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A cabaret that photocopies its own flyers.Bar · Kitchen · Cabaret. Doors at nine, nonsense at ten.darling, you made it.

ADMIT ONE

Third copy. Stems only.

No.0042
Two dancers in the spot, photocopied from the Velvet Gull’s opening-night polaroid A stand microphone in the spot, photocopied from the open mic flyer A couple dancing in the spot, photocopied from the season banner A painted stage curtain in the spot, photocopied (Eugène Ciceri design)

Doors at nine, nonsense at ten. two shows. one night. no refunds.Danse serpentine, Lumière, 1897. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Liquid Courage menu.

Doors at nine, nonsense at ten.

Signatures

  • THE VELVET GULL16
    gin, beet shrub, egg white, one rumor
  • COMMERCIAL ST. MARTINI15
    dry as the punchline. gin or vodka
  • TEA DANCE SPRITZ14
    aperitivo, rosé, considerable attitude
  • ENCORE, DARLING16
    tequila, hibiscus, chili salt, no refunds

Bubbles

  • HOUSE FIZZ13
    by the glass. tastes like opening night
  • THE FRONT ROW95
    champagne by the bottle. share, or don’t

Zero proof

  • THE UNDERSTUDY9
    cranberry, rosemary, soda. knows every line
  • SOBER SHOWGIRL9
    grapefruit, ginger, all of the sparkle

the Gull comes with a wink. ask twice.

ADMIT ONEtwo shows. one night. no refunds.
NO.0079

Dinner before the Drama.

The kitchen · open till the curtain falls

Small Plates

  • FRIED CLAM CHORUS18
    whole-belly clams, tartar, lemon, harmony
  • OYSTERS, DOZEN-ISH24
    Wellfleet, mignonette, polite applause
  • KALE SOUP, SUNG LOUDLY12
    Portuguese kale, linguiça, potato
  • CHORIZO & CLAMS, ACT II22
    white wine, garlic, grilled bread

Big Finishes

  • LOBSTER ROLL IN A BOA34
    brown butter, chive, split-top bun
  • STEAK FRITES FOR THE LEAD36
    hanger, béarnaise, standing ovation
  • THE DRAG KING COD26
    beer-battered, malt vinegar, swagger

Afters

  • MALASADA ENCORE10
    sugared, custard-filled, one more bow
  • MIDNIGHT GRILLED CHEESE11
    after the late show only. obviously.

darling, you made it.

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Sample content · fictional concept

The wall

SOLD
OUT

(we saved you a barstool)

Members of the Provincetown Players hanging a stage cloth, 1916, photocopied
Provincetown Players, 1916

OCT

Thursdays = the Revue

Two Velvet Gull tickets, ADMIT ONE, No. 0042 and 0043, photocopied
two shows. one night.
Lewis Wharf in Provincetown on fire in July 1916, photocopied in oxblood
Lewis Wharf, 1916

1979

Opening night

(DARLING)

we mean it. mostly.

The Velvet Gull drag brunch flyer, photocopied for the third time
bottomless, within reason.

Tonight

Cabaret

A shingled wharf building on pilings in Provincetown, photocopied
A wharf, Provincetown

ENCORE

one more bow

The Velvet Gull season-opening flyer, photocopied four times over
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