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Attention all you glorious weirdos and decadent deviants! This collection of variety artists will delight and befuddle your sense of reality. Hosted by fringe impressaria, Carmel Clavin, this year’s show is a ONE NIGHT ONLY event featuring magic, burlesque, bellydance, art installations, and live music all in the luscious confines of Carytown’s own Reveler Experiences. Strictly 18+
You must have a FRINGE ENTRY BUTTON to attend or be a Wizard.
This event, like all shows in the Richmond Fringe, is a profit sharing venture with our performers.
Dev L. Ish
Caza Blanca
Joi et Joy
Rieka Speaks
Carmel Clavin
DATE & TIME: Saturday April 15 @ 7:30pm
RUNTIME: 1 hr
VENUE: Reveler Experiences - 3108 W. Cary St
TAGS & TRIPWIRES: variety, burlesque, magic, dance, speakeasy, spoken word
After purchasing tickets, locate The Storyteller at Fringe HQ (Reveler Experiences) to embark on your journey!
There are whimsical creatures that only exist between the folds of reality. You may know them from fairy tales or common folk stories but they truly do exist and they need your help.
Something is corrupting their stories, altering the very text of their existence.
Start your quest to aid the creatures, uncover the truth, and hold back the dark forces from beyond. Embark on a single quest or become a legendary hero and tackle all three stories! All quests can be completed throughout the course of the Richmond Fringe Festival April 15-17, 2023.
Prices are for one player per quest.
You must have a FRINGE ENTRY BUTTON to attend or be a Wizard. Bundle all 3 and don’t worry about it!
Quests are variable difficulty and each a unique story and set of challenges within the game. You must have a smartphone to play.
DATE & TIME: THE BEST TIME TO PLAY is 12-4 with check in at Fringe HQ at Reveler. You can keep playing as long as you like! All players will need to locate the quest giver at the Reveler to begin their journey!
VENUE: Starting at Reveler Experiences at 3108 W. Cary St. Game spans the city of Richmond and is untimed. You will need a vehicle.
RATING: Anyone
TAGS & TRIPWIRES: gaming, LARPing, scavenger hunt, interactive, long form, magic
“Two Gaulier-trained clowns, Chase Brantley & Nicholas Hemerling, burst out for a night of charming yet meaningless hilarity. Originally inspired by chainsawing a watermelon, this show is a “banana”-za of fruit-based stupidity.
So expect fruit. You’ll also see smooching, heartbreak, pelvic thrusting, hot muscles and beautiful dancing. If you want something intelligent, we will… try our best. Whatever you’re into though, this is the event to find love! That’s something we can promise.
WARNING: Surprisingly Sexy”
You must have a FRINGE ENTRY BUTTON to attend or be a Wizard.
DATE & TIME: Saturday April 15, 5:30pm
VENUE: Reveler Experiences - 3108 W. Cary St
RATING: 16+
RUNTIME: 1 hour
TAGS & TRIPWIRES: physical theatre, comedy
“In food, fat is flavor. In the animal world, it can be protection. In human cultures, fat is both beautiful and shameful. Fat bodies can be a display of wealth or the butt of the joke. Sacrament of Corpulence is a ritual performance exploring fatness: the history, the celebrations and the lies we've grown up believing. It pulls from the work of various fat liberation activists at different intersections of race, disability, poverty and gender. Cole shares their own stories of living in a queer fat body and the experiences that lead them to a place of radical love at every size, shape and condition. Music and storytelling weave their way through direct questions, playful responses, a ritual anointing and a bar of fat-forward foods. A night of pleasure and reflection, Sacrament of Corpulence is a voluptuous, multi-sensory ritual experience.”
You must have a FRINGE ENTRY BUTTON to attend or be a Wizard.
DATE & TIMES: April 16, 3pm.
VENUES:
April 16 at the Laburnum Music House - 1613 Laburnum Rd Richmond (Parking is on the Chatham 1 block away)
RATING: 18+
RUNTIME: 2 hours
TAGS & TRIPWIRES: nudity, interactive, food, not wheelchair accessible
The Squid and The Octopus, created and performed by Jim Julien, is a very intimate cephalopod adventure, a shadow puppet show (with knives!) This show uses a variety of puppetry styles and multimedia to weave a tale of multi-tentacled danger, contemporary restaurant culture and undersea lifestyles. Jim Julien is a performance artist, puppeteer and Fringe fan of many years. He has performed in the Asheville, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Chicago, PortFringe and Shenandoah Fringe festivals. His evil puppet lair is located in a dormant volcano outside of Philadelphia.
