Black Magic Variety Hour
Step into Black Benatar’s bold, immersive, and unapologetically queer, world where drag, magic, comedy, and spectacle collide in a late-night experience for adults.
Hosted by Black Benatar, expect a high-energy journey filled with dazzling performances, surprise acts, and boundary-pushing artistry. With a rotating lineup of top-tier artists, bringing live music, DJ sets and unpredictable acts, this immersive, rebellious show is full of sass, surprises, and no limits—an unforgettable night of theatrical mayhem awaits!
Artist
Black Benatar (Beatrice Thomas) and guests
Black Benatar aka Mx. Beatrice Thomas is a queer interdisciplinary artist/performer, director and media maker, who comes from a family lineage of pastors, performers, doctors and healers. Thomas weaves the experiences of queers and people of color into magical realities with strong critical commentary, comedic satire and media rich production. A maker of objects, installations and theater, Mx. Thomas reveals, revises and constructs alternate realities.
They use the artifice of drag to inhabit Black Benatar, an exaggerated black femme alter ego creature that challenges blackness, whiteness, oppression & convention. Beatrice’s work has graced the stages of the deYoung Museum, SF PRIDE Mainstage, CounterPulse, SomArts Cultural Center and the Institute of Advanced Uncertainty and has shown in galleries across the United States. Thomas works nationally consulting and advocating for equity and the inclusion of queer arts on national mainstream stages.
Performances
Fri, Apr 25: 9:30pm
Sat, Apr 26: 9:30pm
Ticket Required
Purchase tickets for this event and make sure you arrive in time to check in. You must be checked in at least 10 minutes before the show begins. Your reservation is not guaranteed if you are late.
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