Provocative, entertaining and gender transcendent; ‘FUTURE. JOY. CLUB.’ is coming to Melbourne
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22.06.2022

Provocative, entertaining and gender transcendent; ‘FUTURE. JOY. CLUB.’ is coming to Melbourne

FUTURE. JOY. CLUB.

"Young, old, gay straight, well heeled, high heeled, mothers and mother lovers, queer as f*ck; this is your club."

For the first time in 7 years, Melbourne’s artiste provocateurs Finucane & Smith return to the heart of the city with FUTURE. JOY. CLUB. – a sultry decadent celebration of golden era burlesque and variety vanguard.  Led by gothic glamazon Moira Finucane, The FUTURE. JOY. CLUB. will reside in the lush, mirrored ballroom of Sofitel Melbourne On Collins from July 7 to August 7 2022.

What you need to know

  • Finucane & Smith are putting on a show-stopper of showgirls, song, dance and striptease
  • A celebration of golden era burlesque, FUTURE. JOY. CLUB. mashes old style hospitality and entertainment with hyper-visual razor sharp sexuality and intelligence
  • It takes over the Sofitel Melbourne On Collins ballroom from July 7 to August 7

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Creating a stormfront of debate and engagement around provocation, entertainment and gender; Finucane & Smith have become synonymous with a kind of unleashed cabaret that mashes old style hospitality and entertainment with hyper-visual razor sharp sexuality and intelligence. With the very best of Australia’s exquisite and explosive underground stars cherry picked for FUTURE. JOY. CLUB., Finucane & Smith and Sofitel have created a nightclub at the Paris End of Collins Street that you will never want to leave.

The hauntingly beautiful voices of indie pop star Sophie Koh, Ngurlama jazz blues legend Lois Olney and Melbourne’s own transcendent songstress Mama Alto will envelop the club. Glittering boylesque classically trained Indian dancer Govind Pillai, lightning rod burlesque artist Jazida, eye popping club star Iva Rosebud and Cameroon/Parisian hip hop star Simon Abbe will lay their talents bare within velvety surrounds.

 

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The company broke the burlesque-as-live-art sound barrier in 2004 with the tearaway success of The Burlesque Hour, which won a swag of awards and beckoned thousands of people to Melbourne’s heart every winter for over a decade.  It went on to tour 15 countries performing to over 600,000 people.

“After two years of cancelled lives and wondering why we all look so shite on zoom, we wanted Collins Street meets Constantinople, Coconut Grove meets cutting edge culture, sparkling chandeliers, velvet decor, part lounge – part louche, bristling with artists you just cannot look away from,” states host Moira Finucane. “A show-stopper of showgirls, song, dance and striptease all set to an addictive soundtrack spanning Bollywood and hardcore through to the genius Rachel Lewindon on grand piano.”

Grab your tickets to FUTURE. JOY. CLUB. by heading here