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Late-Night Performance (One Night Only) 6/26/25 – The Apohadion Theater

Playing to a standing- and sitting-room-only crowd, Grumbo’s Big Night was the type of glorious, weird, horny, surprisingly heartfelt fever dream that can only happen at Fringe! Grumbo’s (sidekick? handler? MC? best friend?) Adam guided the audience through the Big Night, setting the tone with a group vow which included “I will not kink shame” and “It’s okay to be a weirdo as long as you’re not a creep.”

Some of my personal favorite moments were:
–The mystery of the Portland bee has finally been cracked! Who else could it be but Grumbo hucked up there by his Strong Boy Muscle Man??
–Hearing audience members (pulled from the “Bucket of Weirdos”) respond with mixture of sincere and deeply funny answers to Grumbo’s questions; ranging from tame (“what are you proudest of”) to horny as hell (“if we were on a road trip to Bonetown, what are the top 3 songs on the playlist?”)
–The improvisational talents and quick wit of Grumbo and Adam — it was also delightful to hear/see them both giggling at the merry chaos at different points in the night.
–The non sequitur introduction of Squid Wife (!!!) who quickly became one of my favorite characters. Shoutout to this puppeteer for their awesome vocal and physical puppetry commitments!
–The writing, audience facilitation, and ensemble performance.

And it turned out that the Big Night was Grumbo’s latest WEDDING! Surrounded by their wife, wife’s girlfriend, groom-to-be Sauce Hoss, Best Man Adam, Squid Wife, and Strong Boy Muscle Man, vows were said and an orgy was about to get underway until Adam broke out the squirt bottle as if chasing cats off a fresh salmon.

This show was smart, it was funny, it was lewd, it was weird, it was like Sesame Street After Dark, and yet somehow it successfully facilitated consent from everyone in the room. It was so clear that the performers and audience alike were having a BLAST while hammering home the show’s core themes:
EMBRACE YOUR INNER WEIRDO!
DON’T HIDE WHO YOU ARE!
EVERYBODY IS SEXY!
GET LOUD!
HAVE A GREAT FUCKING TIME!

Now someone please tell me how to contact BroadwayWorld Maine.

Review Submitted on 6/27/25 by Naomi D’Plume, PF25 Independent Review Team

Everybody is Sexy AND WELCOME TO GRUMBO’s BIG NIGHT! Let me tell you, it is very, Very, VERY BIG. This is a show about a Green Freak that looks like a “Frog Kissed a sexy Witch” and while your first instinct might be to shoot it with a gun, if you stick it out, You may have stuff to figure out by the end of this. But hey here at the Pink Porking Club, we don’t judge.

Now at first we are greeted by the fabulous Adam, who looks like he is constantly regretting his life choices (and I love it) and is a game show host! With his snazzy gold tie. Adam, in-between being caressed by an orange squid and being a very saucy man’s best man, is calling on people in the audience and helping out with running the show.

Finally after everyone was packed into this venue, some even seated on the floor, in comes Strong Boy Muscle Guy with Grumbo strapped on like one of Shrek’s children all to the tune of Pony by Ginuwine. The moment Grumbo was in sight line, with his little glitter purple crocs, I knew this show was going to be full of…

Holy. Shit. It’s Josh Klaus The Sauce Boss. Meet Josh, this fabulous little nugget is the sponsor of the show, and just like many people was under the impression that Grumbo was a type of Chili-Soup. To his shocking surprise, it was NOT a type of Chili-Soup, but it was still very, Very Spicy. Turns out Grumbo has a way with words to infatuate anyone. So after a short interaction between those two spicy individuals we finally got witness some…

CROWD WORK! They went about this via a bucket with names, after each person was called on they were to answer a question asked by the sexy weirdo that is Grumbo. That night we learned that Cameron is most proud of nothing, Cass’s perfect vacation is in a mountain town raising hell, Tree/Leaf’s first and current cartoon crush was the sea anemone from SpongeBob and that he is consistent, Mackenzie would wrap Grumbo up in cellophane and chains with a bit of oil underneath to make him hot and sexy, Jenn [would] go to Another Round for a discrete adventure with Grumbo, Hope would reenact the forest scene from the first twilight movie to keep Grumbo warm if they got lost in the woods + a Werewolf because its more fun when there are others, Maya is thinking of Grumbo, Amanda would lick sauce off of AOC, Meredith would use her 30 seconds at Spencer’s to find the best Dildo, Brendan would take four months of rough tugging before he would speak up, Hunter’s last name is (I won’t put you down pookie) and his grandpa would like Grumbo the most, Katie sang a song about Grumbo, Sabrina would play: “All too Well” 10 minute version (to set the mood) and then Nature Sounds on Loop “Babbling Brook” for 12 hours and then Baby Shark on another 12 hour loop when going to Bone Town with Grumbo, finally Shannon thinks an animal that is sexier than a horse is a Giraffe because its like a horse but longer. Again, We Don’t Judge. (This is Fringe)

Yeah, that’s what kind of show this was. It was great 😀 afterwards the best three answers (or rather the names Grumbo could remember) got called onto stage, this was Meredith, Sabrina and Shannon. Each one was instructed to put on these ponchos and safety goggles on and whoever finishes first Wins.

