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**The House of Burlesquine Returns With a Drag Devil and the Music of Led Zeppelin**
If you thought the spirit of rock and rebellion had been neatly tucked away into the nostalgia of vinyl records and leather jackets, think again. The House of Burlesquine, long celebrated for its dazzling blend of high-camp cabaret, avant-garde performance art, and unapologetic queerness, has returned—louder, bolder, and sexier than ever. Their newest show, *Drag Me to Zeppelin*, sets fire to tradition and raises the stakes with a fierce Drag Devil and the unmistakable roar of Led Zeppelin’s iconic sound.
The venue itself feels like a descent into an otherworldly speakeasy—a sultry, smoke-filled cathedral to the absurd, lit with crimson lights and heavy with anticipation. When the curtain rises, it’s not just a performance. It’s an invocation. The opening act features the enigmatic and commanding Drag Devil, played by the fearless and fabulous Damian Hex. Clad in blood-red vinyl, ten-inch heels, and horns that shimmer with Swarovski crystals, Hex storms the stage to the opening riff of “Immigrant Song.” It’s not a lip-sync. It’s a possession.
But don’t let the devilry fool you. This isn’t chaos for chaos’ sake. The House of Burlesquine has always thrived on contradiction—sin and glamour, grit and glitter, masculine energy warped through a lens of sequins and smoke. Throughout the evening, Zeppelin’s music becomes a character in itself. “Kashmir” underpins a seductive aerial act that looks like bondage ballet suspended in space. “Whole Lotta Love” is transformed into a grinding, gender-bending strip tease that would make both Jimmy Page and Aphrodite blush.
The show doesn’t shy away from theatrical storytelling either. Between the numbers, vignettes unfold—a Faustian tale of a drag queen who sells her soul for rock ‘n’ roll immortality. Along the way, the audience is treated to visions of disco angels, leather-winged temptresses, and androgynous oracles who read fortunes in eyeliner. It’s burlesque, it’s drag, it’s theater, and it’s unholy communion.
What makes *Drag Me to Zeppelin* especially potent is how it fuses the raw energy of classic rock with the radical expression of queer performance. It’s a mash-up that shouldn’t work—and yet, it’s electric. Every note, every gesture is a reclamation: of space, of sexuality, of stories long excluded from the mainstream spotlight. The House of Burlesquine doesn’t imitate rock legends; it reimagines them through a queer kaleidoscope, where gender bends, glam reigns, and every song is a battle cry.
By the time the cast takes their final bow to the slow burn of “Stairway to Heaven,” the audience is on its feet—cheering, sweating, transformed. It’s more than just a show. It’s ritual, rebellion, and release wrapped in feathers and fire.
With this triumphant return, The House of Burlesquine doesn’t just bring Led Zeppelin back to life. It resurrects the very spirit of rock: dangerous, divine, and defiantly alive.
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