• STUPORMODEL

    Hayes Theatre Co: STUPORMODEL

    Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
    A cutting-edge cabaret that strips back the glossy façade of the fashion industry and blows the thigh gap of your expectations apart. After 20 years perpetuating “the myth that prettiness determines worthiness,” Erika Heynatz delivers a provocative blend of powerhouse vocals, raw storytelling, and disarming candour as she navigates the…
    Comedians On Stage Auditioning for Musicals

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Comedians On Stage Auditioning for Musicals

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Cabaret darling Michelle Brasier (Aunty Donna, Thank God You’re Here) hosts this cult hit for its third consecutive year of sold-out runs, where past auditionees have been Reuben Kaye, Virginia Gay, Broden Kelly, Eddie Perfect, and more. She and her turtlenecked ex-ex-husband/nemesis, award-winning character comedian Ben Russell (Thank God You’re…
    Burlesque: The (parody) Dinner Show

    Talk and Tease Comedy Cabaret: Burlesque – The (parody) Dinner Show

    Level 1 Level 1/ 33 darlinghurst Rd, Potts Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    This is an immersive musical theatre and culinary experience unlike any other! Relish the theatrical whirlwind of acting, dancing, singing and storytelling as it unfolds around you from the comfort of your cabaret table...all while wining and dining on delicious modern Australian cuisine. This is a parody adaptation of the…

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: David Campbell

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Adelaide’s favourite son, beloved entertainer and former Adelaide Cabaret Festival Artistic Director, David Campbell, returns to celebrate the 25th Birthday of the festival he helped transform with a phenomenal new show. With unmatched vocal energy, and charisma for lightyears, David Campbell’s show celebrates his favourite hits of 60s soul and…

    Kingston Arts: Geraldine Quinn – Broad

    Kingston Arts Precinct 979-985 Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Quinn grew up idolising fabulous, bold, brassy (mostly ginger) older women. Now she's becoming one. Agnes Moorehead. Rhonda Burchmore. Vivienne Westwood. There's something heady about those brassy broads we grew up admiring. But what happens when these camp inspo glamour heroines feel a bit close to your own sagging jawline?…
    Skank Sinatra

    Jens Radda: Skank Sinatra

    Qtopia Sydney 301 Forbes St, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
    Twice crowned Best Cabaret at Adelaide Fringe, nominated for Best Musical Theatre and Cabaret at Sydney Fringe, and with sold-out award-winning performances spanning Australia and Europe, the unstoppable Skank Sinatra storms into Qtopia Sydney from the 14th to 22nd of June, armed with powerhouse live vocals, sky-high glamour and a…
    Sugar

    Hayes Theatre Co: Sugar

    Hayes Theatre Co 19 Greenknowe Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, NSW, Australia
    Theatrical, outrageous, silly and sexy, Tomáš Kantor’s award-winning debut is about Sugar - a radiantly-beautiful gender-fluid twink who discovers that there’s money to be made from ‘transactional relationships’ (though their primary source of information is Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman). What could go wrong? Tomáš veritably shimmers with charisma, and…
    La Clique

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: La Clique

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    This Australian-born, Olivier Award-winning international sensation embodies the Zeitgeist with its trailblazing combination of sass, sparkles, staggering acts, and eye-popping stunts. With a cast of legacy-meets-latest, La Clique’s riotous troupe of crème de la crème artistes showcase visceral, ethereal and in-your face acts that defy the elements and reinvent ‘variety’…
    Dr Trevor Jones

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Dr Trevor Jones

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    King of the keys, maestro of musical theatre, and star of storytelling, Dr Trevor Jones’ late night piano bar is the stuff of cabaret legend. Taking requests and dishing out free drinks with the same magnificent appetite, his musical mastery knows no bounds. Surprise guest stars and spontaneous singalongs seem…
    25th Birthday Party

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: 25th Birthday Party

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Every festival late night is a party, but this is our actual birthday — we’re turning 25! Our parents are away, we’ve got the house to ourselves, and we’re having all our favourite people over. Special guests, musical surprises, maybe you’ll snog that guy you like under the clothesline (clothesline…
    25 Years in Conversation

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: 25 Years in Conversation

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    As Marilyn Monroe said, “That’s a quarter of a century – makes a girl think!” Come contemplate the past, present, and future of cabaret with former Executive Producer and cabaret lover Alex Sinclair, as she chats with the lifeblood of past and present festivals. Celebrate how this festival has grown,…
    Class of Cabaret

    Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Class of Cabaret

    Adelaide Festival Centre Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Sixteen school students embark on an extraordinary journey: creating, rehearsing, and performing their own original cabaret. See these big, brave hearts flourish in one of the most personal and authentic artforms, under the guidance of phenomenal industry mentors, Millicent Sarre and Mark Oates. This feel-good showcase is one of the…

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