Marawa gets us in a twirl with her spinning selection of cool combs, high heels, and catty costumes. Grrreat!
1. Shoes I love heels, and buy a new pair at any opportunity. This morning, I went grocery shopping, and came back with chick peas and a new pair of lilac heels that I picked up in Meath Street for just €15 -- I couldn't believe it! My favourite pair though were bought in London, and then painted and sprinkled with glitter. I like re-designing my heels around my personality.
2. Chanel No5 I always like to have a bottle of Chanel No5 with me wherever I go; this mini travel-size bottle is running a little low . . . I think I'm going to have to get a new one soon.
3. Treasure box Each one of the little things in this treasure box is important to me, be it the rock from Somalia, the lucky acorn, or the Insect Circus badge. The latter was a really amazing circus in Britain, where the insects were people in costume doing amazing tricks. I was a praying mantis keeper . . . it was a great show!
4. Hoola Hoops When I started college, I was originally studying for a degree in social sciences, but then I transferred to do a bachelor of circus arts, specialising in trapeze and hoola hoops. I've been hoola hooping ever since, and don't know how to live without them. They're great exercise, and really fun. I'm also quite interested in fashion, and so I colour co-ordinate my hoops with my costumes. How many hoops do I own? Oh, around 102 at this stage.
5. Leopard print jump suit I keep telling people that Blackpool is the best place in the world, but no one believes me until they see this costume which was made by a Blackpool drag queen . . . the city is a bit of a fashion capital. I love the place, and want to buy a house there, I'm obsessed!
6. Hair Wars book Hair Wars is a competition in America between different hair salons, which do the most insane hair styles you've ever seen. Some styles incorporate fish bowls, or George Foreman grills, then there's the outfits made out of hair. This book of photos from the competition really inspires me and gives me ideas for my own hair.
7. Roller skates My mam bought me my first pair of roller skates when I was two, and I still love skating today. Once you're not scared of falling over, it's a really nice feeling, like floating around on the ground.
8. iPhone The iPhone is the wonder device of the century. I can speak to people on it, email on it, check what time it is around the world on it -- so I don't wake my mam up when I phone her on tour -- and then there's all the other applications like Facebook and Twitter, which I use when I'm away to keep in touch with my friends and family.
9. Peppermint tea I'm a complete tea addict, and used to drink 15 cups of black tea a day. At the moment, I'm trying to get off the hard stuff, and after weeks of not liking peppermint tea, I've decided it doesn't taste too bad.
10. WAMP ring When we were all living in London, me and a little crew of friends all got matching gold rings made. WAMP is our initials -- Alice, Marawa, and Paulie. I'm not telling you want the W stands for, it's a secret!
Marawa performs her sexy roller skating, hoola hooping act at LA CLIQUE, which runs at ABSOLUT FRINGE until September 20 at 7pm and LA CLIQUE Up Late at 10pm on Friday and Saturday www.fringefest.com call 1850 374 643
- Suzanne Yarker, Irish Herald
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