Gully Sutherland’s Emporium of Extraordinary Entertainment is proud to announce Newcastle newest regular Burlesque Variety Show

!!!Gully’s Angels!!!

The Show – The last Friday of every month Gully’s Angels presents to you the very best of performances from burlesque, cabaret, circus and musicians from around the region and beyond.

The Venue – Gully Sutherland and www.daisystays.com are proud to be associated with and present to you Newcastle’s most recent best kept secret – Stepney’s Bar.  A sumptuous interior coupled with high quality reasonable priced food, amazing cocktails and an ambience not to be beat spread over 2 floors.  Stepney’s Bar is a five minute walk along New Bridge Street from Manors Metro and just a 10 minute walk from town and holds up to 300 people.

The first show is Wild West themed and scheduled for Friday 24^th June 2011 and Gully is looking for performers for the first three shows in June, July and August.  Fees based on a door share so nobody goes away empty handed.  Entry price will be £5/£4 NUS & Unwaged.

Gully is also looking for a regular DJ, photographer/publicist and maids/merch team also based on a doorshare and vendors to sell their scrumptious goodies in return for a raffle prize.

So if you think you’d like to be involved EMAIL me on sharon@daisystays.com with details of your act(s) and pics please.

What A Beginning!

2010 saw the launch of the first Daisy Stays corset collection, culminating in a splendid photo shoot, Daisy’s very first burlesque performance at Dixie’s Dollhouse, Daisy’s second act ‘Gypsy’ premiered at La Maison De Peche in The People’s Theatre and the end of the year saw the launch and first successful Gully Sutherland’s Emporium of Extraordinary Entertainment event.  On top of all of that Daisy Stays has met so many wonderful new customers from around the country and made some special new friends.  How can we top that in the coming year?  It’s not going to be easy but fear not! Daisy has some wonderful new projects coming up in 2011 that should keep your head spinning with excitement.

On the costumes calendar we have evil doll clowns, a rockabilly wedding dress, an 18th century gentleman’s court suit and an American Civil War Gown as well as tea dresses, halter necks and capri pants as well as the 2nd Daisy Stays corset collection in the summer.

On the burlesque calendar we have two exciting new acts planned for this year as well as perennial favourites ‘Tango’ and ‘Gypsy’ 

You can catch Daisy’s performances at

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More information on performances to come and new acts as the costumes and routines have been completed.  Should you wish to book Daisy for your burlesque performance please get in touch via the contact page.

What’s in store for Gully’s? 2011 will see the launch of Gully Sutherlands Burlesque Academy in the late spring and of course there will be a second variety show.  Gully is also currently in talks with exciting people about producing a well known musical in the late summer where you will be able to take that step to the left!

That’s whats in the schedule so far this year guys and gals – don’t forget, you can catch up with my daily doings and find out which events I’ll be at on my facebook page.  Just click the icon and add me to your friends list!

I’d like to end this post by saying a huge thank you to all the lovely people I’ve met since I began Daisy Stays in June last year and to all the customers who have shown trust and loyalty.  I couldn’t do it without you!  Have a wonderful 2011.  You deserve it!

Daisy

‘Daisy Stays put on a fantastic variety show!’

Wednesday 29th December 2010 saw the very first Gully’s event taking place at the Blackfriars Ballroom and what a show it was! People turned out in their very finest toppers, bow ties, corsets and taches to witness Gully’s history in the making!

 Tall Tales and Short Stories got the show off to a superb start with a tale of a magician who sold his soul to Devil! In three exciting episodes these scallywags held the audience spellbound with their tale of licentious greed and satanic mischief.  The audience were then treated to some traditional burlesque performances including a spellbinding act from Bettina Spankenhaus and her naughty Phantom of the Opera – Bob, a beautiful fan dance in the delicious form of Constance Peach’s Black Swan, a cutesy Dorothy aka Daisy Chainsaw, a pert Dee La Beau with a shampoo fetish, a luscious bump’n'grind from Marissa Rosaria, a tantalising tease from Miss Mirabelle Blush and a spectacular Charlie Chaplin from the master of Boylesque, Warren Speed.

Comedy from Alfie Joey had the audience in tears of laughter especially at his returning aeroplane and very talented impression.  Musical mayhem ensued with The Vaudeville Class very special dirty blues sound and The Stillwells quirky and addictive acoustic delights.  Their rendition of ‘Magic Dance’  and ‘Ballad of a Rent Boy’ will remain in my favourites for some time to come.

A surprise appearance from Chris Cross completed the evening as he proceeded to poke a screwdriver through his tongue and delighted the photographers with an impromptu posing session on stage.

Don’t take my word for it folks.  Here’s what some of the audience had to say about the evening

‘We all really enjoyed the evening, and the format was very, very good. I’m looking forward to the next one!’

‘We had a great night last Wednesday, twas a right mixed bag of entertainment. Thankyou very much.’

‘Overall a fantastic night, really looking forward to whatever you put together next time!’

To view more pictures of the event and the performance go to the Events Gallery.

Many thanks to all the cast, the photographers, the staff at Blackfriars Ballroom and most of all to the wonderful audience!  Don’t miss the next Gully’s event coming in the spring.  Keep checking back for more updates.

See you at the next Gully’s!

You’ve spent a kings ransom on gifts for everyone, cleaned your pied-à-terre until you can see your face in the carpet, shopped, jostled, wrapped, cursed and shopped some more before you finally collapse exhausted into your onsie on Christmas Eve only to wake up on Christmas Day to start the veggies, roast the turkey, play Monopoly/Hungry Hippos/the latest computer game (delete as required) and supervise the arguments about who got more sweets than who.  Then comes Boxing Day when, no doubt, you do the same thing all over again. (Well, we did in my family anyway)  When do you get to play, laugh, sing, dance? New Year’s Eve?

Gully thinks this is much too long a wait and has arranged a superb line up for the Victorian Winter Wonderland Variety Performance taking place on Wednesday 29th December 2010 at The Blackfriars Ballroom, New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Just take a look at this and then book your tickets – This is an adult show for people who understand that fun is not just for children!

Book your tickets here now for just £8 in advance or just pay at the door for £10! A bonanza of a bargain!

Tickets!

See you at Gully’s!