Tease

Tease comes to Babbacombe Theatre on Friday 5 March, a burlesque and cabaret night that pulls together a fair few different acts under one roof. It's a variety show in the old-school sense: you'll get burlesque, cabaret, circus and variety acts all in one evening, rather than just one thing on repeat.

The line-up is led by compere 'Turkish Delight', who keeps the night moving, and award-winning West End burlesque sensation 'Violet Thistletease'. They're joined by the theatre's own 'Tease' group dancers, and the rest of the bill fills in with cabaret, circus and variety acts. The music runs through it all, with tracks from Burlesque and Chicago sitting alongside chart hits from Cher, Christina Aguilera and a few more. The show is framed as a celebration of love, life and the power of self-expression, and they describe it as a place where sensuality and unadulterated fun collide.

It's being staged at the Babbacombe Theatre, which has been a part of the English Riviera for over eighty years and is known for its family variety shows, especially since Matpro Limited took it over in 1986. That variety tradition is exactly what this night is built on — the mix of burlesque, circus and cabaret rather than any single act taking the whole stage.

It runs from 19:30 to 22:00, so it's a full evening's outing. Tickets are £32 at the box office, £34 by telephone, and £35 online, with transaction fees of £3 online and £2 by telephone — there are no fees if you buy at the box office. The theatre is at Babbacombe Downs, Torquay, TQ1 3LU.