Billie Rae

2017-01-16T13:50:00.000-08:00

The House of Red Doors.

Bad Bruises

Since moving to Berlin March 2015, I have been working on a very exciting project. We launch our first party Jan 2016, This little baby will now be a year old Jan 2017.

I started putting together an idea that I have wanted to do for a very very long time, a large scale event using artists, performers, music, installations, immersive theatre and also combining all of this with sex.

This is exactly what I have done now and I am feeling very proud. :-)

I set up the business Bad Bruises with my good friend Alex J Eccleston, he was the founder of Keiz Oper, a very respected and loved event, bringing opera into contemporary settings in Berlin.

We met, drank wine and Bad Bruises was born. I already had the name 'The House of Red Doors' as an idea, and the more we developed the idea and concept we realised that it worked beautifully. We have joined forces with Berlins infamous Wilde Renate, and now we have created one of Berlins sexiest and wildest parties.

Wilde Renate is the perfect setting for our party as it has a warren of halls, rooms and dance floors to explore.

Each event we decorate the rooms in keeping with our themes, e.g SIN, Circus, Midsummer dreams and many more..

The performers and people involved in this party are beyond amazing. Thank you for everything.

Keep updated with what we do at www.badbruises.com or our www.facebook.com/BadBruises

My new Home - BERLIN

2015-09-10T11:48:00.002-07:00

I now call Berlin my new home.

And I LOVE IT

Shanghai Adventures

2015-09-10T11:32:00.001-07:00

So! Of I flew to Shanghai, WOW what an incredible and mental country and City, complete culture shock and quite honestly like nowhere I could even describe. I had been to Beijing many years ago for a gig with Louis Vuitton, but nothing prepared me for this.

The way of working, the lifestyle was so different to Dubai, in Dubai we couldn't drink or party after 3am, Shanghai had 30p bottles of beers, noodles bars open 24 hours and a night life that was unreal!

12 months of my life I spent in China. I had a moped, I rented my own apartment, I was a Lawai living in a traditional lane house, red hair and white skin, I ate and drank with locals in dumpling restaurants, I learnt to get hit by cars and it just be 'the way it was if you ride a bike'. Imagine 200/300 people on bikes, sometimes with anywhere between 3 to 6 people on each bike, tables, wardrobes, sinks, washing machines. My daily life was like an episode of whacky races.

I loved it.

All the precious people I met in Shanghai I still hold very close to me.

Fucking love you all.

Dubai adventures

2015-09-10T11:18:00.001-07:00

My time is Dubai was very hard and very strange, I was unable to ever feel at home there, and with the demise of my relationship with my ex, I felt England wasn't an option to return to, so I through myself into my work and truly ran away with the circus...

Here is a tiny collection of photos from the adventure I had there, 12 months of my life I spent in the UAE and honestly, luckily our family of performers and artists were as close as we were, as that city is hard work. These are friends and connections you will make for life! xx

The hardest weekend I think many of us have had to work, but we did it and kept smiling

I was featured in Sorbet magazine alongside Dita Von Teese's 'Confessions of a Showgirl'

Me and one of my best friends Ashish, VIP dinner guests at Cavalli

Never Forget the Confetti Cunts!

Hiatus

2015-09-10T10:56:00.002-07:00

Hello,

Well after a long LONG Hiatus I am back.

I have been away travelling as Creative Director and Stage Manager with Cirque Le Soir, I have now left working with them, but still hold a lot of fond memories of all the artists that I worked with over the years.

I have also stopped performing as much as I used to, BUT I still have the occasional show here and there, as .. well.. It's hard to keep me away from the Stage.

So I will add some blog posts now of the last couple of years work I have done,

Hope you enjoy it,

Much love,

Billie Rae

Cirque frolics

2013-01-22T12:54:00.003-08:00

I have run away with the circus!

Here are some pictures of me and my lovely carnie chums...

Attention! Quick March!

Miranda, Chichi and moir

Arrabella Drummond, Andromeda Circus, Mr Pustra, James and Suri Sumatra in Luxembourg 2012.

Aren't we purdy...

Arina the sexy clown!!

Vicky Butterfly and Suri Sumatra

Vogue!

Me and my little pussy cat! (new headdress)

Moir, Missy Macabre and Suri, Where's Wally!

xxxx

Double R club

2013-01-22T12:43:00.002-08:00

I performed my Humming Bird act at Double R Club on Thursday.
It is in one of Londons darkest and most unusual cabaret haunts, Bethnal Greens working mens club and it is a wonderful show!

I felt really chubby tho since Christmas gorging and lack of regular exercise. So when I was wearing my C string all I could think was hmm how wobbly is my bottom!

But I think it went down well, I've had some lovely messages from the audience members saying how much they enjoyed it, which is really nice to hear.

