MAJESTIQUE
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Secret Productions presents
Emma Cat
Burlesque aerialist✦Escapologist✦Illusionist✦Fire performer✦Vintage model
The UK's number one burlesque aerialist and an international phenomenon of the burlesque aerial scene. Aerial silks and straps with a burlesque soul: graceful, stylish and impossible to look away from.
Fire burlesque, LED hula hoop, immersive characters, the inverted Houdini straitjacket escape, which no other woman in the UK performs, and the Metamorphosis illusion with Lucius Grey, the only couple in the UK doing it. Based between London and Brighton, booked across the UK and around the world.
The UK's only
The upside down Houdini
The only woman in the UK escaping a straitjacket hung upside down, as performed for The Magic Circle's Houdini centenary.
Metamorphosis
With Lucius Grey, the only couple in the UK performing Houdini's trunk swap. Period, club or private party edition.
What Was I Made For?
The silks solo that made her name around the world. Delicate, glittering and impossible to look away from.
Who she is
Emma Cat is an international superstar of burlesque aerial, the act other aerialists study and promoters build their bills around. She is known for beauty over brute strength. Where most aerial acts sell athleticism, hers sells elegance: long lines, slow reveals and a captivating presence that holds a whole room.
Silks, straps, hoop and fire, all with a vintage glamour that comes from years in front of the camera as a vintage model. She is also a director of Secret Productions and part of the team behind Madam Lola's in Brighton, so she understands the whole night, not just her four minutes of it.
Seen at
Signature acts
Aerial silks · solo
What Was I Made For?
Her most famous act, and the one that made her name worldwide. Created for the Majestique show, this Billie Eilish silks solo has since toured the world and turned her into the headline of every bill she joins. Delicate, beautiful and completely captivating, it is one of the most requested acts we book.
Aerial straps and silks · duet
With Lucius Grey
Partners on stage and off. Duets that go from tender to fierce, set to Losing My Religion, I Put a Spell on You, Strong, Rebel Yell, Call Out My Name or Dirty Diana, or built to your brief for a corporate stage, gala or cabaret.
Escapology · The Magic Circle
The upside down Houdini
Strapped into a straitjacket, hung inverted, and out. Emma is the only woman in the UK performing Houdini's famous suspended straitjacket escape. She performed it for The Magic Circle to mark 100 years since Houdini's death, in a centenary show arranged by Paul Zenon. Book it two ways: the traditional version, played straight with full period showmanship, or the modern variation built for cabaret and club stages, with music, attitude and a lot more sex appeal.
Grand illusion · with Lucius Grey
Metamorphosis
The classic trunk illusion made famous by Houdini: one locked in, one on top, and in a flash they swap places. Emma and Lucius are the only couple in the UK performing it, and it can be staged 360 degrees, with the audience all around. Three versions: the 1900s original in full period style, a sexy modern club version, and a private party edition for fetish and adult events.
In the spotlight
The full repertoire
Burlesque
Classic vintage burlesque with real glamour, for cabaret stages, galas and private parties.
Fire burlesque
Burlesque with flame. Fire performance and fire burlesque for late night shows, festivals and statement moments.
LED hula hoop
Light up hoop routines that glow in the dark. Ideal for dance floors, launches and outdoor events after sunset.
Aerial straps
Solo or duet, with the same burlesque styling that runs through all her aerial work.
Immersive characters
Immersive theatre and walkabout characters that work the room, from receptions to fully themed nights.
Face and body paint
Body painting, face painting, glitter bars and festival glitter for performers, shoots and parties. Book it with balloons through Bright 'N' Balloons.
Booking Emma Cat
What does Emma Cat perform?
Emma Cat is a burlesque aerialist based between London and Brighton. She performs aerial silks, aerial straps, burlesque, fire burlesque and fire performance, LED hula hoop, immersive characters, the inverted Houdini straitjacket escape, and the Metamorphosis illusion with Lucius Grey.
What is Emma Cat's most famous act?
Her aerial silks solo to "What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish. It started at the Majestique show and has since made her an international name on the burlesque aerial scene. It is known for its delicate, beautiful style rather than pure athleticism.
Does Emma Cat perform a Houdini straitjacket escape?
Yes. She is the only woman in the UK performing the straitjacket escape while hung upside down. She performed it for The Magic Circle's Houdini centenary, arranged by Paul Zenon, and offers a traditional version and a modern variation designed for cabaret and club events.
Can we book the Houdini straitjacket escape in London?
Yes. Emma performs the upside down straitjacket escape at events, clubs and cabaret nights in London, Brighton and all along the South Coast, in the traditional style or the modern cabaret and club version. She is the only woman in the UK doing it.
Can we book the Metamorphosis illusion?
Yes. Emma Cat and Lucius Grey perform Metamorphosis, the quick change trunk illusion, and are the only couple in the UK doing it. Choose the 1900s original, a sexy modern club version, or a private party version for fetish and adult events. It can be performed 360 degrees with the audience all around.
Can Emma Cat perform aerial silks at our venue if there are no rigging points?
Yes. Secret Productions brings a freestanding aerial rig and handles the rigging, risk assessments and method statements for your venue.
Where does Emma Cat perform?
She is resident at Madam Lola's in Brighton and performs at private parties, corporate events, weddings, galas, clubs and cabaret across London, Brighton and the South Coast, including Worthing, Eastbourne, Hastings, Chichester, Portsmouth, Southampton and Bournemouth, as well as the rest of the UK and internationally.
Bookings
Book Emma Cat
Silks, burlesque, fire, Houdini or the full illusion with Lucius Grey. Tell us the date, the venue and the mood and we'll come back with a plan and a price.