ABOUT
Over 20 year’s performance experience!
Dolly Delicious began performing professionally in the Les Ooh La Las troupe in 2002, firstly with a summer season on Eastbourne's Victorian pier.
She pursued her dream of performing at Glastonbury Festival, where the troupe has regularly featured since 2003 & became a resident performer at the Pussycat Club, Brighton's monthly themed club-night from 2004-2012.
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In 2013 she started performing solo acts for Electric Cabaret Company & joined Hastings Guerrilla Circus where she performed aerial hoop, in 2015 she joined The Midnight Bakery at the Isle of Wight Festival & in 2016 she joined Bass Line Circus at Boomtown Fair with her angle-grinding skills.
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In 2017 Dolly performed solo at Glastonbury Festival, featured in Citroen's' Unbelievable Scenes' at Brighton Fringe & regularly head-lined at Cabaret Cerises in Eastbourne, May 2018 she featured at Heart Ibiza as part of Ibiza Burlesque Festival. Her achievements pre-pandemic were performing at Bristol Burlesque Festival & the Burning Man event in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada USA in 2019.
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Post pandemic Dolly has regularly joined The Gorgeous Show & Hell Fire Club in Hastings as well as producing cabaret shows for Hastings Pride & Pirate Weekend.
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Dolly Delicious is a daring, distinctive, diverse, Can-Can dancer with more than one trick in her bra!
Fire Skills
Dolly is an insured fire performer (since 2002) & is constantly updating her skills & learning new tricks.
Fire performance is inherently dangerous & should only be performed by a trained professional. Only the correct training, storage of fuel, careful use of props & appropriate performance space can minimise the risks.
Skills:
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Body-burning (fakir)
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Tongue rest
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Transfer tricks
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Fire-eating
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Hand-snuff
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Human-ashtray
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Fire fans
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Fire nipple-tassels
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Fire poi
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Fire torches
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Fire-breathing including Dragon's Breath (space permitting)
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Dance Training
Dolly danced in her first show aged just three & performed in her secondary schools productions & choirs.
Dolly dances the can-can with troupe Les Ooh La Las & has featured in a music video & dances for Lekiddo Lord of the Lobsters at Glastonbury Festival.
Qualifications:
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Grade 3 Classic Ballet (Russian Method)
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Grade Two American Tap
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Grade Two Modern Dance
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Grade B GCSE Drama
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Drama & Theatre Studies A Level
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Full Driving License
Circus & Sideshow
Dolly joined Hastings Guerrilla Circus in 2013 & performed in two of their productions, Percorso & Major Arcana.
For 2024 Dolly has joined Arcanic Events based in Brighton.
Dolly has performed aerial hoop but now enjoys hoop, silks, rope & static trapeze as a hobby. Since 2021 her roller skating skills have been her main focus.
Skills:
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Fire Twirling
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Isis wings
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Led poi
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UV poi
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Roller skating (quads)
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Silk fans
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Stilt walking (Dura-stilts)
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Angle-grinding: cordless for outdoor & overseas events
Safety
Safety is important to Dolly; she checks her apparatus carefully before each performance & carries out a risk assessment. In accordance with her insurance she is trained in the use of fire extinguishers & blankets which she provides plus other necessary safety equipment for her act.
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Public Liability Insurance £10 000 000
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Fire & Sparks Insurance £ 2 000 000
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Fire Extinguisher Trained
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DBS Checked
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Equity Membership