Hypnodrome (San Francisco, CA)
Thrillpeddlers presents Shocktoberfest!! 2009: The Torture Garden, their signature Halloween show. This is the 10th annual presentation of Grand Guignol terror plays and stimulating sex farces. The program will feature two one-act plays, plus Thrillpeddlers' famed black-out spook show finale, when ghostly apparitions materialize before the audience's startled eyes.
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This performance consists of two unrelated one act plays. The first is set in the time period right after the end of the Civil War. It reminded me of my least favorite Clint Eastwood movie "The Beguiled". The two highlights were the actress portraying the voodoo healer and the singing by the madame at the end of the show; otherwise it was difficult to sit through. The second was an orientalist piece. It was more interesting but seemed rushed. If you are looking for something akin to Thrillpeddler's "Pearls Over Shanghai" this is not it. It lacks the bravado, music, and flare of the Pearls.
just not as outrageous as theodora last year or pearls this year. Scripts thin, performances good but just not the really over the top stuff they have done so well in the past. the guillotine was so-so to me, not as wild as other intermission thangs they have done.
Two one-acts, performed in the wrong order - the stronger, funnier piece is performed first, so that the second half is a let-down. The cast is attractive and talented, and the intermission boasted a guillotine.
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This intimate venue seats only forty-five guests. "General Admission" seats are filled on a first-come basis. For couples seeking privacy and an extra jolt during the performance, the Hypnodrome's signature "Shock Box" seats are available for a higher price. Winner of SF Weekly's "Best of San Francisco 2008" Award for "Best Bonus Theater Experience," Hypnodrome's "interactive audience-invadi
The program will feature two one-act plays, The Torture Garden by Pierre Chaine and Andre de Lorde, a 1922 shocker from the repertoire of Le Théâtre du Grand Guignol, the original French horror theatre, and The Phantom Limb, an original play in the Grand Guignol tradition commissioned by Thrillpeddlers from New York playwright Rob Keefe.
The bill culminates with Thrillpeddlers' famed black-out spook show finale when ghostly apparitions materialize before the audience's startled eyes. The Hypnodrome's "Shock Box" seats provide pairs of patrons with privacy and an added jolt of “lights-out thrills.”
Thrillpeddlers is the 2009 SF Bay Guardian's Goldie Award winner for "Outstanding Local Discovery" in the arts. They have been performing a unique brand of horror and fetish theatre in San Francisco for over a decade. The company is continuously engaged in translating, adapting, and producing classic plays from the infamous repertoire of Le Theatre du Grand Guignol (www.grandguignol.com) as well as developing modern works by contemporary masters of the horror genre. The Hypnodrome, Thrillpeddlers' performance venue, has the distinction of being the world's only purpose-built horror theatre. Now in its sixth year, Thrillpeddlers' annual pageant of terror and titillation, Shocktoberfest!!, has become a San Francisco Halloween tradition.