Dark Follies

Photo by Jason Berthiaume

What: Dark Follies Street Vaudeville

When: Friday, July 5th, 8:00 PM

Where: Monument Square, Portland, ME

Cost: Free show (donations gladly accepted)

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The return of summer means the return of Dark Follies Street Vaudeville! Join us in Monument Square after the First Friday Art Walk for live music, beautiful dancers, comedy, storytelling, flow and fire dancing. We’ve some new talent and new music to share with you! Come on down and experience how Dark Follies made its start!!!

photo by Nate Hall

What: Dark Follies Presents: Vaudeville Plunder at PortFringe! (two nights)

When: June 27th, 7:00 PM & June 28th, 6:00 PM

Where: Geno’s Rock Club, 625 Congress Street, Portland, ME

Cost: Tickets available here: http://www.portfringe.com/tickets.htm

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A’hoy mateys, Dark Follies brings the life o’ the high seas to the stage in Vaudeville Plunder. Aye! Here be juggling sailors, serenading pirates, dancing sirens, well told tales of the pirate life and music that will get ye feet tapping on the decks. Join these Dark Follies Pirate Vaude-villians and the Dark Follies Not Just Rhythm Orchestra as they raise the Jolly Roger to fly above ship Vaudeville. Arrrrrrrrrr! Born of a love of street theater, vaudeville and a desire to create a space to showcase the performance talent present in Portland’s goth community, Dark Follies began bringing its special brand of street Vaudeville to life in the dark hours of Portland’s summer First Friday Art Walk nights in the Autumn of 2008. It has since evolved into award winning vaudeville style variety show based in Portland, Maine.

June 27th, 7PM	June 28th, 6PM

photo by Nate Hall

What: The Hive’s Grand ReOpening

When: June 15, noon-11PM (DF show around 7 PM)

Where: The Hive, 84 Main St, Kennebunk, ME

Cost: Free food and events all day!

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Dark Follies, Portland’s award winning vaudeville troupe, bring their unique variety show to The Hive in Kennebunk, ME for The Hive’s Grand (re)Opening. Join us for a day of free food, fun entertainment, live music, dance, and flow performances while supporting this community art space. Local beer, wine, cider and mead will also be available.

Born of a love of street theater and a desire to bring together the talent in Portland’s goth community, Dark Follies began bringing its special brand of street vaudeville to life during Portland’s First Friday Art Walks in Autumn of 2008. Over the next four years they have produced multiple stage shows and have performed around the northeast at the Cape Cod Festival of Magic, The Steampunk World’s Fair, The Watch City Festival and the Shelburne Museum. They have won Best Street Performer in the Portland Phoenix Best of Portland Awards two years running (2011 & 2012).

What: Dark Follies Street Vaudeville

When: Friday, June 7th, 8:00 PM

Where: Monument Square, Portland, ME

Cost: Free show (donations gladly accepted)

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The return of summer means the return of Dark Follies Street Vaudeville! Join us in Monument Square after the First Friday Art Walk for live music, beautiful dancers, comedy, storytelling, flow and fire dancing. We’ve some new talent and new music to share with you! Come on down and experience how Dark Follies made its start!!!

Photo by T. Love Smith

What: Dark Follies Dinner Theater

When: May 24th, 7:00 PM

Where: Local Sprouts Collective, 649 Congress Street, Portland, ME

Cost: By Donation

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Dark Follies, Portland’s award winning vaudeville troupe, bring their unique variety show to Local Sprouts in Portland on May 24th at 7:00 PM. Join us for an evening of live music, song, dance, juggling, storytelling and flow performances while you enjoy delicious healthy and locally-sourced food. Featuring the talents of The Dark Follies Vaudevillians and The Dark Follies Not Just Rhythm Orchestra!

Donations to support the artists who entertain you are greatly appreciated.

Born of a love of street theater and a desire to bring together the talent in Portland’s goth community, Dark Follies began bringing its special brand of street vaudeville to life during Portland’s First Friday Art Walks in Autumn of 2008. Over the next four years they have produced multiple stage shows and have performed around the northeast at the Cape Cod Festival of Magic, The Steampunk World’s Fair, The Watch City Festival and the Shelburne Museum. They have won Best Street Performer in the Portland Phoenix Best of Portland Awards two years running (2011 & 2012).

What: Dark Luminosity Theatrical Dance Showcase

When: June 22nd, 8:00 PM (Doors at 7:30)

Where: Bright Star World Dance, 496 Congress Street, Portland, Maine

Tickets: $12 Advanced General Seating/$15 Advanced Reserved Seating/$20 Door

Join us on a journey into the shadows of dance with an evening of dark theatrical performances featuring Aepril Schaile and dancers from around New England.

Aepril Schaile is an American priestess of the Dark Goddess working through the ancient and ever-evolving arts of Belly Dance, Music, Ritual-Theatre, and Divination. Aepril Schaile dances to make the archetypal Dark Feminine sacred again, and is recognized for her pioneering innovation in dark theatrical, ritual and shamanistic Belly dance  In performance, Aepril becomes Trickster, Warrior, Ghost, Storm, Grieving Mother, Killer, Snow Queen, Seductress… Her performances invoke the archetypal Feminine as a force of nature and magick.

