HOT HORSE DIRTY SNAKE is a new large-scale performance by Atomic Vaudeville: part clown, part concert, part accidental school.
Led by a group of unruly Crones, the work unfolds as an unconventional education in timing, power, consequence, and collective life. Lessons emerge through movement, music, absurdity and interruption rather than instruction. Students arrive seeking direction; what they encounter instead is orientation to bodies, to each other, to moments that refuse to resolve on schedule.
Drawing on clown, ritual, pop culture, and ensemble-devised performance, HOT HORSE DIRTY SNAKE resists tidy narratives and heroic arcs in favour of something messier, funnier and more alive.
This is not a coming-of-age story. It’s a staying-with-it story.
PERFORMANCE DATES
Thurs March 12th: 7:30pm
Fri March 13th: 7:30pm
Sat March 14th: 7:30pm
Sun March 15th: 6:30pm
Sliding scale tickets: $20-60
Reserved Tables for 4: $225
Book a table to guarantee seats with your friends!
TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH!
Interested in volunteering at the show? Contact volunteers@atomicvaudeville.com to join our volunteer list.
“AV shows never cease to amaze me. The creativity, humour, zaniness, puppetry, buffoonery, social commentary and satire is unmatched in Victoria.”
Photos by Hélène Cyr
Ensemble
Tony Adams, Andrew Bailey, Lola Ball, Jamal Broadfoot, Regan Chevalier-Shortt, Nic Clark, Morgan Cranny, Emily deKorte, Claire Diamant, August Elzinga, Kathleen Greenfield, Finn Kelly, Louie Lang Norman, Jack LeMaistre, Chelsea MacEwan, Dimitriy Matiienko, Alex McCallum, Aaron Nickol, Paul Henry Oppers, Danny Saretsky, Eddi Wilson
“Atomic Vaudeville shows are sharp, savvy, and salacious. What a gift to a City to have such a space, one where cast and audience alike can be delighted by the absurd, the tender and the gift of reciprocity.”
At our inception in 2004, Atomic Vaudeville sought to be a voice of the city. Since then, we have
worked with more than 400 local and visiting artists, creating a network of theatre practitioners
across the country. AV is instrumental to the ongoing support and mentorship of
contemporary voices emerging from the Victoria community, having mentored and platformed
artists like JIMBO the Drag Clown (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Ingrid Hansen (Jim Henson Company
puppeteer), and Shirley Gnome (Juno Award nominee).
“So cathartic to laugh together at the absurdity of our modern lives / current political hellscape … had me howling and hooting and hollering so much I lost my dang voice!”
Atomic Vaudeville 20th Anniversary Zine
Celebrating two decades of live art in the Velvet Rut.
Take a journey through the AV archives and hear first-hand accounts from some of the treasured artists we’ve worked with over the years. From backstage stories to original Ride the Cyclone artwork, this zine is a love letter to the art of collaboration.
Fill in the form and e-transfer $10 (plus optional delivery charge) to admin@atomicvaudeville.com to claim your copy, or get one at the Halloween show!
THANK YOU
ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE 