. But the most outrageous part was when he swallowed a 24 inch long blade. To preface this Ms. Bombay informed us that the Guinness Book of Records removed sword swallowing from the book because two people died attempting to swallow 22 inch swords…this was 24. And to top it off, he had some lovely lady from the crowd remove it for him. That is a lot of trust vested in a stranger. And to all the skeptics, he stabbed the sword through the stage, it was legit.
The Blue Mushrooms Sirkus Psyshow is definitely a show worth seeing, but maybe not for the faint of heart.
Before the freak show there was the beautiful soft piano playing of Ottawa’s own Flying Hórses, accompanied on the violin by Karolyne LaFortune (also known as Kerosene Misfortune). Dressed in burlesque style outfits, they played a couple of instrumental pieces to set the mood. They both also opened the night with a few darling songs earlier on.
Bourbon & Spice Burlesque from Ottawa put on a tantalizing show. With a mix of signing from the gorgeous Ophelia Rogue, a dash of flamenco dancing by Kerosene Misfortune and the Baron, and a pinch of very cute choreography by La Belle de Provence Girls.
One lucky patron was having his 30th birthday. He was treated to what they called a ”Dirty thirty supreme fiesta,” or as I call it, a semi-blindfolded striptease. The striptease, by Kitty Kin-Evil was capped off with a cupcake with a lit candle on it resting on her back, which the patron blew out. She then smashed on her but and let him lick it off.
The world of burlesque and freak shows is not one I was very familiar with, but it is one hell of a show and there seems to be a pretty good amount of it going on in Ottawa.
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