And then we meet Rachel, Grumbo’s Wife. Now Rachel, who is covered in blue sequins, is obviously upset, and also covered in blue sequins. Did I mention she was covered in blue sequins? Sheila also joins this fun party on stage, who’s Sheila? Why its Rachel’s Girlfriend. Yup. It’s that kind of show. But the audience participation does not end there! No, suddenly they have become part of this elaborate lie of being on Grumbo’s Adult Kickball Team.

Let’s talk about Kickball real quick. Kickball is a sport often played when in youth in which someone at the mound rolls a ball at considerable speed especially for being such a tiny child, towards a kicker who often will kick the ball and send it a few places: Far left/right in which it is a Fowl, High up in the air where it is often caught and the person it out, or somewhere rolling ahead of them on the field with many other kids scrabbling to grab the ball. So think Baseball but interesting. Now what makes this section of the story really interesting is on Wednesday the 25th just down the street of Coffee By Design, there was an actual Adult Kickball league. It was very entertaining, even briefly met a dude named Dan.

So while to many people this lie felt unrealistic, to me, it felt shockingly plausible. Anyway each person was asked a question and unfortunately the weakest answer was from Sabrina, who didn’t sing a bar from any of the songs in The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill… “left my voice in my car”, which is a valid answer, I also hate it when I leave my voice in the car, by the end of the day it’s all hot and humid and the voice is a little raspy… Real concern that one is. Anyway Sabrina came back and now it was time to pick a winner from the two “Cucktestants” And tensions are high, who is going to be?

JOSH KLAUS THE SAUCE BOSS!? Yes we are at the point of the show where the story is coming back to us. This is also why I say it’s hard to write a review for a one time performance because… its a one time thingy I gotta tell you, nearly, everything! But yes Josh is back, and he’s done some thinking, and he want’s to be with the little green freak. But Talk is cheap people, its action that matters here. In particular one thing matters. How much of a perv is he? Is he enough?

I’d like to take a moment to talk about how Adam is just standing off to the side this entire time, thoroughly enjoying the chaos unfolding on stage.

So is Josh enough? He’s enough to propose on the spot. Yeah little did you know this was a love story. It’s like how Deadpool two is a family movie. Marinate on that for second so we can get back to this saucy show. Does Grumbo accept? Better question: can Josh handle all Grumbo’s baggage and all the people he cums with? Well, Grumbo can cum with anyone as long as it’s with Josh. (This is when you should say “Awwwww”)

What a cute point in the show, they are going to get married, on stage, right now, what the fringe is this show??? Anyway Adam is also now Joshua’s Best Man. Yup Adam got yoinked back into the action.

This, is a “Modern Love Story” that will “make (you) wanna LaLa” and incase you are wondering, yes, everyone is at the wedding (even Grumbo’s Wife and Wife’s Girlfriend)

This could be our happy ending, love in our hearts and our lives joyfully free of Orange.

Or not.

Introducing: SQUID WIFE. Yes This giant Orange Squid named Squid Wife has joined the fray in which she is upset (blubblubblubblub) That Josh is getting married and didn’t tell her. Yes. Josh is married to two “People” Now. But eh who cares. “We are all a little bit of a werido” and as long as they communicate everything will be fine! Right? Yeah… Anyway a very spicy event starts on stage (It starts with an O) and Adam breaks it up with a spray bottle… which who would’ve guessed is a turn on for Squids…

Yeah, This show is ridiculous. I love it! And if you ever wonder where to find Grumbo, just look for him at the Pink Porking Club on the last Thursday of every month…

Or wherever a Woman is eating a sloppy, or where a dog is sniffing its own ass, and even the first time a kid notices the nozzle attachment for the first time on the family vacuum… He will be there (IN SPIRIT)

This is Grumbo’s BIG Night, and This is Fringe.

Review Submitted on 6/27/25 by Rigel DeLisle, PF25 Independent Review Team