Atomic Vaudeville

Is there a Clown School in your future? We have 3 more happening this year. Sign up for one, or even all 3, by e-transferring 50% of the fee for one, two or three days to [email protected].

Clown School builds on the fundamentals of clown work as taught by Richard Pochinko inspired by his mask and character creation. Classes include exercises that will focus on increasing play, spontaneity and complicity. In doing so, students will also have the opportunity to practice Turns and develop their raw performance power. Clowning is taught as a fundamental and essential tool for all kinds of performative expression.

https://atomicvaudeville.com/workshop/

IT IS TIME.

It’s our 20th anniversary and we will be performing at a new venue. After many incredible years at the VEC, accessibility and cost concerns have moved us to the Fellowship Hall behind First Met United (932 Balmoral Road).

🎃 New room! 🦇 New cast members! 👻 Same radical expression!

Atomic Vaudeville’s 88th episode CRONE-O-PHOBIA digs into Hallow’s Eve, fear and aging women. Join Victoria’s own Wyrd Sisters Kelly Hobson and Amanda Butler on a journey to the Crone Zone featuring cats, tradwives, and a bucket of pig’s blood.

Who is Perry O’Menopause? What comes after Brat Summer? And what’s that Blood Moon all about?

All this and more in Atomic Vaudeville’s first Halloween Spectravaganza at our new venue!

https://atomicvaudeville.com/crone-o-phobia/

Thanks to everyone who came to The Lezislature at Studio Lojo! We had a blast being weird and gay and supported by community.

This next chapter is a big one for us as we move into a new venue for the first time ever. The Fellowship Hall at the First Met Church Building is a blank slate for our Halloween dreams. We can't wait to share them with you.

If you missed the event but still want to support us, please subscribe to Patreon! Monthly donations support our company of artists, and you get cool stuff in return like exclusive videos, free tickets, and really good karma: https://www.patreon.com/Atomic_Vaudeville

Thanks to Helene Cyr for capturing these photos. We love you.

See you all at Halloween!!

1. Sapphic Polar Bears
2. Boss Saint B
3. The coolest crowd ever
4. Tiny Hands
5. LES666 and J McLaughlin

Tonight's the night! The LEZISLATURE

A few more faces you'll see at The Lezislature on Thursday... with this line-up, we could change the world. Get your sliding scale tickets and join the party!

It's business time.

THE LEZISLATURE
Thurs, Sept 5th: 7-11pmlojo
Tickets $25-65 (sliding scale)

https://www.showpass.com/lezislature/

We have a stacked cast for The Lezislature... here's a few of the local legends you'll see next week. Grab a sliding scale ticket and come party like the patriarchy isn't watching.

THE LEZISLATURE
Thurs, Sept 5th: 7-11pmlojo
Tickets $25-65 (sliding scale)

https://atomicvaudeville.com/lezislature/

Drinks! Dancing! Tarot! Mixing! Mingling! Silent Auction! F**k the patriarchy!

JIMBO'S DRAG CIRCUS: MINI-DOCUMENTARY JIMBO'S DRAG CIRCUS Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles MARCH 29, 2024Come back stage and take a look behind the curtain at the magic that goes into creating the we...

Hello friends! Can you help us? We're looking for a venue for a queer fundraising party in early September... approximately 100-150 people with short performances, mingling and dancing. We'd be out by midnight. We have a small budget.

It's very challenging to find space in this city and artists need patrons... are you our sugar mama? Please reach out!

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Review by Laura, Photo by Helene Cyr Photography

A last call-out for support!
Could you take a moment to leave a review/comment about AV company or our recent show. It's very helpful for our community engagement and resource building.
Big thank you to those who have already responded.
photo: Helene Cyr

Well Hope has Sprung something! Such gratitude for our lively community, twas a great run with big laughs and deep breaths. Could you take a moment to leave a brief comment or review about our show or company in general. It's very helpful for fundraising and outreach and we're all but ignored by Arts reviewers in this city. xo

photo: Helene Cyr
performers: Kelly Hobson and Andrew Bailey

A big thank you to all who came out to see Hope Springs Inferno in our 20th anniversary year! We are very proud of the work we do and inspired by the intelligence, support and gregariousness of our audiences.

💫Thank you to our new and existing Patreon subscribers. Your monthly donations make a huge difference: https://www.patreon.com/Atomic_Vaudeville

💫Thank you to our Board of Directors who work to uphold our vision and build our network of supports: Cameron Aitchison, Iris Bannerman, Keiro Blyth, Misty Cozac, Cam Culham, Alistair Lornie & David Jam Ramjattan

💫Thank you to our sponsors who provided gift certificates and in-kind support: Axe & Grind, BigWheel Burger, Dowell's Moving & Storage, Ferris' Grill and Garden Patio, Île Sauvage Brewing Co., Metropol Industries, Modo, Red Barn Market, SNAFU Society of Unexpected Spectacles & The Zone at 91-3

💫Thank you most of all to the artists who bravely invest and uncover their heartbrains and stretch and express their bodies for the collective joy it brings to the community.

