PEACHES / EMPRESS STAH: COLLABORATION

'Stargasm / Light in Places' is the name given to my current collaboration with electro clash superstar Peaches. Peaches wrote a track 'Light in Places' for my new Lazer Buttplug Aerial act 'Stargasm' and in 2014 this will be released as a track and music video. Peaches directed the video and we filmed it in Berlin in September. The lady also gives good interview !! Watch her here on Huffington Post Live, where she talks about the impending launch. Butt Plugs for all .... at around 12.00 mins till the end.

EMPRESS STAH IN SPACE

A video trailer from my sold out, 4 night run, at the Soho Theatre, London.

EMPRESS STAH IN SPACE Empress Stah (UK) from Pacitti Company on Vimeo.

Soho Theatre,
London

Performed by Empress Stah
Directed by Ron Athey
Performance Development by Marisa Carnesky
Original Tracks by Peaches and Lydia Lunch
Sound Design by Jose Macabra
Lighting Design by Blue Mission
Costumes by Patrick Ian Hartley, Clare Ashley, Rachel Freire
Video Mapping and Animation by VJ Nemo & Shaun Prick Image

BENT BURLESQUE: 16TH - 19TH JANUARY @ MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Melbourne Australia I am coming to town and bringing with me 2 very twisted cabaret acts !!

See 'The Queen of the Night' unleash her fetishistic desires upon an unsuspecting sailor, and witness the aerial love that is 'The She-Wolf & the Chicken'.

Bent Burlesque is presented by the Reigning Queen of Burlesque 'Imogen Kelly' and also starring the uber fabulous 'Glitta Supernova' + others !!

We take over Red Bennies in South Yarra for 4 nights and you can get your tickets HERE

 

FAUX MO @ MOFO: 20TH JANUARY, HOBART TASMANIA

MONA FOMA is the annual festival curated by the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart, Tasmania.

FAUX MO is the festival late night club and I will be there for one night only on Sunday 20th January performing

'The Queen of the Night' !

Check out the festival brochure and if you can't make it this year, start planning for 2014.

LONDON CABARET AWARD NOMINATION

I have been nominated for a London Cabaret Award 2013 in the category of Best Alternative Performer. I am in excellent company so I say .... Fight to the Death ... VOODOO STYLEE !!!!

Check out the competition here.

LONDON CABARET AWARDS

NB. This is an old picture from a performance in 2007 but right now I think it is funny.

INTERVIEW WITH RUN RIOT ON EMPRESS STAH IN SPACE

The show premiered on the 2nd & 3rd of November to sold out audiences as part of the Spill Festival of Performance 2012. 

Here is an interview I gave with 'Run Riot' in the lead up to the world premier.

NB. The show will be playing in London as part of SPILL 2013 in April.

 READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE

LGBT Film Festival, Copenhagen

In October 2011 I premiered one of my newest performances 'Story Ov Thee I' for the Borderline Biannual @ The Abode of Chaos in France. This show was commissioned by the festivals curator, Lukas Zpira, around the theme 'The Story of the Eye' a book by George Bataille.

A film was made documenting the event, with live performances and interviews, all staged within the astounding surroundings of Thierry Ehrmann's controversial Contemporary Art Museum.

This documentary film is now being screened as part of the LGBT Film Festival in Copenhagen.

Mix Copenhagen

EMPRESS STAH IN SPACE

WORLD PREMIER: 2ND & 3RD NOVEMBER 2012

'Empress Stah in Space is part of an ongoing project; with a long term ambition to create a performance in outer space.

Misanthropic yet optimistic, irreverent whilst embracing, the performance is set at the 'Edge of Chaos' and will attempt to create a lens through which to to gaze beyond the incessant mutterings of established thinking and into the essence of the human experience.

Meditation and transcendence are often hinged on stories of levitation, and through the physical experience of weightlessness, Empress Stah, inspired by the reality of the constantly shifting perspective, has begun to explore a new interpretation of the sacred.

The narrative has been transcribed through trance and writing sessions between Empress Stah and seminal artist Ron Athey, which took place at Bentwaters, the site of the biggest, purported UFO/Miltary incident in Europe.

Conceived and Performed by Empress Stah
Directed by Ron Athey
Original track by Peaches in collaboration with Empress Stah
Text and Narration by Lydia Lunch in collaboration with Empress Stah

Commissioned for SPILL Festival of Performance
World Premier 2nd & 3rd November 2012


Jerwood Dance House, Ipswich 9:30pm
Book Online: www.danceeast.co.uk
Box Office: 01473295230

Image Credits:
Photo by Manuel Vason/
Face Corset by Patrick Ian Hartley
Latex by House of Harlot

MY VIDEOS IN THE TATE MODERN TANKS

In August my videos 'A Platform for Change' and 'Save Empress Stah from a Life of Vice' were screened at the new Tate Modern Tanks in London as part of an exhibition called 'Tweet Me Up' by Tracey Moberly. Here are some pics I took of the event.

