MONTREAL STRIP SPELLING BEE - PUNK Edition!
Chat Perdu Productions
MONTREAL STRIP SPELLING BEE - PUNK Edition!
WARNING: There may be nudity in this show.
The game is played a lot like strip poker, but it's a spelling bee, and it's played in front of a live audience of hooters, hollerers and hecklers who want to see some smart and sexy skin!
As this is our PUNK edition, any contestant who incorporates a costume, whether half-assed or high-end, will be looked upon more favourably by the judges.
Additionally, we are taking contestant sign-ups in advance! But we are limiting early sign-ups to HALF of the allotted ten spellers so that folks who want to sign-up at the last minute have room to join in on the mad spelling fun. Email inconsolablecat@hotmail.com with XDRESSBEE in the subject line if you are interested in signing up early!
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Thursday, Dec 3, 2015
Mainline Theatre
3997 Blvd. St-Laurent
(Just south of Duluth - look for the sign with flames painted on it!)
Contestant sign-up at 8:30 PM sharp!
Bee from 9 to midnight
$10 at the door
(Contestants do not pay cover and get a free drink!)
Please note that we must cap our number of strip-spellers at 10 to ensure an expedient and entertaining evening.
Regretfully, The Mainline is not wheelchair-accessible, as it is up a steep flight of 15 steps.
18+
To be alerted to future Strip Spelling Bees in your area, please sign-up to the mailing list right here: http://eepurl.com/QHnpb We promise not to email too much! Probably just once a month. We hate spam too!
Hosted by Sherwin S. Tjia
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OFFICIAL RULES:
One by one, participants are asked to spell a word. If they get it right, they sit down. If they get it wrong, they must striptease A THIRD of their clothing off, and that is considered their first "strike". When they misspell a second word, that is their second strike and they must striptease ANOTHER third off. A third and final strike requires that they strip down to their underwear.
After three strikes, a participant is out of the competition. But they should take heart – because while they may have lost, the audience has most certainly won.
Both the winner of the Bee and the Best Striptease of the night win (a) A CD with over an hour of cats purring! (b) A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style book from the POV of a kitten!
While the Best Speller of the night will be chosen through purely quantitative means, Best Stripper is chosen in a more qualitative manner by our Secret Judge whom we have embedded in the audience. As with all things, if you compete in COSTUME, the Secret Judge will look more favourably in your direction.
All striptease spellers do not pay cover.
Anyone can drop out of the competition at any time AFTER the completion of the SECOND round.
This is a queer, senior and trans-friendly event. We have a NO BOOING policy strictly in effect. No photos are allowed except by our host, who will talk to each of the contestants and ask if this is okay when they sign-up. Our goal is to have everyone feel safe, secure and comfortable enough to strip and spell.
Regarding the No Photos Rule - we ALSO have a SNITCH POLICY. If you are a member of the audience and you witness someone taking a surreptitious photo, BY ALL MEANS, interrupt the proceedings, come up to one of the hosts - SNITCH on the guilty party, and once they have been dealt with, you will be rewarded with a free drink.
We thank you for your patronage and understanding.
HOW TO HELP US!
Sometimes, after an event, we get kind folks coming up to us asking us how they can help out with future quirky events. We are so grateful for your kindness and enthusiasm! But perhaps the Most Helpful Thing You Can Do is a thing that doesn't feel like very much help, but which is IN FACT the Most Helpful Thing You Can Do - and that's to share the event page on your Facebook Wall and let your friends know about it. That's it. It takes a few seconds, but is incredibly helpful. Seriously. Collectively, you all know thousands & thousands of people we have never met. If you could spread the word about quirky events, that helps us out manifestly and improves greatly the chances of quirky events continuing to happen! Will you be one of our Sharers?
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Recently, we were fortunate enough to get some MEDIA COVERAGE:
http://www.thestar.com/article/831682--strip-spelling-bees-a-twist-on-ag...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/style/strip-spelling-bees-are-the-la...
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/05/07/13870906.html
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/a9+hosts+strip+spelling/7321647/story....
http://mobtreal.com/articles-and-stories/montreal-fringe-festival-2013-s...
Tickets are only available at the door, the day of the event.
HORAIRE / SCHEDULE
- Jeudi 3 Décembre 2015 / 21:00
120 minutes
Pour âges / For ages 18+
Retardataires / Latecomers : 120 minutes
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