{"id":113225,"date":"2025-12-30T05:10:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T05:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/113225\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T05:10:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T05:10:12","slug":"severance-star-set-to-perform-with-a-san-francisco-circus-on-new-years-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/113225\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Severance’ star set to perform with a San Francisco circus on New Year’s Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

This New Year’s Eve, the high-flying performers at the show “Dear San Francisco” will be joined by a special guest. Britt Lower, best known as Helly R. from\u00a0“Severance,”<\/a> is scheduled to appear onstage at Club Fugazi.<\/p>\n

“Dear San Francisco” has held a residency at Club Fugazi since 2021<\/a>, when it replaced long-standing fan favorite “Beach Blanket Babylon.” The show features an athletic cast of circus performers in what’s essentially a San Francisco-themed take on Cirque du Soleil. The 90-minute show runs from Wednesdays through Sundays and features singing, spoken word, acrobatics and interactive elements. It takes a relentlessly optimistic lens on the city, making it hands-down one of most family-friendly activities San Francisco has to offer.<\/p>\n

“Severance,” which concluded its second season<\/a> on Apple TV this spring, became a critical darling for its thought-provoking sci-fi take on work-life balance. It was nominated for three Golden Globes in 2023, and is nominated in four categories in 2026. Lower took home an Emmy as lead actress earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Although Lower may seem like an oddball addition to the show – and it’s unclear just what her role will be – she has a long record of participating in offbeat performances. She wrote, directed and starred in a 2020 short film titled “Circus Person.” After the success of Season 1 of “Severance,” she joined Circus Flora in St. Louis, where she sang and played ukulele. After production on Season 2 of “Severance” ended, she joined the Shoestring Circus in Washington. She has also performed with the Flynn Creek Circus, which has toured Northern California, Oregon and Washington.<\/p>\n

The special New Year’s Eve show is slated to feature a guest appearance from Jay Alexander, a magician and mentalist who owns the San Francisco Magic Theater at the Marrakech in the Tenderloin, plus Maxwell Jenkins, an actor and acrobat who appeared in\u00a0Netflix’s “Lost in Space.”<\/a><\/p>\n

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