FREE PUSSY RIOT W/ PEACHES

Peaches and Friends have written a track and made a video in support of the Pussy Riot Trial !! I make a fleeting appearance at 1.50 in the video, wearing my 0800 Pussy Hat : )
Free Pussy Riot! #freepussyriot from Peaches on Vimeo.
Sign: www.change.org/freepussyriot
Donate: www.freepussyriot.org
Download:http://soundcloud.com/peaches-rocks/free-pussy-riot

Berlin, August 8th 2012: About 400 people joined Peaches on the street to show support for the members of Russian conceptual art punk activist band, Pussy Riot, 3 of which are on trial for performing a "punk prayer" against President Vladimir Putin.
In addition, people from all over the world have contributed their own mini-protest videos calling for the release of Pussy Riot.

Sign the petition!!!
www.change.org/freepussyriot

Free Pussy Riot! Written and Produced by Peaches and Simonne Jones . Mixed and Mastered by Nadine Neven. Special Thanks to Taylor Savvy.

Video edited by Robin Thomson. Special thanks to Kate Nash, The Knife, Lykke Li, Miike Snow, Peter Bjorn and John, Light Asylum, Deichkind, The Hives, Dave Catching(EODM), Screamclub, J D Samson, Marshall Crenshaw, Wayne Kramer, Bonaparte, Margaret Cho, Dave Hill, Nick Zinner, Jake Shears, Bun E Carlos, Narcissister, Sheila Chipperfield, Bronson Hankins, John Renaud, Fya Hopelezz, Margaret Saadi Kramer, Miss Guy, Sir Honey Davenport, Saskia Hann, Empress Stah, Vice Cooler and all the video submitters from around the world! WE ARE ALL PUSSY RIOT

100% BRITISH ROYALTY

Set to the music of Freddie Mercury's 'Queen' this brand new aerial cabaret act features a magical floating scepter dance to 'Bohemian Rhapsody' and a high energy aerial hexagon routine to 'Don't Stop me Now' !! Perfect for Jubilee and Olympic Events - Yes it is Family Friendly !! PS. There is an adult version - think Sex Pistols & 'Diamond' Jubilee .... but I am trying to play it straight ; )

HOLOGRAM PERFORMANCE - WISH UPON A STAR

As a part of my ongoing project 'Empress Stah in Space' I made a Hologram performance with 3D animation to the track 'Wish Upon A Star' !! Animation by VjNeMo Dita Von Teese uses the same technology for her performance in the current Louboutin Exhibition .... though, for what it is worth, I did it first : )

SHE-WOLF & THE CHICKEN - A Love Story

A brand new Aerial Cabaret Performance featuring yours truly as the She-Wolf !! A love story of sorts .... the act features a dynamic aerial sling routine to 'Hungry like the Wolf' by Duran Duran and climaxes with raw egg body smashing to 'Cream by Prince' !!

EROTIC AWARDS - LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT

I have been presented with a Golden Flying Penis Statue to celebrate my contribution to the world through the medium of Cabaret Performance, that presents sexuality in a postive and playful way.

I have a 15 years career thus far and am only just getting warmed up ... wait till you see what I have in the pipeline!!

Thank You to Tuppy Owens and the Erotic Awards. To find out more about the event and the Outsiders Charity it supports please see their Website Here.

26th May 2012 is 'The Night of the Sense" Ball and this event will see the rest of the Awards given out. I can't be there as I will be performing 'The Story of the Eye' at Torture Garden Rome .... I am looking into presenting a live webcast of my performance.

Pink Catsuit by Lady Lucie.

LONDON FASHION WEEK

At Sommerset house to model a hat for my friend Justin Smith Esquire .... Not the one I am wearing ....
A Cute one with Cat Ears .... Meooowwww !!!

'HEDONISM' was the event and was as follows
"The first day of London Fashion Week saw the opening of Hedonism, sponsored by Royal Ascot and curated by Stephen Jones. The event celebrates the best of emerging British Milliners: Piers Atkinson, Charlie Le Mindu, J Smith Esquire, Noel Stewart & William Chambers"
Papped by the Guardian Newspaper whilst waiting for my holy sacred pass that will let me past the clip boarded fashion mafia.

Check out Justin's stunning couture Millinery Website Here.