Reuben Kaye, the new Artistic Director of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, has chosen the theme of Delicious Revolution for his inaugural program. (Read our interview with him on page 65.) Speaking to Limelight, he says, “From Aussie icons and international acts of immense fame to basement-dwelling unknowns . . . this is a festival of risks, leaps of faith, huge laughs and bigger heart.” Kaye will host the opening Variety Gala, front a series of free talks and unleash a solo show. He will also join the cast of the recent Australian tour of Jesus Christ Superstar for a night of song and backstage gossip in What’s The Buzz?. Other artists in the festival include Mahalia Barnes, Alfie Boe, Casey Donovan, Vince Jones, Jay Laga’aia, Lime Cordiale with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Em Rusciano and Ursula Yovich, to name just a few.

Limelight Editor’s Choice

Stand Up Comedy Cabaret for the End Times . Fresh from the cut-throat comedy basements of NYC, award-winning cabaret iconoclast, David Mills, delivers a screamingly jaded look at the apocalypse.

Taking aim at harrowing headlines, Mills eviscerates everything from casual sex to affirmations in this scathing romp through the boneyard of contemporary culture.

Part stand-up, part storytelling, with a hearty fix of musical masterstrokes, this is classic nightclub cabaret thrust into innovative performance territory.