'Story of the Eye' is a cabaret / aerial performance inspired by the novel 'The Story of the Eye' by George Bataille. The piece features an Eye Ball Butt Plug, a Blood Third Eye, Egg Smashing on the Body and an Aerial Crucifixion. The sound track is comprised of music from Othon & Tomasini, Flesh Fetish, Nurse with Wound and Jesus Christ Superstar.  The show was originally commissioned by Lukas Zpira for the Borderline Biennial 2011 @ The Abode of Chaos, France. It has subsequently been performed in Montreal, Sao Paulo, Rome & London.

Costume by Claire Ashley

Duration 12:30 minutes

Contains Explicit Nudity, Blood and is entirely Sacrilegious !!

 She’s a Women of Gold, literally gilded from head to toe in Gold Glitter. She understands the magical processes of alchemy and must take care that her ego does not inflate like the gold balloons that surround her on stage. She struts to T-Rex, Hula’s to Abba’s ‘The winner Takes it All’, pleasures herself to Gold Finger, inhales laughing gas to ‘Everyone’s a Winner’ by Bonney M and performs the (optional) infamous ‘Bum Balloon’ encore to Spandex Ballet’s ‘You are Gold”.

Costume is Glitter, Hat by Justin Smith Esquire, Shoes by Vivienne Westwood

Duration 10.30 mins.

Contains Nudity / Explicit Nudity with the Bum Balloon Encore

I put a spell on you …. because you’re mine!! The Queen of the Night summons an innocent sailor into her underworld so she can unleash her sadistic, fetishistic desires upon him. Inspired by the character in Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’, Stah eats fire, pierces horns into her forehead to ‘I want to be evil’, sodomises and shags the inflatable sailor to Peaches ‘I like boys and I like girls’ with a champagne ejaculation finale to Peggy Lee’s, ‘Is that all there is’?

Costume by Lyall Hakaria, Shoes by Terry De Havilland

Duration 10:30 min

Explicit Nudity / Body Piercing / Fire / Sexual References

The Phantomess comes to meet her lover but all that is there is a bunch of roses, discarded on the floor! Oh, what sorrow ensues, until a change of heart brings about the most amazing transformation. Stah spits rose petals to ‘Crazy for Loving You’ attempts suicide to Heartbreak Hotel, does the Hokey Pokey, Strips to Love Potion No. 9 and Drinks her Blood (optional) to the Tigerlillies ‘Weeping Chandelier’. Her infamous Diamond Pussy trick is performed as an encore (optional).

Costume Sarah Lundgren, Shoes Vivenne Westwood, Knickers by Strumpet & Pink

Duration 8:30 min.

No Nudity / Nudity with the encore / Blood Drinking involves a real syringe

'0800 Pussy' is a phone sex pastiche, featuring explicit, pre-recorded text, written straight out of the back of hustler magazine. Wearing a skintight pink rubber Catsuit and cute Japanese cat hat, Stah answers her pink telephone and replies with a short routine to each filthy suggestion. Skills and props include  - silicone pussy on a stick, light up dildo's, lip synching, riding crop action and a silly string cum shot. Music includes snippets of 'My Pussy' by Amanda Lapore, You can leave your Hat On, Come On Eileen, Sisters are Doing it for Themselves and Relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood.

Rubber Catsuit by House of Harlot, Shoes by Terry De Havilland

Duration 10 mins.

No Nudity but Sexually Explicit Language and Props

Here Kitty Kitty, Come here Kitty Kitty … Frisky Feline!! This little ditty pays homage to a by-gone era. Lip Synching to ‘Glamour Pussy’, with a pink crystal dildo resplendent with pink mink tail as a microphone, the twist comes at the end when Stah lifts the back of her dress to reveal the same Pink Mink tail on herself.

Dress by Catwalk Collection, Shoes by Christian Louboutin 

Duration 3 min

No Nudity but Sexual Innuendo

A rude, crude, Xmas Cabaret, with an overtone of Scrooge! Empress Stah as the Ice Queen in her Ice Palace makes cocktails from the crushed bodies of mini Santa’s, eats fire, roughs up Santa with an Ice Pick before sodomising him with a lollypop. However a visit from the Xmas spirit gives her a change of heart and in order to gain Santa’s forgiveness, she gives him a lap dance with a happy ending!

Music includes snippets from Ice Dance by Danny Elfman, The twelve days of Chrsitmas, Hey Santa Clause you C**T by Kevin Bloody Wilson, Santa Baby plus spoken word.

Duration 15min.

This act can also be combined with the aerial act FROZEN to create a 20 minute show. See AERIAL section for further details.

Explicit Nudity, Adult Concepts & Foul Language

The Grinch is a Christmas Show Rated G for Grown Ups, adapted from the Dr Suess children’s book. Empress Stah emerges from a giant gift wrapped box and sets about decorating the stage with all the festive trimmings of Xmas including presents, mistletoe and a tree with lights. A dark moment draws her back into the box, from which she reappears as The Grinch, in a latex mask, and proceeds to steal Xmas back into the box before finally stealing kisses from the audience!!

