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

Do yourself a favour and spend one hysterical hour with Dylan Adler, the classically trained pianist turned unhinged musical comic.

Gay twins, school bullies, racial identities, screaming at your therapist; Dylan swings effortlessly between musical jaunts, ultra-personal anecdotes and literal acrobatics in this sweat-soaked, high-energy hoot to split the sides wide open.

Haus of Dy-Lan is the campy, feel-good flashbang with Broadway-inspired high notes you didn’t know you needed.

By the end of the show he will be drenched in sweat and with any luck, so will you.