Whatever Lola wants... Lola Gets...
Lola Montez (née Eliza Gilbert) was born in Limerick, 1821. Over the course of her short, event-filled life she became the most notorious, celebrated and reviled woman of the nineteenth century.
In politics …
she caused 2 revolts and 1 revolution
was banned from 5 European capitals
enjoyed a brief turbulent reign as Queen of Bavaria
In entertainment…
She invented Burlesque
became Broadway’s biggest star
was a fixture of the Wild West Saloons
embarked on the first tour of Australia
gave lectures that attracted larger audiences than Dickens
she also found time to…
enjoy a string of lovers that included of Liszt, Dumas and Peel
contrive to be at the centre of a string of international sex scandals
murder at least one lover and get away with it
give rise to the saying ‘Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets’.
Despite her unprecedented glamour, celebrity and stardom, she spent her final years destitute on streets of New York and died aged just 41
Her legacy then faded into the shadows, swept under the carpet by the puritan tendency.
Until now, because Lola Montez has come home.
Following two sensational sell-out shows in Dolans Warehouse in Limerick the Lola Montez Cabaret Vaudeville Burlesque launches at the Sugar Club Dublin on May 14th.
15 dancers, 12 musicians and 6 singers, accompanied by actors, street performers and special guests explore the life of Lola, taking bites of burlesque, cabaret and vaudeville, with stylistic nods to 1890s Paris, 1920s Germany, 1950s Vegas and a 21st century sense of delicious decadence.