DT: JANUARY 7, 2015
FM: AARON FETERL/MITCH SCHNEIDER, MSO PR
LUCHA VAVOOM
ANNOUNCES ANNUAL TWO-NIGHT VALENTINE’S DAY ENGAGEMENT
“CRAZY IN LOVE”
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10 AND THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11
AT THE MAYAN THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
FEATURING LIVE MEXICAN WRESTLING, BURLESQUE, COMEDY AND MORE
Above: Event artwork
“There’s no show that’s funnier, sillier or more entertaining than this one.”
—Eric Idle (Monty Python)
“The over-the-top-wrestling-orgy of sexy ladies, masked men, and overall debauchery known as Lucha VaVOOM has long been a you’ve-either-seen-it-or-what-the-F-is-wrong-with-you proposition.”
“…no one that puts on a better lucha libre show than the folks at Lucha VaVOOM. Far wackier and wilder than most professional wrestling…Lucha VaVOOM lets its freak flag fly…”
What it’s like to be crazy in love? Let the famously hot-blooded LUCHA VaVOOM show you the way as only they can.
LUCHA VaVOOM–one of Los Angeles’ most celebrated variety shows since 2002 where mind-blowing Mexican masked wrestling, burlesque and comedy gloriously collide–returns with their popular annual two-night annual Valentine‘s Day shows on Wednesday, February 10 and Thursday, February 11 to The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets are on sale now at $40.00 for general admission tickets (includes balcony, mezzanine standing and seated seats) and $55.00 for ringside seating. For tickets and more information, visit: luchavavoom.com.
This year’s Valentine’s Day shows–titled “Crazy in Love”–will host some of the most glamorous dancers and aerialists in the world, colliding with truly electrifying Mexican Wrestlers. What’s not to love?
Performers confirmed, include:
– The Lucha VaVOOM debut of DRAGON LEE-an exciting, high flying luchador from Mexico City (CMLL).
– The return of MATT CLASSIC and MINI MATT CLASSIC
– PRINCE POPPYCOCK (who shot to fame for his tremendous performances on “America’s Got Talent”) will perform a song live with DIAMONDBACK ANNIE & LUX LACROIX
– The return of Multi-Guinness World Record holder MARAWA THE AMAZING.
– SOLID GOLD CHICKENS
– He’s taking the world by storm with his “Dick-Move” JOEY RYAN (as seen in Maxim and Rolling Stone)
– The 8th and 9th wonder of the world CHOCOLATAY
– Returning burlesque favorite JESSABELLE THUNDER
– Debut of MOLLY D’AMOUR, the incredible dancer who has performed with Lady GaGa, Toledo, Eastside Luv and more
In 2015, Lucha VaVOOM was featured in PEACHES‘ new viral music video for her single “Close Up,” featuring Kim Gordon, of which VICE’S FIGHTLAND says,”It’s wildly entertaining to see what NSFW shenanigans the Lucha VaVOOM crew get up to when they take on The Showstopper [Peaches] in the ring.” Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/-rnJAe3zuzQ. As background, PEACHES hasperformed as a special guest at a Lucha VaVOOM shows at The Mayan over the past few years.
About Lucha VaVOOM:
Founded in Los Angeles in 2002 by Rita D’Albert and Liz Fairbairn, LUCHA VaVOOM–the acclaimed and mind-blowing Mexican masked wrestling/burlesque/comedy ensemble voted Los Angeles’ “Best Burlesque Show” by LA Weekly for 2012 and 2013–is good vs. evil played out in quick, exhibition-style, one-fall Lucha Libre matches for maximum enjoyment and action. Arguably more rock than rock and more punk than punk, LUCHAVaVOOM has created a Los Angeles tradition: from the low-rider car parade escorting the performers as the crowd enters the iconic Mayan Theater, to the local luminaries they attract (Drew Carey and Jack Black have sat in), to burlesque (which was revived right here in Los Angeles), to Lucha Libre, where masked heroic wrestlers, in character-driven style, flip, fly and amaze. It all comes together to make one fun, surreal, glam-bam spectacle of raucous entertainment. You could say it’s a wrestling show for people that don’t like wrestling (and those that do). The Los Angeles Times said, “Far-out flamboyance always prevails at Lucha VaVOOM, a spectacle of Mexican freestyle wrestling with an L.A. twist (7/09/06).”
At LUCHA VaVOOM, they like a little sexo with their violencia. In between matches, the finest handpicked burlesque acts from around the world wow the crowds with their unique striptease skills, including raucous aerial acts, pogo-stick peelers and hula-hoop hotties. The Los Angeles-based performance troupe has regularly sold out 1,000-seat venues across the globe (Amsterdam, Calgary, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Portland and Philadelphia, among many other cities), performed at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan and Big Day Out Festival in Australia since its birth in 2002 and call Los Angeles’ Mayan Theater–an elaborately appointed, 1927-built former motion-picture palace–home when not on the road. A sizzle reel featuring LUCHA VaVOOM highlights (high-octane Mexican-style lucha libre wrestling, traditional burlesque and blow-by-blow comedic commentary) can be viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/nswes3x. Click here for LUCHA VaVOOM‘s EPK.
Tickets are available at ticketweb.com and these outlets:
Wacko, 4633 Hollywood Blvd – (323) 663-0122
BRAT, 1938 14th St, Santa Monica – (310) 452-2480
Garage Pizza, 100 1/2 W 7th Street, Downtown LA (213) 622-3390
For more info, visit:
Click here for past Lucha VaVOOM press releases and assets
