The Venus Cabaret Theater is an intimate theatrical performance space where you’ll find something for everyone!

JEFFEREY COOKE:

MY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR 2024!

Jefferey Cooke and his Christmas Spectacular return to the Venus Cabaret Theater for a 3rd consecutive holiday season! For one night only, please join us for a holiday celebration that is bound to push the limits of good taste! "My Christmas Spectacular 2024!" promises to bring back all of the hilarity and heart from the last two years BUT... just so much more of it! More songs, more props, more games and prizes, more audience participation, more costume changes, and without a doubt more sequins!! 

Musical direction by Chuck Larkin

Saturday, November 30th at 8 pm

A CHRISTMAS CABARET

THEE RICKY HARRIS WAY

Join us for an evening of Joy and Merriment as Thee Ricky takes us through an array of Christmas Songs to celebrate the season. Come out and enjoy some of your Holiday favorites! This Cabaret is the perfect way to get into the Holiday Spirit!

Saturday, December 7th at 7 pm

Sunday, December 8th at 7 pm

kevin wood: bedazzled - a holiday celebration

AT VENUS CABARET tHEATER

Showtimes:

Friday, December 6 at 8:00 pm
Stage:
Venus Cabaret Theater

Join Kevin for a journey "over the river and through the woods" celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, the winter season, family and more! Storytelling combined with holiday favorites - old and new - is sure to delight. You'll laugh! You’ll cry! You'll want to wrap him up and put him under your tree!

"Kevin Wood, a popular cabaret artist out of Chicago, is a classical musical theater actor with the classic musical theater abilities one might expect from a cherubic, rosy-cheeked, silver-haired charmer with eyes that sparkle like the sun off of the Mediterranean Sea and a smile as bright as the lights of Broadway. Tapping into that, Kevin has created a classic cabaret, filled with opportunities for him to "park and bark" his way through comedy numbers and then break hearts through message-laden tender moments in song. He is a masterful storyteller and how important it is to own, to be proud of, to celebrate who you are. The entire production and every aspect of it is an example of what the classic cabaret show formula is, and why it endures to this day."
- Review by Stephen Mosher, Oct 5 2021

you’re being ridiculous: wow

At You're Being Ridiculous, real people tell true stories about their lives. Each performance is linked by rotating themes, and by the desire to make you laugh... and, once in a while, cry. Our motto: Good stories are better than good times. We laugh at ourselves and laugh with each other. Everyone has a story to tell. What's yours?

Join us to hear true stories from a stellar line-up of some of Chicago's very best writers and storytellers. This time our fun, silly, and wild show celebrates life's surprises! You don't want to miss it!

Show run time is 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.

Showtimes:

Thursday, November 21 @ 7:30pm

Friday, November 22 @ 7:30pm

Saturday, November 23 @ 7:30pm

Stage:

Venus Cabaret Theater