Warren Speed  -  Europe's leading male burlesque performer.

Burlesque is widely thought of as something performed by beautiful and glamorous ladies elegantly and teasingly removing their flamboyant costumes to reveal nipple tassles and hotpants.

Well ...... Warren Speed brings a male touch to the scene !!

And very popular he is too!!

Without doubt the UK's most prolific, most experienced and most original male burlesque performer, Warren has performed at the majority of the country's regular burlesque shows, as well as to large theatre, university and corporate audiences.  He also performs at shows around Europe and has recently been seen by audiences in Amsterdam, Rome and Oslo.

Warren was featured on BBC1's "Inside Out" documentary programme, and was one of the main performers at the 2007 XPO "fetish" tradefair in London  (where he also held workshops on "Burlesque from a male performers point of view" - see www.thexpo.co.uk for more info).

Warren has been featured in Bizarre magazine a number of times, as well as often being in the press in his native North East.

Warren has also been booked to appear at many promotional events, and helped launch the new adult lifestyle exhibition  Passion in London in February '08, as well as being one of the actual events main performers on May 24/25.

Warren has a number of burlesque routines ..... all of which are unique, entertaining, expertly costumed and charismatically performed.

These include....

Charlie Chaplin - Warren's signature routine! Looking eerily like the king of slapstick comedy, this is a wild dance routine to a medley of classic songs - down to a reveal of MORE than 2 tassles!

The Fan Dancing Chav - You aint never seen so much burberry! Initially yer typical cocky hooligan, this guy reckons he can out-burlesque the girls. He strips, he uses fans and he finished by angle-grinding and flashing his assles !!

Venetian Masked Cavalier - A flamboyantly dressed masked dandy, who struts about to some classic opera waltz music, before catching his reflection in a mirror and decides he needs to remove all of his clothes! Can finish with angle-grinding.

Crazy Clown - A blood-thirsty clown boogies down to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" before eventually revealing his semi-legendary "cock of fire" to woo his blow-up sheep !

Male burlesque balloon pop - can be performed in a number of costumes, all covered head to toe in balloons.

Officer & A Gentleman - Dressed as a US Naval officer (a la Richard Gere) Warren reveals a yankee doodle dandy array of underwear and tassles.



Warren Speed also has the following burlesque double acts with female performer Dixie Licious....

1950s War Bride and Naval officer - burlesque double act. Reminiscent of the movie "An Officer & A Gentleman" but set in the 1950s with Warren as a uniformed US Navy officer and Dixie as his gorgeous stay-at-home wife.

Kill Bill parody - Dixie enters as a gorgeous geisha but is soon interrupted by Warren dressed in a yellow jump suit (a la Bruce Lee).  Dixie strips down to reveal her own pvc yellow catsuit (a la Uma Thurman in Kill Bill) and a martial art fight ensues, swiftly followed by a cheeky strip.

Rocky Horror tribute - Warren is Frank n Furter, Dixie is Magenta - and together they dance to "Sweet Transvestite" and then finish with a singalong and dancealong to the classic "Timewarp".

French mime - a totally mimed cheeky BDSM dungeon scene!

Kinky dominatrix and gimp - fetish-burlesque routine (more suitable for kinkier events).

Warren also performs with female circus performer Kinkarella - doing a twisted Rock n Roll Smurf routine !! You aint never seen smurfs be this bad before! Includes angle-grinding and fire breathing/spinning !!   For stage and also walkabout / meet & greet.

And finally Warren performs with international circus star Edd Muir (as The Cheeky Chappies) - a Charlie Chaplin/Buster Keaton inspired slapstick acrobatic act.   For stage and also walkabout / meet & greet.


Specific routines can also be individually created to suit any kind of particular theme or event.

Some venues and shows Warren has performed at include ....

Burlescapades/Whoopee, Edinburgh - London Burlesque Festival - The Skin Two Rubber Ball, London - Ritual, Rome, Italy.

OsloFetish, Oslo, Norway - Club AntiChrist, London - House of the Golden Lotus, Newcastle - Cabaret Excentrique at many UK theatres

Ruby Revue, Leeds/York - Fab n Kinky, Newport, Wales - Voodoo Cafe, Darlington - Achtung!, Norwich - Festival of Sins, London

Whoopee Club, London - Ministry of Burlesque, London/Glasgow - Velvet, London - Slippery Belle, Manchester

Tallaluhs, Liverpool - Clinic, Amsterdam - Wasteland, Amsterdam - "Fetish" XPO, Barbican, London

Warren also regularly performs at many large University and corporate events around the UK - often in front of audiences upto and over 1000.

Pix courtesy of CMT Photography, Photos With Attitude, Paul Wright, Boho Models & Fatts Valentine.

More pictures coming soon .......

For further information or to book Warren Speed, please call 0790 555 1641 or email us via info@growlingclown.com

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