What is "barbarella"

Barbarella is a fictional heroine in a French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest.

Barbarella was the designation of the first German hybrid rocket. It was developed under the management of R. Schmucker and W. Schauer at the beginning of the 1970s by students of the Munich technical university and launched on March 12, 1974 from the jack-up drilling platform "Barbara" in the Baltic Sea. The Barbarella had a thrust of 370 N and used as fuel a toluidin aminophenol mixture and nitric acid. The Barbarella is today displayed in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

Barbarella is a 1968 French-Italian science fiction film based on Jean-Claude Forest's French Barbarella comics. The film stars Jane Fonda in the title role and was directed by Roger Vadim, who was Fonda's husband at the time. The film was not popular in the US at its release, but received greater attention afterward with a 1977 re-release. It has since become a cult film.

Barbarella may refer to:

• Barbarella (comics) a comic book by Jean-Claude Forest
  • Barbarella (film) a 1968 film based on the comic book; starring Jane Fonda
    • Barbarella (musical) a 2004 musical based on the film
• Barbarella's, a nightclub in Birmingham
• Barbarella (rocket), a German hybrid rocket launched from the Barbara drilling platform in the Baltic Sea
• Barbarella (band), a Dutch female pop trio
• Barbarella (festival), a Dominican electronic music festival
• "Barbarella" (song), a song by Scott Weiland from 12 Bar Blues
• "Barbarella", a song by Alisha's Attic from Illumina
• Barbarella: the 80's Musical, a 2015 musical

Barbarella is a musical based on the film Barbarella, which in turn was based on a French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest. The story is about Barbarella, a young woman who has numerous adventures, often involving sex, while journeying around the galaxy.

The musical was written by British composer Dave Stewart and premiered in Vienna, Austria on March 11, 2004. The title role was played by Nina Proll. The musical closed on January 1, 2005. A cast recording was made, but only 100 copies were pressed for the public. These were distributed by lottery to members of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (United Stages of Vienna)'s "Musical Club".

Barbarella was a Dutch all-female dance/pop trio from the Netherlands formed by Dutch manager/producer Han Meijer. The group consisted of singers Angela Vermeer, Ingrid Brans and Leslie Doornik. They released two albums in their short-lived career during 1989–1991 – Sucker For Your Love and Don't Stop The Dance.

They first came to prominence performing in the Dutch TV show, The Pin Up Club, around 1988/1989, eventually recording and releasing what was to become its theme song, "We Cheer You Up (Join The Pin Up Club)". a happy uptempo pop song in the Euro disco vein of that time, was a quick hit in the Top 10 in their native Netherlands, and gathered some momentum and interest around the Continent. The video was also aired frequently in the UK on the now defunct music video request channel, Lifestyle Satellite Jukebox, in 1991–1992.

A debut album consisting of a few original tracks, covers and remixes the title track "Sucker For Your Love", that was a cover version of Toto Coelo's song "Dracula's Tango", and also including a version of "Sumer in the City", followed around late 1989/early 1990. It yielded further singles in "(Like A) Fata Morgana", and the title track "Sucker For Your Love". However, apart from becoming minor hits in the Netherlands and Finland where their debut album went gold, they were not an international breakthrough.

A year later at the time of their second album Don't Stop The Dance, the line-up had changed slightly. However, while rave and contemporary rhythm and blues were all the rage across the European charts, Barbarella had done nothing to update their simple, melodic 1980s flavoured Euro disco, and despite the catchy title track lead single, the project flopped and was abandoned, with the girls going their separate ways.

"Barbarella" is the only official single released from Scott Weiland's 1998 debut album 12 Bar Blues. The song is titled after the sci-fi film Barbarella, while the lyrics of the song pay homage to several science fiction television shows and movies.

Discotheque Barbarella was a discoteque in Växjö, Sweden, prominent in the 1970s. In a city of very limited entertainment, Barbarella played a central role. The disco opened in 1971 in an industrial area in the outskirts and drew crowds from many parts of southeastern Sweden. It closed in 1992.

Barbarella is an annual music festival held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic since 2011 by Presidente.