A Saucy Little Secret Set to Scandalise Perth AGAIN
Extracted from The Ellington website 14 June 2013 (All Perth shows @ The Ellington) See video clip below

A Saucy Little Secret set to Scandalise Perth AGAIN! HMS PopUp Productions' A Saucy Little Secret, is a masterful piece of cabaret theatre by Melanie Bainbridge, following the lives of five strong women whose music and attitudes influenced the development of modern blues, queer lifestyle and racial tolerance.

Famous not only for their music, but also for their progressive and alternative attitudes to sexuality, race issues and relationships, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Gladys Bentley, Ethel Waters and Alberta Hunter, all broke into the music scene through the buffet flats and rent houses of Harlem, but rose to be successful and wealthy recording artists in their own right.

This short but spectacular era, later known as The "Harlem Renaissance" is where our story unfolds; and tells the tales of five unstoppable women whose tenacity and passion for music and public life allowed them to transcend childhoods marred by rape, abuse and desperate poverty and to ascend to great heights, as black blues queens in a white, well-heeled world.

Five of Australia's premier jazz, soul and blues musicians and tremendous actors come together to share their untold stories. Di Shaw, Libby Hammer, Ofa Fotu (aka Odette Mercy), Natalie Gillespie and Harry Deluxe set the stage on fire in this sexy, sassy show. Magnus Danger Magnus is delicious as the devilish MC.

Backed by a ballsy blues band of Perth's finest musicians, and set against a projected set of beautifully drawn artistic renditions of 1920's Harlem, this show is a must-see for lovers of blues music, theatre and blues history. Audiences should come willing to have their funny-bones tickled, their heartstrings tugged and their cheeks kissed by some of the sauciest performers in the country.

The special event invites audience members to immerse themselves in the decadent spirit of the Harlem Renaissance by dressing up in black and white, 1920's style and joining us for the rent party to end all rent parties.

A Saucy Little Secret is coming to The Ellington Jazz Club for a limited season direct from the Melbourne Cabaret Festival between July 28th and August 11th 2013.

Ticket Prices: Standing Only: $20.00 (Select "bar" option on the drop down menu below); Table Only: $40.00 - Patrons may be seated at unallocated / mixed tables. Select "table" option on the drop down menu below); Table Seating with light meal option (below): $60.00 (Select "table special event" on the menu below)

Meal Options: Antipasto Bites (4 options) - Improv Platter (Set Menu); Cheese Platter (3 Cheeses); Pizza & Glass of Wine (House); NB: Please let your waitperson know that you have purchased a $60 ticket and your meal option preference when taking your seats, or add it into the 'notes' section when booking your table online.

Performance Dates and Times: All shows start at 6pm (Doors open 5:30pm).

Sunday 28th July -6pm (Doors open 5:30pm); Tuesday 30th July - 6pm (Doors open 5:30pm); Wednesday 31^st July -6pm (Doors open 5:30pm); Thursday 1st August -6pm (Doors open 5:30pm); Tuesday 6^th August - 6pm (Doors open 5:30pm); Wednesday 7^th August - 6pm (Doors open 5:30pm); Thursday 8^th August - 6pm (Doors open 5:30pm); Sunday 11thAugust -6pm (Doors open 5:30pm).