Natasha Riot is the host of Burlynomicon at the Lovecraft Bar in Portland, OR. We talk burlesque, dance, drag, boylesque and performance art, fire play, and dancing as CARL and MASTER SHAKE from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Nicholas Tanek sits down and has a video chat with her.
Burlynomicon is a dark and decadent burlesque revue that happens every second Tuesday at the world-famous Lovecraft Bar in Portland, OR.
Started 8 years ago by the Mad Marquis, Burlynomicon highlights the dark and sexy with the best performers from Portland and beyond. You’ll see burlesque, dance, drag, boylesque and performance art, hosted by Natasha Riot, in the beautifully dreary and mythos inspired environ of the Lovecraft Bar. Every month hosts a different lineup of amazing local talent and mind-blowing traveling performers.
Internationally touring showgirl who calls Portland home, Natasha Riot is a multi-disciplined and award-winning performer. She is the producer of Burlynomicon, a darkly decadent burlesque and variety show running every 2nd Tuesday at the Lovecraft Bar in Portland, as well as producing the campiest series of summer variety shows that the PNW has ever witnessed, aptly named Summer Camp, also at the Lovecraft Bar. Her past life(s) included touring as a featured performer and crew member with the band, Beats Antique, being stage manager and performer with the Hubba Hubba Revue (SF), touring around the world performing and teaching burlesque and Bellydance, and living off the land in a remote village while running a dance school in a neighboring town. She could teach you about the engine of your old Toyota pickup while listening to Dokken and subsequently suggesting how you might move your body…and perhaps your mind…more effortlessly through life.
She’s also the 2017 Queen of the Roses and the 2016 winner of the Keepin it Weird award as dubbed by the Oregon Burlesque Festival, as well as being the runner up in both the 2018 Shimmy Showdown (St. Louis) and the 2017 Miss Exotic Oregon competitions.
Sign of the Beast Burlesque presents night two of Metalesque Fest at Dante’s in Portland on Oct. 4, 2019. (photo by Casey Campbell Photography)
Sign of the Beast Burlesque presents night two of Metalesque Fest at Dante’s in Portland on Oct. 4, 2019. (photo by Casey Campbell Photography)
