Since 2007, the big wave of amateur burlesque spills to Germany. In the big cities of Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne are already burlesque clubs. The largest Burlesque group comes from Cologne: The Pepperrelas. The currently six women working at daytime as secretary, mattress shop assistant or in a call center. At night they meet at different locations on under their pseudonym. You will then see Foxy Lascar, Gina GoWild or Wanda Widow-maker. They are contracted to animate the mixed crowds at parties, or or they show their own shows that revolve around Christmas, Crime or sex appeal.
Anne-Lee and Wanda are getting ready at the club "Apropo" for the Pepperellas christmas show.
Show at the club Playground in Cologne.
The dancers wait backstage before their performance
Foxy on stage
Wanda Widowmaker helps Foxy get dressed.
Anne-Lee Strange dries her fingernails.
The Pepperellas at the Funky Chicken Club in Cologne’s Opera Terraces. Gina GoWild in the background.
Anne Lee Strange puts on her makeup in the makeshift dressing room.
Foxy Lascar opens the curtain.
Funky Chicken Club in Cologne
Anne Lee having her teeth checked before the performance
Foxy gets a drink, after some hours of performing
Gina struts through the party crowd
Foxy after a show, disguised as a maid
The women leave the club early in the morning