A variety style drag show highlighting the diversity of the Houston drag community. Including lip syncing, live singing, dancing, live instrumentation, artistic performances and everything in between. 

Hosted by Carmina Vavra, featuring a selection of Houston Drag ICONS. 

This performance is a part of the Dragged Alive project, a performance and workshop series that empowers and celebrates Houston’s vibrant drag culture and community. Dragged Alive is made possible by Dance Source Houston, the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, and The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts.Read more

The Movement:

With the advent of the Fade To Black Play Festival, we were on a mission to affect change. It was time for a new trend in the Houston theatre community! We wanted to create an outlet relevant to our present times that was purpose-driven and full of possibilities for growth, so we developed an initiative that created a platform to introduce the new plays of underrepresented, emerging African-American playwrights.

Our festival is volunteer-supported, culturally diverse, and community-based. Each year a countless number of local artists assist the festival in becoming the success it continues to be! Because of our rapid audience growth, we are now embarking upon our 9th season of excellence! Don’t miss this exciting event!Read more

An intimate evening of French and Spanish art song exploring themes of exoticism and the Western perception of “the Orient." Songs by French composers are contrasted with authentic expressions of Spanish culture by native composers and expressed visually through orientalist paintings and flamenco dance.Read more

For two decades Musiqa and NobleMotion Dance have been breaking artistic boundaries in Houston and winning national acclaim for their adventurous programming. At the same time, Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal, director of the BRAIN Center at University of Houston and professor of electrical and computer engineering, has been pioneering nonsurgical brain-machine interfaces to understand the brain in action in clinical, artistic and classroom settings. This January, for the first time, the groups converge to present the world premiere of LiveWire, an innovative collaboration between scientists, musicians and dancers who will wear EEG skull caps (brain caps), while performing a new work centered around a new string quartet by artistic director Anthony Brandt, set to choreography by Andy and Dionne Noble. The performance also includes the Houston premieres of Pierre Jalbert’s Piano Quintet and Carlos Simon’s Loops for String Trio, as well as NobleMotion’s premiere of The Spider’s Den set to Lei Liang’s Gobi Gloria. NobleMotion’s dynamic Rhythm Study and artwork by Houston-based visual artist Emily Fens round out the program.Read more

MusiHeal is a Hindustani classical music concert featuring the Santoor maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya and accomplished vocalist Dr (Mrs) Jyoti Joshi. Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya is a direct disciple of the legendary Sitar player Pt Ravishankar,  while Dr.(Mrs) Jyoti Joshi is an acclaimed performer and teacher with a Ph.D. in Hindustani classical music. Both artists will be accompanied on Tabla by acclaimed Pandit Harshad KanetkarWe invite you to treat yourself to  some of the finest, timeless compositions of the most erudite musicians of this genre of our times. The concert is presented by Sohini in association with Silambam Houston, Santoor Ashram, Kolkata, and JPJ School of Music, Houston.Read more

Take a rollicking ride with Santa and his reindeer as the Houston Pride Band sets off on a musical holiday adventure. Enjoy many familiar favorites like White Christmas, Greensleeves, A Charlie Brown Christmas, All I Want for Christmas is You, and of course, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer! There will be lots of joy and good tidings as we celebrate the holidays with the Houston Pride Band presenting Prancers and Vixens.Read more

Houston premiere multicultural choir returns to the concert stage with a special program celebrating The Gift of Music.Read more

Goethe Pop Up Houston presents a free jazz and classical music concert with pianist Markus Burger and trumpeter James Linahon for the Houston public. Read more

“They will love me for that which destroys me.”

The Catastrophic Theatre returns with the playwright whose body of work prompted the terms “an ethics of catastrophe” and “a theatre of extremes.” The title of Sarah Kane's final play refers to the time at which the brain's chemical imbalance is at its peak, when desperation visits, bringing with it an alarming sense of clarity. 4.48 Psychosis is an unflinching look at clinical depression and the suicidal mind, infused with lyrical language and sardonic humor. More performance than play, the regional premiere of Sarah Kane’s magnum opus features renowned poet and performance artist T. Lavois Thiebaud and is directed by Catastrophic founding artistic director Jason Nodler, who introduced Houston audiences to Kane’s work with acclaimed productions of Phaedra’s Love and Crave. Catastrophic favorite Amy Bruce completes the cast.

Set design is by Afsaneh Aayani, lighting design by Hudson Davis, video and sound design by James Templeton, costume design by Macy Lyne, and properties design by Tabitha Bounds.

Performances will take place November 19th through December 12th, Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2:30pm at The Midtown Arts and Theatre Center (MATCH), 3400 Main Street in Box 3. There will be an Industry Night performance on Monday, November 29th at 7:30.

All performances are Pay-What-You-Can.

All Catastrophic cast and crewmembers are fully vaccinated. For the safety of our artists and audience members, we encourage those in attendance to be vaccinated as well. Facemasks are required to be worn by audience members for the duration of the performances.Read more