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Carlotta

Carlotta

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The Queen of The Cross

The Australian legend, entertainer, cabaret performer and television celebrity. Often billed as “The Queen of The Cross”, she began her career as an original cast member and later Bardot-like star of the long-running male revue Les Girls (pronounced LAY-GIRLS) cabaret show, which started in 1963 in the purpose-built and Abe Saffron-owned Les Girls nightclub in the heydeys of Sydney’s Kings Cross.

Carlotta came out as a transgender woman and rose through the ranks of the show to eventually become the show’s compere and its star She was even one of the inspirations for the film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and featured in the Aussie soap opera Number 96 in 1973 and has been a part of Australian culture and famous for one of those rare talents where only one name is required. Expect a show-stopping and intimate performance