Unbound Desires: A Night of Heated Rivalry

[radiantfracture]

Here's the thing I've been helping to organize! Just picked up my posters for distro today.

A blurb:

Come celebrate the Rachel Reid book that started the whole phenomenon. Attend Victoria Festival of Authors' spring fundraiser at the Sports View Lounge above Oak Bay Rec on May 8th (7-9 pm). There will be burlesque, drag, and 🌶🌶🌶🌶 readings from real-life Victoria residents who have broken barriers around gender and sexuality in Canadian sports. Even better than the cottage!

Ticket link is here.

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Thanks to contrarywise for the title!

Comments

[sabotabby]

That looks incredible. I will be at Operamania (opera + wrestling) that night, though.

[radiantfracture]

ugh how did you find something cooler to go to than this

[sabotabby]

ioplokon, who is still new enough to Toronto that he actually looks up things to do.

[radiantfracture]

It sounds so GOOD. I join sovay in asking for more details so that I can fully envision what I am missing.

[sovay]

Operamania (opera + wrestling)

Like a specific opera, or opera in general?

[ioplokon]

The first time they did a couple of songs from 3 or 4 operas with some wrestling and other bits mixed in. I've made my (overly long...) review of the first edition public for now.

This will be the second time they've done an Operamania and I imagine it will be a similar format, but who knows! The wrestlers and singers have had even more time to work together, so I expect it to be even better.

[sovay]

The first time they did a couple of songs from 3 or 4 operas with some wrestling and other bits mixed in. I've made my (overly long...) review of the first edition public for now.

Thank you. You are a superb opera–wrestling commentator. Please keep it up.

(I trained and have performed as a classical singer, is the direction I came at that question from, but I am conversant with the concepts of professional wrestling. Probably most conversant with the vocabulary through the carryover from carny talk. I read a lot of pulp.)

[ioplokon]

Hopefully, I'll keep having events to comment on for a long time!

[sabotabby]

It's a revue, so I think bits of opera to fit with the plot: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/operamania-ii-the-rematch-tickets-1983128150683?aff=erelexpmlt

[sovay]

Here's the thing I've been helping to organize! Just picked up my posters for distro today.

That's so hot/cool. May you sell out!

[ioplokon]

Yay, it all came together! :D

[contrarywise]

You're welcome! I'm delighted that my suggestion was adopted. :D