Ain’t True & Uncle False for the Holidays
Tall Tales and Twisted Carols
Dec. 7, 9, 13 and 14, 2025
(Cincinnati, OH) Cincinnati’s favorite storyteller, Paul Strickland, will delight listeners with a collection of off-kilter holiday stories and songs, accompanied by harmonies from his partner in art and life, vocalist and kazoo artist Erika MacDonald.
On off-nights at Know Theatre this December, expect hilarious, tall-tale “mis-rememberings” of classic holiday stories and songs. Hint: Frosty the Snowman might be the scandalous love-child of the Abominable Snowman and a snow-cone machine.
ABOUT PAUL STRICKLAND
Cincinnati audiences know and love Paul Strickland for his award-winning performances at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival. As a featured storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival, Strickland performed for audiences of up to two thousand people at a time, and drew standing-room only crowds to his tale-telling tents. It is experiences like this that inspired him to found the thriving fifth-year Cincinnati Storytelling Festival which was held this November in the heart of OTR.
ABOUT ERIKA MACDONALD AND HER KAZOO
MacDonald is a Covington-based performance artist. She is best known for her solo shows Tea TIME and The Barn Identity, and for “Show Us Your Weird,” the sold out cabaret she produces at the Know. But her talents on kazoo have made waves now and again over the years: “Strickland’s Southern-fried folk tunes are as wittily offbeat as ever, and they sound even better with MacDonald’s vocal harmonies and killer kazooing” – Orlando Weekly
TICKETS AND INFORMATION
Advance tickets are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased online at knowtheatre.com
TICKET LINK: https://knowtheatre.vbotickets.com/event/Aint_True_Uncle_False_for_the_Holidays/172377
VENUE: Know Theatre, Mainstage – 1120 Jackson Street, Cincinnati OH 45202
SHOW DATES AND TIMES (90 minutes with intermission):
- Sunday, December 7th at 7:30pm;
- Tuesday, December 9th at 7:30pm;
- Saturday, December 13th at 2pm;
- Sunday, December 14th at 7:30pm.
PRICING: $27 General Admission (Includes Ticketing Fees)
RATING: General Audience
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