The show is about the enigmatic and legendary exotic dancer Mata Hari. Nate Watters
As I surveyed the crowd at the Can Can Culinary Cabaret, tucked beneath the bustling streets of Pike Place Market, after ordering dinner but before the evening’s entertainment began, I noticed that there were far more women than men in the audience.
Perhaps it’s only right, I thought: Femme Fatale, Can Can’s collaboration with local band Prom Queen, is a show dedicated to the enigmatic—and equally problematic—Mata Hari, a woman who wasn’t afraid to take her own path and create a story that was entirely hers, and on her own terms.