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Biography: Rupe, Carmen Tione

Balcony advertisement, c. 1975

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Balcony advertisement, c. 1975

This advertisement for Carmen’s nightclub The Balcony highlights the variety of entertainment on offer: strip shows by female, male and transgender performers, fire dancers, Spanish flamenco, comic acts and belly dancing. As owner, Carmen Rupe claimed she ‘had the lot’ and she often appeared on stage herself.

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Lynette Townsend. 'Rupe, Carmen Tione', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47032/balcony-advertisement-c-1975 (accessed 20 June 2026).