"Now Sydney's longest running club night, Hellfire is widely recognised as the epicentre of the Sydney fetish scene, providing a common ground for fetishists of all persuasions to come out and share their favourite flavour... you'll see sights that should stimulate even the most jaded of palates" - Sydney City Hub, April 2005

Its the night before Inquisition and The Hellfire Club provides the perfect warm-up, an opportunity to road-test outfits and meet some of the many fetish fans who hit Sydney for that one weekend in May.

We’ve got DJs running out of our ears and into yours for the occasion, with residents Mandy Rollins, Miss Yetti and Lanny K joined by DJ Jay upstairs and special guest Feisty downstairs, giving you more musical variety than ever before.

In the Show Dept:
At 1130pm we welcome the legendary DOLLFACE for their inaugural Hellfire performance.

DOLLFACE are Shana Quinn and Heather Cave. They have trained and worked with some of the country's most reputable contemporary choreographers: Bernadette Walong, Darren Green, Michael Whaites, Dean Walsh, Kate Champion, Kay Armstrong, Garry Lester and Lisa Ffrench.

In late 2003 they formed DOLLFACE, a project designed to explore unfamiliar territory and expose contemporary dance to new audiences.

DOLLFACE have performed at NeoTokyo, Hellrazor, Incognito, Infected Mushroom/GMS, and Deep as Funk. They appeared with Bleepin J. Squawkins at Circuits du Soleil (Clananalogue) and Killer(Fuzzy) and also featured in Bleepin J's music video, Minerva Moog.

What you see in a DOLLFACE performance is a preview of deeper, more complex dance works; it is tailored to appeal to people who have never been exposed to contemporary dance or physical theatre, with the aim of generating more interest in this field.

“The experiment is to take an alien artform and ram it down people's throats. So you've never heard of contemporary dance? Do you think that dance is about chucking the splits in shiny lycra? Fuck you! Dance is an artform that has the power to inspire, disturb, provoke and educate.” -
Shana Quinn

Then at 130am we'll head deep, deep down to the bottom of the ocean with the extreme body performer ZOO (as featured in the recent Sydney Morning Herald article on body modification) who's show will see her end up as a filleted mermaid... think "Splash" gone wrong!

Of course Ultra will be working on one or more of the Spankettes, the A-frame will be available for all to give it a workout and who knows what you'll see going one in one of the nooks and crannies of our fabulous new home.

For those that have never been, here's some background about the club:

The Hellfire Club: First Principles

The Hellfire Club is a fetish nightclub, where fetish enthusiasts come together once a month to dress up, dance, socialise, watch shows, listen to music and generally party hard.

It also serves as an ‘entry point’ to the fetish scene for those that discover that they too prefer to walk on the wild side, but have no idea where to start.

We take a broad view of fetish, beyond the traditions of leather, latex or PVC, into ‘dressing for pleasure’ in many forms. We actively encourage everyone to dress up for Hellfire. The variable door charge rewards those who have made the most effort in dressing to express their particular perversion.

It is a very mixed club. You’ll find varying proportions of people who identify as straight, bisexual, lesbian, gay, transgender, queer, intersex and some that defy even those labels. Which is just as well because we’re not too keen on labels anyway. Celebrating human sexuality in all its weird and wonderful diversity is what we’re all about, so as long as it doesn’t involve children, animals or the unwilling then hey, let’s party, whoever you are!

We’re also a club that celebrates physical diversity, with deliciously dirty deviants of all shapes and sizes dressed to thrill.

We welcome newcomers, remembering what it was like to be one ourselves.

We play safe in the knowledge that we respect each others limits and look out for each other.

But underlying all this, The Hellfire Club is a club built around the needs of women. We came to the conclusion (after years of getting it wrong!) that the key to making a mixed fetish club night work was in making women (straight/lesbian/bi whatever) feel comfortable, safe and uninhibited.

Able to walk around the club with their breasts out, unmolested and unremarked, if they feel like it. Able to be tied up to a rack, knowing that no unwelcome hands or comments or advances will intrude on their pleasure. Able to be in a space that, though sexually charged, is also completely safe, because for once the men know how to behave themselves!

So we ask a lot of all the people who come to The Hellfire Club; an open mind, a friendly smile and a strong sense of respect for each other. But we also need you to help us keep it special by telling us when things aren’t as they should be. If there is ever anything happening at the club that is bothering you or those around you, please do not hesitate to alert Master Tom, Ultra or the Door Bitch so that it may be addressed promptly. Lets keep it fun together.