"A NUEVO PUNK VARIETY SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA"

The Gong Show Ho Down

Live at Mama Calizo's Voice Factory…CCome and see what all the “POW-BANG-KA-BOOM” is about at Crash Cabaret: Where Queers Collide, a nuevo punk variety show extravaganza of video, theater, dance and music collisions by local performance mavericks. This month’s “Battle of the Bands” features Dwayne Calizo as M.C. Stink, formerly of the all-girl super band Stink 69, accompanied by a roster of Renegades that include Carrie Baum’s Exit Signs: Rock Opera, Billy-Bob Rockers-Tank Boy, Punky Priestess Mistress XXX-Storm, Post Apocalyptic Lulla-byes by Melusina Gomez, Ajina’s Da Clown, Free Bean and special surprise “HAS BEEN” guests. Plus, back by popular demand, The Karaoke Relay and the “So You Think You Can Prance” dance-off. Come one, come all, you Dragon Queens and Kings, Dirty Dykes on Motor-Cross Bikes, Punk-Rock Trannys, Artsy-Fartsy Fairies, Holistic Homos, Anarchists and Cosmetologists, Lizzies and Boy-Girls and Bears to San Francisco’s underground hit show.

The Mission of Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory is to create a home that nurtures the development D.I.Y (Do It Yourself) Queer Performers, Educators and Activists. We place special emphasis on supporting the work of Queer People of Color, Trans People and artists living with HIV/ AIDS.

SF WEEKLY Night and Day Review of CRASH CABARET
Get in a Crash
By Nirmala Nataraj

You've gotta love the kids at New College of California's Experimental Performance Institute. Equipped with a jaunty arsenal of activist, queer, and experimental work, they'll make you believe, at least for a moment, that art might really have the capacity to change the world. Despite the EPI's claim to relentless innovation, "Crash Cabaret: Where Queers Collide (Heterosexuals encouraged to apply!)" is in keeping with San Francisco's habitual multidisciplinary orgies, mixing burlesque, dance, comedy, music, and film together in a heady brew. But that doesn't make it any less appealing, especially given the topic of the hour (and yes, it is just one hour): back to school. The festivities include moody performance rock by the duo Dreamboat, Where Are You?, as well as the frenzied orchestral maneuvers of Stink (formerly of all-girl band Stink 69). The showcase also includes the spoon-tapping high jinks of funny lady Mina Liccione. You can even get in on the action at the "So You Think You Can Prance" dance-off, or by sharing your old detention woes at the "Fondest or Freakiest" storytelling contest.

"Fester Ng of Foxy News wrote this about Crash Cabaret .......
It's Female Trouble, Pee's Playhouse, A Scary Movie, Show-Time at the Apollo and Star Search Spokesmodel Competition regurgitated into a Gigantic Cuisinart and poured into a glass of Spectacle worth chugging.

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