Pinch Cabaret #32

The Pinch Cabaret is KW’s monthly variety show, performance laboratory, and community arts party. An unexpected mix of Burlesque, Improv Comedy, Folk Music, Psychic Arts, Experimantal Harp, Visual Art and who knows what else!

VOTED KW’S FAVOURITE LOCAL EVENT BY THE READERS OF THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE!

Hosted and curated by spicy lil meatball . Get ready for a diverse bill that will surprise and delight audiences while bringing together disparate artistic communities!

Featuring:

• is a burlesque performer based out of Guelph, and a founding member of the Femmes Rebelles. She has graced stages around the world with her elegant and captivating stage presence, most recently in Vancouver, Stockholm, Rome, Las Vegas, and Bruges. Ruby will be performing a classical silk fan dance inspired by the goldfish from the film Fantasia.
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• (he/they) is an interdisciplinary artist, musick educator, and harp player who explores physical properties of sound and musick as an active, spontaneous, social process. Lately Andrew feels uncertain about what exactly he is doing, but he’s am interested in building deeper relationships--with the plants and animals, with the land and water, with myself, and my community. For Pinch Andrew will be playing his harp and sharing stories about things learnt from their garden, or something.
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• is Canada's first bilingual improv community that performs and trains folks to express themselves without barriers of language. Bringing artists of color to the stages in North America, hinprov has performed their Improvised Bollywood Shows at Blockbuster Weeks, Vancouver Improv Festival, Mississauga Fringe Festival, and recently, Detroit Improv Festival. For Pinch they’ll take your favourite Hollywood film, and improvise a Bollywood version to make it more spicy, zany and add a little dance and music.
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• Singer-songwriter, Musician and Entertainer writes and plays in a variety of timeless, classic musical styles from Folk to Jazz, Blues to Rockabilly, Bluegrass, Swing, Cabaret, Waltzes and more! From whimsical ditties to heart-breaking ballads to foot-stomping rockers, all played in his own unique, timeless, classic, snazzy, jazzy way.
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• is a Psychic-Intuitive who can read any person, ANYWHERE! Her day job is helping people understand themselves and their relationships through readings and unblock their creative processes through intuitive practice, but she is also a writer and performer. What ties all of this together is a fascination with the complexities of people and their lives. She will be performing a fusion of psychic readings and storytelling at Pinch Cabaret.
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• Sophie Gagnon (they/them) is a human being who sometimes makes cool things with their hands! With the help of water and pigment, they create watercolour paintings that will make you go Woah, that funky and fun. Taking inspiration from good old Mother Nature, they make art full of soothing playfulness. Enjoy their colourful watercolour exhibition at this month’s Pinch Cabaret.

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Advance tickets are $5 / $10 / $20 / $30 - you choose the option that's right for you

Limited tickets will be available at the door

Indigenous community members are welcomed to attend for free. Just email [email protected] and let us know how many tickets you'd like.

Enormous thanks to Waterloo Region Community Foundation, City of Kitchener and City of Waterloo for their generous support, allowing for accessible ticket pricing!

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Doors: 7:45

Show: 8:00

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Button Factory Arts is NOW ACCESSIBLE!

The brand spanking new elevator is at the back of the building, off the train tracks and pedestrian path.

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Ben Gorodetsky (he/they)is a performance maker, filmmaker, writer, and producer based in Kitchener, Ontario. They are the creator and former host of experimental variety show Dirt Buffet Cabaret, and former technical director at NYC burlesque theatre Duane Park. His performance work has been presented by The Art Gallery of Ontario, CAFKA, Femme Folks Fest, LUMEN, Open Ears, Movement Research at Judson Church, The Tank NYC, Mile Zero Dance, Guelph Dance Festival, Hillside Fest, Brian Webb Dance Company, Expanse Festival of Movement Arts, Rubaboo Festival, SpringWorks, and the Gas Station Arts Centre. They are the former Associate Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre and have performed, taught, and directed improvisation in Atlanta, Detroit, Austin, Philadelphia, NYC, LA, Reunion Island, Vienna, Ljubljana, Montreal, Toronto, Yellowknife, Calgary, and Vancouver. He is co-creator of political satire comedy duo Folk Lordz (VICE). Ben is the winner of the 2016 Emerging Artist Award at the Mayor's Celebration for the Arts (Edmonton), the Anna Pidruchney Young Writers award, and a nominee for a Canadian Comedy Award. They teach at UWaterloo, and hold an MFA from Brooklyn College-CUNY and a BFA from the University of Alberta.

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Show poster by Aaron Read

Host or Publisher Pinch Cabaret