About this experience
Produced by: Bernie Clifford (Bernzerk Productions Pty Ltd)
Performed by: Liana Perillo, Adam Rudegeair & The Magnificence Trio, Moxie Delite + Whisky Falls
Through The Curtains aims to showcase multiple performance art disciplines with a focus on sensual and erotic art delivered through burlesque, dance and cultural art forms, by artists of all genders and identifications.
Each evening will feature an intimate musical performance followed by music and dance intertwined. Adam Rudegeair & The Magnificence Trio will provide the backing track for two performing artists.
A night of extraordinary talent awaits you Through the Curtains.
The performers:
Liana Perillo brings the electric harp into the contemporary acoustic-electric realm by coupling this ancient instrument with analogue effects and eclectic instrumentation. From up-tempo beats to ethereal soundscapes, and an intercultural flavour, Liana brings a unique and intriguing energy and essence through her original compositions and musical arrangement.
The Magnificence Trio is lead by Adam Rudegeair of PBS 106.7FM. Adam is a prolific composer, performer and educator based in Melbourne. His music is rooted in jazz and funk, with significant influences from the sounds of New Orleans, Minneapolis and avant-garde groove musicians such as Sun Ra and Medeski Martin & Wood. Adam's current projects include Lake Minnetonka, The Bowie Project and the ongoing collaboration with jazz legend Bob Sedergreen ‘Bourbon Street to Brunswick Street’. He enjoys performing tunes by his favourite jazz composer Thelonious Monk, as well as film and TV music, and songs by Prince and Bowie.
Adam’s discography includes the following: Transmogrify (2004), Bayou Tapestry (2011), Bourbon St to Brunswick St (2015), and The Bowie Project (2015), Melbourneapolis (by Lake Minnetonka) an original score to the Cinema Viscera feature film Trench, and The Bowie Project 2: It’s Always Time. In 2020, Adam completed four albums and the soundtrack to the local independent feature film Apparitions.
They’ve got it, you want it – MOXIE! Smashing into the spotlight with a message as bold as their makeup, draglesque clown Moxie Delite weaves story and campery to change minds and break rules. Not content with just performing to the extremes of horror and humour, Moxie also produces cabaret freakshow, Cirque de Moxie, and hosts the compelling online forum Deliteful Discussions, bringing together a huge variety of Australian talent to chat and challenge the drag status quo. Smart is sexy, and don’t they know it. Moxie also teased their way to take the title of Burlesque Muse Melbourne in 2021. In every performance Moxie strips back. Sometimes clothes, sometimes skin, sometimes your every expectation for drag and burlesque. Wonderfully weird, Delite-fully debauched and creatively camp, hold tight for Moxie Delite. NO WEAKNESS. NO WARNING. NO WIG.
Whisky Falls is Scotland’s Alternative Showgirl. She began her burlesque career in London in 2012, ‘The wee dram o’ glam’ started gracing the Australian cabaret stages in late 2018. Known by her rich and smoky onstage persona, she carries her years of performing, choreographing and teaching wherever she goes. Like a good malt, Whisky will warm the cockles of your heart with her unique blend of fire and finesse. Her blend of dance techniques, dramatics and styling will keep audiences palates wanting more than just a wee dram!