Camp Darling: Where Your Dreams of Burlesque Glory Can Come True

July 11, 2023• byMichael Strangeways

Have you had a yen to learn the art of burlesque? Has it been a yearning in your heart to learn how to bump and grind? Do you really like pasties and rhinestones and feather boas?

If so, CAMP DARLING is the adult summer camp you have been dreaming of…it’s a production of The Dirty Darlings, burlesque troupe and they’re taking over Capitol Hill’s 18th & Union theater space starting Monday, July 24th to offer up classes in the burlesque theater arts leading up to cabaret shows on Friday andSaturday, July 28th and 29th.

The poo:

The Dirty Darlings are back this summer with CAMP DARLING, the sparkliest & queerest summer camp ever!

Join your favorite camp counselors for a week of burlesque & performance based classes at 18th & Union. Including beginner burlesque-orgaphy, yoga for performers, stage makeup, build-an-act, and more! Classes run Monday July 24th to Wednesday July 26th and are all offered on a sliding scale. Sign up here!

The climax of the week is the Camp-tastic Cabaret Friday, July 28th and Saturday, July 29th at 8 P.M. at 18th & Union! This campy cabaret will have you marching to the tip jar while singing Boom Chicka Boom. This fun & flirty show is stuffed with sexy summer acts, jaw-dropping group numbers, and sultry songs around the campfire!

Like every Darlings show you can bet on seeing your favourite Stripping Spice Girls of Seattle: Lola California, Penelope Cock, Scarlett Folds, and the Hot Hawaiian Hostess, Sweety Sunday!

Camp Darling also features performances from two incredible, local burlesquers and these babes are hungry for your hoots & hollers! Check out the hot new talent each night with a different cast of guest artists Friday & Saturday!

Come on down to CAMP DARLING, where the burlesque is in-tents!

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.