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To Thrill Is Divine

By Daniel Zilber On April 29, 2010

By Nicole Gluckstern for the SF Bay Guradian ::

Thrillpeddlers has slyly redefined its brand of thrills to embrace a wholly different genre besides the Grand Guignol revivalism for which it is best known; setting aside its usual quotient of twisted naturalism and splattered gore for the rambunctious, over-the-top glitter and glam of Theatre of the Ridiculous.

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Drag delight in ‘Pearls Over Shanghai’

By Daniel Zilber On January 22, 2010

By Leslie Katz for the SF Examiner:

Not only has “Pearls Over Shanghai” survived a flash flood that closed it down for several weeks, the good-humored, gender-bending show is hosting guests of national prominence and questionable tastes — such as John Waters.

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Thrillpeddlers’ smash run of Pearls over Shanghai just keeps going

By Daniel Zilber On January 22, 2010

Chris Jensen for the SF Weekly:

In November 1971, a San Francisco theater troupe became the laughingstock of New York. The Cockettes were a ragtag bunch of acid-tripping Bay Area misfits who had started performing less than two years earlier at the Palace Theater in North Beach.

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“Do not miss this marvelous confection of fun and outrage.”

By Daniel Zilber On December 11, 2009

By Lynn Ruth Miller for For All Events ::

In her wonderful and fascinating description of her life as a Cockette, MIDNIGHT AT THE PALACE, Pam Tent says, “Although PEARLS OVER SHANGHAI had long been germinating in the fertile mind of Link Martin, it was extremely fortuitous when the real Peking Opera played […]

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“San Francisco’s Halloween treats:” LA Times Recommends Shocktoberfest!! 2009

By Daniel Zilber On October 24, 2009

By Mariella Krause for the LA Times ::

In San Francisco, you need not worry about which horror movies the video store has in stock when there are half a dozen Halloween-themed plays you can see. “Shocktoberfest,” for instance, has become a Halloween tradition.

This annual blood-fest, put on by the Thrillpeddlers, is […]

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“A Shockingly Filthy Good Time” Violet Blue Reviews Pearls Over Shanghai and Shocktoberfest!! 2009

By Daniel Zilber On October 23, 2009

Violet Blue from SFGate.com ::

How can I best describe the adults-only, non-PC, musical extravaganza “Pearls Over Shanghai?” Take our local, super-talented Grand Guignol theater company The Thrillpeddlers and mate them with the legendary drag troupe The Cockettes — it’s as if Heklina birthed Rosemary’s Baby. It’s also the most entertaining live performance you […]

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“No pain, no gain” Bay Guardian Reviews Shocktoberfest!! 2009

By Daniel Zilber On October 14, 2009

By Robert Avila for the SF Bay Guardian ::

Thrillpeddlers, the Bay Area’s Grand Guignol maestros, is having a very good year. Amid an ever-extending run of the gloriously notorious Cockettes’ musical Pearls over Shanghai — the hit revival now shimmying its way to New Year’s Day — opened its 10th anniversary pageant […]

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“A Genuine, Drag-Out Joy To Behold:” Pearls Over Shanghai Review

By Daniel Zilber On June 16, 2009

From Kimberly Chun of 7×7 ::

For kids who were born too late to experience the fabulous freaks and drag delights of San Francisco’s world-famous underground troupe the Cockettes, your moment has come to truly sample the, ahem, wares of the groundbreaking psychedelic tranny troupe. The Cockettes may be gone, but it hasn’t been […]

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“Wacky Gay Camp At Its Most Twisted:” A Pearls Over Shanghai Review

By Daniel Zilber On June 15, 2009

From Carnal San Francisco ::

I recently got to see a preview of the revival of the Cockette’s show “Pearls Over Shanghai.” It’s an original musical written by Cockette Scrumbly Koldewyn, a musical genius born in the wrong era. His tastes and style come directly from show tunes of the early to mid 20th […]

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Violet Blue Reviews “Audacious Artefacts”

By Daniel Zilber On March 19, 2009

“It’s like your brain just had a lot of unprotected sex and maybe some roofies and you woke up with your frontal lobe feeling really stretched out in a way that you’re too embarrassed to even tell your doctor about. It’s that much fun.”

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    Thrillpeddlers have been performing authentic Grand Guignol horror plays, outrageous Theatre of the Ridiculous musicals, and spine-tingling lights-out spookshows in San Francisco for more than 20 years.

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