Kinky & Quirky / Events / Fri 01 to Sun 03 Apr 2011 (3 days)
Ruby Slipper's Retro Romp
Ruby Slipper’s Retro Romp is a 3 day celebration of vintage brought to you by Devon’s burlesque funsters Kinky & Quirky.
From Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd April 2011, vintage and retro loving folk can indulge themselves at this fabulous event being held at The Rainbow Hotel Torquay Devon.
“Having established amazingly popular monthly burlesque events over the last 3 years we wanted to create a weekender that had a feel of a mini Goodwood about it” said joint organizer Sarah Bell, “The response has been fantastic and people are coming from London and the Midlands as well as up from Cornwall”
“We were very excited to be approached by Vivien Of Holloway, the company who make 1940s & 50s reproduction clothing to sponsor the event and our opening red ribbon will be cut by Gill Cockwell, the dressmaker from BBC 1’s Turn Back Time”
Opening from 11.00am – 4pm each day, visitors can get their full quota of retro retailing from a treasure trove of eclectic sellers.
There will be events throughout each day to try too, if you want to learn the Lindy, try a Victory Roll, get some vintage beauty parlour tips, doodle some cabaret life drawings or pose like a pin-up this will be THE place to do it.
After dark will see the red velvet and gold lame Club Rainbow hotting up as hosts Kinky & Quirky sprinkle their brand of fun & frivolity with a bit of sparkle and some fantastic music to make the joint start jumping.
A killer line-up will feature some of the best names on the U.K rockin’, cabaret and burlesque scenes including a hillbilly hoedown from the Bonneville Barons, extreme hula hooping from Pippa the Ripper, the chap- hop king Mr B, The Gentleman Rhymer and the Axe-tastic Anna Fur Laxis.