DATE: JUNE 18, 2015
FROM: AARON FETERL/MITCH SCHNEIDER, MSO PR
LUCHA VAVOOM
–PROVIDING THE WORLD WITH LUCHA LIBRE, HI-OCTANE STRIPTEASE AND COMEDY–
WILL TEAM UP WITH PIRATES FOR THEIR
‘SUMMER FUN SPECTACULAR’ SHOW
THURSDAY, JULY 30
AT THE MAYAN THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT LUCHAVAVOOM.COM
“There’s no show that’s funnier, sillier or more entertaining than this one.”
—Eric Idle (Monty Python)
“Lucha VaVOOM is an underground celebration of all things perfect in this world…Lucha VaVOOM is what will pass for primetime entertainment when the polar ice caps finally melt and there’s not a single drop of oil left to be squeezed from the planet. In the post-apocalyptic future Luch VaVOOM’s mix of “sexo y violencia” will replace the Super Bowl, the Internet, and daytime television as humanity’s primary form of entertainment.”
– COMPLEX.com, February 20, 2015
“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.”
–THRILLIST.COM, February 18, 2015
LUCHA VaVOOM–one of Los Angeles’ most celebrated variety shows since 2002 where mind-blowing Mexican masked wrestling, burlesque and comedy collide–is teaming up with sword-fighting, swash-buckling pirates to launch an all-out visual assault Thursday, July 30th “Summer Fun Spectacular” show at The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles. General Admission tickets (including balcony, mezzanine standing and seating) are $40.00 and ringside seating is $55.00. Tickets for this 21+ event are available now at luchavavoom.com and at the below retailers.
Says Lucha VaVOOM co-founder, Rita D’Albert: “Everybody loves pirates, they’re sexy, dangerous, and unpredictable, just like Lucha VaVOOM. It’s the perfect addition to our summer fun show!”
The “Summer Fun Spectacular” show will feature: Pirata Morgan (the professional Mexican wrestler), the debut of the tiniest cut-throat luchador Barbita Negra,Tahitian Dancers The Dancing Fire, dancer and hula-hoop artistKaris, burlesque performances from the incredible Jessebelle Thunder, aerialists Kate Minweganand Kristi Monson, plusan all-girl wrestling match, swordfights, a giant dance fight, with much more to be announced.
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 information on Lucha VaVOOM, visit:
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Click here for past Lucha VaVOOM press releases and assets
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For more information and press credentials, contact MSO PR:
Aaron Feterl | [email protected]