You must have a FRINGE ENTRY BUTTON to attend or be a Wizard.
DATE & TIME: Saturday April 15 @2pm & Sunday April 16 @5pm
VENUE: Reveler Experiences - 3108 W. Cary st
RATING: 10+
RUNTIME: 47min
TAGS & TRIPWIRES: Depictions of violence, puppetry, sea monsters
“IDENTITY is an exciting and refreshing interdisciplinary vibraphone recital examining the vibraphone's identity in the contemporary world, and my own queer Asian identity in the percussion world, combining vibraphone pieces with live electronics and video projection.
Aiming to break the audience group boundaries of contemporary music concert goers, on top of amplifying my voice to embracing one's individuality, this show is aimed for everybody. Whether you are a novice to new music, an educated audience member from the scene, or a college-level music/percussion student trying to find your voice and footing in this world, I hope you find what you are looking for from my show.
Pieces are performed back-to-back. The electronics & video component of this program is integral for an invigorating innovative concert-going experience for the audience. Pieces by Lopez Lopez, Reich, Almada, Munson, and Lauricella are scored for live interactive electronics and video projection.”
You must have a FRINGE ENTRY BUTTON to attend or be a Wizard.
MONDAY April 17 @7pm
VENUE: Reveler Experiences - 3108 W. Cary St
RATING: Anyone
RUNTIME: 65 min
TAGS & TRIPWIRES: music, immersive, multi-media, LGBTQIA+
“Approach the divine with her many symbols. Bring her an offering and dance with her oracle.
Ginnie Fae presents a unique and personalized performance of dance theater in which the viewer informs the act. In this experience, a solo audience member will engage in symbolism that affects the dancer’s movement and intention all led by the allegorical oracle.”
You must have a FRINGE ENTRY BUTTON to attend or be a Wizard.
This 10 min dance piece is for 1 patron at a time in our yurt.
DATE & TIME: Sunday April 16 2:30-5:30pm
VENUE: The Kettle Yurt at the Laburnum Music House - 1613 Laburnum Rd Richmond (Parking is on the Chatham 1 block away)
RATING: Anyone
TAGS & TRIPLINES: dance, immersive, interactive, folklore, solo experience
We close the first day of the festival at our HQ with a party hosted by Richmond’s own award winning spoken word collective, The Writer’s Den. Poetry, fellowship, and libations await you!
$5 OR free entry with your Richmond Fringe Festival Button
DATE & TIME: Saturday April 15 @ 9pm
We close the second day of the festival at our HQ with a party hosted by Richmond’s own queer record label and arts nonprofit, Grimalkin. Experimental music, fellowship, and libations await you!
$5 OR free entry with your Richmond Fringe Festival Button
DATE & TIME: Sunday April 16 @ 7pm
We close the festival at our HQ with a party hosted by Richmond Fringe Festival founder, Carmel Clavin.
Audience Choice voting for shows, fellowship, and libations await you!
$5 OR free entry with your Richmond Fringe Festival Button
DATE & TIME: Monday April 17 @ 8:30pm
VENUE: Reveler - 3108 W. Cary St
This panel will be a casual conversation between local muralists, an inside-baseball talk about process, and a chance to pin us down for audience questions. This panel will be curated and moderated by Jeannie Wermuth, an avid mural-hunter who knows more about the Richmond mural scene than any of us. She makes it her business to seek out new murals, 'catch' them, and share a few kind words and questions with the artists at work.
FREE
DATE & TIME: Monday April 17 5pm
VENUE: Reveler - 3108 W. Cary St
RATING: anyone
This makes you a wizard - go to all the shows, all the parties, and play all the quests you can in this 3 day event! There will always be a seat for you …as long as you show up ON TIME…
Only 10 of these exist! Will you hold the magical key that gets you in Fringe door?
No additional button purchase required.
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