The West End Electric — Attraction in Brisbane City

Late Night Vice… trashy, vulgar, and revolting! (Be sure to read to the end before purchasing a ticket😬)

Went with a girlfriend for a fun night out. The marketing suggests a classy night of seduction and adult themes. “Wear black tie”, “dress to impress”, “midnight glamour”, “glitz”, “cabaret”… and wording such as “premium” and “VIP”. The menu includes Caviar, Baked Camembert, Moët & Chandon and elegant sounding dishes consistent with the marketing. The show itself however… doesn’t match that vibe whatsoever! 😬🤦🏼‍♀️

The theatre itself is pretty neat. You enter an open room about 3 storeys in height with tiered seating and a bar at the back. Everything is black. A large Ferris Wheel rotates to the right of the room and there are a few merry go round horses up high. The theatre has lots of atmosphere and looks really cool. That part was a thumbs up.👍🏻

On arrival we were ushered to our seat and given a laminated “warning” card of rules and what to expect… such as nudity, sexual references, offensive language, performances that will shock, drug use, strobe lighting, smoke machines, audience participation so “suck it up”, don’t touch, no phones or cameras, etc etc. If you don’t agree or don’t like it, leave now. There will be no refunds. No probs.

The evening was divided into three Acts with two twenty minute intervals to replenish your food and drinks.🍸2 hours in total. The show actually starts at 10:30pm (not 9:45pm as advertised) and finishes at 12:30am.

When the show started the shock value hit from the very beginning. Each Act was a series of short performances… that got more and more shocking, crass and offensive as the night went on. I’m pretty open and liberal with the type of entertainment I enjoy. But this was totally unexpected, trashy and just completely tasteless and vulgar. As the night progresed the clapping and enthusiasm from the audience lessened and stopped, people covered their faces in shock, reactions of disgust and distaste became consistent, and people walked out.

Based on the marketing we expected high quality adult entertainment that was class and seduction… the likes of something out of Las Vegas that creates attraction and arousal. This, on the other hand, was just jaw droppingly gross and revolting… and left us completely turned off.

If you’re planning on taking a date… don’t. Not if you’re wanting another date. And definitely not if you’re hoping to seduce them at the end of the night. It’s sure to have the opposite effect.

As this is a Google review and due to the nature of the evening, I can’t mention all that happened, or my unfiltered thoughts about the quality of the performers, or performances. But let me just say that none of it was attractive or a turn on in any way to me or my friend… nor quite obviously to any of the audience around us. I doubt that anyone would want to go home and get intimate after that!

Unexpected is an understatement. Did we leave laughing? Yes. At the complete shock of what we’d just witnessed! 😅😂An experience that we will be talking about for a long time to come. Would we recommend? Absolutely not. Don’t waste your...

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