Spice Up Your January with Sass, Sparkles, Feathers, and Fun

Cheesecake Burlesque Revue Bring Their High-Energy Workshop and Show Back to Horizon Stage

The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue keeps their audiences coming back for more! More laughs, more tease, and more body confidence. With influences from cult classics like Priscilla Queen of the Desert to Broadway favourites like Guys and Dolls to imaginative roller coasters like their original Cheesecakes In Space, these girls know how to put on the modern day show-stopper! Known for their high-energy acts, standout performers, comedic timing, steamy seductiveness, and girl-next-door accessibility, the Cheesecakes’ wonderfully sassy performance is a perfect mother/daughter date, girls night out, or show to share with your sweetheart. Spend a fun and fabulous night with Cheesecake Burlesque Revue at Horizon Stage on Friday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Formed in 2006, The Cheesecake Burlesque Revue is based in Victoria B.C. The troupe has won multiple awards and have dazzled and delighted audiences in Las Vegas, New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle, Helsinki, Paris, Stockholm, Rome, Berlin, and all across Canada. With a mission that includes performing with confidence, humour and sass, and putting on wicked shows that inspire and encourage their audiences, they continually develop themselves as performers. As much as their show is about fun and entertainment, it is also about sending a message: “Everyone is beautiful, and everyone should be proud of their bodies.” Armed with a sassy-silliness and a g-force of glitter, these girls pack a sparkly punch that will make your heart happy and leave you loving the skin you’re in!

The Cheesecakes mix song, dance, comedy, and lots of skin into a two-hour tour de force that will make you scream with every unhooked bra, laugh out loud, and holler for more at Horizon Stage on Friday, January 17 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are just $35 for adults and $30 for seniors and students (age 16+) and may be purchased at the City Hall Ticket Centre (315 Jespersen Ave), by phone at 780-962-8995 or 1-888-655-9090, and online through Ticketpro.ca.

AND… Unleash your own inner diva! Join the Cheesecakes for Tease and Tassels, a 3-hour burlesque workshop on Thursday, January 16 at 7 p.m.! Learn the history of burlesque and how to bump, shimmy, and tassel twirl. Spend the evening with fabulous, like-minded women and leave feeling great about your body and yourself. Students have the option to join the Cheesecakes briefly on stage during their January 17 performance at Horizon Stage. Register online through this link or call 780-962-8995 before January 13. The cost is just $30! Participants should bring heels or dancing shoes, comfortable clothing, and GLAM IT UP!!! Boas, gloves, and tassels will be supplied for use. Sorry gentlemen Tease and Tassels is for ladies only, ages 16 and up, but we’d love to see you at the show on Friday!

“Whoa! My face hurts from laughing so much! WHAT A SHOW – so much talent on one stage! 

I can’t wait for their next show!" 

-Chelsea in Victoria

“I haven’t had anything make me feel that good in years. 

You guys could easily be called THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH.”

-Barb in Nelson

“I HIGHLY recommend attending this event! It was hands down the BEST show of the year! 

Fun, sexy, and delicious!!!!!!  A must see!”

-Natalie in Invermere

Rythmo! is The Perfect Show for Kids Who Love to Make Noise

Everyone in the Audience Will Get Instruments So They Can Play Along on January 11, 2020

With the tag-lines “YOU are the show” and “Drums for Everyone” it’s no surprise that Samjam, and their show Rythmo!, have become an international success.  Rythmo! is a 200% participatory musical experience for the entire family. Full of energy, fun, and learning, each member of the audience receives all the equipment they need to become an integral part of the show. Bringing music to life in a way that allows everyone to contribute, Rythmo! is sure to be a favourite family show this season. Join the fun at Horizon Stage on Saturday, January 11 at 2 p.m.

Music plus fun, plus participation, equals Rythmo!, where you will receive a Samajam music bag, full of percussion instruments including drumsticks, musical tubes, and tambourines. You will learn and perform music with the Samajam artists, create collective songs and games with the Samajam video games, and play for more than 80% of the show. Recommended for ages 4 and up Rythmo! promises to be fun for parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles too! And, with Christmas on the horizon, theatre tickets are the perfect gift of entertainment for kids who already have too much stuff.

Samajam is a Quebec-based percussion company that has performed over 5,000 shows in the last 10 years. They have showcased productions in more than 10 countries and have six full time teams touring theatres, amusement parks, outdoor festivals, and cruise ships all over the world. With a mission to create participatory musical experiences aimed at entertaining, educating, and mobilizing, they value performance, professionalism, generosity, and an energizing attitude.

Founded in 1994 by Louis Bellemare, the Samajam Percussion School has become over the years the largest percussion school in Canada, with facilitators teaching classes in African, Brazilian, Latin and Gumboot percussion to over 800 participants per week. The Samajam School Perseverance Project has actively mobilized more than 19,000 children in the past 7 years through participatory musical activities in schools, child care facilities, and camps. In 2016 the company took their Kids and Family Music Show to international audiences and it quickly became the most popular touring production in China.

Rythmo! is not a show that children need to sit still and be quiet at; active involvement is encouraged. Come make some noise with Samajam at Horizon Stage on Saturday, January 11 at 2 p.m.  Tickets are just $12 for all ages and may be purchased at the City Hall Ticket Centre (315 Jespersen Ave), by phone at 780-962-8995 or 1-888-655-9090, and online through Ticketpro.ca. Free preshow activities will run in the lobby from 1 - 1:45 p.m. Drumsticks for everyone!