A group of racy performers will strut their stuff in Dundee, performing a raunchy burlesque evening to raise funds for charity.
A total of 13 different performers are taking part in Burlesque Cares, the brainchild of two women, Vicky McLaughlin from Dundee and Leigh Nelson from Forfar.
The pair have already raised more than £2,200 for local charities at previous events and Vicky says she’s hoping they can reach £1,000 at Friday’s event in Non-Zero’s in Castle Street.
Vicky (27), a student at Dundee College, said: “Leigh is a tattoo artist, we’ve been pals since 2004 and we wanted to do something different for charity.
“Both of us have been involved in burlesque before so we decided to set up Burlesque Cares in 2011.
“The idea came about because I’d heard of a charity in Dundee, the Inclusion Group, which was in desperate need for a disabled car they were hoping to buy.
“We both worked with Club Wonka in Dundee, a small group in 2009/2010 and we knew quite a few people through that.
“We knew there was a demand for burlesque because most of those people had moved on and weren’t doing it any more, so we thought, ‘Let’s bring it back and do it from a charity point of view.’
“We wanted to help out some of the charities that are struggling, there are so many of them and our first show raised over £700 last year.
“Then in July we did another show for two charities, one for people suffering from MECT2 Duplication Syndrome because my cousin’s little boy suffers from that.
“He was also in SCBU when he was a born so we split the £1,500 between them. I’m hoping to raise about the £1,000 mark on Friday so we want as many people as possible to come along.
“We want people to get to know who Burlesque Cares are. It’s a different kind of night it’s adult entertainment for people of both genres and we’re doing it because we believe in helping the community.”
Vicky, whose burlesque name is Vodka Vond Roxx, and Leigh (Miss Gin Kiss) have chosen the Tort Centre at Ninewells Hospital as their fundraising charity for the event.
Doors open at 7.30pm and the event kicks off at 8.30pm.