London Burlesque Festival producer Chaz Royal has announced that the four year old event will be this year extended to a week, and suitably renamed the London Burlesque Week. It will take place from 20 – 25 April, and will feature more than a hundred performers, including the likes of Dusty Limits, Ivy Paige and Little Beau Peep.

Chaz Royal says this: "The London audience is a mix of regular cabaret enthusiasts and curious newcomers, who appreciate the finest in burlesque performers as well as sheer glamour and tastefully risque entertainment. We help develop the most talented new and established performers, right through from the avant garde to erotic, sexy circus artists, exposing them to an international stage and the acclaim of diverse audiences".