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The Famous Spiegeltent returns to Melbourne, with Dr Sketchy’s in it!

12 Jan

Dr. Sketchy’s Melbourne launches its 2012 season in the most beautiful of cabaret venues.
Join us for a very special Dr. Sketchy session in The Famous Spiegeltent.


Indulge in some cheeky rendering of  the Spiegeltent’s visiting performers where you’ll also be treated to a performance.  DJ Knave Knixx will be spinning an infectious blend of nostalgic tunes with a boogie woogie flavour, that will have you toe-tappin’ while you sketch.

A more perfect venue could not exist for Dr Sketchy’s.  We are thrilled to be a part of such a historic venue where some of the world’s greatest artists, bohemians, freaks, talents and legends have sung, danced, drank and laughed….

And now, a brief history….

The Famous Spiegeltent was built in 1920. Since Marlene Dietrich sang Falling In Love Again in the 1930s, her magic mirrors have reflected thousands of images of artists, audiences and exotic gatherings. She is a star in her own right, hosting parties, concerts, clubs and a myriad of stunning performances, launching the careers of countless artists travelling the world.

So ignite your creative spirit by coming out to this special session!  

Date & Time

Monday 13 February 2012, 7pm -9pm
120 min
$25 Includes a glass of sparkling wine
Advisable to bring your own drawing materials and paper

Book online - the Arts Centre

By phone: 1300 182 183 9am – 9pm, Monday to Saturday

At the box office:
The Box Office is located in Theatres Building (under the spire), Level 5, in the Smorgon Family Plaza.
It is open from 9am to 9pm, Monday to Saturday and 10am to 5pm on Sunday.

Enter, Salome – The Red Goddess

10 Nov

Witness the epitome of dangerous female seductiveness,
with her iconic Dance of the Seven Veils.
Immortalised by Oscar Wilde, and made memorable in Richard Strauss’s Opera.

“No longer was she merely the dancing-girl who extorts a cry of lust and concupiscence from an old man by the lascivious contortions of her body;
who breaks the will,  masters the mind of a King by the spectacle of her quivering bosoms,  heaving belly and tossing thighs;

she was now revealed in a sense as the symbolic incarnation of world-old Vice,
the goddess of immortal Hysteria,
the Curse of Beauty supreme above all other beauties by the cataleptic spasm that stirs her flesh and steels her muscles,
- a monstrous Beast of the Apocalypse, indifferent, irresponsible, insensible, poisoning”
- Huysmans À rebours – Toni Bentley (2002) Sisters of Salome: 24

Kerryx is a smouldering and sultry bombshell waiting to be uncovered (literally!).

Join Kerryx as she takes you on a journey through the darker side of seduction.
With inspirations ranging from belly dance through to both classic and neo burlesque, she is known for her breath-taking performances with a touch of gothic enchantment.

Harzest Mag describes the event as “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times”

DJ Knave Knixx spins the tunes to keep things funky throughout the evening and of course, The Toff has one of Melbourne best stocked bars to keep your creative spirits well lubricated!

What: Dr Sketchy’s at The Toff presents Salome, The Red Goddess

When:  Sunday 27th November 4.30-6.30pm
NOTE THE TIME CHANGE

Doors open 4.00pm

Where: The Toff in Town
Curtain House 2/252 Swanston St Melbourne
www.thetoffintown.com
www.drsketchymelbourne.com

Bookings: $15 at the door or pre book your seat (recommended) from Moshtix phone 1300 GET TIX (438 849) online www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (Fitzroy & City)

Cleave and Daly. Bringing you, Sexy Death.

13 Oct

Hot for Halloween.

Don’t miss Dr Sketchy’s upcoming session – Sunday October 30 we present, Cleave&Daly.  Bringing you,  Sexy Death.

Get ready to lick some shiny boots of leather, kiss the rose tattoo on the Angel of Death and Paint It Black, ‘cos Cleave&Daly want some flesh for fantasy.

The globe trotting grotesque glamorous gothic go-go dance duo comprise of all round sexy pony mermaid rockstar Agent Cleave and glitter-tastic gothic showgirl, costume maker & bootylicious dancer Jess Daly.

These babes have just come off the back of a massive 2 month tour across New York, Berlin and London where they rocked countless festivals, all the while continuing their collaboration with major recording artist Peaches.

Cleave&Daly find themselves back home in Melbourne, armed with a show so fierce it’d make a dead man come.

And they’re hot for you.

Harzest Mag describes the event as “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times”

DJ The Knave spins the tunes to keep things funky throughout the evening and of course, The Toff has one of Melbourne best stocked bars to keep your creative spirits well lubricated!

