Tease
Katherine Fogler Photography
Tease is a burlesque variety show that combines clown, sketch comedy, improv, music, and dance. Avoiding the trap of creating work that was too self-serious and preachy but delves into topics such as sexual objectification, female sexuality, rape culture, race, hook-up culture, and religion. It challenges society’s patriarchal views and sexist expectations while not hesitating to poke fun at its own “woke” packaging.
tease
creator/director LINDSAY MULLAN
writers/performers
BIANCA ALONGI, CRISTINA GONÇALVES
and LINDSAY MULLAN
stage manager ANASTASIYA POPOVA
assistant stage managers
TIA BAUM and ILLYA ASSAD
produced by MICHAEL ORLANDO
Press Quotes (if you're into that kind of thing...)
“This revolutionary comedy show is a funny, smart, instructive, disturbing, brave, joyous, deeply humane and honest look at being a woman. Everyone needs to see it.”
“Tease blends burlesque and comedy to invite a bigger conversation about societal expectations for women.”
“All three demonstrate their prowess as they draw out the tensions within burlesque. Mullan’s remarkable vulnerability towards the end stands out as a powerful contrast to the rest of the show...capturing the distinct layers of what it’s like to live inside an objectified body every day. ”
“Tease hits sweet, salty, spicy, and even the occasional bracingly bitter note without ever feeling sour.”
“The script is perfectly on point, impeccably timed to hit every comic note...”
“Balancing sex appeal and humour, [the performers] were in total control of the room and knew how to rile everyone up, make them burst out laughing, and have them thoughtfully reflect on sex and politics.”
“But the most thoughtful part happened when Mullan chose to go beyond...baring her soul in one of the most powerful statements on self-respect I’ve ever heard on stage...”
Production details
World premiere at Bad Dog Theatre. Toronto, ON (June 2018)
Run at the Edmonton Fringe Festival (July 2018)
Next Stage Theatre Festival, Toronto (January 2020)