patron-only secret show in london - MAY 22 (Patreon)

i hinted, now i DO!!!

since i'm in london with neil & ash for the month of may but NOT playing a london show, i figured this would be a great time to try out an experiment i've been wanting to do since starting the patreon (and that i'm excited to replicate in other cities where i have enough patrons, like chicago, new york, boston, LA, SF, melbourne, sydney, edinburgh, etc etc).

so, drumrolll....i am putting on a SUPER-SPECIAL, SUPER-SECRET, AFP-PATRON-ONLY LONDON THROW-DOWN!!!

friends, a beautiful bar, performers, gin, love galore, necessary community mind-hugs, the whole nine. 

DO NOT SHARE THE TICKET LINK/PASSWORD WITH THE PUBLIC PLEASE. 

the tickets are for PATRONS ONLY and i kept them super-cheap (the event will hopefully - just barely - break even after i've paid for all the space costs/performers etc) and this is not only a chance to reward all you beautiful folks, but it's a chance for you all to mix with and meet one another. 

so, the space...after our success doing pretty-much-patron-only fun stuff at Her Upstairs Cabaret, i decided to find a bigger space for us to play.

last june, i went to see an immersive production of "the great gatsby" in a beautiful custom-built theatrical space. i went with neil, and penn jillette (of penn and teller) of all weirdos, and a few others, and i IMMERSED. i danced while neil hid somewhere making sure he did not get danced with.....

the show was just gorgeous, and filled with nooky spaces and delight and intrigue and surprise (and it's STILL RUNNING, you can get tickets here...)

here are some photos from the internet....

....needless to say, i was quite thrilled.

i was mostly thrilled by THIS photo that i took...i forget why i had this newspaper, or maybe it wasn't my newspaper but someone else's but anyway, this newspaper was on a table and i picked it up and the poetry was too good not to photograph, what with everyone standing there in their 20's flapper clothes and all...

ANYWHOO.

you see - this space is just fucking amazing.

i've been in talks with the leader of the gatsby show, alexander from the Guild of Misrule, and expressed my love for the space, and one thing led to another and....I RENTED IT. to have a party for us.

so you must come.

if you are in one of the guest list tiers and want a guest list spot for this show, email hayley ASAP (here's a reminder on how to request tickets). the space is tiny and is likely to sell out, so get your guest list requests in by the end of next week if you can.

so far on the line up we have the following confirmed guests...and MORW may well happen.

i will play (of course).

AND and AND...

andrew o'neill (who is opening up for my whole UK/IRE tour) will do stuffs...

and....our fave drag queen, Meth (from Her Upstairs) will be performing (and possibly some other fabulous queens....you may recognize them if you were at any of the teeny tiny shows at Her Upstairs last fall)....

AND....my old friend Max Melton is going to bring us a little tidbit of his new project, which I am very happy to amplify right here because it's happening in the UK right now:

Mercury & Maxim present ‘Queerstory: The Music Hall’

 Queerstory is a musical cabaret about the history of queer culture and queer identity. From the coded languages of forbidden desire to the modern fight for equality in gender identity, Queerstory sees international cabaret artiste Mercury and musical academic Maxim Melton collaborate to ask the question - What does it mean to be queer? 

Think polari patter songs, vintage protest anthems, and a rather thorough examination of the hanky code...

It’s premiering for one night only, on May 8th, as part of ‘The Spark Factory’, Spun Glass Theatre’s curated programme of new performances. 

For the Brighton show... It’s a little confusing to get tickets for this performance as the info is a little buried... this is the link https://sw.tickets.red61.com/performances.php?eventId=18:1685

And then our show is the TUESDAY 8th performance at 9pm listed as Spark Factory at Sweet Werks venue. 

...........

BOOM.

here's the deets for the show:

may 22nd at gatsby's drugstore in london, uk
doors: 6:30pm (come on time!! entertainment starts @ 7pm) 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-special-super-secret-afp-patron-only-london-throw-down-tickets-45545962199

Password: AllTheThings
(the password is not case sensitive)

AGAIN, please don't share this link on social media. this show is patrons. of course, bring friends, significant others, etc, who aren't patrons, we aren't making this strict. but please don't share this ticket link with people who aren't supporting the patreon. that only means that real patrons will be fucked out of tickets, and that is Not Nice.

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS.

LET US ENJOY EACH OTHER.

xxx

a