Gigi and Pepper on stage soon!

Hei everybody! Although you may still have to wait a little bit to see us on stage as a duo, both Gigi and Pepper will soon be hitting the burlesque stage with real audience! Gigi can be found this very coming weekend at Rubies-klubit: Abstinessiklubi in Helsinki, and Pepper will be performing in Hämeenlinna for the very first time at the Misty Extravaganza Night! (click on the links for more info!) Also, Abstinenssiklubi can also be enjoyed online, so no need to miss out if you aren't able to physically attend the show!

WE CAN'T WAIT! 😍

New blog face

 Today we´ve done some long-due admin...to this site. This is, after procrastinating with a barre class and skinny dipping :) Hope you´re having a wonderful weekend and please stay safe and healthy!

Here we go again!

Both Pepper and Gigi have been busy performing, teaching and traveling - from Las Vegas (Gigi went to Bhof to see the shows for the first time this year) to all over Europe BUT we have some dates for duo-action as well so we will keep you posted!

The next one is in Turku for Kabaree Kookos on November16th so be sure to join us there! We are also super excited about our new logo designed by Ulrika Bachér (aka Turrrbocherry) that totally embrace our kind of crazy! THANK YOU <3

Cabaret Mademoiselle!

We are super excited to be performing in Brussels soon! We will be performing both solo and duo at the Cabaret Mademoiselle from February 21st-23rd at 53, Rue du Marché au Charbon, 1000 Bruxelles.
Be sure to come see us if you´re in town!

Bavarian Burlesque Festival

Happy Summetime!

We are very happy to announce that both Gigi & Pepper will be performing solo at the first ever Bavarian Burlesque Festival this October!

You can come see us on Friday, October 19th at the Drehleier Theatre in Munich!

Have a grrreat Summer!

Pic: Emiliano Melandri

Suomi Burleski Gaala 2018

Upealle kevätspektaakkelille uusi paikka! Helsinki Burlesque tiedottaa:

Helsinki Burlesque🦄
Arvoisa juhlakansa, Helsinki Burlesquella on uusi tapahtumapaikka SuomiBurleskiGaalalle 2018! Upea ja todella spektaakkelimainen sali Europaea, Marina Congress Centerissä vastaa tilanteen juhlavuutta ja mahdollistaa kaikille syrjintävapaan juhlailmapiirin. Pitkä yhteistyö Ravintola Kaisaniemen kanssa on tullut päätökseen, emmekä spekuloi asiayhteyksiä tämän enempää. (Tilassa huhtikuun lopussa aloittava Golden Classic yrittäjä ei ole syypää siirtoomme millään lailla. ) Kaikki tähän asti ostetut liput käyvät sellaisenaan, ja jo Kaisaniemestä pöydän varanneille on kaikille varattu numeroimattomat istumapaikat, ruokatarjoilua meillä ei ole mahdollista järjestää. Pyydämme huomioimaan 3 euron eteispalvelumaksun saapuessanne. Tiketin lipunmyyntisivu tulee toimivaksi jälleen tuossa tuokiossa. Tervetuloa!

Lisätietoa tapahtumasta saat täältä ja lippuja Tiketistä! 

Mayday Soirée in Oulu!

We will be performing & teaching in Oulu this May! More info about the event to be found here!

Poster: Saara Savusalo

Long LONG time, -finally updates!

Sometimes time flies and there´s really no excuses why we haven´t been keeping this page updated. Long story short - Thee Dizzy Daisies are BACK and there are some changes to follow. Those of you who have been following us on facebook already know that after many years Sandy decided to retire from burlesque last year. There´s no drama about the whole thing- life goes on and we´ve decided that should she ever want to join us again there´s always a space for her in Thee Dizzy Daisies <3

We´ve always, from the start, done our numbers in both trio- as well as duo-versions. This was just a decision we made because trying to organize three schedules to fit could sometimes be a pain...That means Gigi and Pepper will continue to perform with the same name and the same acts, maybe updating a few numbers and hopefully creating some new as well!

