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Alice down the rabbit hole. Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 2:08PM Wed. Sep. 14, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

The Pinnacle of 10 Years' Worth of Comedy Festivals?

Tell you what: They done did it. Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 5:59PM Sun. Sep. 4, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

The Tom Booker Roast

Last night at midnight,
in the downstairs theatre at The Hideout,
as part of the Out Of Bounds Comedy Festival,
local improviser, Confidence Man, dog minder
and co-owner of the Institution Theatre
– Mr. Tom Booker, we're referencing here –
was treated to what the ancient Norse called a flyting.

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Shows to Go Ya 2:05PM Fri. Sep. 2, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Into the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

It's funny, really,
how much planning this thing takes.

Look: The OOB sprawls like a citysized wino
across the five days and nights that encompass
Labor Day Weekend here in Austin, Texas.
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Shows to Go Ya 12:52PM Fri. Sep. 2, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Barrio Daze

Adrian Villegas, el Jefe of the Latino Comedy Project,
is bringing back his 2003 one-man show of character monologues about inner-city lives during a fateful day in the barrio. Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 5:35PM Wed. Aug. 31, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival Picks


Ah, What the fuck do we know – we're just the media, right?
Regardless of how closely we follow a scene,
regardless of what Jane Goodall-level hunkering-down-with-the-subjects we do, we're not on the inside, are we? Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 3:16PM Tue. Aug. 30, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Avery 7 New Issue Party


1. Because Avery 7 is a sharp new anthology of short fiction
that'll provide a solid morning, afternoon, or evening
of reading whenever you desire. Read More | Comment »

Limelight 12:28PM Sun. Aug. 21, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Live! Nude! Improv!

They’re getting naked at the Hideout.

WTF?
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Shows to Go Ya 11:07AM Thu. Aug. 11, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Who Is Jon Dore and Why Is He So Funny?

Jon Dore's TV show on IFC. Jon Dore's appearance on CBS' How I Met Your Mother. Jon Dore as the first featured comedian on TBS' Conan! Who is this guy? A household name in Canada – due to Canadian Idol. But to hell with Canada, he's here in Austin this week. Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 4:48PM Thu. Aug. 4, 2011, Mark Fagan

From Circus to Cocktails

To dress up for the cabaret, or dress down for the sawdust? On Saturday, an assemblage of tumblers, clowns, aerialists, puppeteers and balladeers will be under the big top for CircX 4 the People: On Sunday, many of the same performers will be taking a more bohemian swing for Who Said Vaudeville was Dead?. Decisions, decisions … Read More | Comment »

Show Bidness 10:42AM Sat. Jul. 9, 2011, Richard Whittaker

They Dance Like Homicide Birthday Cake

Because it's Lisa Del Rosario, Errin Delperdang, Rosalyn Nasky, and Lindsey Taylor. Because they have restless leg syndrome of the corpus callosum. Because bright brains serve madness as well as they serve sanity. Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 2:37PM Fri. Jul. 8, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

You Can't MAKE This Shit Up

Okay, you know those people who run the Hideout Theatre Downtown? Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 1:29PM Fri. Jul. 1, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Sassy in the UK

It seems like it was only the blink of an eye since neo-burlesque barn burner Sassy Delure migrated to Austin from Seattle, and now she's heading to the UK. Don't worry, it's only a month-long trip across the pond, but she and her new partner-in-crime Ophelia Moore need your help tonight to get there. Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 10:00AM Sun. Jun. 5, 2011, Richard Whittaker

Nik Wallenda: Life on the Wire

[From the Editor: Last week, aerialist Raven Hinojosa spoke with tight-rope aerial stuntman and seventh-generation performer Nik Wallenda – (yes, of those Wallendas) about his daredevil life and about his Stunt Spectacular show at Schlitterbahn… Read More | Comment »

Show Bidness 6:58PM Thu. May. 19, 2011, Raven Hinojosa

False Matters

Sure, you may have seen c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate, but we'd wager you've never seen live improv in the style of Philip K. Dick.

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Shows to Go Ya 4:46PM Wed. May. 18, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

As Above So Below

Yes, this sort of thing makes us think of that one episode of The Simpsons, too. But then there's damned little in this life that can't make a person think of some Simpsons episode, am I right? As if the show itself were a part of some conspiracy of apophenia, and we were little more than unwilling pawns in the relentless power of –

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Frame Up 2:23PM Thu. May. 5, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Ladies Are Funny Festival!

It's a gender-based thing, more or less. It's a comedy-based thing, most definitely. This fifth annual festival brings the funny in from all over the country – L.A.! Chicago! Boston! NYC! San Antonio! – for three days and nights (May 5, 6, 7) of unstoppered hilarity of the sketch and improv and stand-up and even short-film varieties. Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 11:33AM Thu. Apr. 28, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

A Twirl and a Tease

Call them bunnies or panty wranglers or stage hands: The true heroines of last weekend's Texas Burlesque Festival were the brave assistants who cleared, collected and collated every last item of clothing dropped to the floor by the performers. Read More | Comment »

Show Bidness 3:22PM Thu. Apr. 21, 2011, Richard Whittaker

Rubber Repper Redux

Wait, do you mean … the show that we gave big ups to last year? The show that's kind of like a live episode of Biography, except it's up-close and personal and intimately interactive in front of friends and strangers? Yes, that show. Read More | Comment »

Shows to Go Ya 5:38PM Wed. Apr. 20, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

The Merry Widows

There comes a time when every widow must cast off the black weeds of mourning: Tonight the ladies of Black Widow Burlesque will be throwing off a whole lot more as they celebrate their second anniversary in the realm of tease-o-rama. Read More | Comment »

Show Bidness 5:07PM Fri. Apr. 8, 2011, Richard Whittaker

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