that fuses the elements of burlesque tease with circus skills, showgirl spectacle and vaudeville ingenuity.
An award-winning performer, she is recognized not only for her talents with a hula hoop,
but also for her whimsical act concepts, opulent costumes and innovative props.
and can easily be tempted to haul her hoops to cities far and wide.
"Lula gets two snaps from me for using her hoop to tell a compelling story. So genius!!"
-Burlesque Innovation Guild: Summer Highlights 2011
Trixie Little, 7.26.2011
"A highly amusing act was performed by award-winning Lula Houp-Garou, who exhibited the vaudeville spectacle most prominently with props, costume, stage set, storyline and striptease choreography."
-Dallas Burlesque Festival 2012 Review
Susan Friedman, 2.18.2010
"One of my favorite acts of the weekend was Lula Hoop Garou and her tribute to Hitchcock's The Birds,
which won the Best Novelty/Vaudeville prize.
Ive seen burlesque hula hooping before
but Lula was quite ingenious in her interpretation
of the classic 60s movie. "
-Better Living through Burlesque: Texas Burlesque Festival 2011
Paul O'Conell, Burlesque Seattle Press, 4.30.2011
"Headliner Lula Houp-Garou...works wondrous tricks with hoops..."
-Old-school vaudeville finds its way to Wilmette
Chicago Tribune, 8.19.2011
"Chicago favorite, Lula Houp-Garou...performed magnificently with several hoops in various acts, including one that appeared to be a giant cherry pie. Lula, known for her hooptease performances,
did not disappoint with her shimmy and shake."
-Pretty Things Peepshow Comes to Chicago!
Rooster Q. Redghost, Paper Doll Pin Ups Reviews, 2.28.2011
"You're very fancy!"
-Amelia, 5 year old audience member of Vaudeville at the 'Mette
"Her first brothel was shelved with porcelain plates and filled with rocking horses; Lula is a mechanical doll with sugary glass eyes, angel hair and the most beautiful bare arms and perfect smile. If you touch her, expect to disintegrate like a cobweb. Rivers sing her name as if they were filled with the heads of poets. Yes, this is how the devils were made, we think. Wise and winged with love, they roamed earth as nomad healers luring away the hate, the burn, the poison plagues and trapped them in dreams. Spinning dreams. Lula spins your worries into fire or into white hot lights. You may sink into them with her. She is Chicago Poetry Brothel’s dearest fairy and presides over our paradise."
-Madame Black-Eyed Susan, Chicago Poetry Brothel