Here are some pictures, more will be on it's way soon.

Images by Julia Shalam.

New costume headdress

2013-01-22T12:35:00.002-08:00

I made myself a new headdress, right from scratch, I was actually really chuffed with the results, you can't see on this image (black and white) but it is actually lit up with light blue LEDs. Looks good in the dark.

The inspiration is taken from old circus images, ziegfeld girls, 1920s vamps and Theda Bara.

The Humming Bird - Vienna

2013-01-22T12:28:00.001-08:00

Come take a peek at my Humming Bird video...

Really enjoyed this show last year in Vienna with Antonia Gruber and Cirque Rouge.

Thank you to RockVideos for putting it together.

Double R Club Jan 17th

2013-01-07T05:51:00.003-08:00

The Black Cat Cabaret

2013-01-07T05:49:00.001-08:00

Coming soon for 2013...

Blind fold obsession

2013-01-07T05:45:00.003-08:00

So recently I have had a bit of a blindfold obsession.

..even blindfolding my friends...

I love them!
x

Website

2012-12-19T09:34:00.000-08:00

I don't know if you've seen this yet, but I re did my website a while ago.

WWW.BILLIERAE.CO.UK
x

Tigz Rice images 2012

2012-12-19T09:06:00.001-08:00

Tigz and I shot these a couple of months ago but they were well worth the wait! Thanks Tigz, love them!

Swarovski in Zurich

2012-12-19T08:57:00.001-08:00

I flew to Zurich over the weekend to do a show for Swarovski, yes that's right SWAROVSKI aaaaah! I was very excited to be asked to do the parachute and I made sure I covered myself in my own crystals to be extra sparkly. (No goodie bags tho, booo)

The event was in a large out of use train station, all the seats, the track and the clock were still in there, it was brilliantly grand.

I don't have any other pics yet.

It was snowing and felt really christmassy! Loved it x

White Mink

2012-12-19T08:52:00.000-08:00

I love working with White Mink, since living in Brighton I have done lots of things with them over the years, Nick Hollywood is a great DJ and puts on a great show!

Stacks of talent across the night and my lovely chum Tarik came to keep me company and waft my parachute.

SLEAZE!

2012-12-19T08:48:00.001-08:00

I performed at Trixi Malilicious and Matt Fraser's infamous Sleaze! Such a good little show, it was very relaxed and very chilled out and the acts were great!
Miss Cairo Mascara was honestly one of the most captivating gog dancers I even saw her willy in a box, then there was Lolo Brow who performed a routine to whatever song came on shuffle, Mr Mistress (one of my favourite girlboys) performed a reverse strip and Fred Bear as a twisted Santa!
And of course there was fun and larks from the audience members and the wonderful hosts Trixi and Matt.
I performed my Lonely Goatherder, it was a lot of fun!

Photos by John Bland

Luxembourg

2012-12-04T08:39:00.001-08:00

Suri Sumatra and Mr Pustra were amongst the merry band of crazy circus folk that I was with over in Luxembourg.

We did a show for a high end swanky club as a medley of circus freaks, strong men and odd bods!

Mr Pustra, Andromeda Circus, Billie Rae and Suri Sumatra!

Mr Pustra and James from Wicked Fascinations.

Morning perks from the 5star hotel we were put up in! I very much enjoyed my morning lounge with Pustra and Suri.

Saturday Dec 2nd Neon Moon

2012-12-04T08:35:00.003-08:00

Missy Fatale and I made our way over to Cambridge for Neon Moon, the gorgeous Cherry and Ruby put on one hell of a show in a big old Manor house.

We spent the day filming a promo video for our Siamese twin act, it was really fun and interesting shooting with live film, I was able to be more interactive and we captured movements as well as the stills.

We projected images onto us, we used Svankmeyjers Alice which I used last month on my parachute, it's a film that I have been bought up with from a baby, so it was really nice to use it in my own film.

We then performed later in the evening for the guests, they were dressed in ball gowns and looked incredible.

My Gruff also came for the night and we spent the evening in one of the many beautiful bedrooms of the manor house. We had a really nice evening. Thanks Cath, you put on a grand show!!!

Voodoo Deluxe Nov 24th

2012-12-04T08:20:00.002-08:00

I performed in Milan last weekend with the wonderful guys at Voodoo Deluxe, Gypsy Wood and Armitage Shanks.

It is always a really nice show in Milan as everyone in the audience at Salon Parisien are always so responsive and friendly, they really make and effort and are always a pleasure to perform in front of.

I performed 3 of my newest acts, The lonely Goatherder, The Majorette and my Parachute act.

Here are some pictures from the show.

I'm carrying a bit of weight still from my gluttonous ways in Singapore, look at the belly!!

