May 4: FALLS CHURCH, VA--The Carnivalesque Roadshow Spring 2014 Tour

Gilded Lily Burlesque and The Carny Preacher Productions present “ THE CARNIVALESQUE ROADSHOW”, a spectacle of Burlesque, Circus & Sideshow premiering at The State Theatre, May 4, 2014.

Harkening back to a bygone era of dust bowl circuses & traveling sideshows, The Carnivalesque Roadshow stars international cabaret legend ARMITAGE SHANKS, The Carny Preacher, Burlesque Hall of Fame’s 2012 “King of Boylesque” RUSSELL BRUNER, “Baltimore’s Sicilian Queen” MARIA BELLA, Sideshow phenom SWAMI YOMAHMI, vaudeville contortionist, juggler & magician JONATHAN BURNS, Performers in Burlesque Hall of Fame’s “Best Troupe” The Peek-a-Boo Revue, Richmond’s own KELLI LIMONE and CHERRY BOMB, the burlesque delights of Gilded Lily’s GIGI HOLLIDAY and SOPHIA SUNDAY, “The Ambassador of Skin” CHERIE SWEETBOTTOM, The Vaudevillian musical-comedy duo HOT & BOTHERED, as well as buxom beauties, VALERIA VOXX and MOURNA HANDFUL, and handsome hunks plying their trade at the Carnivalesque Cooch Tent & along Mab’s Mobile Midway.

Far more than your run-of-the-mill burlesque or nightclub event, The Carnivalesque Roadshow offers an immersive experience into the enticing world of acrobats, freaks, roustabouts, barkers, dandies and women of questionable virtue.

Try your hand at games of skill on the Midway!
Be shocked & amazed by oddities inside our “Ten-In-One” with sideshow poster art by James Taylor !
Witness the libidinous temptations of the dance of forbidden vice!
Hear dark tales of extraordinary madness whispered into the ears of fallen maidens! Thrill to lithe sensuality of aerial artistry and athletic aplomb!
Enjoy the twist & turns of flexible comedic contortion!

Step Right Up! All who enter will be transformed!

TICKETS:
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Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/517188188390699

OFFICIAL SPONSORS:

Shocked & Amazed: On and Off the Midway

The sideshow banner art gracing this production is on generous loan from variety entertainment historian James Taylor, founder and publisher of Shocked and Amazed! - On & Off the Midway, the world's only journal devoted to novelty & variety exhibition and "weirdness as entertainment." James Taylor is also the co-founder of Baltimore's American Dime Museum and DC's Palace of Wonders.
http://www.shockedandamazed.com/

Turtle Creek Coffee

Very simply, to provide the very best coffee possible to our customers. Years of training, roasting and developing relationships in the coffee industry allow Turtle Creek Coffee to procure green beans that other roasters only dream of, if they even know they exist !
As a member of the Roaster's Guild, Turtle Creek Coffee invests many hours year after year in a never ending effort to increase the quality of the coffees offered. Currently light years ahead of other regional roasters, this roaster's obsessive nature does not rest, ever seeking for just a little bit higher quality....day in and day out.
http://www.TurtleCreekCoffee.com/

Mab's Mobile Midway
Bringing the Midway to you! Add a circus feel to your event! Photobooth, Games, and a Cabinet of Curiosities! Actual oddities! Check back often to see where the midway is playing next.