The Invisible Cabaret Podcast: Mental Health & The Arts

Ferrero Rochelle & Rosie Verbose are joined by professional dancer & burlesque artiste, Trixie Kixx! Trixie is a powerhouse queer woman with a passion for body confidence centred around how movement makes us feel, not what we look like. She regularly performs with House of Burlesque and teaches lessons in London and online. She's also a Queen Crystaller (read, the gateway drug for Rosie Verbose's stoning obsession, as discussed with Sammy Sparkles!). Join us as we chat about burlesque, practising body positivity/ body neutrality as a dancer, and more.

CW: discussion of weight & body image throughout

Keep up to date with Trixie on Instagram: @trixiekixx, and follow her work with House of Burlesque & Off The Rails Studios while you're at it! Trixie teaches a class every Tuesday at 8:10pm online and in the studio at Off The Rails (@offtherails.studio), open to all women.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Trixie in action: classic burlesque strip, example routine from a class
• House of Burlesque's lockdown rehearsal process
• Tempest Rose's Gypsy monologue act
• Trixie's Bloody Mary act - photos on our social media & website; learn about Mary I here!
• Waacking (you can learn this with Mademoiselle Ginger 
• Advice on curating your social media for better mental health
• Re. curating your social media feed - see our episode with Reed Amber for more on this
• 'Eleveneriefe' meme 
• Roch mentions Miss Mustardseed - check out our episode with her here (also about body positivity!)
• Hypothyroidism
• Boots Botanics skincare
• Kew Gardens
  

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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This week, Ferrero Rochelle and Rosie Verbose are joined by multi-award-winning burlesque dancer and PhD student, Sammy Sparkles! This stunning performer joins us all the way from Perth, Australia, by the magic of the Interwebs to tell us tales of The Other Side, where lockdowns are scarce and Fringe Festivals are feasible... Sammy is currently pursuing a PhD in clinical neuropsychology alongside producing and performing as part of queer-femme burlesque troupe, Burlezque. What a babe.

Head to our Instagram to see what happened when we met her gorgeous puppy, Yoshi!

Find Sammy on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

Full URL of the episode transcript here: https://invisiblecabaret.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SAMMY-sparkles-TRANSCRIPT.pdf

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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Keep up to date with Reed Amber on Instagram, Twitter, OF and more. Find her work with Come Curious on YouTube and Instagram.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• How to pursue therapy: some resources - NHS & self-referrals (UK), BetterHelp
• Hypochondria vs. health anxiety
• The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Macksey
• Meditation & mindfulness for panic attacks
• Parasympathetic nervous system (Reed was right first time! @ 20 mins ish)
• Bloating & IBS - signs to be aware of for similarly-presenting health conditions
• Social media addiction
• Documentary: The Social Dilemma, available on Netflix

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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We hope you've stretched this morning, because we're chatting to performer, producer and Solid Gold fittie, Lena Mae Lenman! Lena is an irrepressible creative force, whose outlets include the Hundred Watt Club, photography (@lena_lenman_photography on Instagram) and 80s fantasy aerobic program, Solid Gold Fitness. She brings her bubbly personality to the podcast, as well as her long history of neo-burlesque performance, to inform a chat that ranges from dressing up to stripping off, and why laughing is the best of all ab workouts!

CW: societal ideas of weight gain and how it can impact on our mental health briefly touched on throughout the discussion - no body shaming but if this may be triggering for you, please be kind to your mind and put yourself first.

Find Lena Mae Lenman online on Instagram & OF.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Hundred Watt Club 
• Cosplay & ‘crap cosplay’ in lockdown, e.g. Spice Girls
• Solid Gold Fitness is on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube & Twitter
• Some thoughts on ‘toxic femininity’: “The Cycle of Female Rivalry"; thinkpiece on women bullying at work; thinkpiece on media pitting Meghan vs. Kate
• Imperius curse in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (please note we do not endorse JK's recent transphobic stances and are considering the magic of HP to be separate from the creator!)
• Demi Noire: check out our episode with this diva!
• Lena's Music Hall alter ego, Aunty Mae
• Libby app by Overdrive
• 'How To Be Both' – Ali Smith 
• BookSwap
• 'Daytripper' – graphic novel by Gabriel Bá and Fabio Moon 

Some useful links for the mental health issues mentioned can be found on our website.

