# Event Details - **Event Name**: "How to Emcee a Burlesque Show" - Hosting Workshop - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm – Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 04:30 pm - **Event Description**: Cabaret hosting workshop from the legendary neo-burlesque pioneer, Miss Astrid!About this EventHow to emcee a burlesque showHot tips of the trade from legendary burlesque emcee Miss Astrid aka Kate Valentine.Learn the dos and don’ts of emceeing from the Queen Bitch of emcees Miss Astrid! This class will discuss your relationship to the audience, your fellow performers, and yes, even your crew and venue. Kate Valentine a.k.a. Miss Astrid has been there, done that. Allow her to use her expertise to help you to take your hosting to the next level. The tips from this class are applicable in other fields such as acting, teaching, and public speaking.“Enough attitude to sink the Bismarck", San Jose Mercury NewsKate Valentine (aka Miss Astrid) is a performer writer and director. She has emceed over 1,000 burlesque shows as the ridiculously deadpan Austrian character Miss Astrid since 1997. Member of the seminal burlesque troupe The Velvet Hammer and creator, producer, director and emcee of the national vaudeville review The Va Va Voom Room. The Va Va Voom Room has been reviewed and praised in such prestigious periodicals as Time Magazine, New York Times, LA Times as well as heard on NPR All Things Considered and BBC Radio and considered the gold standard of curated neo-burlesque shows. Shows have been performed across the United States and Europe. Voted “Best Burlesque Show in NYC” by New York Magazine as well as being the first and only show to run weekly bicoastal productions. Miss Astrid has performed to legendary acclaim all over the world, notably emceeing the first decade of The New York Burlesque Festival and the annual Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas from 2006-2011.Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLDzAiyjh4Y https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/48e7be70-951e-11f0-bd3d-c172f57c4c49-rimg-w906-h740-dc1a1412-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/chicago/how-to-emcee-a-burlesque-show-hosting-workshop/100001681363205609 - **Event Categories**: Workshops, Art, Entertainment, performances, Festivals, Theatre, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 23.18, max: 23.18, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Chicago - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: The Newport Theater - **lat**: 41.9445539 - **long**: -87.65390359999998 - **full address**: The Newport Theater, 956 West Newport Avenue, Chicago, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: "How to Emcee a Burlesque Show" - Hosting Workshop - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/4a1ba8ceeaf548eebead31a6c301eef58abbcddd15aaf165c49662d60815a4f1-rimg-w1200-h597-dc771f17-gmir.jpg?v=1758261794 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is "How to Emcee a Burlesque Show" - Hosting Workshop being held? - **A:** "How to Emcee a Burlesque Show" - Hosting Workshop takes place on Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm to Sat, 04 Oct, 2025 at 04:30 pm at The Newport Theater, 956 West Newport Avenue, Chicago, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing "How to Emcee a Burlesque Show" - Hosting Workshop? - **A:** "How to Emcee a Burlesque Show" - Hosting Workshop is organized by The Newport Theater. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": ""How to Emcee a Burlesque Show" - Hosting Workshop", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/4a1ba8ceeaf548eebead31a6c301eef58abbcddd15aaf165c49662d60815a4f1-rimg-w1200-h597-dc771f17-gmir.jpg?v=1758261794", "startDate": "2025-10-04", "endDate": "2025-10-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/how-to-emcee-a-burlesque-show-hosting-workshop/100001681363205609", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "The Newport Theater", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "956 West Newport Avenue", "postalCode": "60657", "addressLocality": "Chicago", "addressRegion": "IL", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "41.9445539", "longitude": "-87.65390359999998" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Cabaret hosting workshop from the legendary neo-burlesque pioneer, Miss Astrid!", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-31", "availabilityEnds": "2025-10-04", "validFrom": "2026-08-31", "lowPrice": "23.18", "highPrice": "23.18", "price": "23.18", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/how-to-emcee-a-burlesque-show-hosting-workshop/100001681363205609" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-08-31", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-08-31", "url": "https://allevents.in/chicago/how-to-emcee-a-burlesque-show-hosting-workshop/100001681363205609", "price": "23.18", "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The Newport Theater", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-newport-theater/18304364", "description": "The Newport Theater is a 125-seat independent theater located in the heart of the Wrigleyville neighborhood in Chicago, IL. 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