They say as you get older, time goes quickly, we jeez Louise, didn’t 2011 go past in a freaking flash.

Here are some great memories from 2011

Steamboat Bordello Royal Wedding Party
Organised by the same great team behind Boom Boom, La Reve and Bete Noir I always love performing at their events and this was perhaps my ultimate Royal Wedding show. Plus as you get on the boat at 4, by the time the Steamer docks at 10:30 you feel like you’ve had a cracking night out you can be in bed by midnight. (I love getting up early, I’m a lame showgirl)

London Burlesque Festival
My Kate Middleton parody show continued at this year’s London Burlesque Festival. This was my 4th year as Secret’s in Lace’s UK spokesmodel and its always fun to host the fashion show (If a little daunting) It’s odd to think I’d rather take all my clothes off on stage than speak into a mic. But that I did, well dressed in lingerie, so not precisely out of my comfort zone. Lot’s of leopard print designs this year so all the showgirl models were thrilled with their looks. You can see a great video of all of this years Secrets in Lace models here

Phix Shoot

The film Director Phil Sansom and I have been friends for years and I’ve been lucky enough to be cast in some of his videos. The 60s styled The Enemy video being one of my favourites. We collaborated on two great projects this year. One was a photoshoot in Norfolk in June. We found a great forest that kind of reminded us of the USA and we managed to just grab the last few minutes of the ‘golden hour’ light. It was nice to do something a bit more ‘fashiony’ and not cheesecake. See more of Phil’s great work at www.phixfilm.com

The second was a promo video for the amazing clubnight My Secret Disco. Which involved Cherry Shakewell, Rupert who runs MSD and I running round Abney Cemetery in Stoke Newington. I got pretty attached to my fangs!

Nightmare Before Xmas from My Secret Disco on Vimeo.

Nightmare Before Xmas from My Secret Disco on Vimeo.

Be Burlesque

In May I went to Paris to shoot for the Be Burlesque book. It was lovely to be asked to be part of such a project which features some of my favourite fellow dancers such as Lada Redstar, Millicent Binks and Lala Morte.

Then 2011 finally saw the release of The Domestic Burlesque by Elsa Quarsell. I actually posed for Elsa way back in 2008 and she went on to photograph dancers all across the world and my lovely friend Laurie Hagen is on the cover.

Studio 64

It was a good year for my Cabaret production Studio 64 as we returned for a Prince themed mammoth 6 week run at the Brickhouse and a run at the Phoenix Club in Vienna. It was great to work with Petra Storrs and Rachel Friere on the costumes too. They really took my ideas and ran with it into something I didn’t expect. My obsession with pyrotechnics continued too with the invention of what we affectionately nicknamed the ‘Crotch Rocket’

We then took it on the road for our annual Cabaret at Winterwell Festival and we brought Sara Louise Young, and Annette Betty along for the ride.

Festival escapades also continued at Beach Break Live with Bearded Kitten and at Camp Bestival where I performed in a child free 1am slot at Silent Disco for Rob da Bank. An odd experience performing with headphones…

Living it large backstage with.....salad

Pimp my Gold Buggy

Sarah Holgate Artist Liasion extraordinaire

Edinburgh Fringe

Next up was my first proper run at the Edinburgh Fringe. I did one night up there in 2007 when I guested in my friend Reggie Watts’s show. I was thrilled when dancer Gypsy Wood and comedian Asher Treleaven asked me to join their brilliant show Comic Strip, a potent mix of comedians and striptease.

Gypsy Wood

Gypsy, Plants and Trees

I also joined Frank Sanazi’s Comedy Blitzkrieg as his loving daughter ‘Nancy Sanazi’ with a comedy rendition of ‘These Jack Boots are made for Walking’. I’m afraid I took to singing with whip and screaming in unsuspecting patrons faces rather well.

Frank and I, a lovely father daughter pair

Dans Paleis - home of Comic Strip

I also popped into Miss Behave’s The Mess for a night, what fun that was.

Here’s me full of life (and cava) on my final night in Edinburgh for Comic Strip

Cheating With You

My favourite promo shoot of the year was The Correspondents ‘Cheating WIth You’. Ian and Tim of The Correspondents are so much fun to watch on stage, they have a travel-a-tor people. I met them when I was performing at the infamous Red Death lates at the BAC and we have been firm friends ever since. So I was chuffed to bits when they asked me to be in their new promo which definitely to floats my DnB roots!

New Orleans Burlesque Festival

I made my US festival debut in New Orleans this year. New Orleans is incredible drifting through the French Quarter to with Jazz weaving through the warm air was exactly how I dreamt.

I was also at the festival to represent Secrets in Lace, so it was great time to catch up with founder Dan Whitsett and we even got up at 4am to do Good Morning New Orleans. Please excuse the bad inneundo below- I had only had 4 hours sleep!

It was such a treat to perform alongside legends such as Kitten de Ville

To meet legends such as Bambi Jones

and Rita Alexander and to chat to them about the old days was incredible. Here’s an amazing clip of Rita in full B-movie glory from the 60s.

