Justin Bond
Rites of Spring

Friday 15 May 2009 - Saturday 16 May 2009

Justin Bond, star of John Cameron Mitchell's 'Shortbus' and one half of Tony nominated performance duo Kiki and Herb, began writing songs while straddling a log on a mountain in Tennessee on Mayday of last year and has been touring with his band to wild acclaim and rapturous applause ever since. Combining cabaret, witchcraft, a punk attitude and neo-folk glamour this show promises tears, glitter and a rollicking good time!

Bond is an Obie winner, Bessie winner and was recently named one of New York's heroes by Time Out. Justin has toured the world, headlining at Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, Southbank Centre and has starred both on and off Broadway.

'For his latest glitter encrusted extravaganza Bond mixes high camp, haute couture and heady references. The effect is dizzying, riotous and unexpectedly moving' (Time Out New York).

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/music/productions/justin-bond-46506

Justin Bond – Lustre

Cutting edge cabaret from the Tony nominated star of Kiki & Herb and Shortbus.

With Our Lady J, Novice Theory and a special surprise guest each night.

9th Oct – 1st Nov at 9.30pm

020 7478 0100

www.sohotheatre.com

Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street , London W1D 3NE

Downtown New York icon Justin Bond returns to Soho with the London debut of his new show. A critically acclaimed hit Stateside 'Lustre' is a heady mix of glamour, gender queer cabaret and sexy provocation.

A Tony nominated performance artist, Bond is an Obie winner, Bessie winner and was named by Time Out as one of the UK 's 50 funniest people. As the Kiki half of the legendary performance duo Kiki & Herb, Justin has toured the world, headlining at Carnegie Hall, The Sydney Opera House, The South Bank Centre and has starred both on and off Broadway. His previous solo show 'Glamour Damage' had it's world premiere at Soho and since last appearing Justin has starred in the acclaimed John Cameron Mitchell film 'Shortbus'.

'For his latest glitter encrusted extravaganza, an eclectic collection of songs and stories about life as a trans person, Bond mixes high camp, haute couture and heady references. The effect is dizzying, riotous and unexpectedly moving ; for all his superficial fabulousness, Bond's emotional nakedness is what makes him fierce.'  Time Out New York
 'Mr Bond's fabulosity is matched by a trenchant wit, and his over the top stories are smartly edged with politics, sexual or otherwise'.
New York Times

'A glittering walk on the wild side' 
Evening Standard

JUSTIN BOND

Soho Theatre
9th October - 1st November
9.30pm

Tickets:
9-11 October: £10
14-16, 20-23 & 27-30 October: £15 (£12.50)
17-18, 24-25, 31 October & 1 November: £17.50 (£15)

Downtown New York icon Justin Bond returns to Soho with the London debut of his new show. A critically acclaimed hit Stateside 'Lustre' is a heady mix of glamour, gender queer cabaret and sexy provocation.

A Tony nominated performance artist, Bond is an Obie winner, Bessie winner and was named by Time Out as one of the UK's 50 funniest people. As the Kiki half of the legendary performance duo Kiki & Herb, Justin has toured the world, headlining at Carnegie Hall, The Sydney Opera House, The South Bank Centre and has starred both on and off Broadway. His previous solo show 'Glamour Damage' had it's world premiere at Soho and since last appearing Justin has starred in the acclaimed John Cameron Mitchell film 'Shortbus'.

'For his latest glitter encrusted extravaganza, an eclectic collection of songs and stories about life as a trans person, Bond mixes high camp, haute couture and heady references. The effect is dizzying, riotous and unexpectedly moving; for all his superficial fabulousness, Bond's emotional nakedness is what makes him fierce.'
Time Out New York

 
'Mr Bond's fabulosity is matched by a trenchant wit, and his over the top stories are smartly edged with politics, sexual or otherwise'.
New York Times
 

'A glittering walk on the wild side'
Evening Standard

http://www.sohotheatre.com/pl1567.html

Justin Bond

3 Nights Only - 4/5/6th September 2008

8:00pm
No stag or hen parties / non-refundable
(£10 advance tickets)

Tony award nominated performance artist Justin Bond, star of the groundbreaking film Shortbus and the Kiki half of Kiki & Herb is one of Downtown New York's most celebrated performers. Fresh from a hit run of his new solo show 'Lustre' at PS122 in the East Village Justin performs an intimate show of song and stories at Bistrotheque.

'Bond's fabulosity is matched by a trenchant wit, and his over-the-top stories are smartly edged with politics, sexual or otherwise' - New York Times.