Music includes snippets of The Grinch by Boris Karloff, The Nightmare before Christmas, It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas and Kiss by Tom Jones.

Duration 6.45 mins.

No Nudity

The Star Whores Corporation, for an infinitely brighter and more profitable future! Is a satirical meander into the future of human space tourism and the industries that will arise as a consequence, the name being a reference to Richard Branson’s, Virgin Galactic. Featuring Spoken Word presented as advertisement, A Light Saber Dance to War by Frankie goes to Hollywood, An Alien Mating Ritual to Thriller by Michael Jackson, and a Balance Balancing Meditation to Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles. There are also video projections consisting of specially made animations and edits of existing material to accompany each section.

Duration 10 min.

This act can also be combined with the aerial act ETERNAL NIGHT to create a 15 minute show. See AERIAL section for further details.

No Nudity

Rock Star Avatar is a comedy act inspired by the Nintendo Guitar Hero phenomenon combined with classic Rock Star excess, featuring the drug du jour, Ketamine. Props include an Inflatable Pink Guitar, a Disco Pink Foam K that I Take … On a walk around the stage on Fisher Price Roller Skates . Music is a montage including the Tetris Game sound, I Love Rock n’ Roll by Joan Jet, How Much is that Doggy in the Window and We all Live in a Yellow Submarine by the Beatles.

Duration 4 mins.

This act can also be combined with the aerial act BABY I’M A STAR to create an 8:30 minute show. See AERIAL section for further details.

No Nudity but Drug Reference

Some information about these shows under this textbeing archive shows.

‘Little Miss Stah’ is a contestant in a beauty pageant. She must show off the many facets of her personality and talents in order to win the crown.

Skills and props include a Diamante Butt Plug, A string of Pearls with a Barbie doll head pulled from the her pussy, Pussy Painting, A dildo Chair and Body Piercing.

Music includes snippets from These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things, Nobody Does It Better, The Clapping Song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and more.

Very Pink, Very Camp and Very Naughty.  Sexy and Fun this show is brilliant for gay events, nightclubs and parties.

Meet the Impostah – A schizophrenic impotent paedophile with a penchant for hotdogs and the American Dream.

Skills and props include Tap Dancing, A Cream Pie, A Skewer pierced through the cheeks, A bag of Liquorice Allsorts, A Hotdog as a Limp Dick and of course the American Flag.

Music includes snippets from The Violent Femmes, The Candy Man, Shut Up Ya Face, Singing In The Rain, American Pie and more.

This show is the most political of all of Stah's material and was created in response to the invasion of Iraq and the War on Terror.

She’s a glamorous and wanton showgirl; He’s a wealthy sadist with a pile of diamonds. It’s a match made in Heaven!

Skills and Props include Stah’s infamous ‘Diamond Pussy’ finale, Flesh hooks pierced through the arms with lengths of diamonds attached and a pin strip suit wearing blow up doll

Music includes snippets from Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend, Diamonds Are Forever and More.

The ‘Mother of Pearl’ is captured by two French Fisherman. She escapes and has to bribe them with treasure from her ‘Pink Bits’ in order to save her life.

Skills and Props include a Double Sling aerial routine, Big Pink Pearl Shell, Body Piercing, Lip Synching and the Pearl Pussy.

Music includes snippets from The Little Mermaid, I’m so Pretty, The Jaws Theme and Girls, Girls, Girls.

The drunken sailor has been stripped naked and strung up by the genitals with 10 large hooks.  She manages to free herself and stumbles across a treasure chest, deciding to hide the jewels inside herself, before dressing and returning to the Navy.

Skills and Props include Flesh Hooks through the existing holes pierced in the Inner Labia, A slap across the face with a Dead Fish, Drawing a treasure map on the body, Precious Jewels inserted into the Pussy and an Aerial Rope finale.

Music includes snippets from What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor, In The Navy, Sailor Moon, Popeye The Sailor Man and more.

What do the inmates in the Asylum get up to after lights out?

Devised and performed with Lucifire and Miss Esme for the Skin 2 Rubberball, this is the messiest show I have ever been involved in… fantastic! Skills and Props include a Body Pierced Straight Jacket, Projectile Vomiting, Urine Drinking, Pill Popping, Bleeding Eyes, Leeches, Scissor Fucking, Blood Drinking, Girl in a Tank and more.

Music includes snippets from The Tiger Lilles, Minty, Basement Jax and much much more.

Throughout the 90's and 00's Empress Stah used Body Piercing as large part of her repertoire. Not content to pierce for the sake of piercing, Stah always created a character and a scene into which she would install herself, via the needles. The following are images taken of performances including: Fluorescent Stage Show, Xmas Angel, Voodoo Dolls House, Flesh Hook Suspension and Medusa.