Sunday 24 June 2012

Friday 15 June 2012





Here are a few photos of THE LONDON CHINATOWN DOLLS from the new show, 'When Worlds Collide: A Cultural Fight Night of Entertainment.' Come see the next show! Tickets on sale here: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/172470

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Miss Amelia Kallman - Showgirl in Exile #3

I call this 'Showgirl in Exile #3'

It was a long road getting here, but finally, after nearly 2 years- Gosney & Kallman are back and better than ever! We've teamed up with the masterminds behind London's voted "Best Ongoing Cabaret" The Double R Club, to bring to you a Cultural Fight Night of Entertainment :

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE!

A Scintillating Cocktail of Vaudeville, Classic Cabaret, Pernicious Performance and Delightful Debauchery,
Alive and Kicking in the Throbbing Heart of Old East London.

Once a Month the Teams that created ‘The Double R Club’ in London, ‘The Slipper Room’ & ‘Guilty Pleasures’ in New York, and ‘Chinatown’ in Shanghai,
 Bring you a Different, Dizzying Spectacle of Opposing Options,
 a Cultural Fight Night of Disparate Delights,
Two Separate Scenes Squeezed into the Same Bed,
but Horny as Hell!
  
NEXT SHOW: THURSDAY- JULY 5

Starring
Ben Louche, Rose Thorne, Amelia Kallman & Norman Gosney,
And 
THE LONDON CHINATOWN DOLLS! 
Starring
Miss Miranda, Miss Emerald Fontaine, Miss Kitten von Strumpet, Miss Hotcake Kitty,
And your very own,
Miss Amelia! 

Guest Starring:
Mat Ricardo
Johnny Electrolux
Marnie Scarlett
&
An Ever-Changing Cast, Carefully Culled from the Cream of International Cabaret
including...
Miss Brandy Butters
Greasy Tony 
 
All Lavishly Presented in a
Purpose-Built Performance Pavilion above the Vibe Bar, Truman Brewery
Brick Lane’s Oldest and Liveliest Pleasure Emporium.

(Helping Londoners Escape Reality since 1666)
 
For more details & filthy pix, go to: http://www.whenworldscollidecabaret.com 
Tickets already on sale and selling fast!:  http://www.wegottickets.com/event/172470
 

2-Years-Post-China

It's been 2 years since I've posted on this blog. I started it in 2007 when I decided to move to China, as a way of sharing my adventures. When I got there though, I found blogs are blocked in China, so I went through a proxy and did it that way. I had to be extremely careful with what I wrote and said though, as the Chinese have 1.6 million people employed to monitor the internet. It's said that they have 4 million at their disposal to bombard and crash a site that says anything the government disagrees with. Things as simple as googling 'Opium' can red-flag you. I found out the hard way with a post I did that mentioned the Opium Wars. Within an hour my blog was blocked to even me, and I couldn't log into my email. Friends assured me that this was no coincidence, and it took five days before I was back on. I found the 72 emails in my inbox from the past days had been marked 'read', even though I had never seen them before. Big Brother was watching, and had definitely made his presence known.

I have a lot of stories like this that I couldn't share while in Shanghai. I ended up having to leave overnight over bogus charges that would've sent me to prison for years... All this stuff is detailed in my book forth-coming book 'Diary of a Shanghai Showgirl'. http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/authors/amelia-kallman It feels really good to finally be able to speak about things. Once Chinatown was open I had to be especially careful not to offend, since as a foreign (successful) company, the authorities had a constant eye on all our actions. And that's one of the reasons I stopped blogging when I did... but more on that later.

I have to say- there is still a part of me that feels fear writing this here now. Even though it has been 2-years, and I'm not in China anymore, that installed fear of saying the wrong thing has stuck with me. But I'm getting over it. It's kind of liberating to openly speak the truth. I feel strongly that it's an important thing to do, because everything that comes out of China is censored. Even my friends who work in journalism have to be careful what they say for fear that they may literally 'disappear' or that their family will be deported. These things almost never get reported, but as China is playing a bigger role in this global economy and society, I think it's about time these things are heard.

Miss Twin Peaks!

I'm performing next Thursday, June 21, in The Double R Club: 3rd Annual Miss Twin Peaks Contest ! Come root me on!! It's going to be an incredible night!! Dressing up as your favorite Lynch creation is HIGHLY encouraged, as there will be SUCH PRIZES!! :) PS. Tickets are almost sold out! Be sure to get yours soon! xx Miss Amelia
Tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/169466