The Stranger highlights La Petite Mort’s Dark Cabaret as a Stranger (Than Usual) Thing To Do In Seattle This Week:
Diva le Déviant will introduce you to the esoteric artists and performers of La Petite Mort (psssst… it means orgasm in French!!!): burlesque teasers Shanghai Pearl, Nina Nightshade, and Czech Mate & Anna Clara Buoyant, hula hooper Indigo Sky, glass walker Kali von Wunderkammer, stilts walker Alison Gale, juggler Jpeace Lovecircus, and variety queens Eva Walker and Leslie Rosen.
La Petite Mort’s Anthology of Erotic Esoterica, a variety show focusing on the darker side of performance art, is coming to Seattle’s The Conservatory for a residency the last Friday of every month. Here are the details for the September 30th event:
La Petite Mort’s Anthology of Erotic Esoterica
Friday, September 30th
The Conservatory
5813 Airport Way S, Seattle, WA 98108 / (206) 420-3037
8pm / 21+ / $23 advance
Tickets
On the surface, the Anthology is a variety show focusing on the darker side of performance art. The performers are of a higher caliber and the setting is aesthetically fitting and intimate. There’s more to it though once you get to the heart of the gatherings. You have to go and ask to find out.
Performances by:
spICE – Burlesque
Mistress Kalì – Sideshow
Indigo Sky from Portland – Hula Hoop
Jeremy Cline – Boylesque & Breakdance
Miss Spooky from Portland – Sideshow
La Petite Mort – Performance art
Kevin Incroyable – Maestro
Tickets go on sale August 27th at 12:00am
The Stranger rounds up the strangest things to do in Seattle this week, and chooses Morbid Curiositease‘s Mardi Gras Mayhem at Columbia City Theater tonight, featuring burlesque and big-band style music from The Peculiar Pretzelmen.
Morbid Curiositease’s Mardi Gras Mayhem:
The Peculiar Pretzelmen Big Band return to bring the most authentic swamp jazz, voodoo mayhem available in Seattle.
The Peculiar Pretzelmen have been keeping the New Orleans style big band tradition alive in L.A. for years. Take a peak:
Experience a night of live music peppered with burlesque and variety, with performances by:
Angela Petite Mort – Conjuration
Violet Ten Dencies – Burlesque
Sage Viniconis – Magic
The Lady B – Burlesque & Bounce
Karmen Sutra-Lee – Burlesque
Jesus La Pinga – Boylesque
Tout d’Lou – Mime
Mara Quarantine – Handbalancing
and from New Orleans: Kali von Wunderkammer doing sideshow!
Columbia City Theater
4916 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 / (206) 722-3009
Tuesday, February 9th
8pm // 21+
$15adv/$18 at the door // Tickets
Seating is limited
Morbid Curiositease presents What’s This? A Nightmare Before Christmas Tribute featuring Live Music, Burlesque, & Variety on December 19th at Columbia City Theater
Morbid Curiositease presents:
What’s This? A Nightmare Before Christmas Tribute
December 19th
Columbia City Theater
4916 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118 / (206) 722-3009
8pm / 21+ / $16 adv $20 door
Tickets: Columbia City Theater
Image: Poster
Ever wish an awesome band would play the soundtrack to Nightmare Before Christmas and other befitting songs live?
Ever think that performances live to such a musical delight would make for a perfect solstice?
Well good news! That’s just what Morbid Curiositease are doing.
This will be rawkus Mardi Gras style event with plenty of dancing. All your favorite characters will be there! This is the fourth incantation and it’s bigger and badder than ever!
L’Orchestre D’Incroyable will be playing big band style.
There’s burlesque, sideshow, variety, bedtime stories and more.
La Petite Mort as Sally
Edward Van Glam as Jack Skellington
Mitzy Sixx as Dr Fink
Jesus La Pinga as Oogie Boogie
Czech Mate, Kali von Wunderkammer, and Anna Clara Buoyant as Lock Shock & Barrel
Rocco as Behemoth
L’Orchestre D’Incroyable as The Zombie Band
Gale Force as Santa Claus
Mara Quarantine as Zero
Bristol Kvernenes as Christmastown
Val Challah as what nightmares are made of
and more TBA….
Tickets can be purchased here.
Morbid Curiositease Unholy Masquerade, featuring burlesque, live music & variety, is coming to Atelier Coffee Company Ltd. on Halloween!
Morbid Curiositease presents An Unholy Masquerade
Saturday, October 31st
Atelier Coffee Company Ltd.
5813 Airport Way S, Seattle, WA 98108 / (206) 420-3037
8pm / 21+ / $39.00
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2298616
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/461888564012294/
Join us for an intimate Masquerade Ball. It’s Halloween, and who else to throw an amazing party than the purveyors of the macabrest of art?
Headlining the night: The Peculiar Pretzelmen, from the City of Angels, will be playing alongside our phenomenal performers, closing out their national tour in celebration of their new album Who Brought The Serpents Down. Additional music will be provided by Kvetch Pistols and DJ CONFIDENTIAL.
