The Bedlam All Girl Pillow Fight Revue

W & C | January 19, 2012 - 10:41 am

 

Last March the Pillow Fight League went on indefinite hiatus, depriving Toronto of a reliable source of professional pillow fighting mayhem. Luckily, a new organization soon popped up to fill the void – The Bedlam All Girl Pillow Fight Revue. Their second event ever was held at Lee’s Palace just this past Saturday and I checked it out with some friends.

 

There is definitely a bit of continuity from the PFL as one of the nights two hosts, Crystal Clear, used to be a championship fighter in the league under the name Charley Davidson. One of the referees also seemed to have come over from the PFL. But Bedlam was not just some clone with a new name and color scheme.

 

With Bedlam there is definitely more variety and an atmosphere that leans further towards a party than a sporting event. Other than the fights there was stand-up comedy, a raffle draw, burlesque performances and a magic act by Toronto standby, Mysterion. The first fifty people at the door even got loot bags with buttons, stickers, candy and little toy dinosaurs!

 

Bedlam All Girl Pillow Fight Revue

 

Compared to that other league, Bedlam fighters have much more specific looks.  Each one has a clearly defined theme and costume with an appropriate name, such as Lynntendo the gamer geek or the pastry-themed Cookie Crumble. My favorite was easily El Capitán the pirate, who clearly had a lot of fun pulling some clever rolling techniques to evade and confuse her opponents.

 

There were some rough edges in the event, but those can easily be forgiven not only because of how new Bedlam is but because they seem to be trying really hard to experiment and come up with their own varied, exciting formula for a great night out. I know I’m going to be following their evolution and you can follow them too, through their Facebook group.

 

They’re also hungry to recruit new fighters, so if you or a friend think you’ve got the right stuff then you can contact Bedlam at propaganda@bedlampillowfighting.com - they’ll be having tryouts this Saturday, January 21st!

 

Oliver Brackenbury

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