Club Briefs
Republic
Brighton Beach
BRIEFS was born in the back warehouse space of a bookshop in Brisbane’s West End in 2008. The boys put on a club night to give performers the chance to try out some new late night cabaret/variety acts. There were no rules or restrictions. They weren’t answering to a brief or a venue or a funding body. It was purely artist driven with no agenda. It was completely off the radar. It was stuck together with a bit of hope, gaffer tape and glitter.
The cast of Club Briefs are male burlesque performers par excellence. They include not one, but two former holders of the world title King of Burlesque. This is their late night show and a re-creation of how they first came about, mucking about together in the back rooms of clubs in Brisbane and coming up with crazy ideas and clashes of styles and formats that have an in your face vibe whilst showcasing these talented performers. A few years down the line and these crazy Queers are now seasoned festival performers, traveling the worlds and wowing the crowds with their well-rehearsed and slick routines. This attempt to recreate a slightly more edgy, raw and challenging show is something which must be welcomed and it’s always good to see performers try something new or even go back to their roots and give us something old but bloody good.
Briefs the Club is both of these things and some of the very well-known routines are given an extra erotic twist by being performed naked, one from youngest member of the team and heart-throb Louis Biggs (that’s him in the photo above..) , or with some tongue in cheek commentary.
The reason these lads tour constantly is because they are good and seeing them in their element at Club Briefs is certainly worth the wander out to the biggest Spiegeltent in Town, it’s just along the beach, up from where the Wheel used to be, they have cheap bar prices and you’ll get to see some of the hottest men in the city, covered in sequins, almost nude or in your face super-hot naked, and there’s no better late show in the festival this weekend. Hosted with deadpan blaze panache by Fez Fa’Anana who keeps it all upbeat and moving along.
After they are done with their show they spin some toe tapping club tunes and mix with us mere mortals in their pants, you can’t beat that. This was an engaging and fun night out with some seriously talented men who give us their all, and flash a lot of sculptured flesh while they are at it with a decently priced bar and plenty of eye-candy (both on stage and in the audience), this was a fun way to spend a damp May night.
Club Briefs returns this Saturday at Republic for one night only!
Recommended
Republic
East of the Volks Electric Railway Station
Brighton Beach, Madeira Drive
Saturday, June 4, 2016
10:00pm til 4:00am (last entry 1:00am)
For more info or to book tickets see the Fringe website here:
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