Where Santa Claus brings toys to good little boys and girls, his associate Krampus drags naughty kids off in the middle of the night. So if one is looking to write an anti-Christmas show, full of heavy metal and monsters and alcohol, you could do a lot worse for a main character.
And that is exactly what 7 Stages has been doing since 2010 with their annual “Krampus XMas” show. This year, our nine-foot-tall hairy beast of an anti-hero is facing a new foe: gentrification.
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