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Shows / Performance / Art

More than anything else, TG has become world-renowned for its incredible and theatrical performances and fashion shows. As well as staging extreme artists that no one else would dare book, we encouraged and developed performance in burlesque, cabaret and circus when there was no other platform for artists in the 1990s. We discovered future big names when they were unknown; Dita Von Tease made her UK and European performance debut at TG in 1999, popstar Paloma Faith appeared as a surreal singing performance artist in her early days, and all the scene’s biggest names have performed over the years, including:

Fashion: Torture Garden Clothing, Pretty Pervy, E Garbs, DeMask, House of Harlot, Conflicto, Inner Sanctum, Murray and Vern, Manuel Albarran, So Hip It Hurts, HW-Design, Northbound Leather, Puimond, Bibian Blue, Katarzyna Konieczka and Eaton Knot, MEAT, Bondinage, Sian Hoffman, Dead Lotus Couture, Lady Lucie Latex, Ada Zanditon, Carapace, Kurage, AMF Korsets, Dayne Henderson and so many more

Music: The Tiger Lillies, Avenue D, Death in June, Genitorturers, Test Dept, Minty, Lab 4, Flesh Fetish, Von Magnet, Noblesse Oblige, Ernesto Tomasini, Urban Voodoo Machine, Brooke Candy, Ray Noir, Gobsausage and Viktoria Modesta.

Performance: Dita Von Tease, Paloma Faith, Fakir Musafar, Archaos, Ron Athey, Franko B, Divine David, Lukas Zpira, Midori, Kumi, Marissa Carnesky, Masuimi Max, Porcelain Twinz, Suka Off, Psycho Cyborgs, Ryan Styles, Scottee, Gawkagogo, Lucifire, Empress Stah, Chrysalis, Yusura, Hamish McCann, Miss Crash, Katrina Lilwall, Vivid Angel, Miss Miranda, Skinny Red Head, Roxy Velvet, Topanga Love, Boom Boom, ReveRso, Marie Devilreux, Banbury Cross, Monsterlune, Lolo Brow, Joe Black, Samantha Sun, Cynth Icorn, Andromeda Circus, The Fuel Girls, The Baron, Fancy Chance, Virgin X, Miss Behave, MisSa, LouLou D’vil, Marnie Scarlet, and Satomi.

Art Exhibition/Installations: Araki, Franko B, Trevor Brown, Romain Slocombe, Charles Gatewood and Espira.