We will try to be better at this blog but if you want be sure to follow us on facebook for more info!

Lots of love & glitter,

Gigi & Pepper

The Queen Calavera

Tonight we are performing for the third night at the Queen so even if there is that crazy Schlagermove in Hamburg I suggest you come see us at the Queen instead :) 

Summer News

It's been a while (again)! 

Summer is in full swing and we've been busy bees - we premiered a new group number for the Finnish Burlesque Gala (this seems to have become a tradition) as well as solos, performed at the Helsinki Burlesque Festival in February and at several parties and events along the Spring.

Also huge news is that we are ALL now teachers at the Finnish burlesque academy Burleskinstituutti and have been teaching both workshops and dance classes as of late. We will have some news about this but it will have to wait a while still :)

Last but not least we want to give a quick update on our Summer shows :

Tonight we will perform at the Shangri-La Summer School event at Wäiski, Helsinki! Doors open at 7pm!

One of our burlesque "Bucket-list" wishes will come true in July when all of us will perform at the legendary Queen Calavera in Hamburg!!! The Finnish invasion will take place 9.-11th of July so if you are in the hoods come see us :) 

And hey- be sure to follow our personal blogs and Facebook- pages to get the updates etc a bit faster haha! Have a good one, folks! 

Photo by Tuomas Lairila

Glitter in Mordor!

Hello everyone!

As outside seems to be a bit of Mordor we´re happy to share some glittering events that will help with this gloomy time of the year!

In less than two weeks we will take our crazy kittehs to the Amsterdam Burlesque Awards´ Sunday Matinée! Very excited to be a part of this! Don´t miss the Thursday event either because we have our own Bent van der Bleu and Sir Willy Waterlily on stage then!

On the 22nd of November the annual Finnish Burlesque Gala is held at Ravintola Kaisaniemi in Helsinki! As in the previous years Bettie Blackheart is bringing you some of the sparkliest of Finnish burlesque and all other years it´s been SOLD OUT so do hurry with the tickets!

Only a week from there Sir Willy is producing the Burlesque Fantastico in Porvoo, combining both passionate tango, acrobatics with burlesque and live music! The tickets are selling fast for this one as well so be quick!

We are also booked for some private events filling up the calendar quite fast so if you want to book us for the upcoming Xmas season send us an e-mail!

Turku Burlesque Weekend

Hello lovelies!

Only a few days to go to NYC but do not fret! You shall see all of Thee Dizzies (solo, group AND in The Tourettes!) in Turku in a couple of weeks! Kiki Hawaiji is making magic happen with the Turku Burlesque Weekend and the tickets are out NOW! Headlining none other than New York´s own Tigger!

Super exciting news!

It's been a while since we've updated our page but so much has happened! Pepper and Gigi had a blast at the first annual Boylesque Festival in Vienna in May and now the Summer has all but gone! We will start to work with a new group coreo next week as well as polishing up our solo acts, no rest for the wicked!

We are super happy to be a part of the New York Burlesque Festival this September, joining a fantabulous line up from all over the world! We're also excited that the Finnish attendance will be a-plenty since besides us Daisies also Tinker Bell, Bettie Blackheart and Frank Doggenstein will be performing there as well!

Before that there will be the release of the FiRST ever! Finnish burlesquezine 'Paljettipommi'!!! Kiki Hawaiji has been working hard on it and fresh from the print the party will be held at Ravintolalaiva Wäiski on August 23rd! Tickets are on sale at Tiketti and there will be performances you really don't want to miss... We have dug up our first numbers, dusted them off and will be serving them to you hot and sweaty!

In October we will perform at the Turku Burlesque Weekend's "Lottery of Love" and will bring solos, a group number AND our joined forces with The Itty Bitty Tease Cabaret aka The Tourettes for a new version of our hump'n'grind -number ;)

November will take us to Amsterdam for the first annual Amsterdam Burlesque Awards where we will rock the stage at the Sunday matinee! There is other stuff going on as well but we'll keep you guessing a bit longer!

