National Fetish Day: These are the top kinks in British bedrooms

Some individuals might say they have a doggy style kink because they like to hit it from the back, for instance. Meanwhile, others might say they’re kinky because whips and chains excite them. Still, about half the population reports having interest in at least one non-vanilla sex act. Of course, what qualifies as ordinary sex — or vanilla sex — varies by person, as well as cultural context, and so does what qualifies as kinky. We identified an SSL certificate meaning that the data shared between your browser and the website is encrypted and cannot be read by others.

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Andy has worked in technical theatre for over 35 years, culminating in the role of Technical Director for one of the largest and most prolific production companies in Europe. He has worked across the kinkie globe organising and directing a wide range of theatrical events and was previously at Bill Kenwright Ltd before joining Lee to form Setting Line. After an exhilarating two years of travelling the world and showcasing South African talent at its best, Johannes desired to return home. When the offer came to join the 2018 debut season of the international hit show Dancing With The Stars in South Africa, it was an opportunity he simply could not refuse.

Kinky Boots started out life as a 2005 British film loosely based on the true story of a failing shoe factory who diversified into footwear of a more adult nature in order to save their business. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Joel Edgerton, the potential of the film to become a stage musical was quickly recognised. With book by gay icon Harvey Fierstein and music and lyrics by 80s pop legend Cyndi Lauper, the musical version gained a huge following and became a Tony and Olivier award winning hit. The Broadway and West End phenomenon, Kinky Boots The Musical, is strutting out in a brand-new production starring Strictly Come Dancing’s Johannes Radebe and rising star Dan Partridge! The show tells the story of Charlie Price who, following the death of his father, reluctantly returns to his hometown of Northampton to take on the family shoe business.

While sadism refers to inflicting pain and suffering to someone else for sexual gain, masochism is when you get sexual pleasure from your own pain, humiliation or suffering. Some people are into wax play because it feels like dancing with danger, others are into it because the heat of the wax feels erotic when juxtaposed to the cool air of the bedroom. “There are so many ways to incorporate feet into your sex life,” Frye-Nekrasova says. Some people like to give a footjob, which is essentially a handjob with your feet, she says. “Meanwhile, other people enjoy the sensation of having their toes sucked, or sucking,” she says.

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The debut season of Dancing With The Stars was a massive success and once again threw Johannes into the international spotlight. Born and talent-nurtured in Zamdela Sasolburg, Johannes Radebe started dancing at the tender age of 7, fascinated by the discipline and the glamour of Ballroom and Latin. Dan also won Best Actor at the ‘This Is England’ Film Festival in Rouen, France for his work on the short film ÉTÉ directed by Gregory Oke. Claustrophilia is getting sexual satisfaction from small spaces.

Laura is a hugely experienced Theatre Musician and draws all of her fixing experience from her work in Musical Theatre. She currently is the French Horn Chairholder on the UK and Ireland tour of Cameron Mackintosh/ Disney’s production of Mary Poppins. Laura frequently deputises on other shows and still finds time to freelance with many of the UK’s top professional orchestras, many of which she has recorded, toured, played at the Proms and trialled for jobs with.

• Voyeurism is a fetish where you get sexual gratification by watching other people engage in sex.
• The creative team also includes choreographer Leah Hill, set and costume designer Robert Jones, and musical supervisor George Dyer.
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• I like it actually, I think it’s very respectful, maybe that’s because I’m also British!

Travelling the world and doing what he loved opened up a whole new perspective on what life could hold for him. Persistence and experience saw this young, vibrant South African given more responsibilities including choreographing, teaching new dancers, and then eventually being promoted to Dance Captain. This is getting sexual gratification from pretending to be a different age than you are.

“Folks spying on others without consent is a crime,” Deysach says. While urethral sounding can be performed on anyone with a urethra, it’s most commonly performed on the penis. The head of the penis is incredibly nerve-dense, and stimulating those nerves through urethral stimulation can be pleasurable for some people. “Sounding is a sexual practice of inserting metal rods into the urethra,” says sociologist and clinical sexologist Sarah Melancon with The Sex Toy Collective.

Here are the UK’s most popular kinks and fetishes, compiled using data from Joy Loves Dolls and Google search trends. In a partnered setting, you also want to communicate about your individual limits and boundaries before getting down and dirty. A tentacle kink refers to someone being turned on by the idea of being penetrated or otherwise sexually engaging with tentacles or creatures that have tentacles, Deysach says. Role play is a common kink that involves pretending to be someone other than who you really are. Pregnancy kinks can also include the eroticization of lactation, darkened nipples, swollen ankles, or any other signs and symptoms of pregnancy, she says. Even though penis-in-vagina intercourse is (usually) required for an individual to become pregnant, there’s still stigma around pregnant people being sexual, Deysach says.

Tights, which obviously a lot of the rest of the world call pantyhose but we call them tights, and you have stockings which obviously you wear with a suspender belt as well, they’re really popular as well. From playing with poo to sounding (sliding a metal rod into the urethra) and everything in between, there’s no shortage of fetishes to explore. Kara Lily Hayworth plays Nicola, Charlie’s girlfriend whilst Courtney Bowman as factory worker Lauren finds herself falling for her new boss. Bowman’s vocal talent and powerful belt delight the audience in her showpiece number The History of Wrong Guys. One minor quibble is that there isn’t enough time given to allow the romance between Charlie and Lauren to blossom, so the final coming together feels a bit too contrived.

It was just like being in a real Northamptonshire shoe factory (I visited one when I was at secondary school in Northamptonshire back in the early 90s). The lighting was brilliant (Lighting Design – Ben Cracknell) – I loved how the steel girders became lighting tubes during the dance numbers. The story is based on a real shoe factory in Northamptonshire, which is struggling due to cheap imports.