The Grande Mistress of Gothic Charms – La Petite Mort
Performances by:
Salacious Siren – The Shanghai Pearl
Spherical Schemer – Nickolai Pirak
Dancing Damsel – Violet Tendencies
Magical Miscreant – Just Sage
Lascivious Lady – Czech Mate
Sultry Songbird – Little Bear The Bearded Lady
Charming Cellist – Signore Jesse Parce
Eight to Midnight @ Atelier in Georgetown
Schedule:
8pm – 9pm: Cocktail hour with the Kvetch Pistols
9pm – 11pm: Live music, burlesque and ambient performances
11pm – Midnight: Special guest DJ
21+
Tickets are very limited.
Seattle! Morbid Curiositease Compendium of Oddities is coming:
April 30th at Columbia City Theater
21+ / 8pm / $19 adv, $22 dos / $100 VIP table (seats 4)
From the circus that is Morbid Curiositease:
We’ve been collecting things throughout our travels. We haven’t had a chance to get back to our roots and share some of our very favorite weirdos, until now.
We’ve got musical miscreants, deranged dancing damsels, mischievous misfits, salacious sirens….
Performances by:
La Petite Mort the Songbird
Czech Mate & Christine Anne the Conjoined Twins
Alison Gale the Tallest Woman on Earth
Mara Quarantine the Contortionist
LittleBear Schwarz the Bearded Lady
Rocco the Strong Man
and many more tba…
For advanced details refer to your Ouija board or local mystic.
Curiositease Connoisseur Table – seats 4 and comes with collectibles $100
Stalwart Sightseer – seated $19
$22 at the door!
http://www.strangertickets.com/events/23675021/morbid-curiositease-compendium-of-oddities
Morbid Curiositease presents What’s This? A Nightmare Before Christmas tribute on Saturday, December 20th at Columbia City Theater in Seattle at 8pm.
L’Orchestre D’Incroyable will be playing the entire soundtrack to Nightmare Before Christmas, big band style – expect a raucous Mardi Gras style event with burlesque, hula hoop, ballerinas, bedtime stories and plenty of dancing.
Narrated by Diva le Déviant
La Petite Mort as Sally
Eddie Van Glam as Jack Skellington
EmpeROAR Fabulous!!! as Dr Fink
Rocco as Behemoth
Cirquesse asThe Mayor of Halloweentown
Karmen Sutra-Lee, Audrey Rugburn & Jovie DeVoe as Lock, Shock and Barrel
Orchestre d’Incroyable as The Zombie Band
Rebella Revolver as Oogie Boogie
Gale Force as Santa Claus
Maressa Fox as Zero
Jessie Lynn as Fucked up toys
and so many more….
$15 presale and $20 at the door.
(Seats are available but this is not a seated event.)
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/940970
The SunBreak interviews La Petite Mort in advance of Saturday’s sold out Dark Cabaret, presented by Morbid Curiositease, at Columbia City Theater in Seattle.
// Morbid Curiositease //
Northwest Music Scene previews La Petite Mort’s Dark Cabaret in Seattle at Columbia City Theater on November 1st, featuring musical guest The Peculiar Pretzelmen. Get tickets here: general admission $23, VIP tables $150 (sold out).
// Morbid Curiositease // The Peculiar Pretzelmen media page //
Northwest Music Scene has the details on Seattle’s scariest party of the summer – check it out here and follow the link for advance tickets to Morbid Curiositease: Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, featuring L’Orchestre D’Incroyable ($25 at the door, $22 pre-sale, $15 campfire seats).
Long before television and radio, tales were weaved and passed on from generation to generation. A common tradition became telling scary tales or ghost stories around a fire. Morbid Curiositease is bringing the tradition back, for one night only at Theatre Off Jackson in Seattle on August 2nd. Armitage Shanks will be your story teller for an evening of folk tales and performance art in the form of dance, music, belly dance, burlesque and aerial.
Musical entertainment by:
L’Orchestre D’Incroyable
Tales provided by:
Gale Force
La Petite Mort
Christine Anne
Stevi Sailor St Claire
Judy Patootie
Jesus La Pinga
Danse Carouselle
Boom Boom L’Roux
Czech Mate & Penelope Rose
Crystal Tassels
Persephone Illyri
Tootsie Spangles
8pm | $22 presale, $25 walk-up | $15 for “Campfire Seats” (cross-legged on the floor)
Tickets here.
More information on the performers here.
Morbid Curiositease invites you to try your hand at the WHEEL OF MISFORTUNE at The Can Can in Seattle on April 6th. Experience a night of macabre debauchery featuring celebrity contestants, special guest performers, and plenty of audience participation. Camp! Burlesque! Horror! Morbid Curiositease guarantees “more voodoo per square foot than any other gameshow”!
Celebrity Contestants:
Jesse Belle-Jones
Isaiah Crowson
Christine Anne
Boom Boom L’Roux
Sc Andal
Karmen Sutra
Jovie DeVoe
EmpeRoar Fabu Lous
LoLo Ramone
Special Guests:
L’Orchestre D’Incroyable
La Petite Mort
18+ | 7pm | VIP $20 & GA $15
Tickets
Click here for more information.
Mardi Gras Madness is coming to Seattle’s Columbia City Theater on March 4th, presented by Morbid Curiositease and featuring music by The Peculiar Pretzelmen – Northwest Music Scene has the details!
// The Peculiar Pretzelmen media page //
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