So... when was Halloween?

The Maltese, at least many of the ones I know, enjoy dressing up for Halloween, going out, showing off their extravagant and imaginative costumes and having a great night. 

This year, I was kind of confused. All Hallow’s eve fell on a Wednesday, so being inventive and resourceful as the Maltese seem to become around this time of year, they high jacked both weekends around the feast!  Personally, all this dressing up and partying the weekend before the actual day caught me by surprise, I had shows planned for the weekends after the night of Samhain, so naturally I expected all the partying to take place then.

Halloween!

The perks of being a performer, namely in my case, a Burlesque dancer, is that I don’t have to think up and spend lots of money on or make an elaborate costume for Halloween...I do that on a daily basis. Jokes aside, I don’t really have to dress up because I always perform and therefore get to wear lots of outfits all in one night and if you ask me, that beats being stuck in one character all night long! I get to mix and match! And what girl doesn't enjoy a change of attire?! :P

            This year, following a Friday night  performance at Soho Lounge and an after party hanging out with so so many awesome people partying everywhere from “Level 22” to the “Old Keg” to “Nordic”; I was especially looking forward to performing at the “Hell o’ Ween” party at Club Pyramid on the island of Gozo on Saturday night! 

Friday night, "Club 22" with the ladies! :)

Hell o' Ween party in Gozo! 

Now for those who don’t know, Gozo is a considerably smaller island, situated right next to Malta and forming part of the Maltese archipelago! It’s quieter and greener than Malta, loved by tourists and the Maltese alike and Perfect for a weekend break. I love being there, I feel as if I'm abroad and completely at peace, away from the world! It’s awesome! And so many people who come to visit Malta end up falling inlove with Gozo! 

           

Costumes! 

            To get to Gozo, one must get the ferry from Malta and we did so at around 9 pm. Got to Club Pyramid - what an amazing place. Just as a side note, Iron Maiden performed there back in 1994. So yeah, the club is a great place with lots of potential, I wish they’d hold more gigs there. And the dressing room was awesome. Huge mirror, lots of space, light, AC... basically all a showgirl can ask for! <3 The stage – spacious, awesome. Well organised event, the club looked amazing with all the decorations and a good turnout, an awesome crowd who loved the show.

            I feel like painting the picture with my slightly dramatic colours, so here goes –

Having travelled across the water, with a huge suitcase packed chuck full of costumes, performed 6 numbers, all to metal music. Was most excited about a new number I’m working on called Phoenix, it’s still in the works. And always love performing my “Sex Dictator Lucifer” act which I had already performed in Malta, Moscow and even Gozo last year at a gig alongside Martyrium! J

I performed my “Alice in Madness” act, which premièred in Amsterdam at the Wonder Salon show on September 13^th. This was the second time I've performed this number which has been inspired by the video game which myself and my best friend Obscure are pretty crazy about! Also danced to Type-0 Negative and Blutengel! I really enjoy dancing at metal nights because mixing burlesque and metal / industrial, EBM, 80s goth (and such) is so awesome to me, it’s like mixing two of the awesomest thing ever!! And the audience was just delightful, responsive and super fun! Thank you guys!!

!"Alice in Madness"!

Me and my mum backstage!

I’m actually pretty sleep deprived. We got home at 7 am after taking the night ferry and morning bus home! Me and my partner in crime – my mum who’s my greatest supporter and my best friend came along with me on thus little journey and stayed up all night with me! <3


Today at noon I had a Kabuki Guns Burlesque Malta burlesque workshop, so I only got about 3 hours of sleep, which is really not nearly enough. So I better stop writing, as I can’t really reason properly or think straight any more, so here are some pictures of the show and of backstage silliness! 

Photos taken by: Alice Wolswijk!

But before I sign off – Big Well Done to DJ Toty for organizing an awesome event and for keeping those great tunes coming all night and firing up the people! And Christiana for decorating the place and making it look spookishly amazing! Brian Ozzy for DJin the first set! Everyone working and involved with making the night happen at Pyramid! And the audience for being loud and crazy and very cool!!

After the show with DJ Toty.

Happy Halloween! 

We here in Malta partied for 2 weekends straight, plus parties during the week... the Maltese just looooove to party, so much so that even I got confused, like.... so when was Halloween? 

XxxX

ULV..