Friday, February 19th, 2010
CHEEKY MONKEY SIDESHOW
10 PM
Price: $10

If you don’t know the name Sabrina Chap, you will soon.

Her music is a ragtime stompin’ good time, full of laughs, ballads, and just plain good songwriting. She’s in town to promote her new album, “OOMPA!” — a hilarious, yet heartbreaking romp — and we’re lucky enough to have her onstage with the Cheeky Monkey Sideshow!

You can hear some of her music at http://sabrinachap.com/music.htm.

PLUS:
Witness fantastic feats of physical transcendence–Will it be sword swallowing, mind reading, the cruel bed of nails, fire, human oddities, broken glass, bondage? The only way to find out is to show up!

Amazing acts of stupidity and danger!

Sideshow, sass, and song! It doesn’t get any better than this!

Due to excessive white-out conditions in DC, we are rescheduling the Screwloose Circus to next month, March 25!

This is a first for me, and quite a hard call.  I know everyone is eager to leave the house, all rest and no sideshow makes Jack go crazy.   Unfortunately, half the performers are in areas that haven’t been plowed, and the metro system isn’t running above ground trains.

Apologies for the tease, but hey, what do you expect from circus folk?

But don’t worry!  I was able to reschedule them for next month, March 25th.  Hopefully, enough snow will have melted by then that you will be able to find a parking space!

P.S.  What does a sideshow girl do with more snow than she’s ever seen in her life?  Make a Snow Fort.  what else?  (Must build up my defenses against the snow Daleks.)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Vixen Variety

Ladies & Gentlemen
Vixen Variety is proud to present the Feb 4th, 2010 
Heartthrob/ Heartburn Show!

In honor of Valentines day we would like to celebrate the exciting, enticing, and enraging emotions affiliated with this thing called LOVE.

Love may be “A many splendid thing”… but it also “bites and bleeds”….

So come out and celebrate the many sides of this human condition.
Featuring an alluring and enticing all female cast.

You don’t want to miss the Burlesque of Poppy LaRouge,
the strange and unusual antics of DC’s own side show girl Mab, Just Mab,
the energetic and exciting drag kinging of Zak Las Vegas,
the sensual and surreal belly dancing of Samantha
and the Palace’s own drag king daddy Ken Vegas
with special guest, your host for the evening Belladonna.

Bring your friends & your Stupid Human Tricks!

Join us for a fun filled night of drinking, dames, merriment and prizes! See you at the Palace!

JANUARY BEGINS THREE GREAT MONTHS OF CHEEKY MONKEY SHOWS

Our winter vacation is over. But don’t worry, we spent that time improving our super powers, buffing up for a whole new year of Sideshow Cheek.

Join us at the Palace of Wonders this Friday as we prepare to amaze and amuse, they way only Cheeky Monkeys can do!

You want special guests? We’ve got special guests!

This month, we are thrilled that spectacular burlesque goddess, L’IL DUTCH is joining us again. We love this lady!

Friday, January 15th
Palace of Wonders
1210 H St., NE
Washington, DC
Show starts @ 10:00 pm
Tickets: $10 @ the door

Hope to see you there!

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Now catch the free show!

From Washington Post’s Going Out Guru:

Hope everyone had a lovely and relaxing holiday.  I know I did! December is the time I catch up on costume/prop maintenance/updates, spend time with family and friends, and develop new acts.

It looks like 2010 has quite an adventure in store for me!  Already January is 1/2 full!

Ok, ok.  this post is rather vague, but I don’t want to give away all the surprises!  Just stick around, and be the first to hear/see the new and improved Mab, Just Mab take on 2010!

Quick post to share the exciting news!

I now have a Mab, Just Mab hotline number! It’s easy to remember! Fun to call! And comes with Widgets!

551-JUSTMAB (587-8622)

Hi folks!

I’ve just returned from a week long tour through PA and NY. A little Sideshow, a little Music, and even a little relaxation!

August is here now, and I’m surprised at how fast it’s disappearing already! There are several exciting shows coming up this month, including the Cheeky Monkey Tiki Party at the Palace of Wonders. Everyone loves Tiki parties *especially you Brady’s. Throw in some Cheeky Monkeys and you know it’s going to be outrageous! Plus we will be having as a special guest my ~favorite~ tiki goddess herself, L’il Dutch!

Last month I did two shows at the Comedy Zone in Crystal City, VA. This is a great venue, and a new and interesting challenge. This is not the usual drunken bar/festival crowd. These were civilized human beings, who like watching variety acts. while eating dinner. All those things my mom always said not to do at the dinner table came flooding back. “don’t stick things in your nose at the dinner table” “don’t swallow more than you can chew” etc. that kind of rules out Blockhead and Balloonswallow. and even though mom never said anything about walking on broken glass while at the dinner table, my past experience w/ audience members losing it hearing the glass break beneath my feet told me it might not be a good idea.

But the straitjacket, however, seemed like a ~perfect~ choice.

other gigs this month:

Comedy Zone – Saturday, August 15th

CMSS Tiki Party @ the Palace – Friday, August 21st

Tilted Torch @ the Palace – Friday, August 28th

Varietease in Richmond VA – Saturday, August 29th

In other news: a few Mab/Wedji sightings!

* You can find a picture of Wedji TuCheeks in the latest Daily Crock, the Faerie’s Magazine.

* you can hear my interview on Wayne Kaiser’s Ballycast, The Podcast of the Carnival, Sideshow and Burlesque

* you can find me at the NY Ren Faire, Playing drums with Karpathos

* and I even made it out to the 98 rock morning show. it was a miracle that I was up that early, so I have no idea what I said. if you were one of the folks who were luck enough to catch it, drop me a line to let me know how I did!

Next month already has tons of great plans! not the least of which is the Carnival of 5 Fires in Richmond VA.

* a brief post about my recent adventures!*

Just returned from a magical land of make-believe found on the top of a mountain. My new Goblin (Trans-Fae) character, Wedji TuCheeks, was a huge hit at the NY Faerie Festival. The kids were a delight! We played, I bought their affections with goblin money, we taught my giant cockroach, Fluffy, new tricks, and I made new friends and saw old ones that have been missed.

The site of the faire was stunning. there was a large creek/small river running along side, with a little waterfall and everything! I hope to have some pictures loaded shortly.

in the midst of playing with faeries, I took a break to hit Asbury Lanes in NJ. what a sweet venue! the stage is built on the center 4 lanes of a working bowling alley. after the show, people told me that they had never seen anything like our show before. well, cats. we want to come back! and we’re bringing friends! I think the Cheeky Monkey Sideshow would ROCK that venue.

in other news! if you don’t subscribe to Ballycast, you should! it’s all about various sideshow performers, old and new. and I enjoy the interviews every episode. Now imagine how fangirl squee I got when Wayne Kaiser asked me for an interview. ^_^

you can check it out here!

and in case you missed it, I’m was also interviewed for sideshow documentary “Step Right Up“.

This month, I’m doing a bit of travel, some vacation, and even some gigs!  I’ll be doing two nights at the Comedy Zone in Crystal City VA.  This is a great gig for me as it challenges me to think outside the box.  The venue is an upscale restaurant high a top the DoubleTree hotel, overlooking Washington DC (the view is stunning!).  this is not the normal, drunken bar crowd, or faire/festival folks.  I always love a challenge!  Looking forward to it!

It might be that I am luring children away to the sideshow life. Thus securing the sideshow arts for the future! A friend’s daughter made this picture:

Mab on a bed of nails.
translation: “nailbed, nailbed. It is wiggly, it is tickley. It is fun.”.

that girl is the cutest thing!
^_^

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