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Tempest Devyne

Humankind cannot stand very much reality - T.S.Eliot

About Me

Tempest Devyne is the love child Vivien Leigh and Peter Cook never had. She aspires to be the reincarnation of Hedy Lamarr (all this and brains too). Passionate about personal freedom - for people to discover and be their 'real' selves.

By day she helps others organise their lives and achieve their full potential, by night she studies all things burlesque, present, past and future and ponders what she'll become if she ever finally grows up.

She is learning the ropes as a burlesque maid at Scarlet Fever's burlesque events in Stoke-on-Trent and Heather Sweet's Halloween Burlesque Ball with the hope of performing herself in the new year. Say hello if you spot her at events around the Midlands!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Too many people long gone, I was born too late - Hedy Lamarr, Nikola Tesla, Marilyn Monroe, Voltaire, Greta Garbo, Oscar Wilde, Dorothy Parker, Groucho Marx, Mae West and of course 'my parents'.

But if you're still alive and love burlesque, are proud to NOT be a normal, have a wicked sense of humour or love pretty things, retro, vintage glamour, tattoos etc. then you're welcome to the party too!

Music:

Very eclectic - but incl. Billie Holiday, Little Man Tate, Portishead, Deep Purple, Imelda May, The Stone Roses, Muse, Rasputina, Etta James, Scouting For Girls.

Movies:

Rebecca, Gone With The Wind, The Night of the Hunter, (the original) Cape Fear,(the original) Italian Job, The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity...and my guilty secret - The Adventures of Robin Hood in wonderfully over-saturated Technicolor.

Books:

Burlesque and the Art of Teese, Wuthering Heights, The Return of the Native, Shame, The Count of Monte Cristo, Gormengast, Pies and Prejudice, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit.

Heroes:

TempestDevoted, Emily Wilding Davison, Vaclav Havel, Harriet Tubman, Hattie Jacques, Stephen Fry, Josephine Baker, Spike Milligan, Tempest Storm, Wonder Woman, Winston Churchill, Valentina Tereshkova, Diana Dors and St. Wilgefortis....(this beautiful song about her is by Rebecca Clamp)

St. Wilgefortis

My Blog

Dr Sketchys meet at Floozie in the Jacuzzi

Dr Sketchy's meet at 'Floozie in the Jacuzzi' In the lead up there will be a Dr Sketchy's meet at 'Floozie in the Jacuzzi' Birmingham city centre on Saturday 25th October from 11am to 1 pm.All you fo...
Posted by Tempest Devyne on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:26:00 PST

Dr Sketchys Birmingham 15th November - get your tickets now, dont miss out!

Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School Birmingham presents&DR. DOODLE-A-LITTLE4-7pm - Saturday 15th November 2008The Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham, B1 1LT  (opposite the Mail Box ...
Posted by Tempest Devyne on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:10:00 PST

Kid in a sweet-ie shop

So, I'm putting together this burlesque routine, and it suddently hit me - glam rock!What could be camper, more dramatic, more fun to do than a glam rock burlesque performance? (Ok, don't all shout at...
Posted by Tempest Devyne on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:23:00 PST

The Magnificence of Pans People

I'm currently putting together a Glam Rock burlesque routine allowing me to wallow in nostalgia and feast on everything over-the-top and sparkly! There are many things I'd like to forget about the s...
Posted by Tempest Devyne on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:19:00 PST