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Find Sinopa Rin online on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok & Patreon. Check out her photography at @LenaSelkinPhotography. 

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Moody Corsetry
• Kintsugi
• Waitress musical (no shade)
• To hear more on persona, check out our episode with Rubyyy Jones
• Our episode with Robert Hallow (musician Rosie mentioned)
• Rin's painting: check out her Instagram Story highlight
• The Wild Journal by Willow Crossley

Some useful links for the mental health issues mentioned can be found on our website.

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Find Victoria Rose online on Instagram, Twitter & OF.

Full URL of episode transcript here: https://invisiblecabaret.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/VicRose-transcript.pdf

CW: this episode is not graphic, but we are talking about SW throughout, so we do touch on themes around s-x and the dangers involved. There's also some coarse language from the start.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• The Jerry Springer Show 
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
• Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) / Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) - for more on this, have a listen to our chats with Lucy Dickson and our very own Mouncealot!
• Hoxton Cabaret
• Cybertease: also on Twitter
• Secretary (2002)
• Some advice on working from home with ADHD
• Nordic Model & Bristol Strip Clubs - if you'd like to get involved in the activism surrounding this issue, Bristol Sex Workers Collective have some great resources. If you're the sort of person who wants to hear both sides, here's what radical feminists in favour of the Nordic Model say.
• Rochelle's Instant pot
• What is a Doula?
• Cybertease Patreon
• SW union
  

Some useful links for the mental health issues mentioned can be found on our website.

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Happy #WorldBurlesqueDay! We're celebrating with this bonus episode in addition to your usual Friday fare, to talk to the day's creator, Sapphira. Sapphira is a performer, musician and entrepreneur who also runs the Ibiza Burlesque Festival and always has several arts- and mental-health-themed projects on the go. We chat about bringing burlesque and clubbing together, her love of piano, and how finding her personal expression through burlesque helped her heal from an oppressive background.

Find Sapphira online: @sapphiramusic on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. She's also on LinkedIn. You can find out more on @worldburlesqueday on the same platforms. Join in with the #BoogieInBoots Challenge on Instagram or TikTok!

CW: descriptions of religious trauma from 8.55 - 16.10ish; brief mention of institutionalisation & psychosis (around 10.35 - 11.05); small, happy discussion about pregnancy (23:45 - 25:20).

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Neo-burlesque: a beginner’s guide
• Ibiza Burlesque Festival - a little *teaser* video
• Dita Von Teese performing in Ibiza 
• Amnesia (Ibiza club) 
• Cirque du Soleil
• Check out Sapphira's book, Burlesque Or Bust 
• Brethren sect
• Understanding psychotic breaks 
• Cafe Del Mar compilations 
• Sapphira's favourite, Tones, composed by Marc Durif
• Ferrero Rochelle’s balloon pop 
• Cotton candy grapes!

Some useful links for the mental health issues mentioned can be found on our website.

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Oh BOY, do we have a treat for you. It was such an honour to go deep with the ridiculously talented icon that is Lilly SnatchDragon. Lilly is a multi-award-winning Neo Drag Queen Burlesque Performer, co-founder of The LADS Show and the all-Asian cabaret collective, The Bitten Peach. Quite a few trigger warnings for this one as things do get raw and real, but this just gives us more reason to love the CRAP out of her. As the kids would say, a queen who talks so openly and honestly about mental health? We have no choice but to stan.

Find Lilly online: @lillysnatch on Instagram & Twitter. You can also keep up with latest show news on Facebook.

CW: extensive conversation about experiences of racism (especially first 23 mins) & PTSD throughout; suicidal ideation (25:13); grief, bereavement,  cancer, death of a loved one (27:50 - 34 mins); brief mention of vomiting (29:56 and 33:18); Atlanta shootings (37:38 - 37:50).

