Founder and Producer of Blue Lobster Burlesque, Kay Licious embodies glamorous ridiculousness and confident weirdness.

Kay has been performing since 2006, when she got her start with Pink Velvet Burlesque. She has performed at the Toronto Burlesque Festival, the Capital Burlesque Expo (Ottawa), and the Great Burlesque Expo (Boston, MA). Also at the Atlantic Sex Show, Hal-Con, the Moncton Tattoo Festival, and even in at the Bridgewater Exhibition!

Kay also teaches burlesque classes and workshops, and produces fabulous burlesque and variety shows.

Slinky Clare is a performer and instructor based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has a particular affinity to spookiness as well as a stellar resting bitch face and signature “slinky” style that is dripping with weird, dark and sexy. In addition to Burlesque, Slinky does belly dance, heels dance & fire and was one of the selected performers in the inaugural Atlantic Burlesque Festival in Halifax in May 2024. She is part of the Serpentine Studios Entertainment Agency and is an immensely proud cat mom.

Worker bee by day, and a bratty clown night based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Beef Pattie is a black mixed with black and a splash of sass performer who gives viewers an experience no one wants to miss but only a few can handle. What started as a way to connect with others, burlesque and draglesque has shifted to form of expression that allows them to connect and celebrate their body while moving through their emotions (both the good and bad).

​Elle Lixir (she/her) is an Asian-Canadian neo-burlesque artist hailing from Halifax, NS. With a solid foundation in pole dance and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, Elle has found a true sense of home in burlesque, where her artistic passions come together seamlessly. She became serious in burlesque in 2021 with Halifax’s Neo Novas Burlesque troupe, and she quickly made a name for herself, placing third in Imperial Burlesque Canada’s “I Did My Best From My Living Room” virtual category in 2022. By 2024, she was a finalist for the “Nerdlesque Nobility” title in the Silver Tusk Burlesque Awards.