Speakeasy HQ's World Record Performances

Overview

Call the team at Guinness and get them down to Speakeasy HQ. Over five nights in the lead-up to Christmas, Melbourne's home of cabaret and burlesque will present a 30-act vaudeville show with a twist in its tail: every evening, the performance will finish with a different, jaw-dropping world record attempt. People, this could be history in the making.

The first attempt, on the evening of Friday, December 18, will see Miss Lucy La Parr try and top the record for most knives revealed in a single burlesque performance. On Saturday, Ryan Lovat will attempt to shatter the greatest number of twerks performed in under a minute, while on Sunday, Baroness Mischa will give swallowing the longest steel blade sword ever swallowed a red hot go.

Next up is dancer Liberty Foxx, who will attempt to break the record for most pasties simultaneously worn and used for tassel propellers (we swear we're not making this up). Finally, Camilla Cream will attempt the record for highest number of fans used simultaneously in a burlesque performance, incorporating ten huge feather fans in an act inspired by the ballet Swan Lake.