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• East15 Acting School
• Miss Cairo: @prettymisscairo 
• Rubyyy Jones (@rubyyyjones) - listen to our episode with them here!
• Me the Drag Queen: @methedragqueen
• Familyyy Fierce
• Lolo Brow: @lolobrow
• Lilly's 'Thai Beginnings' act
• Maxi More @fairyprincessmermaidbarbie
• Kawaii: an introductory article
• Microaggressions: how to spot them & some suggestions for dealing with them
• Lilly’s 'Chains' act
• RVT
• Bitten Peach: @bittenpeachuk
• The Cocoa Butter Club: @thecocoabutterclub
• Stonewall advice for coming out later in life
• Visual migraines: link between headaches & PTSD
• Nervous breakdown: how to recognise one
• Signs of burnout
• Mark Anthony: @markanthony.dragking
• Polly Rae: @misspollyrae
• Atlanta shooting & how to help the #StopAsianHate movement

Performer/producer & Crazy Ex-Girlfriend superfan, Lucy Dickson, joins us to chat about her experiences as a queer artist and activist with BPD/ Emotional Dysregulation Disorder. We talk about taking back narratives in and through musical theatre, kissing girls, Spoon Theory, ableism, having therapy over Zoom and much more. Stay tuned for a special Pam-themed gratitude segment.

Find Lucy online: @lucysayssmile. Her production company, Queerly Productions, is @QueerlyProd on Twitter. You can watch the show, Sinqueerly Me, on YouTube!

CW: brief mention of suicide (28:30 - 29:15); BPD conversation is from 19 - 33 mins. Also please note there's a minor spoiler for Crazy Ex Girlfriend at the 22 min mark! Skip that minute if you're on Season 1.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Meg McGrady, Lucy's co-producer & 'enby icon'
• Online productions: Pride series with MP theatricals
• Watch Signal (produced by Adam Lenson) online
• Rikki Beadle-Blair (Team Angelica) - @RikkiBB on Twitter & Insta
• Susie McKenna (Associate Director at The Kiln) - @McKennaSusie on Twitter
• Sharon D Clarke (Caroline, or Change) 
• Spoon Theory! Original article by Christine Miserandino 
• Crazy Ex Girlfriend is available to watch on Netflix & HBO - My Diagnosis song about BPD; also check out this great article about BPD as described by CXGF songs!
• BPD/EDD stigma as described by Harvard Health & by BPD patients themselves
• Cruel Intentions (1999)
• BPD/EDD as modern-day hysteria?: a think-piece
• MBT = mentalisation-based therapy
• DBT = dialectical behavioural therapy
• @makedaisychains's Boring Self Care series
• Hangxiety
• Victoria Wood - Pam & The Ballad of Barry and Freda

Find Demi online: @demi_noire on Instagram; you can also watch some of her acts on YouTube and then tip her on PayPal! The next live show Demi will be participating in is the House of Burlesque 'Feminine Divine' show on 2nd April; details here. You can book for her BurlyCon session on 24th April here.

Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode (e.g. body dysmorphia, panic attacks and phone notification anxiety), along with full episode notes, are available on our website.

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What are you grateful for? You can message us on Facebook, Tweet us at @inviscabaret or DM us on Instagram (@invisiblecabaret) whenever you want to #GetGrateful.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• 21st Century Burlesque Magazine
• The Noire Pageant Presents Black & Brown Excellence is available to watch on demand! Demi is in the King Showcase, FYI.
• Cafe de Paris - a little trailer of Demi performing in this hallowed space; it will be missed.
• Demi performing as Josephine Baker - watch the act, filmed at Jeezy's Juke Joint, Chicago
• Demi performing powerful routine, 'Black Girl Magic,' at the Cocoa Butter Club. CBC is curated by Sadie Sinner.
• Demi's nomination for 'most authentic' act: 70s!
• Covid and PTSD: article from BBC Future
• Trixie Blue
• Sweet Pea
• Lolo Brow
• Bettsie Bon Bon
• Solar Radio - 11am on a Sunday, don't forget!
• Sims 'Wicked Whims' mod (18+) as mentioned by a shocked and tickled Rosie
• Po'Chop's Black Burlesque Directory

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod, available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Meet Nimbus and Rouxfio and keep up to date with Mateo's artistic exploits on his Instagram: @mateooxley (same as his Twitter), and luxuriate in his glorious voice on Spotify.

