About the Artist

Kym Priess ("Hawk") is a multidisciplinary troublemaker, spectacle maker, rock musician, award-winning surreal comedian, adventurer, and actor—part clown, part rock frontwoman. A sixth-generation Texan and LA-based world traveler, she creates boundary-pushing work fusing absurdist clown, character, performance art, rock 'n' roll, physical theater, and immersive spectacle into wild, often cathartic experiences. Delighting in the grotesque and the buffoon, Kym rarely appears "normal, " preferring disguise, transformation, and chaos. She holds a BFA from NYU Tisch's Experimental Theatre Wing and has spent over 30 years training, devising, and performing with mentors and institutions including Mary Overlie, Chris Bayes, Experimental Performance Institute, Avner the Eccentric, and Second City. As leader, singer, and bassist of the adventure-rock spectacle band STUNTDRIVER, Kym has toured with Peaches and recently released a string of singles, including AI, a love/hate anthem for the robot age that earned over 10k Apple Music plays in its first week. The band recently completed a Las Vegas residency featuring new material and has a string of U.S. dates ahead. Kym's immersive punk-clown solo show, Loser Lion Party Bus, has toured extensively including acclaimed runs at the Edinburgh Fringe, London, Austin, and Las Vegas, earning four stars from Broadway Baby and Snack Mag. Her work has appeared on HBO, Amazon and in theaters, galleries, nontraditional venues, and even federal prisons. She has sung on William Shatner's cover of "Spirit in the Sky, " is fluent in Spanish, and hitchhiked from Mexico City to Panama, inspiring an award-winning rock opera. Broadway Baby called her "a purveyor of the absurd, " while Chortle praised her as "a commanding performer generating positivity and energy." Kym also appears in an upcoming feature by Connor Storrie. Born in Austin, Kym drives cars in movies but still prefers floating down a river above all else.

Accessibility & Content Considerations

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This event is appropriate for ages 18+

Nudity

Adult Language

Strobe/Flashing Lights

Audience Interaction

Fog/Smoke Effects

TRIGGER WARNING - Enjoy this presentation in its original, highly sensorial and interactive format. The following is for both mature + immature audiences and may include strong language, mature themes, partial nudity, strobe lights, fog and loud music. Viewer discretion is not advised and audience participation is encouraged; however, if you wish to be ignored please make an "X" with your arms if the lion comes near you.

Covid-19 Safety policy

This event does not require masks to be worn