DATE:     SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
 
FROM:    AARON FETERL/MITCH SCHNEIDER, MSO PR
      
         
LUCHA VAVOOM
ANNOUNCES ANNUAL TWO-NIGHT HALLOWEEN SPECTACULAR
“MEXICAN HORROR STORY”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28 AND THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29
AT THE MAYAN THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES

FEATURING LIVE MEXICAN WRESTLING, BURLESQUE, COMEDY AND MORE
TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT LUCHAVAVOOM.COM
Above: Artwork for “Mexican Horror Story”

“There’s no show that’s funnier, sillier or more entertaining than this one.”
—Eric Idle (Monty Python)

“Lucha VaVOOM is an underground celebration of all things perfect in this world…Lucha VaVOOM is what will pass for primetime entertainment when the polar ice caps finally melt and there’s not a single drop of oil left to be squeezed from the planet. In the post-apocalyptic future Lucha VaVOOM’s mix of “sexo y violencia” will replace the Super Bowl, the Internet, and daytime television as humanity’s primary form of entertainment.”
– COMPLEX.com, February 20, 2015
 
“The over-the-top-wrestling-orgy of sexy ladies, masked men, and overall debauchery known as Lucha VaVOOM has long been a you’ve-either-seen-it-or-what-the-F-is-wrong-with-you proposition.”
–THRILLIST.COM, February 18, 2015
 
Get ready for a“Mexican Horror Story” like no other.
 
LUCHA VaVOOM–one of Los Angeles’ most celebrated variety shows since 2002 where mind-blowing Mexican masked wrestling, burlesque and comedy collide-–has announced that their annual two-night Halloween spectacular is returning Wednesday, October 28 and Thursday, October 29 to The Mayan in downtown Los Angeles. Tickets are on sale now at $40.00 for general admission tickets (includes balcony, mezzanine standing and seated seats) and $55.00 for ringside seating. For tickets and more information, visit: luchavavoom.com.

This year’s Halloween celebration–billed as “Mexican Horror Story”–will feature: All Mini Monsters Match; Evil Doctor’s vs. Mexican Masked Maniacs (Dr. Cerebro/Dr. Maldad vs. Extreme Tiger/Relampago); a special appearance by the The Poubelle Twins (the sister duo of Fifi and Bibi dressed up as French Maids who can Mexican wrestle with the best of them); Multi-Guinness World Record holder Marawa The Amazing; a HEINO! Tribute to Vicente Fernandez (featuring aerialist Kate Minwegan); Miss Rita and the L’il Homies; plus Chickens; Aliens; Dirty Sanchez and more.

Recently, Lucha VaVOOM was featured in PEACHES‘ new viral music video for her single “Close Up,” featuring Kim Gordon, in which VICE’S FIGHTLAND says,”It’s wildly entertaining to see what NSFW shenanigans the Lucha VaVOOM crew get up to when they take on The Showstopper [Peaches] in the ring.” Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/-rnJAe3zuzQ. As a background, PEACHES has performed as a special guest at a Lucha VaVOOM shows at The Mayan over the past few years.

About Lucha VaVOOM:
Founded in Los Angeles in 2002 by Rita D’Albert and Liz Fairbairn, LUCHA VaVOOM–the acclaimed and mind-blowing Mexican masked wrestling/burlesque/comedy ensemble voted Los Angeles’ “Best Burlesque Show” by LA Weekly for 2012 and 2013–is good vs. evil played out in quick, exhibition-style, one-fall Lucha Libre matches for maximum enjoyment and action. Arguably more rock than rock and more punk than punk, LUCHAVaVOOM has created a Los Angeles tradition: from the low-rider car parade escorting the performers as the crowd enters the iconic Mayan Theater, to the local luminaries they attract (Drew Carey and Jack Black have sat in), to burlesque (which was revived right here in Los Angeles), to Lucha Libre, where masked heroic wrestlers, in character-driven style, flip, fly and amaze. It all comes together to make one fun, surreal, glam-bam spectacle of raucous entertainment. You could say it’s a wrestling show for people that don’t like wrestling (and those that do). The Los Angeles Times said, “Far-out flamboyance always prevails at Lucha VaVOOM, a spectacle of Mexican freestyle wrestling with an L.A. twist (7/09/06).”
 
At LUCHA VaVOOM, they like a little sexo with their violencia. In between matches, the finest handpicked burlesque acts from around the world wow the crowds with their unique striptease skills, including raucous aerial acts, pogo-stick peelers and hula-hoop hotties. The Los Angeles-based performance troupe has regularly sold out 1,000-seat venues across the globe (Amsterdam, Calgary, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Portland and Philadelphia, among many other cities), performed at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan and Big Day Out Festival in Australia since its birth in 2002 and call Los Angeles’ Mayan Theater–an elaborately appointed, 1927-built former motion-picture palace–home when not on the road. A sizzle reel featuring LUCHA VaVOOM highlights (high-octane Mexican-style lucha libre wrestling, traditional burlesque and blow-by-blow comedic commentary) can be viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/nswes3x. Click here for LUCHA VaVOOM‘s EPK.

Tickets are available at ticketweb.com and these outlets:
Wacko, 4633 Hollywood Blvd – (323) 663-0122
BRAT, 1938 14th St, Santa Monica – (310) 452-2480
Garage Pizza, 100 1/2 W 7th Street, Downtown LA (213) 622-3390

For more information on Lucha VaVOOM, visit:
 
 
Click here for past Lucha VaVOOM press releases and assets
 
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