The Can Can Kitchen & Cabaret is always changing. At the 60-seat theater nestled in what feels like the hull of Pike Place Market, everything is in flux, from the choreography to the music to the way its dancers use the room. And in the theater’s brand new summer show, Ice Cream, this mutability is evident from the moment its host, Johnny Boy (aka Jonathan Betchtel), hits the catwalk.

For prior shows, Betchtel would leap on stage announcing himself and welcoming the audience to the festive night. But for Ice Cream, the barrel-chested, boyishly handsome host runs up and down the center catwalk making sure to include and engage each and every guest before the barrage of bodies, acrobatics, and pastel designs meet onlookers’ eyes. Betchtel is one of six main cast members—along with Neon Keon, Le Minx, Baby Kate, Fair Elise, and Suga Shay—each bringing their own allure and physical acumen to the night’s performance.

Without giving too much of the sultry event away, Ice Cream, choreographed by Fae Phalen, features a sexy mermaid and underwater diver skit; the Can Can’s head chef (John Gilbert) dressed in a yellow polka-dot bikini; and a bit involving performers going head-first down a water slide positioned dead center on the catwalk.

As the seasons change, so do the theater’s attendees. “In the summer we get a lot of bachelor and bachelorette parties,” says Can Can founder and artistic director Chris Pink. “In the winter, it’s literally 90-percent local audiences and in the spring we gear the show towards couples.” And as the theater continues to develop—including redesigns of seating arrangements and revamping of décor—Pink says he hopes he can bring the Can Can’s vibe to other cities, including Portland, an ambition he’s had for years. “We’re getting so close to realizing that,” he says. “Five years ago I was in Portland every weekend looking at venues. At some point relatively soon, we’ll be sending someone to live down there and get the ball rolling.”

In the mean time, though, the focus is Ice Cream and its campy pastel and fluorescent explosion of skin (read: pasties and cock socks), recognizable tunes (including Grease’s “Summer Love”) and exquisite, flirtatious dancing. It’s a place where sex and the appreciation of the human body are not taboo—rather, they’re celebrated with a smile and a shimmy. “Summer brings out everybody’s wild side,” says Pink. “And we like to cater to that.”