'Dizzying, riotous and unexpectedly moving' - Time Out

http://www.bistrotheque.com
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk

SAY SEABOY, YOU SISSY BOY?

written and performed by

KENNY MELLMAN

Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, July 24, 25, 26, 31, August 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9 at 8:00pm
Dixon Place, 258 Bowery, 2nd Floor, between Houston & Prince
Gen Admission: $15, Stu/Sen $12; TDF (Mon-Thurs)
Advance tickets and more info www.dixonplace.org (212) 219-0736

Here's what the press has to say about Kenny Mellman and his work:

"Slashingly funny, psychically unsettling…" - The New Yorker

"Deliciously deranged, deliriously inappropriate, horribly funny and unexpectedly moving."
- TimeOut London

"Truly defiant, subversive, untamed and undiluted.." -San Francisco Bay Times

On the 27 October 1992, Allen Schindler, Jr., an American Radioman Petty Officer Third Class in the United States Navy was brutally murdered in a public bathroom in Sasebo Japan. His family was only able to identify the body from the tattoos on his arms. Utilizing transcripts from the consequent trial of the defendants, Kenny Mellman presents a chamber musical about homophobia, murder, the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy and the on again/off again relationship between gay history and the public bathroom.

Tony® Award nominee (2007) Kenny Mellman studied music composition at UC Berkeley and poetry at San Francisco State University. His work on Kiki & Herb has earned him an Obie, a Bessie, a GLAAD Media Award, an HX Award and a Helen Hayes Award nomination. He has appeared in the films Imaginary Heroes and Kiki & Herb Reloaded. He has performed with performance artist John Kelly in Paved Paradise (portraying the character of Georgia O'Keefe) in San Francisco, LA (Highways) and Manchester (the Library Theater). He has shared the stage and recorded with artists including Larry Krone, Jim Andralis, Clint Michigan, Julian Fleisher, Bob Mould (Husker Du, Sugar), The Magnetic Fields and The Magnetic Fields' side projects The Three Terrors and The 6ths, among others. Some of his latest work includes his solo show Kenny Mellman Is Grace Jones (the TBA Festival in Portland, OR and various venues in NYC and Philadelphia); and Kenny Mellman Plus Neal Medlyn Equals R Kelly with Neal Medlyn. He was the co-host of Ars Nova's Automatic Vaudeville for many months. He wrote the music for the children's musical That Pesky Rat for the Soho Theatre in London and he collaborated with Michael Patrick King (Sex In The City) and Bridget Everett on At Least It's Pink, which had a successful run at Ars Nova, was a hit at the 2006 Aspen Comedy Arts Festival, and is set to have an off-Broadway run in the fall of 2008.

http://dixonplace.org/html/mondocane.htmlkenny

 

Justin Bond is LIVING!

At Joe's Pub

Join JUSTIN BOND and friends for cocktails, COMEDY, music and MAYHEM as he turns Joe's Pub into his "LIVING" room for the HOTtest sunday nights of the summer. Each week will have a different theme (the ladies of am radio?... go green go gay!... lowered standards..) and will feature such "UNIQUE" downtown talents as Our LADY J, Amber Martin, EMMY WINNER Lance Horne plus "SPECIAL" surprise guests...Think of it as GRAB BAG SUNDAYS.



You may not know what you're getting-but you're GUARANTEED to be entertained!!!

July 27th at 7:30
August 3rd at 9:30
August 17th at 9:30

$20

Tickets at: http://tickets. publictheater. org/calendar/view. asp?id=6641
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Opening for the wondrous Martha Wainwright at the Highline Ballroom!
July 23rd at 9:00
$20

Tickets at: http://www. ticketweb. com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=276697
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Meow Meow and Justin Bond: HEAVY PETTING!
August 10th at the Spiegeltent

Celebrating the opening of the third annual Spiegelworld Concert Series, Meow Meow & Justin Bond take the stage together for the first time. Get your inoculations against Cat Scratch Fever and prepare yourself for some Pet Sounds as Tony-nominated performer Justin Bond and international cabaret diva Meow Meow set off a feline frenzy at the Spiegeltent inaugurating the 'Heavy Petting' sessions led by Emmy-Award winning Lance Horne.



Join two of the most infamous darlings of the cabaret cogniscenti as they join forces to disgrace the stage together for the first time in an evening of claws out caterwauling -an outpouring of lust and love gone wrong.

This will be a love-fest of explosive vocal pyrotechnics and surreptitious fondling -- a hot and heaving one night only not to be missed affair!

August 10th
10 pm
$35

Tickets at: http://www. ticketcentral. com

Spiegelworld @ Pier 17, South Street Seaport
South Street & Beekman Street
New York, NY 10038

Justin Bond

Live at Bistrotheque, Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th July at 8pm

Tony award nominated performance artist Justin Bond, star of the
groundbreaking film Shortbus and the Kiki half of Kiki & Herb is one of
Downtown New York's most celebrated performers. Fresh from a hit run of
his new solo show 'Lustre' at PS122 in the East Village Justin performs an
intimate show of song and stories at Bistrotheque for two nights only
on the 3rd and 4th July at 8pm.

'Bond's fabulosity is matched by a trenchant wit, and his over-the-top
stories are smartly edged with politics, sexual or otherwise' - New York Times.

'Dizzying, riotous and unexpectedly moving' - Time Out

Tickets £10 www.bistrotheque.com