***ABF2020 HEADLINER ANNOUNCEMENT***
Presenting our first ABF2020 Headliner - the spectacular Maple Rose!
This beacon of Canadian wonderment, this shimmering Aurora Borealis, has been described as the unwanted lovechild of Tempest Storm and Lucille Ball. She’s Australia’s classiest piece of bacon on stage, but off stage she smashes tinnies like a champ. Chief hobbies include; smothering herself in poutine, drinking maple syrup from a moose skull and playing hockey with her beaver (wink wink). Her favourite food? Well that’s pretty obvious.
Maple Rose pushed her way through the booming neo-burlesque Sydney scene before heading off internationally in 2016. She has made a name of herself in Melbourne after moving back from the Scandinavian Capital, Stockholm, where she joined the in-house cast at Stockholm's local speakeasy, Melt Bar & Restaurant. Since then, Maple has tried her hat at producing and co-founded Highway Robbery Productions, then branched off to produce local shows on her own. Now Maple focuses on expanding the local burlesque community by producing the small intimate burlesque and variety nights, including “Burlesque at The Woodlands Hotel” and “Whoop Dee Doo Revue.” You can learn from Maple at her regular dance and technique classes at Maison Burlesque, and catch her at events produced by the school.
Maple won 1st Runner up in Miss Burlesque Australia Grand Final 2018 as well as the title of Miss Burlesque Melbourne 2018. She was voted ‘Best Solo Artist’ and ‘Most Classic’ by her peers for the Australian Industry’s Awards, “The Busties” in 2018.
She has participated in numerous burlesque festivals including the Australian Burlesque Festival (2014, 2015 and 2017), the Perth International Burlesque Festival (2015), the London Burlesque Festival (2016), the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (2016), The Melbourne Fringe Festival (2017) and the Adelaide Fringe Festival (2017).
Congratulations to Maple Rose - the first of our 2020 Australian Burlesque Festival Headliners!
Photo credit Alexis Desaulniers-Lea Photography
Graphic Design Just Call Me Cat
Tour commences 26th of September in Melbourne. Catch Maple across Australia throughout the month of October.