Full URL for the episode transcript here: https://invisiblecabaret.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mateo-transcript.pdf

CW: brief mention of Grenfell at 11.39; medical trauma - 22.20 - 23.20 mins & 23.40 - 24.30 mins.

Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode: those impacted by Grenfell; anxiety, social media; dealing with a loved one's illness.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Faber Academy
• Arcola Theatre
• Angels in America - have a glimpse of Mateo's Prior Walter here!
• All About Eve (about a main actor being usurped)
• Schroedinger’s cat
• Lyttleton Theatre
• Finborough Theatre
• The Busy World is Hushed
• Tips for curating your Insta feed for better mental health
  

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod, available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Check out Rubyyy's website and Patreon for lots of wonderful, creative, workshoppy, wisdommy goodness.

CW: George Floyd's murder (21:08 - 21:25); survivor's guilt and infant death (32:11 - 32:52 & 35:16 - 35:35)

Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode: anger issues; mental health impacts of racism & Black Minds Matter; survivor's guilt & PTSD; substance abuse

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What are you grateful for? You can message us on Facebook, Tweet us at @inviscabaret or DM us on Instagram (@invisiblecabaret) whenever you want to #GetGrateful.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• RuPaul controversy: a handy guide
• AFAB definition
• Neurodivergence: learn more & get support
• Ep with Robert Hallow on anger
• George Floyd and lockdown: a think-piece on the impact
• RVT (Royal Vauxhall Tavern)
• Familyyy Fierce collective in Polari magazine
• Kew Gardens
  

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

As we round up Season 1 and embark on Season 2 of The Invisible Cabaret Podcast, we thought it was time to push the boat out and try something new... Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first ever LIVE podcast recording, which took place on our Instagram! What better way to celebrate Time To Talk Day than by having a good old chat about mental health? This year's theme was 'The Power of Small', which Ferrero Rochelle and Rosie Verbose enjoyed exploring alongside interjections from our lovely Insta-audience. 

CW: anxiety, depression, bereavement by su*cide at 14.58 - 15.55 (general chat about grief continues to around 17 mins)

Here's a full directory of resources for mental health issues on the Time to Change website.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Time To Talk Day on the Time To Change website
  Some of our favourite episodes:
• Cyberpunk and capitalism with Blue Monday (IGTV snippet on shifting priorities)
• Talking libido with Dee Dee La Femme
• Expressing anger safely with Robert Hallow (IGTV snippet on vulnerability)
• CBT with Roch's Dad, therapist Brian Thomas (IGTV snippet on mental health medication)

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Like what we do? There are several ways you can support Invisible Cabaret: firstly, free of charge (yay), if you could follow us on social media and comments/save/share our posts, that would be awesome. If you’ve got a bit of spare change, you can fling it at us in a couple of ways - you can buy us a ‘coffee’ as a one-off, or support us on Patreon for a couple of pounds a month, which will entitle you to perks such as monthly postcards, backstage info and discounted tickets to shows. And our undying gratitude, obvs.

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod, available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Check out Represent Theatre and watch this space! And don't miss the play Guy is directing with the Manchester Jewish Museum: full details on Guy's Twitter.

Find out more about Guy via his website; read his bio on the Equity website. He is represented by United Agents.

CW: alcohol abuse & addiction behaviours (18:30 - 21:50); brief mention of medical trauma (19:00 - 19:35).

Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode: help with substance abuse here and here.

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What are you grateful for? Be in the next episode of our podcast and tell us what has you feeling thankful lately. You can message us on Facebook, Tweet us at @inviscabaret or DM us on Instagram (@invisiblecabaret)!

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Episode with Bria
• Bryony Kimmings, British live artist
• Equity (you can hear more about how Equity helped troupe member Steph "Tootsie" De Whalley during lockdown in her episode)
• Michelle Ashton, part of Equity Young Members Committee; find her on Twitter @chelle_ashton
• Represent (Guy is Creative Director)
• Lutheran bad-ass Nadia Bolz-Weber; see the original Tweet Guy references here
• Heineken non-alcoholic beer (other 0% beers are available)
• Dogs & mental health: Guardian article

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Find Bria on Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/briakellysoprano/

CW: anxiety, depression, alcohol as coping mechanism, perfectionism & OCD. Plus a few F bombs, but in our defence, we were pretty PO'ed.

Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode: Help Musicians UK; help with substance abuse here and here; OCD-UK.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Find out more about Brianna 
• Help Musicians UK study, "Can music make you sick?"
• Classical Magazine 2019 study on mental health provision in music
• Invisible Cabaret 'Tortured Artist' lip-sync: get a flavour on our Instagram 
• Text 85258 to SHOUT UK helpline if you need to talk to someone, especially a crisis counsellor

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode: how to find a therapist; Mind's latest report on men's mental health.

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What are you grateful for atm? Message us on Facebook, Tweet us at @inviscabaret or DM us on Instagram!

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• What is CBT? (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
• Our episode with Richard 'The Burly Photographer' McKenzie
• Psychosis
• Our episode with Elyssa on PTSD
• EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing)
• Yoga with Adriene
• Troupe member Miss Mustardseed's episode on our podcast
• Socratic questioning
• Long Covid symptoms
• Darron Brown on Soul Central Radio
•  Find a therapist with BetterHelp or via the BACP directory

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Check out Elyssa's art on Instagram: @elyssa_rider, and the charity she works for, Brook, on their website and on Instagram at @brook_sexpositive.

Please note, we experienced a technical glitch during recording which was absolutely NOTHING to do with Rosie having a moment of complete and utter stupidity. As such, there is a slight difference in quality between the first half of the podcast and the rest of the episode. Thank you for your patience. Rosie has learned her lesson.

CW: brief mentions of racism (4:17 - 5:10 and 24:40 - 26:03); street harassment (9:57 - 10:42 and 24:20 - 26:03); PTSD and trauma (15:40 - 22:00).

Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode: PTSD; racism & mental health; burn-out; mental health during Covid-19. You can find more mental health resources on our website.

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What are you grateful for atm? Message us on Facebook, @inviscabaret or DM us on Instagram!

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• EMDR (not to be confused with EDM)
• Elyssa's Street Harassment Diaries: here and here
• Elyssa's illustration & shop
• Butterfly Sailor Moon meme
• Rosie Verbose's singing livestreams are available to watch on her Instagram: @rosieverbose
• Catfish: the TV show
• Queer Christmas cards!
• Ruby Rare's book, 'A S-x Guide for Adults'

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Check out Curly on Instagram as @curly_chaos_burlesque, and read her blog here.

Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode: 

CW - PMDD (12:30 - 16:45): treatment; self-care; blog & community; suicidal thoughts (26:35).

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What are you grateful for atm? Tweet @inviscabaret or DM us on Instagram!

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Chaotic Good
• Neo-burlesque: a short history
• Rubber duck act; Willy Wonka teaser; Chaos Cabaret; Warrior Act- see Curly's Instagram!
• East London burlesque studio - run by Evelyn Carnate
• Cabaret vs. Cancer
• Love Actually first lobster
• Prima ballerina with Alzheimer's is transported by music
• Our episode with troupe member and nurse, Miss Mustardseed - she also wrote about it on our blog
• PMDD
• Our episode with Robert Hallow (re. dealing with anger)
• SO cards
• That's Burlesque podcast
• Bitten Peach cabaret collective
  • Cocoa Butter Club burlesque collective
  • Gratitude jar - make your own using this guide!

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Check out Robert Hallow and the Holy Men on Bandcamp, Amazon, Spotify, all those joints.

You can find Robert on Instagram as @robert_hallow_music. We've got this pre-Corona live recording on repeat!

Some useful links for mental health issues mentioned in this episode: CALM (for men aged 16-35); addiction/ dependency resources

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What are you grateful for atm? Tweet @inviscabaret, DM us on Instagram, email us, or - better still - send us a voice message!

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

Buy Robert Hallow's EP Empty Plates on Bandcamp! You can also listen on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon.

