February 2020 Issue

WE LOVE LIVE THEATER
The Magnetic Theatre offers comedy, Burlesque and more this February
BY STAFF REPORTS • RIVER ARTS DISTRICT, ASHEVILLE
The Magnetic Theatre prides itself
on offering a wide variety of original
programming, ranging from
comedy, burlesque, and horror
to new plays about social change.
In each case, we strive to support
creativity in our community, particularly
for emerging artists.
This February, Magnetic is bringing
Asheville fun-filled shows, workshops,
and more.
On February 7 at 8 pm, Deb au
Nare presents Funny & Bare. A delicious
mix of classic burlesque and
comedy featuring headlining stars,
May Hemmer and Evelyn Vinyl.
Hosted by “The Glittering Guffaw,”
Deb au Nare, bringing her signature
mix of wit and sass to the mic as
well as burlesque performances.
Also featuring performances by
Rebel Vitale, Sue Meringue and
Snickersnee. Tickets are $30 and
can be purchased at
debaunare.com/funnyandbare
Deb au Nare is a glamorous,
goofy, and highly professional burlesque
performer currently based
in Asheville. She has been teasing
her way across the country since
2007 and has won awards for her
back-bending chair acts. She is the
headmistress and founder of the
Burlesque Academy of Asheville
and produces several shows locally,
including Risque Monday, Pineapple
Peep Show, and Funny & Bare. With
big hair and an even bigger personality,
her signature style of glamorous
classic burlesque costuming
mixed with hilarious storylines
always leaves the audience laughing
and longing for more.
Stand-up comic and storyteller
Cameron Davis will present his delightfully
satiric and playful one-person
show Lying to Strangers, on
February 8 at 7:30 pm.
This year-in-review show features
character-based stand-up sets, storytelling,
and video sketches created
by Davis.
“When you meet someone for
the first time, you are developing
your character,” he says. “You have
the potential to play with people’s
expectations because we take
everyone at face value when we first
meet them. This has been a huge
inspiration in developing my solo
characters, that I, too, am another
character who can wander into
someone’s life. My truth, personality,
demeanor, are a small sketch of
myself that I imprint on someone as
they drift away and continue with
their lives.”
Davis is a writer, producer, and
comedian from Miami. He moved to
Chicago in 2012 to pursue comedy.
Now, 29, he is considered old by
millennial standards. It’s all good
though because his favorite phrases
were ‘Friends was pretty problematic
looking back on it’ and ‘Which
ska band did you watch at Warped
Tour 2002?’ anyway.
Davis’s journey has gone through
the existential poetry phase, straight
into the sloppy college sketch
phase, then into the intellectual
stand-up phase, on to the improv
love-fest phase, and has recently
moved into the silly, bare-boned
world of a solo sketch. At his heart,
he is a lover of performance and will
write until the final, whimsical wisdom,
deathbed phase of his career.
IF
YOU
GO
The Magnetic Theatre
375 Depot Street in the River
Arts District. Patrons can call
the Box Office at (828) 239-9250 or
visiting www.themagnetictheatre.org
For questions, please contact Artistic
Director Katie Jones:
kjones@themagnetictheatre.org or
call (828) 239-9250.
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