15 Problems Only Burlesque Performers Will Understand

3. Winter

Whatever costumes malfunctions you suffered in the stifling sweat box of a month that was August are now long forgotten. Whilst standing in a changing room that is approximately -16 degrees in nothing but a Swarovski thong you would trade a thousand nip-slips to feel your toes, or indeed, nipples again. We've all, on more than one occasion, walked through the Stables market in Camden in 4 inch snow with nothing but a feather fan to cover our modesty. Do not tell us we don't suffer for our art.