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Christa was born and raised in Sydney Australia. In her early teens she discovered her father's (boogie woogie pianist Dick Hughes) record collection and started singing the blues. Her ever-supportive Dad gave her her first gig when she was 15. Eventually they had a Sunday night residencey at the Shakespeare's Hotel which ran for 2 years. They still occasionally play together but more of that later... When Christa turned 21 she left Australia to spend a few months in New York. Over the next 5 years she sang in some down-town bars in Manhattan, became a regular performer in London's cabaret rooms, sang and gargled in Paris - hence Jean-Paul Gaultier dubbing her the "Diva of Deepthroat ze Goddess of Gargle", played herself in a Hong Kong film, won "Best comedy/drama" award at New York's Fringe Festival for show MONGREL, and made totally irrelevent history at Cannes Film Festival by being the first person to perform in the theatre (her adaptation of My Favourite Things) at the premiere of the H.K. film "Away with Words" which led to her being invited back to a Paris Salon to perform at an intimate gathering for birthday boy Rupert Everett, a closet Sound of Music fan. Christa returned to Australia and started singing with, and cartwheeling for, Sydney band Machine Gun Fellatio. After 3 albums, numerous Australian tours, an overseas stint (UK,NY,LA, the band had a thing for initials hence her stage name K.K. Juggy - that's K for knickers and K for knockers) and a ban from performing at a couple of universities (once again that's K for knickers and K for knockers) the band, you guessed it, broke up. In between tours with MGF Christa kept up her cabaret shows. These included Beer Drinking Woman and later she was commissioned to write and perform Sleepless Beauty for the Studio, Sydney Opera House and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. She has also been working regulary with midi accordionist Svetlana Bunic.Together they are the Vaudevillains. Their shows have been performed in Shanghai, Hong Kong, The Phillipines and Vietnam. Last year they performed their show TEMPTATION at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival (July 2005) to great reviews. Christa and Svetlana then joined forces with Imogen Kelly, Judith Lanigan and Lola the Vamp to create and perform Go-Go Burlesco. After a Sydney season they were invited to the Edinburgh Festival to perform the at the Assembly Rooms. They got five 4 star reviews and plenty of stage door Johnnies. Christa went back to Sydney to host 34B Burlesque, a weekly burlesque chow. Christa and Svetlana are now both performing in Circus Oz. |
