THE RUCKUS REVIVAL: The Underground Strikes Back!

Jump to hyperspace Thursday May 9th with The UNDERGROUND STRIKES BACK, a wild STAR WARS spectacle where the Dark Side faces off against riotous interstellar antics! The RUCKUS REVIVAL IS A LEGENDARY UNDERGROUND VARIETY SHOW FILLED WITH UNCENSORED CIRCUS, raucous stand up comedy, scorching burlesque, sizzling pole performance, freestyle rap battles, aerial performances, beat-boxing, slam poetry, jaw-dropping sideshow, break-dancing, dirty haiku bouts and audience-interactive mayhem in a fast paced night of unfiltered entertainment! The Huffington Post calls RUCKUS "one of the best UNDERGROUND PERFORMANCE ART SHOWS IN AMERICA!"Join your favorite characters as they take flight, strip down their defenses, wreak havoc, and rock the galaxy, all performed by the boldest bounty hunters and rebels from the Outer Rim and beyond. Get ready for lightsaber battles, starfighter showdowns, and a galactic cabaret that spins the Star Wars universe into a cosmic carnival. It's an uproarious romp that celebrates everything quirky, quixotic, and quintessentially STAR WARS!  The winner of multiple "Best of the Bay" awards, and called "consistently the most spectacular event that Oakland's ever seen." by the East Bay Express, the SF Chronicle calls Ruckus "a dazzling, inspiring and celebratory display of talent" and "a tent revival for misfits and freaks, those whose artistry or spectatorship has a homespun bent and a bandit streak." Every show features an all new lineup, and both the freestyle rap battle and slam are open for anyone to sign up and compete for $400 in cash prizes, judged by the audience! Hosted by Jamie DeWolf (HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and NPR's Snap Judgment) and Wonder Dave (Mental Health Comedy Hour), with DizzyfromEarlier, Little Glitter Bomb and the beat-boxer Syzygy.