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Recently described as "The greatest cabaret artist of (v's) generation"
by Hilton Als in the New Yorker, singer, songwriter and Tony-nominated
performance artist Mx Justin Vivian Bond, is an Obie, Bessie and Ethyl
Eichelberger Award winner. V's debut EP Pink Slip was released in July
2009. Justin has won rave reviews for writing directing and starring in
Christmas Spells (one of the top 5 theatrical experiences of 2009 -The
New Yorker), Re:Galli Blonde (A Sissy Fix) at The Kitchen in New York
City, the GLAAD nominated show Lustre which premiered at PS122 in the
East Village and toured the UK culminating in a critically acclaimed run at London's Soho Theatre ('Justin Bond is a trans-atlantic cabaret
messiah' (Time Out London). In 2008 Mx Bond appeared at The Southbank Center in London in the title roll of Sinderella an original musical written by Martyn Jacques of The Tiger Lillies. In 2007 v premiered Justin Bond is Close To You, a reinterpretation of the
Carpenter's classic album Close To You performed in its entirety in Central Park and subsequently presented by The Sydney Opera House in Australia and San Francisco's fabled Castro Theater. In 2005 V's show, Glamour Damage, had its world premiere at London's Soho Theatre and was hailed by the Evening Standard as "A glittering walk on the wild side."
V regularly Emcees the performance series Weimar New York which has
played in such varied locations as the SFMOMA, The Speigeltent, and Joe's Pub at the Public Theater in New York. As a featured vocalist on the London Readers Wifes' single Nostalgia , v had a top 20 hit on the UK alternative chart. Mx Bond also toured internationally with the avant-garde noise/cabaret band Pantychrist. As one-half of the
Performance duo Kiki and Herb, Justin Vivian has toured the world headlining at Carnegie Hall, The Sydney Opera House, London's Queen Elizabeth Hall and has starred in a Tony nominated run on Broadway, Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway (The Helen Hayes Theatre) and Off-Broadway Coup de Theatre (The Cherry Lane Theatre). Kiki and Herb have released two cds Do You Hear What We Hear? , Kiki and Herb Will Die For You at Carnegie Hall and a DVD Kiki and Herb Live at the Knitting Factory .
Film credits include a starring role in John Cameron Mitchell's feature
Shortbus , Charles Hermann-Wurmfeld's Fancy's Persuasion as well as
Imaginary Heroes and Jon Moritsugu's Mod Fuck Explosion. Television
appearances include Ugly Betty and Late Night With Conan O'Brian. |
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