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Velvet Nox Productions Presents

Android Dreams II

Bricks enlaid with neon wires and overgrown with vines form a backdrop for an androgynous figure admiring a holographic dancer. Android Dreams Fri Sept 19 and Sat Sept 20th
 

Program

FRIDAY NIGHT

ACT I

Wonky Tonk Girl - Nova-SYN

Serafina DeVour - Serafina DeVour 2.0

Anne Fibian & Isadora La Fae - Birds Aren’t Real

Sleaze McQueen - Introducing EZWife!

Slade DeBever - Renatus Reboot

Cimmeria Steel - Spore Smuggler

ACT II

Hibiscus Bloom - New Age, Old School

MK Ultra - Cyborg Manifesto

Heloise Graves - Alkaline Dreams

Devin Alfather - Notation Bot

Gothess Jasmine - Deity

Disco Lemonade - I-Is Anyone There?

Lilith Allure - Oracle³

There will be a brief intermission between acts.
No strobe effects are used in this production.

 Tips

We appreciate your support! 🖤
All tips are evenly divided between the performers.
We also accept cash tips given to any of our kittens.

Tip via Paypal · @velvetnox
Tip via Venmo · @irene_straddler

 

Drink Specials

 
 

Neon Sanctuary

Orange, Coconut Rum, Pineapple, Soda Water

The Last Dawn

Vodka, Cranberry, Grapefruit, Grenadine, Sprite

Solar Flare

Tequila, Cointreau, Lime, Mango, Hot Honey

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Vodka, Kahlua, Vanilla, Chocolate, Coconut

Emberlight

Bourbon, Maple, Allspice, Orange, Chocolate Bitters

Circuit Bloom

Gin, Elderflower, Lavender, Bubbles, Rosemary

All cocktails $12.

All drinks available as a mocktail - $5.

 

Starring

 

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great is an international award-winning aerialist, classically trained dancer, and Drag King based in Austin, Texas with over 31 years of live performance experience! He’s known for performing on aerial apparatuses like the Lyra (aerial hoop), pole, aerial chains, the silk hammock and his acrobatic chair. He has been making waves as a Drag King since 2015, establishing shows in Austin that carve out space specifically for Kings and underrepresented entertainers. He’s known for breaking the mold as the first trans man to win Mister Austin Pride and Mr. Austin Entertainer of the Year! Alexander the Great makes history again competing on the world’s first reality TV competition for Drag Kings, “King of Drag” presented by elf cosmetics on RevryTV! He is here to conquer the (gender) binary and invade your hearts... He is Alexander the Great!


Photo by Scott Fisher


Anne Fibian & Isadora La Fae

Isadora La Fae is a retired ingénue entering her enchantress phase. But honestly she’s mostly just a cheesecake. She has been dancing her entire life, but began her burlesque career in 2015 at the Austin Academy of Burlesque, where she later became an instructor. She is a former Muse with Mistress of Musicality Productions and currently your dream girl. She is the Full Moon Fairy, Isadora La Fae!

Anne Fibian is a playful performer known for anthropomorphic amalgamations and "school theater production" crafting flair. Hopping from Monday Night Jammie Jams, Spanksgiving, Legislate This, CanDeStroy Movement Productions - and now, Velvet Nox, RIBBIT-ed for her pleasure, Anne Fibian.


Photo by Synthetic Studio


Brandy Knight

Brandy Knight (@brandy.knight.x) is a seductive siren of the stage. A lover of all things showgirl and burlesque, she nerds out over the rich history of the art form. She swirls and twirls all around town as a member of @friskybusinessburlesque and the Austin Burlesque Alliance, she’s also the showcase producer and a forever student at @blackboxcreativeatx. She brings her art and design background to her performance pieces, merging aesthetics and concepts seamlessly. Brandy seeks to hypnotize, her style of movement evokes the rich essence of her namesake. She's smooth, she's sweet and always brings the heat, she's Brandy Knight.

Photo by Mano Chromatic


Cimmeria Steel

Cimmeria Steel, the “the Sword Wielding Sorceress,” has been performing in musical theatre since she was 10 years old. She is an award-winning pole artist, belly dancer, and burlesque performer who is known for her character driven acts and innovative sword balancing skills. She has won titles such as ”Pole Comedy Champion” at Pole Theatre USA, the “Bump ‘n’ Grindcore” award at the 2023 Texas Metalesk Festival, and was a pro division finalist at the Pole Sport Organization’s 2024 National Championships. This founding member of the Jewel Box Dancers is a pole and acro chair instructor at Lache Movement Company in Austin. Follow Cimmeria’s hijinks via Facebook and Instagram: @cimmeria_steel

Photo by Mano Chromatic


Devin Alfather

Devin Alfather is a Theatrical Fusion performer who specializes in over-the-top costuming and character acts. Her work incorporates modern dance, Waving, Go-go, and occasionally strip-tease. She can be found rolling around any dance floor that will have her, from Vegas to Portland.

