Imagine a high-fashion circus inside a galactic wormhole and you have a sense of Obsidienne Obsurd ’s drag style. The artist is otherworldly, meticulous and unafraid to go all the way, even when it comes to exposing their most tender vulnerabilities or risking making a fool of themself.

On Dec. 5, Obsidienne will bring their most ambitious work yet to the 110-year-old Calvin Simmons Theatre inside Oakland’s Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, The Last Seven Days of Obsidienne Obsurd . Produced by Oaklash, it’s a one-night-only production that combines lip syncing, theater and chamber music, including a newly commissioned piece by Paul Wiancko of Kronos Quartet , which Obsidienne will perform on viola alongside their classical musician parents, Debra Fong and Christopher Constan

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