Deliciously sweet and always a treat - Turkish Delight is the one and only multi award-winning Turkish queen of burlesque. As the top 5 burlesque performer in the UK and top 40 worldwide, reigning Miss Alternative Wilderness, 2023 Legend in the Making winner (Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival), the burlesque headliner of South-West Asian queer collective Harem of No One, and co-producer of Cabaret Identitease, she delights audiences across the globe. She is currently touring the UK in the brand new Forbidden Nights show "Tease Live". With her signature Turkish belly-dance, ballet, and classic burlesque fusion style and 20+ years of experience in dance performance and choreography, she is guaranteed to make you feel like a sultan! She is a member of Equity, has Public Liability Insurance, and is a certified dance instructor. Turkish Delight is also known as Turkish D'Light.
Testimonials & Press
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"Turkish Delight was amazing. Best night ever!" - Russell T Davies (Dr. Who)
"Loved the feather fan dance" - Katy Manning (Dr. Who) "The best burlesque I've EVER seen! Hands down" - Styled by Ems "Queen of the red feather fan dance" - Frankly My Dear Lingerie "Bone fide burlesque royalty" - Cabaretvscancer "Addicting to watch" - Velvele.net "Titillated with a twist on classic burlesque and belly dance" - To Do List London "Best dressed" - Time Out London (Mighty Hoopla 2024) "Utterly captivated by her winning performance at Legend in the Making (Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival)" - Lily La Fox "Gorgeously poised" - The Fighting Cocks "Stunning" - Odelia Opium "Breathtaking lady" - Chrys Columbine 21st Century Burlesque -Burlesque Top 50 2024 Frankly My Dear Lingerie Interview London To Do List 5 star review Lily La Fox review House of Endo Newsletter review |
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Awards
Burlesque Top 5 UK - 21st Century Burlesque Magazine
Burlesque Top 40 Worldwide - 21st Century Burlesque Magazine
Miss Alternative Wilderness 2024
Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival Legend in the Making - 2023 WINNER
World Dance Olympiad (Moscow, Russia) - 2010 1st Runner up
Infinitease 8 - Winner (December)
Limelight 6 - Winner (December)
Infinitease 8 - Runner-up (March)
Limelight 6 - Runner up (February)
Burlesque Top 40 Worldwide - 21st Century Burlesque Magazine
Miss Alternative Wilderness 2024
Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival Legend in the Making - 2023 WINNER
World Dance Olympiad (Moscow, Russia) - 2010 1st Runner up
Infinitease 8 - Winner (December)
Limelight 6 - Winner (December)
Infinitease 8 - Runner-up (March)
Limelight 6 - Runner up (February)
Recent Credits and Audience Members
Russell T Davies (Dr Who)
Katy Manning (Dr Who)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones)
Camille Coduri (Dr Who)
Pete McTighe (Dr Who)
Juno Dawson (Dr Who)
Sadie Miller (Dr Who)
The Adelphi Theatre
Clapham Grand
World Dance Olympiad 2010
Duke of York Theatre
The Courtesan
Albert’s Schloss London
Albert’s Schloss Birmingham
Albert’s Schloss Liverpool
Albert’s Schloss Manchester
Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival
Tease Live - Forbidden Nights
Phoenix Arts Club
Gallifrey Cabaret
Savoy Theatre
An Evening of Burlesque
Søstrene Grene
Ishtar London
Trapeze Bar
Burlesque by the Sea
