Keira Knightley once compared performing live theater with “sex with an orgasm at the end of it” — and several shows at this year’s Live Arts and Philly Fringe festival go beyond her metaphor. Here are three that have us all hot and bothered:

In B. Someday’s 3 Wishes, Michelle Pauls plays powerful exec Cornella Jansen, who grants her lowly, horny plumber three wishes. (We’ll give you three guesses what he begs for.) Sexy Moment: “Cornella must learn to pleasure herself … in public. There’s a super-funny sexy scene on a park bench where [the plumber] watches,” says Pauls. Sept. 13-23, $10, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave.

Set in a pub, Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Raw Stitch (pictured) follows eight ladies as they take turns dishing about their raunchiest sexual escapades. They cover everything from chicken molestation to how fun a guy’s load can be. Sexy Moment: A lesbian demonstrates how to give oral on a sweet, juicy peach. Sept. 14-22, $12 (admission includes condoms, dental dams and a can of PBR), Quig’s Pub at Plays and Players Theatre, 1714 Delancey Place, third floor.

With a set like a Euro bordello, Secret Order of the Libertines’“poetry whores” seduce patrons into musty corners to talk about freedom through erotic expression in this interactive experience. Sexy Moment: Audience members will be seductively blindfolded upon arrival. It’s mandatory, but feel free to bring your own mask. Sept. 15-20, $25, Grasso’s Magic Theatre, 103 Callowhill St. ➤ Tickets can be purchased at 919 N. Fifth St., 215-413-1318, or online at livearts-fringe.ticketleap.com.

(megan.augustin@citypaper.net)

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