The Regicide Chronicles on Bandcamp

David Holmes, sound engineer at Soup Studios

Fan art for Empty Plates and more from the fandom

Dungeons and Dragons

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Invisible Cabaret charters new waters this week, as we venture outside the troupe to talk about creativity and mental health with artists in other fields. And after guesting on his podcast earlier on in lockdown, how could they not put Richard McKenzie, AKA The Burly Photographer, top of the priority list! Richard is a fantastic live-event photographer, whose work has earned him international renown in the burlesque community. He joins hosts Ferrero Rochelle and Rosie Verbose to talk about how to keep motivated and inspired as a creative - even in an international crisis - as well as sharing his fascinating perspective on men's mental health and how cabaret might begin to bridge that gap.

You can find Richard on Facebook as @digitalmck and on Instagram as @theburlyphotographer.

CW - 15:23 brief mention of suicide.

Some useful links for Men's Mental Health: CALM (for men aged 16-35); Dudes 'N' Dogs community group.

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What are you grateful for atm? Tweet @inviscabaret, DM us on Instagram, email us, or - better still - send us a voice message!

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

Buy Richard's Book of Rainbows

Richard's photographs from the BLM demonstrations and many more are available to purchase in this book

Luscious Cabaret, run by Lady Luscious

Museum of London's appeal for Covid collection contributions

Councillors pointing at things

Reading Fringe Festival

The Scarlet Vixens (on Instagram as @thescarletvixens)

Harlem Nocturne

John Cooper Clarke - some of Richard's recommendations: Kung Fu International & I Wanna Be Yours

Paulus's original song, 'Tribe'

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Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

www.invisiblecabaret.org

You can find Dani on Instagram as @deedeelafemme, and on her page dedicated to sexual wellbeing and sex positivity.

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Tweet or DM us with what you're grateful for this week, or - better still - send us a voice message!

Are you a creative (of any description) with a mental health story to tell? Email invisiblecabaret@gmail.com with your pitch to be a guest on the podcast.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

Don't drink Lemsip if you're taking antidepressants!

Dani's Quarantine Birthday video

Kubler-Ross Stages of Grief, not to be confused with the Myers-Briggs personality test 😂

High-functioning depression

Loss of libido: NHS guide

Self-date ideas: some tips to get you started

Health benefits of cuddling & some new cuddle positions to try 😏

Healthline

Relate official website

Louis Theroux: one of Rosie's fave documentaries

Miss Mustardseed's latest blog on our website

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The Invisible Cabaret Podcast is all about mental health and creativity. Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle. When the world's not in a global pandemic, Invisible Cabaret makes burlesque and cabaret shows all about mental health. Think vaudeville variety, dance, original music, comedy, poetry and more.

You can see some clips of Invisible Cabaret in action on YouTube.

Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Photo credit: Steve Gregson Photography 

www.invisiblecabaret.org

You can find Petit Pois via her website, on Facebook and on Instagram as @petitpoisburlesque.

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Tweet or DM us with what you're grateful for this week, or - better still - send us a voice message!

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

Petit Pois as Danny Zuko at the World Burlesque Games

Watch a snippet of Petit Pois in her 'Miracle' act and on our Instagram

Derren Brown's 'miracle' speech

Check out Dodie's music, used in the 'Miracle' act

Incredible circus performer who just happens to be Shayla's bro, Danny Ash

For Petit Pois's acts, e.g. Miss Trunchbull... see her website!

The Shame Wizard on Big Mouth

And of course, we couldn't leave out the full video for Bedknobs and Broomsticks 'bobbing along'

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The Invisible Cabaret Podcast is all about mental health and creativity. Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle. When the world's not in a global pandemic, Invisible Cabaret makes burlesque and cabaret shows all about mental health. Think vaudeville variety, dance, original music, comedy, poetry and more.

You can see some clips of Invisible Cabaret in action on YouTube.

Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Photo credit: Steve Gregson Photography 

www.invisiblecabaret.org

You can find Ida on Facebook, and on Instagram as @idasanguine.

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Be in the next episode of #InvisiblePodcast! 

Tweet or DM us with what you're grateful for this week, or - better still - send us a voice message!

Are you a creative (of any description) with a mental health story to tell? Email invisiblecabaret@gmail.com with your pitch to be a guest on the podcast.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

Burlesque performer, Belle de Beauvoir (the quote we reference was on her Instagram story so has since expired, but she's well worth a follow all the same!)

