The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue has a fun Halloween event planned (photo by Andreas Koch).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Cheesecakes travel a lot throughout small-town BC but have done festivals and shows in New York, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Rome, Stockholm, and Berlin. Kitten Kaboodle says that they\u2019re always happy to do a performance at home, where their friends and families are, and that they\u2019re very excited about doing their first-ever show at UVic this month.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be fun,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re definitely pulling out all the stops to bring all the best Cheesecake acts to the show. There\u2019s definitely a quirky edge; it\u2019s Halloween, so we\u2019re bringing some of our more zany numbers. There\u2019ll be a nod to the Muppets in there. There\u2019s going to be some awesome singing; we\u2019ve got a few Cheesecakes who are really good singers. We\u2019re all so different\u2014like Silk E Gunz is a really great dancer; me, not so much. I\u2019m a bit more of the Fozzie Bear burlesque, so I tend to do things a little more funny.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kitten Kaboodle <\/b>says that because there are so many diverse type-A personalities in the Cheesecakes, it\u2019s unique that they\u2019ve made it work for themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s challenging to work in a group; you have to learn to give and take and work together for the common goal,\u201d she says. \u201cWe want to keep doing it as long as we\u2019re getting joy out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cheesecakes\u2019 hobby has given them a platform to promote a message of healthy body image and confidence, and it\u2019s given them an outlet for their creative talents. Kitten Kaboodle says that although it may not pay the bills, the experience is exciting and exhilarating, even after 11 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI call it a subsidized hobby. Like, you make a little money out of it, but then you just use that to buy more rhinestones,\u201d she says. \u201cYou get out there on stage and you shine your very best, and maybe you have a belly and maybe you have flabby arms, but you\u2019re out there doing what you love. I didn\u2019t realize how much that can inspire other people who do feel a little self-conscious about those things, to be like, \u2018Hey, if she\u2019s up there, then I could be up there too. Why am I hiding?\u2019 Everyone finds different things beautiful and attractive, and we\u2019re all different. People should get out there and shine and just love what they have. Nobody needs to hide.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Cheesecake Revue\u00a0Halloween BOO-lesque Extravaganza!
\n<\/i>7:30 pm Saturday, October 21
\n$24-$28,\u00a0UVic Farquhar Auditorium
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