The ladies update their personal facebook-profiles as well as their personal blogs more frequently so
feel free to catch up on the latest gigs and news from them as well!

Gigi Praline
Pepper Sparkles
Sandy Jungle

Pepper & Gigi at the Boylesque Festival Vienna!

Omg, we are so extremely excited that we're going crazy in here! Both Pepper and Gigi have been accepted to perform at the first annual Boylesque Festival Vienna in May! And not only that, Finland will definitely be well represented since the always glamorous Lola Vanilla and the charming gentleman Sir Willy Waterlilly will also be performing! <3
Here you go some interesting information about the festival (which is organized by the talented boylesque performer Jacques Patriaque), so you can also understand what all the hassle is about ;-)
And of course, remember to also check the festival's facebook page!

The “1st annual Boylesque Festival Vienna” presents the cream of the crop of this exciting art in Vienna and celebrates two days of burlesque, boylesque, vaudeville, artistry and everything inbetween. This festival is the first of its kind in Europe and connects the flair of Imperialistic Vienna with a modern and open minded city.

May 28th Queerlesque Teaser Party
Genders aside - this evening highlights and celebrates the diversity of Burlesque and sets an example for more tolarance and equality for the LGBT-Community with headliners like Tamara Mascara, Rubyyy Jones!

May 29th Boylesque Main Event
International Boylesque Performers like Tigger, Russel Bruner will prove that men are also able to wiggle their hips glamorously and twirl their tassels like there's no tomorrow! The final show will feature Conchita Wurst, with her song for the Eurovision Song Contest.

On both evenings about 20 artists will perform their Burlesque/Boylesque acts. The compère of the two shows will be the well known entertainer „World Famous BOB“.

After the festival‘s Main Event there will be an After Show Party at Vienna’s new hip club „Chaya Fuera“ to celebrate the Festival once more and to give an opportunity for networking among all participants and fans.

Kustome Kulture Show tonight!

Sandy will be premiering her new fandance tonight at Kaapelitehdas! Sharing the stage with the most gorgeous Bettie Blackheart, Kiki Hawaiji, Tinker Bell, Cherry Turbo-Cherry Dee and Vera de Vil! And hei, we've heard that won't be the only new act tonight! You can also consider this the official tiki warm-up for this year's festival, so you know what to do tonight! ;-)

Queer much?

So many exciting things happening this spring, and we are definitely most excited about the variety and colourfulness of it all! As an example the gig Gigi was performing at last night, at Lahti Pride! Due to last moment problems there had to be some small changes in the lineup, but Gigi, together with the ever glamurous Lola Vanilla, the sweetest Abortia Clinique and the most handsome stage kitten for the night A. le Coq absolutely rocked the stage! Huge thanks go to the awesome audience in Lahti, you made our night!

And continuing with the queer theme, Gigi and Pepper are most thrilled to announced they'll be joining a lineup of amazing national and international drag queens and burlesque artists in the end of March! This is going to be one wild party, so stay tuned and we hope to see you there! ;-)

You can also check the event's facebook event!

New season started!

So excited to be back on stage after the Xmas break! We first had a tiny private gig for a couple in our studio last thursday, and they sure knew how to cheer! It was also specially nice to get to perform our Aurora Borealis act again with three people, since we haven't been able to do so since the premier at the Suomi Burleski Gaala last October (three girls spinning with a pair of veil fans each do take a lot of space!)

happy gals with out Fiona Timantti headpieces <3

Friday was a very exciting day for the whole Finnish burlesque scene, and that's because the world premier of the documentary "Bettie Page Reveals All" was being held in Helsinki at the DocPoint documentary festival! Pepper already had the chance to promote this movie in December, and was now delighted to present the director Mark Mori and the producer Thorpe Mori, and to conduct the Q&A section after the screenings on both Friday and Saturday. 