What: Dr Sketchy’s at The Toff with Agent Cleave & Jess Daly

When: Sunday 30th October  5-7pm

Doors open 4.30pm

Where: The Toff in Town
Curtain House 2/252 Swanston St Melbourne
www.thetoffintown.com
www.drsketchymelbourne.com
www.jessdalycostumedesign.blogspot.com

Bookings: $15 at the door or pre book your seat (recommended) from Moshtix phone 1300 GET TIX (438 849) online www.moshtix.com.au or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (Fitzroy & City)

Mikelangelo and St Clare transport us to another world, Sunday 31st July

16 Jul

Last month Dr Sketchy’s celebrated 5 years of sketching entertainment.  Confirming our place as the world’s premier alternative life drawing movement with a tribute to US artist,  Sylvia Ji at Australia’s original alternative gallery,  Outre Gallery!

The session summed up by Harxest Mag “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times.”

So how on earth do we follow up a session like that?

Simple.

We upscale Dr Sketchy’s to ensure that you guys are guaranteed to have a great few hours of fun and sketching.

How.

Curtin House in Melbourne’s CBD has become a hub for literature, film and drinks.  It’s second floor bar,
The Toff in Town is a premier boutique performance space including a dedicated bar and dining area.

Dr Sketchy’s has joined forces with The Toff in Town to bring Melbourne a new era of
Dr Sketchy’s drawing entertainment.

Over 5 years we have hosted a veritable smorgasbord of beautiful, creative, passionate and sincere performers.  Each session has had its own life because of these people.

It is with upmost excitement that we bring you not one, but two incredibly talented and astonishingly handsome performers to celebrate this inaugural session at The Toff in Town in the historic Curtain House.


Internationally acclaimed and immaculately dressed, Mikelangelo.  Part-ringmaster, part-crooner, part-beast possessed. Mikelangelo has toured the world starring in the Olivier award-winning La Clique and with Kaberet Noir Band Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen.


Saint Clare has a growing reputation nationally and internationally as a self styled singer, dancer and model. As described by the press St Clare is ‘ridiculously glamorous’, ‘a melodious and enchanting songbird’, ‘mysterious and mesmeric’.

Together Mikelangelo and Saint Clare create music that evokes an era of
sultry sophistication, another world and another time.

Mikelangelo and St Clare will be performing a selection of songs at this special session.
To see more of the stunning duo visit;

Mikelangelo and St Clare – ReverbNation
Mikelangelo and St Clare – Facebook
Watch the duo on YouTube

A fantastic venue, spectacular models, last but not least – great tunes!  
Brought to you by resident Sketchy DJ, The Knave!  Bringing a massive collection of boogie woogie, hip shakin’, room-a-quakein’ tunes!  Expect an infectious blend of nostalgic flavour that will have you toe tappin while you sketch..
(The Knave is not liable should you lose your bananas)

What: Dr Sketchy’s at The Toff

Featuring Mikelangelo and St Clare

When: Sunday 31st July 5-7pm
Doors open 4.30pm

Where: The Toff in Town
Curtain House 2/252 Swanston St Melbourne

Bookings: $15 at the door, pre-sales details to follow shortly

Contact: hello@drsketchymelbourne.com

More:  www.drsketchymelbourne.com
www.facebook.com/groups/7707942862
www.thetoffintown.com
www.reverbnation.com/mikelangeloandsaintclare
www.melbourneburlesque.com.au/portfolio_item/knave-knixx/

Murder, mystery and madness.. Stage Fright! This May with Poppy Cherry.

12 May

NEXT SESSION

Sunday May 29th 2 – 5pm
Doors open 1.30pm, be there early to secure your spot!
The Order of Melbourne
Level 2/401 Swanston St
Melbourne

Featuring…
Melbourne’s mischievous minx, Poppy Cherry! 
Poppy will charm your pants off and pop your cherry!

As a special treat for Dr Sketchy’s, Poppy will perform her sassy, 1920s flapper routine spilling with showgirl decandence as pizzazz.
This performance comes straight from her recent burlesque/theatre production ‘Stage Fright!’

“A rollicking Agatha Christie style whodunnit played out in the decadent surrounds of The Order Of Melbourne. A spectacle of theatre, comedy, burlesque, song, dance, murder, mystery and madness!”

Resident DJ Knave Knixx brings the funk, soul, groove and trouble like only he knows how.

Last Sunday of every month
2pm – 5pm
$15

**BRING YOUR SKETCHING SUPPLIES**

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