Staggeringly Good Brewery
Ishtar Lounge
Bright Blue Day Ltd
Smyrna Projects Ltd
The Anchor & Hope Salisbury
Club Heat Coventry
Tamworth Assembly Halls
Soho School of Burlesque
Studio West End
Circa Soho
Berlin Nights
Harem of No One
The Divine
The Glory
Cabaret Identitease
The Glitch
The A Show
Baps and Buns
Rise at Bluebird York
House of Trixie Blue
Prohibition Bar
Perle Rare
Mrs Riot Covent Garden
Paper Dress Vintage
Lucky 7 Club
The Burlesque Masquarade Ball
Palace Theatre
Kinky and Queer
D’Lecter Cabaret
Sub89 Reading
Purple Turtle Reading
Battersea Barge
Toulouse Lautrec
Burlesque Bottomless Brunch
Karma Cabaret
The Plough Shiplake
Karma Sanctum Soho
Eastleigh Football Club
Beauvoir Arms
Bodega Negra
Cazeleon’s Cabaret Cave
Portsmouth Tattoo Fest
Ooh La La Burlesque and Cabaret
George IV Chiswick
Cabaret Juice
The Glimour Lounge
The Maltings Ely
Essex Burlesque by Ginger
Players Lounge Essex
The Body Show
Battersea Arts Centre
Burlesque Idol
The Hippodrome Casino
Lola’s Casino
Basingstoke Pride
Kenton Theatre Henley
Pavilion Theatre Weymouth
The Late Night Assembly
Proteus Creation Space
Seated Burlesque
Wilderness Festival
Miss Alternative Wilderness
Danceworks
Denville Hall
The Fallen Angel
Cream Tease of Oxford
Halifax Playhouse
Camberley Theatre
Assembly Hall Worthing
Garrick Theatre Lichfield
Babbacombe Theatre Torquay
Beccles Public Hall
Corn Exchange Stamford
Poole Lighthouse
Palace Theatre Mansfield
Forum theatre Billingham
St. George’s Theatre Yarmouth
Civic Hall Bedworth
Blackfriars Art Centre Boston
Corn Hall Diss
South Hill Arts Centre Bracknell
Queens Hall Narberth
Corn Exchange Newbury
House of Naked
Naked Presents
House of Sublime
Unicorn Theatre
For Your Pies Only
Glitterntitter
The Albany
The Two Brewers
Guildford Fringe Festival
The Stoke
Lokkum London
Wimbledon Tennis Party
Efes Premium
Lady Wimbledon
London Studio Centre
The Peacock Lounge
The Y Theatre
House of India Starr
Jinn Legion’s Burlesque Speakeasy
Macclesfield Pride
The Cave Macclesfield
Pride in Property
Neon Piccadilly
Salesforce Ben
The House of Cloud
Village Underground
Love2sketch
Cockta-doodle-doo: Silly sketching, games and cocktails!
The Selkirk
Might Hoopla
Bella Whispers Cabaret
Leakeys
The Courtyard Theatre
ABC Cabaret Collective
ICC Wales
Entertainers UK
Sostrene Greene
Rosetta’s Variety
House of Burlesque
Todmorden Hippodrome
Legend in the Making
Cabaret Against the Machine
Vulvaplicity
The Vagina Museum
The Free Range
Prima Dona Cabaret
The Dona Bar
Theatre of Deli
Pride for Cyprus
Jamboree
Fabwick
Bethnal Green Working Man’s Club
Velvele.net
93 Feet East
Topkapi London
Mia Lounge
Matchstick Piehouse
Riposte
Elektrowerkz
Cabaret vs. Cancer
Babylon Burlesque
Big Band Burlesque
Louche Soho
101 Damn Asians
Avatar the Last Hairbender
Chichester Cabaret Club
King’s Head Theatre
Blues and Burlesque
Shreksical Cabaret
The Nigella Xmas Brunch
Bellmaker Queers
100 Watt Club
Brasserie Zedel
Crazy Coqs
Black Cat Cabaret (SM)
Oaklands Pavillion
Chichester Rugby Club
CLF Art Lounge
Cocktails and Conversation
Dartmouth House
Infinitease
Limelight
The Gunnersbury
Rosemary Branch Theatre
The Ned
Burlesque ‘N’ Roll
Dr. Strongarm's Misharmonious Orchestra
The Fiddler's Elbow
Gin House Burlesque as Gin House Dame
The Kings Head
Weird and Queer
Fontaine’s
Zer Middle East Kitchen
Loop Bar
Cabaret Sauvignon
The Haram Show
7 Deadly Sins
The Showgirl Conference
C.R.A.B.S.