Pepper with Mark Mori during the Q&A
picture by Rita Miklan

Unluckily enough not everybody could make it to the premier (for example Bettie Blackheart was rocking the stage at Queen Calavera in Hamburg), but we did manage to gather a lot of the Finnish burlesque performers in Helsinki. 

picture by Rita Miklan

New Year, New Update!

As you can imagine we've all been crazy busy again, and we have lacked time to update this properly! So many things have happened since last time we managed to keep you informed that it's difficult to know where to start. To begin with, let me tell you that the gig list (past and upcoming) is now fully updated (if you have a look you may understand why we've been so busy), and if you look at the upcoming dates you'll see there are some booked even in the end of the year! That means that if you think you might want to have us booked for your event at some point this year you should let us know about it early in advance, in order to be sure it'll work out (although we always try our best to make all booking enquiries work out).

Sooo, where to begin with? Pepper did indeed perform at the Stockholm Burlesque Festival in October, and it was a blast! So many amazingly talented performers and such a mindblowing audience! Stockholm you were good to me, hope to see you again! <3

Stockholm Burlesque Festival @ Södra Teatern, 04-10-2013
picture by Bichard Photography
headpiece by Fiona Timantti Millinery
harness by Tyra Therman

Soon after that it was time for the glorious Suomi Burleski Gaala, where public is treated to a full show full of some of Finland's very best burlesque performers, and serves as a fundraiser for the following year's Helsinki Burlesque Festival. As in the last year, and to keep up with the nice traditions, we presented a new group act, Aurora Borealis. This act was a test out of our comfort zone, and an attempt at creating a piece that would be beautiful and would reflect the beauty of Finnish nature and culture (we decided to use the song "Farewell" from the Finnish band Apocalyptica, the melodies of which seemed to fit just perfectly). We have to say the reaction of the audience and the feedback we got (most of all a very special one) totally exceded our wildest expectations, even when a bunch of people ended up dropping a tear or two (ooops, we're really sorry! :-D)

In case you missed that one, here you go a chance to have a look at it: 

The rest of the year consisted mostly of smaller gigs here and there (and a LOT of fun), but we'll stop spamming you for now. What we will tell you though is that this upcoming year is going to be a BLAST, and we're so looking forward to it! We all have new solo acts coming (and probably a couple of group acts) and a lot of exciting events we still can't share with you, so stay tuned! ;-)

Stockholm Burlesque Festival! <3

Oi oi, less than a month left for the International Stockholm Burlesque Festival, and our Pepper will be performing in there on Friday! First time at an international Festival for any of us, and even though this time it is only Pepper we hope we'll soon visit some of the lovely festivals around Europe altogether <3

Luckily for Pepper she will have a most wonderful company during the event, since Sir Willy Waterlily, The Itty Bitty Tease Cabaret and a bunch of other friends are also part of the lineup!

You can find more info about this event also through facebook. 

Besides performing on Friday, Pepper will also hit the stage briefly on Saturday, for the Octbooberfest! The Octbooberfest it a tassel twirling championship, but most importantly it is a fundraiser for a very serious issue, breast cancer. You can find more information about the event and how you can also help this cause through their facebook page. 

Tassel making/twirling workshop by Pepper in Tallinn this Saturday 14.9!

Pepper will be visiting Tallinn this weekend, and she'll be teaching a tassel workshop!

Prepare to learn how to craft pasties that can be made into any shape you wish, and tassels that will twirl forever and without (much) effort! She'll also be teaching different ways to twirl one or two tassels, and be assured that whatever your booby size and/or skill level, you will manage to twirl those tassels! ;-D

She'll be teaching techniques learnt from attending many different workshops with different performers, so you'll be getting all the tassel tricks you need without needing to wait for all these other performers to come teach in Tallinn. :-)

For registrations please contact Affinity Starr, her email can be found in the description of this event in facebook! :-)