The line up for this amazing show also  includes:

The Accaliae
Cait Capaldi
Heather Powers
Sarah Jezebel Wood
Selcouth
Solange
Belleme
Nathifa Shakti
Phoenix
Annabee
Anathema Steele
Leilah
BellaLisa
and more…

With a special musical performance by members of the Dark Follies (not just) Rhythm Orchestra!

Tickets on sale now!  This is an intimate show with a very limited number of seats so buy your ticket today.

Watch City Festival Flyer 2013

What: Watch City Festival

When: May 11-12, 2013

Where: Waltham, MA

Cost: Tickets available here.

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Join Dark Follies on our steampunk vaudeville adventures at the Watch City Festival!

photo by Dr. Payne

What: Dark Follies & Bella’s Bartok

When: April 21st, 8:00 PM

Where: Slainte Wine Bar & Lounge, 24 Preble St, Portland, ME

Cost: No cover!

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Dark Follies, Portland’s award winning vaudeville troupe, bring their unique variety show to their hometown at Slainte, in Portland, Maine on April 21st at 8:00 PM. Join us for an evening of live music, song, dance, juggling, and flow performances with The Dark Follies Vaudevillians: Selcouth, Solange, Petit Soleil, Miss Polly, the Lovely Janice, BellaLisa and The Dark Follies Not Just Rhythm Orchestra!

They will be joined by kindred spirits, the band Bella’s Bartok; a party that became a band. Varied percussion, bright pianos, scratchy guitars, scattered horn sections, and group harmonies give their dancy tunes a distinct bohemian vibe, and their raw sound gives them something of a punk edge. Seven piece, multi-instrumentalist groove-making extra-ordinaires from Northampton, MA. http://bellasbartok.com/

This is the second show of a double feature with Bella’s Bartok! Another great night of fun, surprises and entertainment.

P.S. In case you weren’t aware, on April 20th both Dark Follies & Bella’s Bartok will be at the Oak + Ax in Biddeford. Click here for more info.

photo by Dr. Payne

What: Dark Follies & Bella’s Bartok

When: April 20th, 8:00 PM

Where: Oak and Ax, 140 Main St, Suite 107-Back Alley, Biddeford, ME

Cost: $8.00 (venue is cash only)

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Dark Follies, Portland’s award winning vaudeville troupe, bring their unique variety show to The Oak & The Ax in Biddeford, Maine on April 20th at 8:00 PM. Join us for an evening of live music, song, dance, juggling, and flow performances in one of Southern Maine’s most inviting performance spaces. With performances by The Dark Follies Vaudevillians: Selcouth, Solange, Petit Soleil, the Mighty Scavenger, the Lovely Janice, and The Dark Follies Not Just Rhythm Orchestra!

They will be joined by kindred spirits, the band Bella’s Bartok; a party that became a band. Varied percussion, bright pianos, scratchy guitars, scattered horn sections, and group harmonies give their dancy tunes a distinct bohemian vibe, and their raw sound gives them something of a punk edge. Seven piece, multi-instrumentalist groove-making extra-ordinaires from Northampton, MA. http://bellasbartok.com/

This is a double feature you don’t want to miss! It will be a night of fun and more than a few surprises.

Born of a love of street theater and a desire to bring together the talent in Portland’s goth community, Dark Follies began bringing its special brand of street vaudeville to life during Portland’s First Friday Art Walks in Autumn of 2008. Over the next four years they have produced multiple stage shows and have performed around the northeast at the Cape Cod Festival of Magic, The Steampunk World’s Fair, The Watch City Festival and the Shelburne Museum. They have won Best Street Performer in the Portland Phoenix Best of Portland Awards two years running (2011 & 2012).

Petite Soleil of the Dark Follies

What: Dark Follies Dinner Theater

When:  May 17th, 2013, 7-9PM

Where: Narals Restaurant and Bar, 34 Court Street, Auburn, Maine

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Dark Follies, Portland’s award winning vaudeville troupe, brings their unique variety show to Narals in Auburn on May 17th at 7:00 PM. Join us for an evening of live music, song, dance, juggling, and flow performances while you enjoy delicious food from the Middle East prepared by Narals. Featuring the talents of The Dark Follies Vaudevillians and The Dark Follies Not Just Rhythm Orchestra!

There is no cover for this event though tips are greatly appreciated. Reservations are strongly recommended.

Born of a love of street theater and a desire to bring together the talent in Portland’s goth community, Dark Follies began bringing its special brand of street vaudeville to life during Portland’s First Friday Art Walks in Autumn of 2008. Over the next four years they have produced multiple stage shows and have performed around the northeast at the Cape Cod Festival of Magic, The Steampunk World’s Fair, The Watch City Festival and the Shelburne Museum. They have won Best Street Performer in the Portland Phoenix Best of Portland Awards two years running (2011 & 2012).