The Butcher Shop 2017

The Butcher Shop 2017: My Name Was Deception
September 2 and 3, 2017
Grounds open at 5:30pm  |  Preshow at 6pm  |  Main show at 8pm
FREE (donations gratefully accepted)  |  Parking $5
2500 Estes Road, Chico
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The Butcher Shop is a popular community event that began as a backyard show 28 years ago in the summer of 1989. Conceived by Denver and Dylan Latimer and Casey Simpson, it grew out of Chico's homegrown theatrical and musical talent, and from these efforts Chico’s Blue Room Theatre was born. In 2009, many of the original players—some now working in Los Angeles, New York, and Portland—reunited and added fresh Chico talent to create the current Butcher Shop event, now produced by Slow Theatre.

Known for its captivating visuals, avant garde style and off-beat humor, The Butcher Shop production is a dramatic spectacle of original theatre, music, and art, taking place under the stars in a lovely orchard setting on the edge of Chico. Dozens of writers, artists performers and musicians come together to produce an experience that audiences have called “magical,” “awesome” and “the real deal—cult classic entertainment.”

Click on the image below to view the event program!

Past Butcher Shop Productions

Latimer Backyard
1. A Feast For Flies (1989)
2. The Bay Of Pigs (1990)
3. Choking On Tremendous Gore (1992)
4. The Zombie Ship (1993)
5. A Call For All Demons (1994)

Estes Orchard
6. Feast Or Famine (2009)
7. Bloodstock: The Horror-Scope (2010)
8. The Goat Cries At Midnight (2011)
9. Fast & Bulbous (2012)
10. Diabolus Americanus (2013)
11. A Crack In The Climate (2014)
12. Year Of The Goat (2015)
13. The Eleventh Hour (2016)

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