If like me, you loathe SeaFair, Seattle’s summertime descent into the hellish noise of jet planes, speed boats and rowdy, drunk sunburnt heterosexuals (yes, yes, I know there are some gay folk who like SeaFair, too, but there’s no accounting for taste…) then you welcome any opportunity to flee that inanity for either distant places or the sanctity of a cool, dark, quiet place that is a bit too queer for the drunken tourists to invade. Happily, Paula the Swedish Housewife has concocted a nasty little morsel of perversion to take our minds off the noxious rabble of this weekend and she’s putting on a very special nautical themed burlesque show this Friday and Saturday night at The Triple Door. She’s a smart cookie, so she’s wisely trying to cash in on this week’s theme and she’s calling her show, “The SeaFarer Follies” and she’s presenting a legion of dedicated burlesque and variete artists including Captain Bloodbeard (aka Bradford Scobie) as Master of Ceremonies with Moisture Festival favorites including Trixie Little and the Evil Hate Monkey, Bambi the Mermaid (from Coney Island) and Seattle all-stars including Waxie Moon as King Neptune, The Shanghai Pearl, the Swedish Housewife herself and a REAL LIVE HOUSE BAND which will be rocking the SS Poseidon, er, The Triple Door to a capsized night of fun…There WILL be a Morning after!
Oh, and Paula has a request to make:
Come dressed to the nine fathoms in your most outrageous nautical, aquatic, flyboy, flygirl, sailor, sea captain, mermaid, merman, or “you make it up” costume to win prizes and the prestigious yearlong title of The Royal Sea Urchin!
Sounds like a hoot and a half! Also, delicious grub from The Wild Ginger upstairs…what more could you ask for?
Here’s all the info you need: Dates: August 6 & 7
Time: 11PM door at 10:00 PM Friday / 10:30 Saturday
Tickets: $22 Advance/ $25 Day of show
21+
Box Office: 206-838-4333
The Triple Door
216 Union Street
Seattle WA
Check it out!
-Michael Strangeways
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