Not only did DJ JimJam bring a serious party to the main dance floor, a host of Fringe World’s top international performers delivered surprise performances on the terrace.

Out on the terrace La Soiree’s Ursula Martinez appeared in front of the spotlight.

Taking a swig of champagne from a bottle, she asked if anyone had a light for her cigarette.

Encouraging the crowd to rave on with her to the sound of Mousse T’s track ‘Fire’.

Suddenly there was a flash of fire as Martinez’s minimal nipple covering went up in flames.

Soon the other breast covering was also disappearing in a flash. By the end of the mesmerizing performance little of the artist’s costume remained.

Martinez wasn’t the only La Soiree alumni shedding a costume.

The amazing Jess Love performed her hula hoop routine after stripping off her costume – much to the crowd’s delight.

Scottee, whose solo show opens at Connections this Wednesday, hosted the night.

The club entertainer impressed the crowd with his offbeat magic routine and rousing rendition of a ’90’s pop classic sing-a-long.

The cast of East End Cabaret Bernadette Byrne and  Victor Victoria also took to the stage for a rousing musical number.

Catch Scottee at Connections in ‘The Worst of Scotee’. 

Jess Love and Ursula Martinez are appearing in La Soiree in the Pleasure Garden.

Eastend Cabaret: Sexual Tension opens on Saturday at The Pleasure Gardens.

Tickets are available from www.fringeworld.com.au 

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Actor James Garner, who had a prolific career on the large and small screens that spanned six decades, has passed away at the age of 86.

Garner began acting professionally in the 1950s after serving in the Korean War, where he was twice awarded the Purple Heart. He was well known for his role in ‘Maverick’, a sardonic Western series that saw Garner in the title role using his wit more frequently than his pistol.

Garner also starred in 1970s detective show ‘The Rockford Files’, and more recently featured in ‘The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood’ and ‘The Notebook’.

Another of Garner’s notable roles was opposite Julie Andrews in ‘Victor Victoria’, in which Andrews plays an impoverished soprano who pretends to be a man performing as a woman (a female impersonator, or a ‘faux drag queen’ in today’s lingo). Garner played the love interest, a man named King Marchand who falls for Victoria while under the impression that she’s a man in drag.

Garner was awarded the Screen Actors’ Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.

“I’m a Spencer Tracy-type actor,” he said to People magazine in 2005. “His idea was to be on time, know your words, hit your marks and tell the truth. Most every actor tries to make it something it isn’t [or] looks for the easy way out. I don’t think acting is that difficult if you can put yourself aside and do what the writer wrote.”

According to police, Garner died of natural causes. He is survived by his wife, Lois, who he married in 1956 fourteen days after they met. They have two daughters, Kim and Gigi.

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Seventy eight year old Andrews no longer sings, following surgery to her vocal chords, but there’s no doubt that her legions of fans will be queuing up to get tickets to the show which reminisces through her magnificent life and career.

Andrews began her career on the London stage as a child and built a successful career on stage in both the USA and England. Andrews shot to fame in the lead role of ‘My Fair Lady’. She was a musical theatre success in the role of Eliza Doolittle both in Broadway and in London. However when they came to make the film version the role went to Audrey Hepburn because Andrews had no film experience. The singer had the last laugh though. She was picked to star in Disney’s ‘Mary Poppins’ – a role won her an Oscar, beating Hepburn in ‘My Fair Lady’.

Andrews’ third film was even bigger, ‘The Sound of Music’ has been an enduring family favourite since it was first released in 1965 and it stands as the third highest grossing film of all time. For her Australian shows Andrews will be joined on stage with Nicholas Hammond, who played Friedrich in the film.

At the end of the 60’s Andrews married Director Blake Edwards and acted in some of his most famous films such as ‘10’ and ‘S.O.B’. Andrews and Edwards worked together on the 1982 film ‘Victor / Victoria’ – a musical which explores themes of homosexuality, cross dressing and drag performances. The film was adapted into a Broadway musical in 1995 with Andrews returning to the lead role.

To a younger generation of movie fans Andrews is maybe better known for her roles as the Queen Clarisse in ‘The Princess Diaries’ and the voice of Queen Lillian in the Shrek films.

‘An Evening With Julie Andrews’ is at The Riverside Theatre on May 21, tickets from Ticketek.    

OIP Staff

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