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Pinch Cabaret #14
Variety show featuring stand up comedy, poetry, juggling, erotica reading, and more at Button Factory Arts in KW!
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Button Factory Arts 25 Regina Street South Waterloo, ON N2J 1R8 Canada
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About this event
Pinch Cabaret returns to Button Factory Arts for a fresh evening of variety:
Comedy!
& Poetry!!
&& Juggling!!!
&&&& Erotica Reading!!!!
&&&&& Who Know What Else!!!!!
Hosted and curated by rambunctious raconteur Ben Gorodetsky. Get ready for a diverse bill that will surprise and delight audiences while bring together disparate artistic communities!
Featuring the talents of:
Jacqueline Meldrum - Poetry
Morgan Anderson - Juggling
Tim Grey & Dana Smith - Comedy
Miriam Stewart-Kroeker - Classical Cello
Jeffery K. Davies - Erotica Reading
Nathaniel Voll - Stories & Visual Art
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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 PinchCabaret@gmail.com and let us know how many tickets you'd like.
Enormous thanks to the KW Community Foundation, Canada Council, Registry Theatre, and KW Awesome Foundation for their generous support, allowing for accessible ticket pricing!
And thanks to Wellington Brewery for sponsoring the event with Sparkling Hop Waters.
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Doors: 7:45
Show: 8:00
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The Venue, Button Factory Arts, is NOT ACCESSIBLE
Construction is underway to build an elevator, but it is not yet complete
Currently there are 3 flights of stairs up to the performance loft
Sincere apologies!
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Show poster by Aaron Read
Ben Gorodetsky is a performance maker, writer, and producer based in Kitchener, Ontario. He's 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 Movement Research at Judson Church, The Tank NYC, Mile Zero Dance, The Guelph Dance Festival, Hillside Fest, Brian Webb Dance Company, Expanse Festival of Movement Arts, Rubaboo Festival, Guelph Dance Festival, SpringWorks, and the Gas Station Arts Centre. He is the former Associate Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre and has 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. He has taught at UWaterloo, UBC Okanagan, holds an MFA from Brooklyn College-CUNY and a BFA from the University of Alberta.
Portrait by Bangishimo.
The Pinch Cabaret is made possible with the generous support of the Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation, the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund, and the Canada Council for the Arts.