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Will you be my Valentine… show?

This year, Valentine’s Day falls on a Saturday. Whether that fact makes you excited or anxious, there’s a live show for you to check out.

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Here’s a crib sheet on some less obvious ways to push your romantic buttons. See listings.

MISS JULIE: FREEDOM SUMMER

(Bluma Appel)

U.S. playwright Stephen Sachs has taken Strindberg’s still controversial play about lust between the classes and set it in the South during the civil rights era. Think Driving Miss Daisy, but with boinking.

Perfect if: the idea of interracial sex gets you all hot and bothered.

MOTHERING

(Xpace Cultural Centre)

Part art installation and part interactive performance, Moynan King’s show reproduces a pyjama party where you get to wear a flannel nightshirt and drift off to sleep.

Perfect if: your idea of romance is getting tucked in by Mommy. Thumb-sucking allowed.

VALENTINE’S COMEDY SHOW

(7-24 Movies & More)

Raunchy stand-up comedy by Jimmy Hogg, Paul Hutcheson, Jillian Thomas and Tamara Robert.

Perfect if: you need to laugh on this most high-pressure night. Don’t worry if you leave alone – the show’s performed in the video store’s porn room. Just be careful where you sit.

VOLUPTUOUS PANIC!

(Gladstone Hotel)

Burlesque troupe Skin Tight Outta Sight present their annual Bump ‘N’ Grind Valentine’s Show, this time paying tribute to the divine decadence of the Weimar Republic.

Perfect if: you want to dress up as Sally Bowles and sing Mein Herr.

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