Bar Wotever
Qwere
Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Rock With The Foxes
The Anchor and Hope
…and more
Katy Manning (Dr Who)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones)
Camille Coduri (Dr Who)
Pete McTighe (Dr Who)
Juno Dawson (Dr Who)
Sadie Miller (Dr Who)
The Adelphi Theatre
Clapham Grand
World Dance Olympiad 2010
Duke of York Theatre
The Courtesan
Albert’s Schloss London
Albert’s Schloss Birmingham
Albert’s Schloss Liverpool
Albert’s Schloss Manchester
Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival
Tease Live - Forbidden Nights
Phoenix Arts Club
Gallifrey Cabaret
Savoy Theatre
An Evening of Burlesque
Søstrene Grene
Ishtar London
Trapeze Bar
Burlesque by the Sea
Staggeringly Good Brewery
Ishtar Lounge
Bright Blue Day Ltd
Smyrna Projects Ltd
The Anchor & Hope Salisbury
Club Heat Coventry
Tamworth Assembly Halls
Soho School of Burlesque
Studio West End
Circa Soho
Berlin Nights
Harem of No One
The Divine
The Glory
Cabaret Identitease
The Glitch
The A Show
Baps and Buns
Rise at Bluebird York
House of Trixie Blue
Prohibition Bar
Perle Rare
Mrs Riot Covent Garden
Paper Dress Vintage
Lucky 7 Club
The Burlesque Masquarade Ball
Palace Theatre
Kinky and Queer
D’Lecter Cabaret
Sub89 Reading
Purple Turtle Reading
Battersea Barge
Toulouse Lautrec
Burlesque Bottomless Brunch
Karma Cabaret
The Plough Shiplake
Karma Sanctum Soho
Eastleigh Football Club
Beauvoir Arms
Bodega Negra
Cazeleon’s Cabaret Cave
Portsmouth Tattoo Fest
Ooh La La Burlesque and Cabaret
George IV Chiswick
Cabaret Juice
The Glimour Lounge
The Maltings Ely
Essex Burlesque by Ginger
Players Lounge Essex
The Body Show
Battersea Arts Centre
Burlesque Idol
The Hippodrome Casino
Lola’s Casino
Basingstoke Pride
Kenton Theatre Henley
Pavilion Theatre Weymouth
The Late Night Assembly
Proteus Creation Space
Seated Burlesque
Wilderness Festival
Miss Alternative Wilderness
Danceworks
Denville Hall
The Fallen Angel
Cream Tease of Oxford
Halifax Playhouse
Camberley Theatre
Assembly Hall Worthing
Garrick Theatre Lichfield
Babbacombe Theatre Torquay
Beccles Public Hall
Corn Exchange Stamford
Poole Lighthouse
Palace Theatre Mansfield
Forum theatre Billingham
St. George’s Theatre Yarmouth
Civic Hall Bedworth
Blackfriars Art Centre Boston
Corn Hall Diss
South Hill Arts Centre Bracknell
Queens Hall Narberth
Corn Exchange Newbury
House of Naked
Naked Presents
House of Sublime
Unicorn Theatre
For Your Pies Only
Glitterntitter
The Albany
The Two Brewers
Guildford Fringe Festival
The Stoke
Lokkum London
Wimbledon Tennis Party
Efes Premium
Lady Wimbledon
London Studio Centre
The Peacock Lounge
The Y Theatre
House of India Starr
Jinn Legion’s Burlesque Speakeasy
Macclesfield Pride
The Cave Macclesfield
Pride in Property
Neon Piccadilly
Salesforce Ben
The House of Cloud
Village Underground
Love2sketch
Cockta-doodle-doo: Silly sketching, games and cocktails!
The Selkirk
Might Hoopla
Bella Whispers Cabaret
Leakeys
The Courtyard Theatre
ABC Cabaret Collective
ICC Wales
Entertainers UK
Sostrene Greene
Rosetta’s Variety
House of Burlesque
Todmorden Hippodrome
Legend in the Making
Cabaret Against the Machine
Vulvaplicity
The Vagina Museum
The Free Range
Prima Dona Cabaret
The Dona Bar
Theatre of Deli
Pride for Cyprus
Jamboree
Fabwick
Bethnal Green Working Man’s Club
Velvele.net
93 Feet East
Topkapi London
Mia Lounge
Matchstick Piehouse
Riposte
Elektrowerkz
Cabaret vs. Cancer
Babylon Burlesque
Big Band Burlesque
Louche Soho
101 Damn Asians
Avatar the Last Hairbender
Chichester Cabaret Club
King’s Head Theatre
Blues and Burlesque
Shreksical Cabaret
The Nigella Xmas Brunch
Bellmaker Queers
100 Watt Club
Brasserie Zedel
Crazy Coqs
Black Cat Cabaret (SM)
Oaklands Pavillion
Chichester Rugby Club
CLF Art Lounge
Cocktails and Conversation
Dartmouth House
Infinitease
Limelight
The Gunnersbury
Rosemary Branch Theatre
The Ned
Burlesque ‘N’ Roll
Dr. Strongarm's Misharmonious Orchestra
The Fiddler's Elbow
Gin House Burlesque as Gin House Dame
The Kings Head
Weird and Queer
Fontaine’s
Zer Middle East Kitchen
Loop Bar
Cabaret Sauvignon
The Haram Show
7 Deadly Sins
The Showgirl Conference
C.R.A.B.S.
Bar Wotever
Qwere
Royal Vauxhall Tavern
Rock With The Foxes
The Anchor and Hope
…and more
