Leith Festival rolls out the red carpet for Deco Dance

The Miss Fitz-Postes are very much looking forward to our Leith Festival premiere tomorrow night. For our regulars, please remember that we have a slightly later time slot, 6-9pm. There have been some issues with online booking this month so we recommend those buying tickets on the door to arrive sharp!

Of course, it's also worth arriving promptly so you can brush up on your ballroom with Scotland's own Fred and Ginger, Gary and Susan of Fly Right Dance Company. It's the first time they have joined us as performers so we look forward to showing them what gorgeous audiences we have!

If you already thought our dancer in residence Gilda Lily was sexy, just wait til you see what she has in store for us this time round! All we can say is, the Queen Charlotte Rooms will be extremely steamy tomorrow night regardless of whether the sun is shining on Leith.

For our headline act, we are absolutely thrilled to welcome back cabaret star and all around heart-throb Chris JS Wilson in a cheeky, gender-bending solo striptease. Solo or as half of the Kitsch Kats, Chris is a Fitz-Poste favourite and we couldn't be more excited to put him onstage for your viewing pleasure.

Of course we will also feature vintage styling courtesy of Vanity Thrills Vintage Hair, riotous fun and games, lavish free raffle and a very special best-dressed contest (top hat, white tie and tails at the ready!), and the inimitable Miss Harlequin Kiss to keep proceedings running smoothly and control the papparazzi.

We look forward to welcoming you all to the glamourous surroundings of the Queen Charlotte Rooms for an evening of Deco Dance!

Blitz Ballroom Black Market

Remember that Blitz Ballroom is tomorrow! And when you are deciding what to bring to the bomb shelter, don't forget your purse. Because as usual we have a great range of crafters ready to show you that making do and mending can be the height of glamour.

Returning after an absence of several months is Modern Mixers favourite, FunkyFrilly who puts vintage china to excellent use in her bang up-to-date cake stands, candles, wine glasses and more.

We are also happy to welcome back Dolly Tartan, who will be joining forces with Queen Bea this month. In preparation for a website revamp, Queen Bea is having a massive stock clearance and has promised huge reductions on her less burlesque-y items including one of a kind handbags, brooches, necklets, hair clips and cocktail hats.

We are massively excited to bring you the creations of up and coming milliner Headonistic Hats. If you need us on Sunday, you will probably find us posing in front on a mirror in one of Miss Suzuki Sparks' fabulous creations!

We are also looking forward to perusing colourful and illustrative fashion accessories with a retro feel courtesy of Twiggd. Check out some photos of her lovely wooden designs below!

Some of you may have seen the rather fabulous Forties-themed window display in Oxfam's Royal Mile shop. For the first time ever, we will be hosting a stall of Oxfam vintage wear. These are some of the best quality items at prices beyond reasonable and all the money goes to one of our favourite charities! Go on, treat yourself - it's for a good cause!

And of course we also have our regular battery of beauticians, Vanity Thrills Vintage Hair and Ivory Lovelust Make-Up Artist, to provide you with the perfect 40s look, because beauty is your duty!

Advance tickets and group bookings are still available from our website until midnight tonight so don't be left out in the cold, order your ration book now!

MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!

We love any excuse to work with Agapanthus. We believe she is one of the most promising performers to emerge from the Scottish burlesque scene in recent years, and no one is better suited to two of our favourite themes - Blitz Ballroom and Hello to Berlin. What our audiences may not have realised is that when she is not dazzling audiences with her glorious curves and cheeky characters, Agapanthus is a WWII re-enactor. And it is thanks to Agapanthus and her lucky, lucky husband that we have a brand new, exclusive addition to this event.

Mr and Mrs Agapanthus have been beavering away all the past month to recreate a typical WWII scene - a life size diorama which will have its public debut at Blitz Ballroom this Sunday! Check out the photos for a taster and get yourself along at the weekend to explore it yourself. We can't wait!