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Shocktoberfest !!
column by Silke Tudor

SF Weekly House of Tudor(October 3, 2001)
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The Thrillpeddlers are the only theater company in the United
States actively translating and producing the bloody one-act
horror plays and sex farces that made the Grand Guignol Theater
one of Paris' most popular tourist attractions during the 1920s.
The company's annual presentation of Shocktoberfest!! has
become one of my favorite events of the Halloween season,
which is saying a lot in this October-loving town. This year's
"Carnival of Hallucinations" features two Grand Guignol
originals -- Makers of Monsters, which takes place behind the
scenes of a carnival sideshow, and Kiss of Blood, a hearty
portrayal of madness and the medical profession -- as well as the
original comedy The Torture of Cavaradossi, which dares to
show you the offstage torments behind Puccini's Tosca. The
spooky fetishists in Barefoot Beauties return this year to offer
slithering delights between scenes. Shocktoberfest!!'s "Carnival of
Hallucinations" will be held Thursdays through Saturdays, Oct. 4
through Nov. 10, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18; call 820-1400.
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