Sweet and Nasty appears on the last Monday of every month as part of Monday Night Burlesque at Public Assembly. For photos and fliers, visit us on MySpace.
The origins of Sweet and Nasty Burlesque are shrouded in mystery, soaked in whiskey, and protected by several binding legal injunctions. The grand experiment culminated in a weekly burlesque cavalcade of fantastic proportions that ran at RiFiFi on East 11th Street from June 2006 until the bar's sudden destruction by hipsters in August, 2008. These days, award-winning producer Nasty Canasta, along with the most blindingly fabulous, brilliantly beautiful and remarkably absurd performers from New York City and beyond bring you a monthly mix of glam camp, historical fact, and blatant lies.
Monday, June 29 @ 10:00 PM - $10
at Public Assembly 70 N. 6th St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Before there was an America; before there was a New York City; before there was even a Williamsburg ... there was an England. Sweet & Nasty presents THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL, a tassel-twirling celebration of all things British. Self-confessed "pretentious Anglophile" Nasty Canasta has assembled an all-star cast from across the country - and across the pond - to honour the British Isles. "It will be a glamourous and colourful evening," promises Canasta, "a veritable fortnight of entertainment packed into just a few metric hours - and all for mere shillings!" And as a special offer, show your valid UK passport at the door for 2-for-1 admission.
Local favourites Clams Casino, Legs Malone, Tigger!, special guests Bella Besame (Manchester, England), The Flying Fox (San Francisco), Mat Fraser (London) and host Dame Nasty Canasta, O.B.E., will kick off their knickers and prove that the sun never sets on the British Empire at THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL.
Monday, July 27 @ 10:00 PM - $10
at Public Assembly 70 N. 6th St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn
As Sweet and Nasty celebrates it's three-year, one-month, three-week and four-day anniversary, we take a look back at the people and things that made us Thailand's number-one burlesque show from 1974 to 1996, inclusive.
LIES: The Absolutely and Completely True History Of Sweet And Nasty Burlesque delves into the sordid past and improbable future of the greatest entertainment juggernaut ever to strip its way from the Lower East Side, across southeastern Wales, and into Brooklyn. Host, producer, and survivor Nasty Canasta will call out the performers responsible for getting us into this situation in the first place: style maven Miss Ruby Valentine, Albert Cadabra (magician, bald), charm-school dropout GiGi La Femme, our Canadian cousin Hard Corey, super-smartypants Precious Little, rapper and grammaticist Schaffer the Darklord, Sunday-night burlesque scion Fem Appeal, and more, even less-savory characters. Plus: a good old-fashioned Sweet and Nasty raffle for suckers, tributes to Door People Through the Ages, and special appearances by The Ugly Brothers and inspirational meddler Frank Applebaum.