I also got to hang out with my old buddies Bettina May and Vincent Drambuie. They were sweet enough to book me when I first started out so it was wonderful to see them again.

2011 will also see me go on my first tour of Australia.
I will be joining Comic Strip at the Adelaide Fringe Festival with the wonderful Gypsy Wood and Asher Treleaven. Take a look here for booking details and interview.

TOUR DATES
10th-13th Feb Melbourne
13th-Feb- 19th March Comic Strip at Adelaide Fringe
19th-26th March Sydney
27th- March- 22nd April Melbourne Comedy Festival
22nd April-1st May TBC
1st May Return to UK

I’ll be taking my brand new musical cowbell comedy number ‘Eidelweiss’ too which should be making an appearance at The Box before I depart for Oz. This show has been such a long time in the making, I even got Jonathan Biekerdike who made my robotic bra to make me an extra special squirting milk rigg. I’ll try and get some footage and pics up soon.

Here’s to a wonderful 2012 cabaret friends.

Agent L x

A brand new Cabaret and Circus show

22nd March-30th April 2011

The Brickhouse, London

Agent Lynch’s Studio 64 returns with a brand new show ‘Purple Rain’ for a six week run.
A tribute to all things Prince this cabaret show will bring together burlesque circus and music. Hosted by Europe’s premier Prince tribute artist Jimi Sweet (of band Purple Rain) resident acts include drag superstar The Fabulous Russella and jaw dropping Trapeze from Marcos. Plus Trash City Princess Ruby Blues.

Purple Rain will also showcase two brand new burlesque shows from Agent Lynch and costumes from conceptual fashion designers Rachel Freire and Petra Storrs.

Plus Special Guests:
Fancy Chance and Roxy Velvet
Expect motorcycles, smoke machines, flying doves, pyrotechnics, ticker tape showers, outrageous costumes and not forgetting an epic 9 minute Purple Rain finale.

Running 22nd March – 30th April

Saturday Matinee and full Afternoon Tea £30
Dinner and Show £35 Tue-Fri/£40 Sat,Show only £10

Tickets at www.thebrickhouse.co.uk

Jimi Love of Europe’s No 1 Prince Tribute Band Purple Rain

Jimi Love and Purple Rain Live

Fabulous Russella

Fancy Chance

Ruby Blues

Previously at Studio 64

In praise on Studio 64

‘Spectacular costumes and slyly comic performances’
Victoria Huntley, Hackney Gazette

Disco is not dead! We’re contemplating going as Bianca Jagger – now where did we leave our horse?
Time Out Recommends

4300 mirror pieces glued, 20m of tasseling and one white horse called Donna Studio 64 disco cabaret and Circus is on!

Here is a glimpse of our press night….all pictures by Sin Bozkurt www.sinbozkurt.com

I'm an Indian too!

If only I could enter every room like this...my Bianca Jagger tribute

Oooh I Feel Love!

The Beautiful Beaux Belles Love to Love you

Donald Choi 'The Disco needs YOU!'

Glory Pearl takes Enid out for a walk

she makes its look easy

Team 64!

and stretch...

We are at the Brickhouse Wednesday to Saturday all through August, with a rotating line up. Next week we have the incredible Kitty Bang Bang who is doing a bespoke Disco Inferno tribute for us and not forgetting Brian Bagley Scott all the way from Paris 18-28th August.

Here are a few behind the scenes too…..

planning the horse pulling route with Hugo, tactical stuff...

after careful planning we hit a door runner on the way out and I almost fall off, not exactly chic but pretty bloody hilarious.

still laughing

Our stage manager Allen. He quite frankly rules.

Allen and superstar Brikhouser Becky

Hugo massively stealing the limelight.

Hello,

I have been pretty sparse on the blogs of late. A mixture of wanting to do an epicly long update and being tied up performing and planning!

So here is a quick update.

My 70s influenced Cabaret show Studio 64 has been booked by the Brickhouse for the first two weeks of August! Hurrah. It will be hosted by Dusty Limits (doing a wonerful turn as Andy Warhol) and Myra Dubois and with acts including  64 house dance troupe The Beaux Belles, geriatric disco pole magic from Miss Glory Pearl and Laurie Hagen amongst others!

Stay tuned for more details soon!

We are having a warm up this Friday at Winterwell Festival www.winterwell.co.uk where Studio 64 will be taking over the Main Tent for some cabaret magic.

This week also sees the launch of my Pyro bra. It’s been over a year in the making but Robotics Whizz and all round good guy Jonathan Bickerdike has pulled it out the bag and made me the exploding bra of my dreams. Huzzzah!

You can see his lovely test video he did for me here! http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#!/video/video.php?v=10150226220035145&ref=mf

I was inspired by this amazing scene from one of my favourite films ‘The 10th Victim’.  It’s such a great scene and I Ursula is just sex on legs to me and don’t even get me started on the outfits in this film.

