The DIARY OF A SHANGHAI SHOWGIRL aims for Edinburgh

Those with longer Shanghai memories will remember the days of Miss Amelia & Norman Gosney running ‘Gosney & Kallman’s Chinatown’, set in a former Buddhist temple over in Hongkew. Well, now they’re crowdsourcing (which I sort of understand) to take a show based on that experience to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival….

‘From the man behind New York’s burlesque revival in the mid- ‘90’s, and the iconic Slipper Room; And the couple who operated the legendary, illegal speakeasy, The Blushing Diamond, brought cabaret to China and performed the first burlesque shows in a Muslim country… Comes their sexiest, funniest, and most daring show yet!

DIARY OF A SHANGHAI SHOWGIRL is a 2-person variety show that tells the real-life story of the couple who took on the Communists and beat the odds to open China’s first burlesque nightclub in Shanghai. Miss Amelia & Norman Gosney are finally ready to share their amazing story with the world, starting with a debut at the prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and they need your help.

For three years, Miss Amelia & Norman Gosney lived in fear of saying the wrong thing in the local or international press, as people who say the wrong thing in China are known to ‘disappear’. Now, for the first time, they expose the astonishing story behind their pleasure palace, ‘Gosney & Kallman’s Chinatown’, where they introduced nightly, new-vaudeville, risqué performances to the Chinese.

Chinatown quickly became a decadent oasis of fantasy and escapism and the hottest nightspot Shanghai had ever seen. But with fame and success came problems for the foreigners, from local jealousy to government spies, escalating to a night spent in jail, bank accounts frozen, and being forced to escape overnight or else face a long, unwarranted stretch in Chinese prison.

Showcasing their unique and masterful show style, Gosney & Kallman share their amazing – and often hilarious – story through a variety of cabaret, burlesque, and projections, giving audiences a peek into the DIARY OF A SHANGHAI SHOWGIRL.

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