Step into my office, darlings! You simply Must attend this year's Poetry Brothel Holiday Office Party, as our series of shows goes out with a Bang!
Our staff is in a Festive Flurry, ready to fly over you on Aerial Hoop, deck your halls with our World-Class Burlesque, grow your heart three sizes with our live Musics, and of course, poem you deeply under the mistletoe.
Trade in those pointy workaday glasses and practical loafers for reds and greens, or silver and gold, party attire. More is More! Come warm, shiny, and splendid! Eat tapas, drink cocktails, and be merry with us, your faithful source of poetry services for all these years.
Let's celebrate the finale of our 2019 season with a night so blush-worthy with poetic truths, so nakedly real, our own Brothel staff won't be able to look each other in the eye for a week.
(Psst! Susan from HR will have the xerox machine warmed up! B.Y.O. Butt! ;) )
Productivity! Progress! Poetry! It's the most industrious time of the year!
On the open patio, the troupe presents Tarot readings, poetic souvenirs, live typewriter poetry, and occasional burlesque and musical performances.
Photo by Amanda HoskinsonDoors open at 6pm. The show runs from 7pm-10pm. Themed costumes and/or vintage formalwear are encouraged but not required.
~> In addition to its poets, The Poetry Brothel presents artists and activists working in a variety of mediums both on stage and through its ever-changing array of intimate, interactive, and creative services. Artists performing with the Brothel may be male, female, faeries, sea creatures, witches, aliens, POC, straight, queer, emerging, established, local, international, virgins, whores, and everything in between.
~> The Poetry Brothel celebrates paid personal connection, but recognizes that not everyone can take off the mask of being a “whore” at the end of the night, and therefore uses its platform to support sex workers, and to teach the public that sex work is real work. Sex work and poetry are two of the oldest professions - both feed the human need for intimacy, fantasy, and desire. By entwining these elements into a seamless, immersive experience, The Poetry Brothel promotes empowered sexuality practices and progressive artistic expression by exhibiting radical inclusion, consensual intimacy, conscious communication, and the inherent value of beauty in all its forms.
~> On Consent:
Behave with beauty, connect with intention. We are, by and large, a no-contact event -- here to blow your mind and nothing else! Always ask before touching anyone in our House, and report any discomfort to security or staff or the Madam Herself without delay.
This event is 21+
This is a wheelchair accessible event (ask us how!)
Our show includes flashing lights, reasonably amplified music, a startling glimpse of your true self, and fog machines