I’m perfoming my new revamped Studio 54 Donna Summer show with the new bra on Thursday for the the very worthy cause of Macmillan Brick Lane Take over after party at Brickhouse. http://www.bricklanetakeover.org.uk/

See you then and hopefully pics of the bra in action soon. Plus I need to do an update of my Live Every Litre Project with Honda.
In case you missed it this is what I did on my birthday. You know, just your average getting near naked in Montmartre kinda thing.

Lynchyxx

DISCO lives!

After only 10 days to promote and organise it STUDIO 64 on Friday R.O.C.K.E.D.

BGWMC is one of my favourite venue’s, and it’s the first place I ever performed. I just love the SMELL of it: slightly musty, tinged with an indefinable smell of good times past. I swear that room has good karma.

We got there early to decorate- The 4ft helium ‘6′ and ‘4′ ballons were possibly the best £16 I have ever spent on Ridley Road market and we got ourselves a little high blowing up 100 balloons. Balloons such simple objects really, but bringers of such child-like joy. Then after some silver draping, erection of the kissing booth, and a lighting tutorial from club manger Martin we were ready to go.

I only had 10 days to promote/organise STUDIO 64 which is not a lot in promoting terms, so I was a bit nervous. But we had over 170 people through the door! Whoop! It was great to see so many friends there-but also nice to see people who I have never seen before in my life! They came to my party yaaaay!

Happy Debutante LP

Mr Cutlass tweaks some knobs- he's just like Jean Michel Jarre

Lewis!

The Action Men- scare some small children (just kidding they were TERRIFIED)

All the acts were great. Lewis rocked (I even had a dance with his Mum), The Action Men ruled, The (lone) Debutante Jess not only looked beautiful but made everyone happy with her wonderful 60s and disco sounds! Then Charlie Boy finished it all off with a brilliant disco electro set that kept everyone dancing till the wee hours.

I did my electro Barbarella show and Donna Summer tribute. BGWMC was actually the first place I did my Barbarella show two and half years ago so it brought back some memories.: I remember I was wearing these ridiculous platform silver stripper boots that I could not walk in (mine now are specially made not to resemble a Blackpool stripper) plus I was so nervous I drank a bit too much and just basically fell around the stage and crashed into the silver beaded curtain.CRINGE. I have hopefully moved forward since then!

The cosmic kissing booth was a hit, I even put in a little lighting system in that you could turn on and off. As the night wore on it certainly got more use- and with five people in it getting slightly over excited making it slowly fall over….like in films when someone yells ‘Timber!’. All I could see were all these little legs covered in multi-coloured tights wriggling at the other end.Muchos funny. Luckily no one was injured and even the bouncer cracked a smile as we pushed it back up.

The kissing booth finally gets some actione

Charlie boy of SHAMELESS DISCO keeps us dancing

After a prolonged final dance and a clean up we headed, led by manager Martin, to Damascu on Shoreditch high street- and had possibly the best chicken and lamb swarma I have ever had. I hadn’t eaten for 12 hours, but still mighty tasty. By 4:30am I was asleep humming ‘I feel love’ and woke up to a slightly deflated and sad looking 64 balloon in my kitchen. But don’t worry balloon you will have another outing I promise!

Thank you for all the lovely feedback. We will change things around slightly next time as STUDIO 64 is definitely happening again very soon- so watch this space.

xxxx Lynch

All pictures by David Jensen www.davidjensen.co.uk

Dance under the famous magic mirror ball!

Canoodle in the cosmic kissing booth, and enjoy a night of far-out cabaret starring:

Prolific one man band and modern-day Jimi Hendrix: Lewis Floyd Henry!
www.myspace.com/lewisfloydhenry

I LOVE LEWIS! If you have seen a man with surrounded by 100s of people on Brick Lane on a Sunday you have been Floyd-ed.

Lewis and I performed together at 100 Club (supporting Chas’n'Dave- sob!) a few months ago- he  androcked out, I Go-Goed my arse off and had a jolly good time. So I am very excited to welcome him back for a full live set. Prepare to be amazed how one man can make so much sweet noise!

Unrivalled 1960s all-male dance troupe The Action Men. See them go-go-Go!
www.myspace.com/theactionmenuk

Definitely the most original dance troupe I have seen in a long time. Check out their fantastic Alan Whicker tribute show here ( kind of like 1960s dads doing a choreographed dance down Carnaby street in 1967)

And I, your host, and burlesque vixen Agent Lynch will take you on a journey to outer space with my Studio 54 and new Barbarella show!

All with a delicious soundtrack of choice 50 and 60s sounds from gorgeous (trust me!) girl duo THE DEBUTANTES.

Then a naughty late-night slice of electro from CHARLIE BOY (SHAMELESS DISCO) www.shamelessdisco.co.uk

Dress: 60s Space Kitten, Studio 54 VIP Room, man-made fibres.

For £7 ALL NIGHT GUESTLIST email missions@agentlynch.com

Be there or be square and that.

xxx Lynchy

Previously at Studio 64…..

The Correspondents!

Spandrex Andrex

Beautiful revellers!