Zilly Lilly

CREATIVE DIRECTOR & OPERATIONS MANAGER; BOARD TREASURER

Zilly Lilly is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on blending performance and creative arts techniques. Majoring in Dance she graduated from the Claude Watson School for the Arts and then attended Concordia University to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Contemporary Dance. Through her education she developed skills in different disciplines and practices adjacent to performance.

With a strong background in dance and choreography, Zilly Lilly was set on creating a different path forward, one that would allow all of her techniques to be utilized. Through burlesque her costume design, special effects makeup, wig sculpting, audio mixing, video editing and prop building were showcased in a way that created a distinctive burlesque style.

She has attended and been invited to showcases and festivals from Yellowknife to New Orleans. To name a few, Zilly Lilly performed at the first ever Nerdlesque Festival in New York City, The Bagel Burlesque Festival in Montreal, Alternatease in Boston and performed at the ‘Movers and Shakers’ showcase at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.

Zilly Lilly is the Creative Director and Co-Producer of PeepshowTO, Toronto's longest and largest Nerdlesque show. PeepshowTO boats frequently sold out shows based on parodies of different pop culture genres. With a mission to create space for performers to develop diverse acts that are often based on comedy. PeepshowTO is a wildly hilarious and entertaining show that has frequented the Toronto performance space for over 10 years.