Photo by Mano Chromatic


DISCO Lemonade

Whispered in various corners of the realm, this performer is known by a few names. Whether you catch them as the ethereal shapeshifter -- Disco Lemonade 🌀 , or the flamboyant drag king-thing-flirty-man-lady-boi -- Wyatt Diamond 💎 , this powerful creature traipses across stages in Austin and beyond as an aerialist, movement artist, temptrix, and menace. ️⚡

Known to relish in the playful, provocative, and absurd in every form-- rest assured --should you find yourself face to face with this creature, buckle up. You are in for one hell of a ride 💋✨

Photo by Synthetic Studio


GInger Snaps

Ginger Snaps, The Tastiest Tease in Texas, is an award-winning international burlesque performer, aerialist, and producer from Austin, TX. Voted Austin’s “Best Burlesque Performer” every year since 2016 by the Austin Chronicle Reader’s Poll, she is renowned for her unique burlesque and aerial performance creations as well as her embracing of all things weird! Ginger has been seen on stages and screens across the globe including on America's Got Talent, Das Supertalent in Germany, performing at the illustrious Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekender in Las Vegas multiple times, headlining the Brasilia Burlesque Festival, and numerous viral social media videos and articles.

She is the Performance Manager for Sky Candy aerial arts, the founder of Legislate THIS - a series of burlesque fundraiser shows for Planned Parenthood, as well as the founder of the Aerials for Plus-Sized Bodies program and accompanying series of professional development workshops that she teaches to studios and instructors around the globe. In addition Ginger has worked with Dell Medical School as a part of their anti-weight bias curriculum in the Health Equity Program teaching fresh docs how to overcome societal weight bias ideas. When not instigating for glitter and social justice Ginger can be found teaching her pets how to use a Ouija board. Find her on the socials @gingersnapsburlesque!

Photo by Errich Petersen


Gothess Jasmine

Prolific in the magical arts of self-love, this entity has been summoned to bless this space. They are creator of IMOLE FANTASY FAIRE, Bitchcraft open stage show, and is host of Soft Serve a celebration of hip hop and R&B. They have been an official artist at SXSW ‘22 and ‘23, Bushwig, ACL and have been nominated as one of Austin’s Best Drag Performers. This being is known for demanding crowds to honor them for their powerful stage presence and intimate performances.

Photo by Scam Likely


Heloïse Graves

Heloïse has been studying pole artistry for over a decade. Professionally, they trained as a principal dancer, acrobat, and competitive pole dancer before moving to Austin in 2020. Their movement background is in contemporary dance, ballet, blues fusion, gymnastics, and contortion. His dance practice is shaped by their synaesthesia, where sound, color, and sensation merge into a visceral dance. They teach movement at Vespertine ATX as a felt experience - unlocking new dimensions of body language as a gateway for deeper connection, perception, and presence.

Photo by Patrick Rusk


Hibiscus Bloom

Hibiscus Bloom is a Bay Area native, shimmying & blooming through Austin, TX. Hibiscus Bloom is a queer burlesque artist and clown extraordinaire! Known for their commitment to celebrating identity and self-expression, Hibiscus blends sensuality, empowerment, and storytelling in every performance. Hibiscus Bloom has graced the stages of The Burning Man Project, Texas Burlesque Festival, SXSW, Texas Eclipse Festival, and variety of wondrous shows throughout Texas. Bloom is a member of the Bat City Bombshells Burlesque Troupe and clowns around as a member of Fou Fou Ha Clown Trope and is a member of Shea Butter Babies Productions.

Photo by Sequin Spotlight Imagery.


Jacki Moon

Jacki Moon is an instructor at Blackbox Creative, the co-producer of House of Deviance, and a proud Chicana Queer. She is fascinated by the sinful poetry of the human body. This inspired her to earn a master's degree in Rhetoric by writing a thesis on the rhetoric of the body and its intersection with pole dance and sex work.


Kitty McSparkles

A fierce fusion of jazzy, ballet grace, and sultry tease, Kitty McSparkles is a choreographer, movement coach, and creator of @Shea.Butter.Babies.Productions — Austin’s All-Black Burlesque and Variety Show.

A dance therapist in the making and trauma-informed facilitator, they create spaces where bodies feel free to prowl, play, and purr. When not on stage, she serves on the board of the Black Professional Alliance and Vice-Chair of Austin’s LGBTQ Quality of Life Commission, as well as Zilker Theater Productions and Prism Counseling & Advocacy.

💋Find her teaching @Danzversity and @Nocturna.Coven, or follow her at @kitty.mcsparkles.

Photo by Mano Chromatic


Lilith Allure

Lilith Allure is a highly trained and certified eldritch queer with many millenniums of unholy and disconcerting practices under her garter belt. They have no free time, for she is priceless. She has brought her corporeal form here tonight as a special favor to their unworthy supplicants, so enjoy this rare opportunity for direct eye contact with the Flesh That Seared A Thousand Souls.