LIPA (Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts)

LIPA Vogue Ball - the birth of Sanguine [as Jessica Rabbit]

Law of Jante

JournalSpeak with Nicole J. Sachs

COFX coffee shop in London

Parks & Recreation - how to watch in the UK

And no, we still don't know what Ida said at the end... If you can understand, get in touch! 

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The Invisible Cabaret Podcast is all about mental health and creativity. Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle. When the world's not in a global pandemic, Invisible Cabaret makes burlesque and cabaret shows all about mental health. Think vaudeville variety, dance, original music, comedy, poetry and more.

You can see some clips of Invisible Cabaret in action on YouTube.

Edited and mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Photo credit: True Love Portfolio Package

www.invisiblecabaret.org

Are you an artist (of any description) with a mental health story to tell? Email invisiblecabaret@gmail.com for more details about how to be a future guest on the podcast.

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

Ada Lovelace – one of first coders, not to be confused with Linda Lovelace...

The marketing creation of Blue Monday

Extrinsic vs intrinsic goals: a sample study

Cyberpunk and its links with the past

'Fig tree' piece - Belle Bluestocking explained her thinking on a recent podcast

OCD info

Mouncealot episode on processing trauma through art

Perfectionism: some resources

Warburtons wheat-free sourdough cob bread (Rosie's gratitude for the week!)

National Domestic Abuse Helpline & the UK government website

Erin's recipe : baby tomato & rosemary foccacia - stay tuned on our blog & socials!

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The Invisible Cabaret Podcast is all about mental health and creativity. Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle. When the world's not in a global pandemic, Invisible Cabaret makes burlesque and cabaret shows all about mental health. Think vaudeville variety, dance, original music, comedy, poetry and more.

You can see some clips of Invisible Cabaret in action on YouTube.

Mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Photo credit: Steve Gregson Photography

www.invisiblecabaret.org

You can find Belle Bluestocking on Instagram as @issybee22.

NB brief CW at 36 mins.

Full transcript available here: https://invisiblecabaret.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Issy-transcript.pdf

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Things mentioned in the podcast:

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar. New York: Harper and Row, 1971

Limón contemporary dance technique, developed by Mexican dancer & choreographer José Limón

Martha Graham (American modern dancer & choreographer)

Alvin Ailey (American dancer and choreographer)

'Toxic positivity'

Digging for diamonds cartoon

Dyspraxia - some great support resources on the ArtsMinds website

Long-read about dance & mental health

‘I May Destroy You’ on BBC iPlayer

‘Little Fires Everywhere’ on Amazon Prime

What to do if your friend has a panic attack

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The Invisible Cabaret Podcast is all about mental health and creativity. Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle. When the world's not in a global pandemic, Invisible Cabaret makes burlesque and cabaret shows all about mental health. Think vaudeville variety, dance, original music, comedy, poetry and more.

You can see some clips of Invisible Cabaret in action on YouTube.

Mixed by Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod , available by license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Photo credit: Steve Gregson Photography

www.invisiblecabaret.org

You can find Mouncealot online at @mouncealot83 and via her theatre company, Beside Ourselves Collective (@besideourselves on Instagram and TikTok).

If you are looking to create a performance about or inspired by your own mental health journey, Invisible Cabaret offers 1:1 workshop sessions. Email invisiblecabaret@gmail.com for more details.

Things mentioned in the podcast:

Beside Ourselves Collective (see above) - devised theatre collaboration between LISPA trained Kate Mounce and Fourth Monkey graduate Eleanor Young.

C-PTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)

BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder)

LISPA (now arthaus.berlin)

École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques LeCoq

Recommended reading: 'Waking the Tiger' by Peter Levine (about somatic experiencing and psychological trauma).

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Be in the next episode of #InvisiblePodcast! Tweet or DM us with what you're grateful for this week, or - better still - send us a voice message!

The Invisible Cabaret Podcast is all about mental health and creativity. Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle. When the world's not in a global pandemic, Invisible Cabaret makes burlesque and cabaret shows all about mental health. Think vaudeville variety, dance, original music, comedy, poetry and more.

You can see some clips of Invisible Cabaret in action on YouTube. 