💫We struggle to get reviewed and would appreciate you leaving a Facebook review about our company or our latest show. It really helps us to get feedback and lean in to the community response.

💫To expand our outreach and production as well as provide future sustainability, we are actively seeking sponsors, benefactors and investors. Get in touch with Lauren ([email protected]) to become a benefactor to our potent community of artists.

📸Photo by Helene Cyr Photography

NEXT WEEKEND - GET ON IT!
MAY CLOWN SCHOOL with Britt Small
MAY 3-4-5
Fridays 6pm - 10pm, Saturdays & Sundays - 2pm - 6pm
$100/day or $250 for all three days
Limited to 10 participants
To reserve a spot, please e-transfer ([email protected]) 50% of the fee (listed above) for either one, two or three days. The remaining fee can be paid on the first day of class.
DM for more info!
PHOTO: Helene Cyr
PERFORMERS: Kathleen Greenfield and Tony Adams

HOPE SPRINGS INFERNO closes tonight at 10pm! Join us for one last party with Hope, Death, Mother Nature, and a 20-strong cast of multi-talented Vaudevillians.

Saturday April 27th, 10pm. Buy tix online or on the door at Victoria Event Centre: https://atomicvaudeville.com/hope-springs-inferno/

Photos by Helene Cyr Photography

Meet the cast of Hope Springs Inferno! 🔥

🌸 Britt Small 🌸
Creating potency and punking out for 20 years with AV. Britt recently directed the North American Tour of JIMBO's Drag Circus, sending clowns everywhere!

🌸 Tony Adams 🌸
Tony is a performer and creator. They recently premiered their new show tony wrestles a stranger at Intrepid Theatre’s Incoming festival and will next take it to Vancouver for the rEvolver Festival in May.

🌸 Morgan Cranny 🌸
Morgan joined AV in 2006, "Old Man Cranny" they call him. Like a bad penny, he keeps turning up. He’s an award waiting actor, improviser, and comedian and when he’s not doing that, he makes science for the government. He runs a weekly comedy show at the Mint and tours Fringes too. Follow him on things if you wanna give him a dopamine hit.

Best availability for tickets is 10pm on Saturday. Come and party at HOPE SPRINGS INFERNO! https://atomicvaudeville.com/hope-springs-inferno/

Meet the cast of Hope Springs Inferno! 🔥

🌸 Ingrid Hansen 🌸
Ingrid Hamster-Hansen puppeteers on television for Sesame and The Jim Henson Company (Fraggle Rock!) She’s Co-Artistic Producer of SNAFU and recently toured Epidermis Circus: the weirdest puppet show you’ve ever seen Off-Broadway. She usually smells ok.

🌸 Emily deKorte 🌸
Emily has been performing with AV for 14 years, and is delighted to be a part of this weird and wonderful family. Join her for a dance as Horsedolphin rides again. See if you can spot it!

🌸 Lauren Ball 🌸
Lauren is Victoria’s premiere Bindi Irwin impersonator and your go-to girl for singing and social media.

Thursday 7:30pm (tickets available)
Friday 7:30pm SOLD OUT
Saturday 6:30pm (limited tickets, less than 20 left)
Saturday 10:00pm (tickets available)
TICKETS: https://atomicvaudeville.com/hope-springs-inferno/

Britt was interviewed on CBC Radio about Hope Springs Inferno and our 20th anniversary. Give it a listen!

🔗 CBC.CA | On The Island with Gregor Craigie | Live Radio | CBC Listen On The Island is a lively and informative blend of news, reviews and interviews, designed to keep Vancouver Islanders informed about the issues that matter to them.

🔥 Atomic Vaudeville's newest viral sensation dance routine drops this week at Hope Springs Inferno!

If you wanna step up your choreography game, we just published a Phrase of the Day dance tutorial on Patreon! Learn the moves with Chelsea MacEwan so when you hear the Phrase of the Day, you know what to do 🔥

Hope Springs Inferno: Phrase of the Day Tutorial | Atomic Vaudeville Get more from Atomic Vaudeville on Patreon

Meet the cast of Hope Springs Inferno! 🔥

🌸 Kelly Hobson 🌸
Kelly is an actor, clinical hypnotherapist, podcast host, and mom to the best kid ever. She has been performing with AV for 14 years and is basically the old wise lady in the cast (minus the words wise and lady). Watch how long it takes her to get her breath back after dancing and how careful she is getting off stage.

🌸 Danny Saretsky 🌸
Danny is thrilled to be taking part in his fifth Vaudeville show! When not performing, you can find him eating cereal on his couch, walking to the grocery store, or returning to his apartment with a box of cereal.

🌸 Chelsea MacEwan 🌸
She dance.

🔥 Hope Springs Inferno runs 24-27 April at the Victoria Event Centre. Get your tix! https://atomicvaudeville.com/hope-springs-inferno/