Hi, how are you, it's Airhorn.
Friends hello!
It’s a beautiful day as I write to you from the upstairs of the Te Awe library, still buzzing from something I saw from the bus (bulldozers on the Oriental Parade beach, moving sand around, driven by dudes who looked ecstatic, childhood dreams realized). So now I wanted to drop a line and say hi. And, sure, let you know that Scarehorn tickets are now on sale, but mostly just wanted to catch up with you, beautiful unknown newsletter reader!
quick behind the scenes side note: I like to write to music, and was listening to original mountain dulcimer music made by my favourite youtube pipe smoker:
and then Airhorn’s resident DJ, DJ BBGUN, pinged me and said “You gotta listen to this album!” and sent me “Virginmistry - MADONNA/SLUT COMPLEX - presented by nightcore4totalsluts”:
and now I’m writing to this. I feel like the extreme poles of these two music selections, listened in succession, represents the artistic tension of Airhorn well. I recommend both!
Now, first off..
Thanks for coming out to Airhorn Calms Down!
Our last Airhorn was an absolute blast (of spa-like, rosemary scented air). We had mindful twister. We had loaves of fresh baked bread. We had a surprise appearance from Matty (intern of the Newtown City Council) who we learned was fired from the council and is, quite bluntly, lost. We had a tense moment of reconciliation and then Matty delivered freshly made toast to the audience throughout the night! We had a chair built on stage (to this dulcimer music) in under 12 minutes. We had ASMR, we had cute as cat photos, we had gardening tips and seed pack giveaways, we had a guided meditation that ended in song. We had it all!
We also had a stimulation booth for the beautiful freaks who needed the regular Airhorn chaos, with a cacophonic mix made by DJ BBGUN and a video reel of extreme stimulation. There was a great overheard moment, where an audience member left during the show to check out if the stim booth was real, and when he came back his friend whispered “is it real?” and he replied “yah, there’s monster trucks”.
All we want to do, here at Airhorn, is give you everything.
It feels good to know we can go quiet, that we can soothe and recharge. But…we can also scare. That’s right! Get ready to get chilled, to get frightened, as we bring back SCAREHORN!
Scarehorn is coming November 7th!
This is one of my absolute favourite shows to do. Halloween is my favourite holiday, goose is my favourite bump, and I like the veil between worlds THIN. While our commitment to being on the first Friday of each month makes this show come a full week after Halloween, that really is fitting…cos spooky isn’t just a single day…it’s a season!
We are going to present to you a night of non-canonical paranormal delights. You’re going to see ghastly comedy from Alayne Dick, Anna Maclean, Lesa MacLeod-Whiting, Lily Catastrophe, Nina Hogg, and yr boy Zach Mandeville. Plus we’ll have special, spectral guest Gabby Anderson. And hosting it all is the devious duo Booth the Clown and Jak Darling! It’s a lineup that’ll make you hoot, holler, and howl (like a werewolf!!)
BUT ALSO! Cos we love to go all out…WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE FACE PAINTING! Our dear co-producer Lesa has secured a for-real face painter who’ll be doing audience members up from 7pm on. We’ll also have a special “spooky entrance” for folks who want to get a bit scared just walking into the theatre. And we’ll have a host of other surprises (spooky fruit punch?! spooky dancing?!)
In other words, this is a show you’ll want to come a bit early to, and maybe stay a bit late, and it’s going to be delightful and frightful!
TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW. GET YRSELF SOME!
Quick important side note about tickets: It’s a bit hard out there right now! Not to be too sincere, but live community entertainment is real important when everything else is shaky. And so if you want to come to Scarehorn, but cannot swing a ticket, please let us know. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. You can just reply to this email with your request and we’ll make sure you get in. And if you can swing a ticket, thank you so much! We’ll all work together to make the laughs, loves, scares, and facepaints happen!
I think that’s all! I’m going to head back now and watch the big machines on the beach while listening to this BBGUN recommended song where “Diet Pepsi” is sped up so much Addison Rae sounds like a dental drill! It’s supposed to be great!
I hope you get out on this sunny day, and I hope you also get out on the hopefully overcast and foggy 7th of November! See you THERE!!!!