DANDY DARKLY MAKES HIS HOLLYWOOD FRINGE DEBUT!
Dandy Darkly's All Aboard!
UPDATE 6/16/2019:
Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard! wins ★ Spirit of the Fringe ★ award at 2019 Cincinnati Fringe. Named a Critic’s Pick of Cincy CityBeat Magazine. “Dandy Darkly’s All Aboar is Fringe theatre at its finest: an outlandish collision of styles and stories that provokes visceral reactions.” Read whole review here: https://www.citybeat.com/arts-culture/fringe/blog/21071222/fringe-2019-critics-pick-dandy-darklys-all-aboard
UPDATE 6/4/2019:
LA BLADE pens preview feature about Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard debuting at the Hollywood Fringe! CHECK IT OUT at: https://www.losangelesblade.com/2019/06/04/hollywood-fringe-fragments-lean-lavender/?fbclid=IwAR1vy8NCeWO3Vz9w1KiZoMvxp0ZWmge8hHAK2U5Eq0Z1Q0G1xj5LIIlT7mI
UPDATE 5/27/2019:
Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard! wins top prize ★ BEST SHOW ★ at the 2019 Orlando Fringe! "Grotesque, profane, profound and laugh-out-loud funny, Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard is exactly the one-of-a-kind experience Fringe was invented for.” Orlando Weekly and “In a festival full of outstanding storytellers, Dandy has a unique voice and style that puts him on the don’t-miss list.” Orlando Sentinel GO. SEE. DANDY!
“Where were you the night the Gaybird Steamer ran off her tracks?”
Preeminent American storyteller Dandy Darkly makes his Hollywood Fringe debut with his latest award-winning, critically acclaimed hour of supernatural, Southern Gothic satire. Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard! is a glorious Georgia ghost story as told by the survivors of that tragic Halloween night — from the little boy chased by the phantoms that still haunt her as an adult to the cruel Colonel buried in his bunker, tinkering with his sinister toys.
Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard! is a raucous uprooting of Deep South shame served alongside searing social commentary and howling humor. The show delves into issues of racism, transphobia, economic precarity and electoral insanity, all delivered via dripping earful of Southern Gothic grotesquery: coercive capitalist robots, African spider gods, beauty shop gossip and inbred family freaks — oh, and trains! All aboard for Dandy’s most beautifully batshit creation yet.
The show is written and performed by Dandy Darkly and directed by Ian Bjorklund. Dandy regales his thoughtful tales painted and primped to perfection. The show is scored by a nonstop soundscape of pre-recorded music composed by longtime collaborators Adam Tendler (piano), Bryce Edwards (bass), Jeffrey Underhill (guitar, banjo), Carlos Espinosa Jr. (saxophone) and Rachel Blumberg (percussion) and peppered with eclectic sound effects to create an utterly unique storytelling experience that critics have described as “unlike anything else at the Fringe.” (The Scotsman)
Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard! is presented by Matthew Quinn and the incredible team at Theatre Asylum, producing only the best Fringe artists curated locally and from across the American and international festivals.
Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard! won “Best Show” at the 2018 San Francisco Fringe and received massive critical acclaim at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe. Esteemed theatrical journal The Stage honored All Aboard! naming it among Edinburgh’s top performances out of over 3,300 shows. In spring of 2019 Dandy takes All Aboard! on the road to several American festivals, and he’s beyond excited to finish his tour at the fabulous Hollywood Fringe.
Critically-acclaimed. Award-winning. Simply, “Go. See. Dandy!”
“Of all American performers none comes close to the creative eloquence of queer storyteller Dandy Darkly. All Aboard! is a wake-up call to mankind — taking out fame, the mob mentality of social media and the rise of the far right around the world.” ★★★★★ The Stage (Named a top show of the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe)
“A spectacular storytelling performance that is completely distinctive. If you are looking for a show that will emotionally haunt you and intellectually dare you, Dandy Darkly’s All Aboard! is the ride of a lifetime.” ★★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
“There’s no one like Dandy Darkly – a transporting, charismatic and psychedelic experience in which the passion for justice burns as strongly as delight in the macabre.” ★★★★ The Scotsman
“Dandy Darkly’s tales take on society’s most realistic horror stories: consumerism, racism, fundamentalism, and transphobia. Sometimes laughter in the face of evil really is the best medicine, and Dandy Darkly provides the spoonful of sugar needed to help it all go down.” ★★★★ Marbles Magazine
Showtimes:
Monday, June 17 at 8:30 PM
Thursday, June 20 at 5:30 PM
Saturday, June 22 at 4:00 PM
Wednesday, June 26 at 10:00 PM
Saturday, June 29 at 10:30 PM
Location:
Studio C (6448 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038)
Tickets are $12 and available online at hollywoodfringe.org or pending availability prior to the show. There is no late seating.
Media images can be found at: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rz8givy6bl68i8i/AADxd0mcDOhjiFbZb1vFdKR5a?dl=0. For additional inquiries, including press comps, interview requests and anything else please email [email protected]. Additional info can be found at www.dandydarkly.com.
“Ladies, gentlemen and every beautiful being born anyone in-between . . . All Aboard!”
