Cabaret artist and stand-up comic aren’t typical occupations for residents in conservative Balwyn North. Then again, Gypsy Wood and Asher Treleaven are anything but typical. What drew the sartorially splendid married couple to this leafy Melbourne suburb in the first place was a charming three-bedroom home built in the ’50s, now complete with plastic pink flamingos and Tupperware.
Gypsy is a formally trained dancer who studied at the Victorian College of the Arts and, while on a scholarship, “just fell into burlesque in Paris” (yes, she’s met Dita Von Teese). Before a career in comedy, Asher trained at the National Institute of Circus Arts and worked as a street performer. Theirs is an enviable story of travel, sequins and parties and they have deservedly achieved recognition as world-class performers.
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