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Over the years, the musical theatre geeks (of whom I count myself as one) have been able to feed their need for Broadway superstars at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. It’s like New York is brought right to our doorstep and we love it! This year’s festival seems to be a…
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Until I saw this show, I thought I was doing well. Sure, I know a little too much about theatre, I’ve corrected the odd spelling or grammar on Facebook (it’s not hard people!) and I can recognise the theme to Super Mario Bros. Okay so maybe I’m not so cool,…
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Late on Friday night, I witnessed a “cabaret festival” moment: Mary Wilson (not Diana Ross, not Florence Ballard, the other Supreme) singing ‘Stop, in the Name of Love’ with Kate Ceberano and Eden Espinoza as her backup singers, accompanied by Mark Nadler and an adoring crowd in the Backstage Club.…
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Last year, we were introduced to the stunning Gillian Cosgriff as a part of the scheme to bring the Australian Cabaret Showcase Award winner to Adelaide. Similarly this year, Angela Harding wants to get to know Adelaide audiences in her show, Just Like You… Only Different! No stranger to musical…
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If there was an official headliner of this year’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Lea Salonga would be it. The queen of musical theatre, creating the role of Kim in Miss Saigon and the voice to some of the best Disney features, including Aladdin and Mulan. She’s won Olivier and Tony Awards…
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It has been a number of years (I think maybe 4 or 5) since a magician was part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. While this year’s program is emphasised as going outside the box on what defines cabaret and looks at art in all its forms, magic is possibly not…
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Over the years, the opening of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival has become somewhat of an event. Everyone gets dressed up (donning the traditional black with an accent of red), we sip champagne (Moët Chandon this year if you don’t mind!), we walk the red carpet (complete with paparazzi) and we…
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If you are an avid reader of Aussie Theatre, you would have seen a number of rave reviews for the runaway hit Songs for Nobodies from all around the country. This is the sort of production that would not normally make its way south to Adelaide and would potentially be…
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Justin Burford is the ARIA Award winning frontman of End of Fashion and recently made his stage debut as the star of Rock of Ages. Before he heads to Adelaide for the premiere of his new show, Kurt which weaves story and song to celebrate Kurt Cobain’s short and influential existence, we had…
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For some, attending events in a festival is just like attending a normal show – you buy your ticket, you get to the theatre on time and enjoy the short hour or two of entertainment. For the true festival goers though (and let’s face it, Adelaide has plenty of festivals…
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