Photo by GL Feature


MK ULtra

MK Ultra is a time-traveling tiny dancer, an unholy bisexual terror, a pseudo-contortionist, human blockhead, part-time beefcake and chronic drag clown, with bones of rubber and buns of steel. They are a cast member of the monthly drag show Shock Therapy at Elysium, everyone’s favorite theatrical goth stripper at Whiplash, and you can also find them flexing virtually across weird stretches of the internet landscape.

Photo by Tyler Whitman


Peach Tease

Equal parts softness and sass, Peach Tease is delighted to make her Velvet Nox performance debut tonight! She performs throughout the community as a member of Chrome Cabaret, keeps all things admin running smoothly at soFly Social on days ending in “Y” and remembers every 3–5 weeks to post on Instagram @peach.tease

Photo by Callie Langford


Ravenna

Kittening for around 7 years now applying her Zamboni skills to a performance instead.

Photo by Brent Hayden


Serafina Devour

Serafina DeVour is a pole dancing artificial intelligence unit developed by Austin's top engineers strictly for your pleasure and entertainment. Serafina was programmed to be an avid consumer of cyberpunk media, from novels by Philip K. Dick to video games like Cyberpunk 2077, so her circuits are absolutely humming for this show's theme. Serafina cannot wait to control your mind - /error error invalid input /correction - show your feeble human minds an amazing pole dance performance! 🤖

Photo by Velvet Arrow


Slade Debever

Slade DeBever loves testing conventional notions of masculinity and bringing his unconventional sense of humor along for the ride. He’s been strutting his bad boy drag and draglesque characters on Austin stages since 2017.


Sleaze McQueen

Sleaze McQueen is your local sleazeball power-house poler. A lover of all things weird, nerdy, and horrific, they find a way to nod to their creepy favorites in every act they cook up in their twisted little mind. Expect to see them throw themselves (literally) around on stage with all things hardstyle, floorwork, sharp, and weird.

Photo by Brittany Berrish Photography.


Sodi Moore

Sodi Moore is a neoburlesque themme fatale who’s been stealing souls across the south since late 2018. This vixen explores themes of darkness, otherness, & macabre in their sensual routines while adding a dash of humor. Along with being a part of multiple award winning Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex burlesque productions over the years, Moore has also been featured in publications such as Fort Worth Weekly, Retro Lovely, & the Dallas Observer. From the goth club to the big stage this traveling showghoul continuously mesmerizes national audiences with their savory moves & dangerous curves. They’re 90% salt, 100% sexy…the saltiest babe who’ll leave you craving Moore!

Photo by NecroBlanca


WOnky Tonk Girl

A mover, maker, & shaker at Blackbox Creative. Please wake me from this sleep when I can exist in this body freely.

Photo by Brit Von B.


Raffle!

Tickets: $1 for 1 ticket, $5 for an arm, $10 for a leg, $20 hat to heels. (Tip: the raffle guy is tall. You didn’t hear it from me.)

Friday Night

  • Brutaliteas Tea Collection

  • Class Pack from Nocturna

  • Flick Vibrating Ring Toy

  • Pair of Horns - Haus of Brimstone

  • 2 Front Row Tickets to Hallowed Graves

Saturday Night

  • Class Pack from Nocturna

  • Flick Vibrating Ring Toy

  • Pair of Horns - Haus of Brimstone

  • Photoshoot with Synthetic Studio

  • 2 Front Row Tickets to Hallowed Graves

 

Thank You!

To our performers, audience, staff, sponsors, and venue. You make our freaky little dreams possible.

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Our Sponsors & Vendors

Haus of Brimstone

Haus of Brimstone creates wickedly wearable devil horns and iconic demonic accessories to empower your unholy lifestyle. A small but mighty legion of demonwear enthusiasts, we craft our satanic sundries locally, right here in our central Texas studio. We want every devil to find the horns that make them feel sovereign, sinister, divine, or seen, so that you can bring the joy of demonic liberation with you wherever thou wilt.  


Killer Queen Designs

Killer Queen Designs, run by Katie Cowden, creator of beautiful laser cut jewelry and artful home decor.


Special Thanks

Doors & Usher - Clementine Haze and Jeff H.; Cassie & Kris Beloni; Luci LaShell
Raffle & Merch - Autumn O’Beals, Dylan Yorick, Eevee Velour, & Violet Menace
Jack of All Trades - Patrick & Dylan Yorick
Lighting & Sound - Peter Beck & AV of Austin
Emcee - Irene Straddler
Kittens - Phoenyx Fyre, Clack Mamba, Hazel, & Splitty Kitty
Stage Manager - Irene Straddler
Photography - Mano Chromatic & Synthetic Studio
Videography - Synthetic Studio
Vendors - Haus of Brimstone & Killer Queen Designs
Bar & Concessions - Stage Austin
Production - Irene Straddler
Android Dreams Art - Harley Brimstone
& Our Hosts - Sterling Stage Austin

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