First love
Sucre d’Orge first encountered cabaret on December 31, at the age of 7, behind a television screen: it was time for the Crazy Horse show, a midnight mass to which she remained faithful for many years.
10 years later, after taking ballet and musical comedy classes, she discovered Argentine tango and a new way of moving in heels.
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on stage
In 2009, she thumbs her nose at the gloom of the financial crisis by entering the first burlesque parties in Paris. One thing led to another, and she created her first acts at the China Club with Petite Cours des Astres, then joined the Miss Glitter Painkiller and Valentina del Pearls parties. She often performed at Raspoutine on Saturday evenings, was invited to the first Grand Bals de Versailles, and appeared at many private parties thanks to Marion Boucard and her events company Brand Contente (Canal+, Dior, …). She soon joined Valentina del Pearls’ Burlesque Klub troupe, with whom she performed numerous times at the Avignon Festival.
She also performs abroad, from Belgium to Australia, via Italy, Germany, Sweden, Norway, the United States, China…
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Only lutenists left alive
In 2017, she adopted a renaissance lute, and after some time spent learning, her colleague Kim Giani offered her the chance to play it on stage. After refusing, she embarked on the creation of a polished lute recital where laughter would make anyone forget and forgive any musical falseness. Apparently, it was a success. Encouraged by the public’s desire to desecrate ancient music even further, she took her lute out on the stages of the cabarets that invited her, and in 2023, at the Divine Comedy, she presented her one-lute show “Sucre d’Orge vous montre son luth” (Sucre d’Orge shows you her lute), under the watchful eye of Clara Brajtman.
Cabarets particularly fond of her misbehavior include Cabaret Mademoiselle (Brussels), La Barbichette (ex Cabaret Le Secret de Monsieur K, Paris) and Martin Dust’s Cabaret de Poussière (Paris).
Sing, sang, sung
Sucre d’Orge sometimes puts down her lute to sing her favorite repertoire: interwar jazz. For over a year, she sang every week at the Victoria (Paris 8th) for the Velvet Dinner Party, and hosted New Year’s Eve parties at the Maison du Caviar (Paris 8th) and the Deauville (…in Deauville) for the Beaumarly group. She also sings on the pre-show of Valentina Del Pearls’ Cabaret Canaille at the Théâtre Michel every Sunday evening.
She also fills in for Cléo Sénia in her Soeurs Papilles duet, when the latter is on tour, for the conference-shows at Les Belles Poules (rue Blondel, Paris).
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Off stage
Sucre d’Orge photographs backstage at cabarets where she performs under the name Marine Orlova, to see her photos click here.
She also paints frivolous watercolors under the name L’Amante à l’eau, here.
Finally, she never tires of learning Mandarin, always ready to revise her characters, on a train, between two shows or at night on her pillow, convinced that one day it will come in handy.
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