With thanks to: Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod 

License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Photo credit: Richard McKenzie, AKA The Burly Photographer

Find more Invisible Cabaret on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

Ferrero Rochelle and Rosie Verbose chat to Invisible Cabaret troupe member, Bolly Ditz Dolly, about burlesque, Bollywood and bhajis. Ditz has performed her unique brand of fusion-inspired neo-burlesque all over the shop, from Bitten Peach, OwPHWOARd and I Need to Cher, to being crowned the winner of Burlesque Idol UK 2019. In this episode, we explore her journey to burlesque, her creative process, and her passion for cooking samosas from scratch.

You can find BDD online at @bollyditz.dolly. Read more about her burlesque journey in this blog, or have a listen to more stories about her South Asian background on the acclaimed Masala Podcast.

Things mentioned in the podcast:

• Burlesque Idol 
• House of Burlesque classes
• Sajid Javid's political campaign 
• London Bi Pandas
• Fact check: the Tragic Silencing of Salem the Cat.

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Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle.

With thanks to: Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod 

License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Photo credit: Richard McKenzie, AKA The Burly Photographer

Find more Invisible Cabaret on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. 

You can also email us at invisiblecabaret@gmail.com.

This episode, Ferrero Rochelle and Rosie Verbose are joined by Invisible Cabaret troupe member, Stephanie De Whalley, AKA 'Tootsie', known for her fancy footwork and heartfelt performances. Join us as we chat about staying connected to creativity and your craft, even in the midst of lockdown burnout.

You can find Steph online at @stephdewhalley. She is represented by Simon & How.

Things mentioned in the podcast:

• 'Magic Goes Wrong' by Mischief and Penn & Teller - see Steph in action in this rip-roaring show when theatres are up and running again! www.magicgoeswrong.com/ www.mischiefcomedy.com
• Self Employment Grant
• Equity union for performers and creative practitioners
• Mutual Aid volunteering - find out what you can do in your area
• Tom (i.e. Mr Steph) / follow him on Instagram
• Triller app - we highly recommend watching Steph & Tom's 'Club Night' 
• Little Angel Theatre - listen to Steph read 'The Frog Prince' as part of the Stories for Children playlist
• CBS dance lessons
• Open University

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Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle.

With thanks to: Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-sh…es-of-spring

License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Photo credit: Steve Gregson Photography

Full URL of the transcript for the episode: https://invisiblecabaret.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Lily-transcript.pdf

CW: talk of eating disorders. 

Below are time stamps to help you navigate: 

00.00 - 08.09: introduction & choosing a burlesque name 

08.09 - 14.00: performing with the Cabaret 

14.00 - 19.05: being a nurse in a pandemic 

19.05 - 37.20: eating disorders & body positivity vs. body neutrality 

37.20 - end: weekly gratitude 

Things Lily mentions: 

NHS Wellbeing services for NHS workers: https://www.nhsemployers.org/news/2020/04/new-staff-health-and-wellbeing-support 

Support for eating disorders: UK - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/support-services/helplines 

International: https://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/treatment-for-eating-disorders/international 

Resources for families: https://familymentalwealth.com/families/ 

Megan Jayne Crabbe's book: 'Body Positive Power' - or check her out on Instagram: @bodyposipanda 

Jameela Jamil's Vogue interview: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/jameela-jamil-vogue-september-2019-issue. You can find her on Instagram as @jameelajamilofficial - or check out her passion project @i_weigh 

Aphrodite Greene née Jones & Crystal Rasmussen's song sessions on Instagram: @tomglitter 

Jonathan Van Ness, 'Over the Top' (@jvn on Instagram) 'Gay of Thrones' is available on YouTube and Amazon Prime 

Emily Blunt's BALALALALALALAH moment frequently cited in this episode is available to watch in its full glory here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjJKdQTD1bc (original source: The Graham Norton Show, BBC) 

Invisible Cabaret is a cabaret and burlesque troupe devoted to raising mental health awareness, founded by Rosie Verbose and Ferrero Rochelle. 

With thanks to: Matt Ennis, www.mennismixing.co.uk 

Music: Shades of Spring by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4342-sh…es-of-spring 

License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Photo credit: Steve Gregson Photography