Die Freche Muse FACTORY PARTY

2012-12-04T08:10:00.002-08:00

I performed at Die Freches Muse's Factory Party on Friday.

It was in the middle of nowhere and had I not have seen Trixy Malicious on her way there I would have been royally lost.

But because of it's strange positioning and back end feel, it had a pretty good Factory Party feel, very hedonistic and bohemian.

The guests of the party had made such a huge effort and all looked like little Edie Sedgwicks and beatniks.

I performed an act inspired by Heroin, I had my silver isis wings and long hair extensions and tried to get a kind of free love, hippy chic look.

I walked on with a cigarette hidden behind my wings to look like I was chasing the dragon.

I then went into some fire with it.

It was good fun, I love doing acts that are specific to a show, it makes me try things I wouldn't normally do.

60s make up and a BIG CHIN?

Trixy Malicious performed a UV body paint, she looked gorgeous covered in amazing UV colours, I sprayed her nudey body. The audience loved it.

Fancy Chance also performed a Heroin inspired act, but it was very different to mine, she covered herself and a range of different sized inflatable bananas in tin foil, and proceeded to unravel them to a strange mix of velvet underground, elvis ranting and a projection of Andy Warhol eating a beef burger.
It was amazing.

2012-11-22T03:58:00.004-08:00

24th November this Saturday in Milan!

Yipee

Singapore and Malaysia

2012-11-22T03:54:00.001-08:00

I had the pleasure of being asked to perform in Singapore with Cirque du Soir, and randomly my Gruff was working there too, SO we made it into a holiday!

I loved Singapore, it was hot and amazing. However we performed outside, in the heat, it was 30degrees and lots of humidity. But we were on top of the Fullerton Bay hotel, which over looked the Marina and the big Marina Bay Hotel, such an amazing experience and i'm so grateful for the oppertunity.

We went to Universal Studios. I have never done anything liket that, I even went on a roller coaster.

Malaysia

View from the Plane to Singapore.

Malaysia Hotel View.

Raffles cocktails in Singapore.

Buddhist Temple in Singapore's China Town.

Colourful Buddha

Gorgeous man in a pool. Phwoar!

Vienna - Cirque Rouge

2012-11-22T03:37:00.000-08:00

This was a delightful trip! I had such a lovely time over in Austria with Cirque Rouge.
The show was in the Volks Theatre. Which was a beautiful and incredible place, we were in the smaller theatre which was nice, but the the big grand one, uh it was amazing!!

The show consisted of some fantastic performers. Tamara Mascara was an absolutely gorgeous drag queen, her curves, make up and shaded boobies, she was brilliant, and her costumes were unbelievable big. Veuve Noir did two acts, one with horns as well, but she did a kind of dark and slightly giesha inspired act and they were all very sultry, beautiful colours.
And of course there was Lou Lou D'vil who was gorgeous and divine as usual, we both ate way too much before the show, so had huge food bellies. Sexy!!
And Armitage Shanks, he was brilliantly dry witty and gruffly, looking forward to performing again this weekend in Milan with him.

Winter wonderland.

I am so grateful to all the helpers who sat and wafted my parachute during the act, I love that moment behind the curtain before this act starts, everyone sitting, quitely waiting for them to open. They all did a great job.

The Humming Bird.

Teeth a FeatherS!

Thank you Antonia, you were a great host for us, and it was a pleasure to meet you! xxx

Torture Garden Halloween Ball

2012-10-31T08:41:00.002-07:00

What a show! I love doing TG as it means you can do something a little out of the ordinary!
I did my big parachute act, and this time, I bought my chums! I had Chichi and her husband Sam, Veronica Blacklace and her sister Anna help me, they wafted it (to perfection) and chichi and Veronica got under it to create erotic shadows and projections.

We went in early in the day and spent a while rigging up lights and getting it just right. It worked quite well. Atleast I hope it did.

Here is a video. I managed to get the lovely Mr Pustra to hold the camera for me, but it was a little crowded so he had to stand pretty much on the stage with me, but it give a good indication of the effect we were going for...

Mr Pustra and Vicky Butterfly also performed, Pustra wore this epic headdress and did an act about decadence, gluttony and it was so darn sexy. He had Vicky walk on with him too and cover him in grapes. Very moody and hypnotic.
Vicky performed an act about cocaine, filling little balloons with talc she then stabbed them creating a big explosion of white powder. Her mask that she used was really effective. Found both acts really inspiring.
And of course Benjamin Louche was there! I really think he is one of the best comperes, his strange use of a mega phone is so perfect for his Lynchian character. Rose was also there, his wife to be!!

Thank you to Chichi, Veronica, Sam and Anna for all your help xxxx