Lounge-zilla Returns!

2007 VANCOUVER FRINGE HIT STOMPS BACK INTO TOWN FOR ONE SHOW ONLY!

'LOUNGE-ZILLA!' RETURNS

UNAPOLOGETIC, UNPREDICTABLE, UNSTOPPABLE COMEDY

Vancouver's favorite (and most controversial!) ballad butcher and media cover-boy is back! But get your tickets quick -- he's only around for ONE NIGHT ONLY as part of the Here Be Monsters Collective's Carnival of the Arts II Theatre Festival!

This past September, 'LOUNGE-ZILLA!' played to raucous houses at the Vancouver International Fringe Festival (including several OVER-SOLD HOUSES that made the musical-comedy spoof one of the highest-selling shows at the fest)!

AND NOW . . . HE'S BACK TO SCARE UP MORE LAUGHS!




Who: LOUNGE-ZILLA!
What: One of the 2007 Canadian Fringe circuit's biggest hits featuring TWISTED MUSIC, NAUGHTY COMEDY and an OUTRAGEOUS X-RATED 3D FINALE that must be seen to be believed!
Where: THE DOLLHOUSE STUDIOS, 42 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC
When: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 at 10:00pm (ONE SHOW ONLY!)
Tickets: $15 General Admission, or Festival pass for $25
How: Reservations -- 778.371.4731

But Really, Why?:

'LOUNGE-ZILLA!', a musical-comedy spoof of horrifically funny lounge acts, has scored numerous AWARDS and HONORS throughout the Canadian Fringe circuit:

*'BEST COMEDY' -- 2007 Ottawa Fringe Festival
*'BEST OF THE FEST' -- 2007 Saskatoon Fringe Festival (StarPhoenix)
*'BEST OF VENUE/BEST OF FRINGE' -- Atlantic Fringe Festival (Halifax)
*'BEST OF FEST' -- San Francisco Fringe Festival
*'BEST OF CABARET' -- San Francisco Fringe Festival
*'BEST OF FEST' -- Orlando International Fringe Festival
*'BEST MALE PERFORMER', 'BEST PRODUCTION' nominee -- Orlando International Fringe
*'CULT HIT OF THE FRINGE' -- 2007 Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival (Scott Thomas, Fringe Director on CBC Radio)
*'3RD HIGHEST SELLING SHOW' -- 2007 Saskatoon Fringe Festival (out of 51 groups)
*'3RD HIGHEST SELLING SHOW' -- Atlantic Fringe Festival (Halifax)
*'TOP 10 SELLING SHOW' -- 2007 Vancovuer International Fringe Festival
*5-STAR REVIEW -- Edmonton Sun (Graham Hicks)
*CRITIC'S PICK -- Edmonton Journal (Sandra Sperounas)
*5-STAR REVIEW -- CBC (Saskatoon)
*5-STAR REVIEW -- StarPhoenix (Saskatoon)
*4-STAR REVIEW -- Vue Weekly (Edmonton)
*RAVE REVIEW/EDITOR'S PICK -- Xtra West! (Vancouver)
*RAVE REVIEW -- Only Magazine (Vancouver)
*RAVE REVIEW -- Chronicle Herald (Halifax, Atlantic Fringe)
*4 SOLD-OUT HOUSES -- Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival (145-seat Walterdale Playhouse)
*2 SOLD-OUT HOUSES -- Saskatoon Fringe Theatre Festival (160-seat Oskayak venue)
*2 OVER-SOLD HOUSES -- Vancouver International Fringe Festival (152-seat Performance Works -- 180 seats sold each over-sold evening!)
*5 SOLD-OUT HOUSES -- Orlando International Fringe Festival (100-seat venue)


And he's played internationally to SOLD-OUT HOUSES and RAVES:

CAMP COMEDY FEST -- Singapore
VANCOUVER INTL COMEDY FESTIVAL -- Vancouver
USA NATIONAL GLBT THEATRE FESTIVAL -- Columbus, OH
DC COMEDY FEST -- Washington, DC
CHICAGO IMPROV FESTIVAL -- Chicago
SAN FRANCISCO SKETCH COMEDY FESTIVAL -- San Francisco
WE'RE FUNNY THAT WAY COMEDY FESTIVAL -- Toronto
MIAMI IMPROV FESTIVAL -- Miami
GAY DAYS FEST/CRUISE -- Orlando, Key West, Cozumel
OUT ON THE EDGE THEATRE FESTIVAL -- Boston
NYC INTERNATIONAL FRINGE THEATRE FESTIVAL -- New York City
AQUAFEST -- Houston, Belize
SKETCHFEST -- Seattle
PRAGUE FRINGE FESTIVAL -- Prague, Czech Republic


RAVE REVIEWS: Here, There and Everywhere in between!

THEATERMANIA.COM -- New York City 'FIELY A. MATIAS IS SUCH A BITCH AND WE LOVE HIM FOR IT . . . A HELLUVA LOT OF FUN'
XTRA! WEST -- Vancouver 'A RIOTOUS SEND-UP . . . A MUST-SEE'
EDMONTON SUN -- Edmonton '5 STARS! VERY, VERY FUNNY. SCREAMINGLY FUNNY'
VUE WEEKLY -- Edmonton 'WELL DONE AND MAKES YOU LAUGH SO HARD YOU CRY'
CBC RADIO/TELEVISION -- Saskatoon '5 STARS! HILARIOUS FROM START TO FINISH'
STARPHOENIX -- Saskatoon '5 STARS! THE MOST FUN YOU'LL HAVE AT THE FRINGE . '
CHRONICLE HERALD -- Halifax 'HILARIOUSLY INTERACTIVE . . . EXPLOSIVE'
ONLY MAGAZINE -- Vancouver 'A NEAR PERFECT CABARET . . . I LOVED THIS'
CAPITAL XTRA! -- Ottawa 'A HILARIOUS SELECTION OF ORIGINAL SONGS'
SEATTLE GAY NEWS -- Seattle 'LAUGH SO HARD YOU NEARLY WET YOUR PANTS!'
EDGEBOSTON.COM -- Boston 'A+! BE PREPARED TO LAUGH . . . GO GET TICKETS!'
SFIST.COM -- San Francisco 'FULL-OUT HYSTERICAL . . . A FRINGE MUST-SEE'
ORLANDO SENTINEL -- Orlando 'LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY'
ORLANDO WEEKLY -- Orlando 'SAVAGELY FUNNY . . . A FESTIVAL FAVORITE'
COLUMBUS DISPATCH -- Columbus, OH 'HILARIOUS . . . CLEVER . . . FRESH, FUNNY'
YOUNGGAYAMERICA.COM -- USA 'FAST-MOVING AND HIGHLY ENTERTAINING'
EDGEPTOWN.COM -- Provincetown, MA 'GRADE: A! VASTLY ENTERTAINING'
GAYOGUNQUIT.COM -- Ogunquit, ME 'HIGH ENERGY . . . IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LAUGH'



'LOUNGE-ZILLA!' -- ONE NIGHT ONLY!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9 at 10:00PM
THE DOLLHOUSE STUDIOS, 42 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver, BC

'LOUNGE-ZILLA!' appears as part of the Here Be Monsters Collective's CARNIVAL OF THE ARTS II FESTIVAL. This celebration of off-beat theatre, art and music also features such acts as Victoria's ATOMIC VAUDEVILLE and Toronto's MONSTER THEATRE.


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