Brit Burlesque Queen Immodesty Blaize Books West End Engagement

Immodesty Blaize, who has been called the “widely lauded Queen of British Burlesque” by The Evening Standard, is bringing her show Immodesty Blaize and Walter's Burlesque to the West End. The show will begin a limited engagement at the Arts Theatre on April 20.

Blaize has earned accolades for bringing British burlesque out of the dark and back into the spotlight. A headlining star of London's famed Whoopee Club, she has performed at various locations throughout the world, including The New York Burlesque Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and The Windmill Theatre, a United Kingdom landmark. She also choreographed a striptease included in Kevin Spacey's production of Cloaca at the Old Vic earlier this season.

Immodesty Blaize and Walter's Burlesque a version of what was formerly known as Immodesty Blaize and the Adventures of Waler is a 90-minute Vaudevillian tale set to music.

The Arts Theatre's current tenant, Tynan with Corin Redgrave, is scheduled to end its limited run at the theater on March 26.