She opened the show in a borrowed dress, sporting borrowed cleavage and closed with her trademark crowd surf to retrieve whiskey from the sound desk, and in between the Piaf-like warbler, Meow Meow delighted the Powerhouse audience with her riotous mischief making and remarkable vocal ability. Times are hard and…
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After operating for thirteen years from an old terrace house at 204 Bank Street South Melbourne, the iconic Butterfly Club is about to flit across to the central city. The first reaction of many: perish the thought! How could you possibly recreate such a beautiful and idiosyncratic venue in the…
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AussieTheatre’s Editor in Chief and co-director Erin James shines the spotlight on Jeremy Youett, Producer of the 10th Annual Australian Cabaret Showcase… The first time I ever lived out of home, it was in a share house with Jeremy Youett. Currently working as General Manager for the New York Music…
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Something happened to Margi de Ferranti last night. Part of the Australian Cabaret series, bringing monthly cabaret shows to the Vanguard in Newtown, de Ferranti’s Teach Me Tonight — Tales out of School was a much-buzzed act. Her first solo cabaret in 15 years, de Ferranti is renowed for her powerhouse…
Read MoreAussieTheatre have a DOUBLE PASS to give away to Margi de Ferranti’s return-the-cabaret-stage show Teach Me Tonight — Tales out of School this Sunday 2 December at the Vanguard in Newtown. The Australian Cabaret Series, an initiative of James Anthony Productions, has announced Margi de Ferranti as the second performer…
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AussieTheatre’s Ben Neutze spoke with diva extraordinaire Margi de Ferranti about her brand new cabaret Teach Me Tonight and her work inspiring the next generation of performers. Margi de Ferranti might now have a reputation as one of the most diligent and talented singing teachers in Australia, with high profile…
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AussieTheatre are thrilled to be giving away a DOUBE PASS to Queenie van de Zandt’s latest show I Get The Music in You, An Evening with Jan van de Stool in Sydney next week. Our double pass is for Thursday 6 December at 7:30pm at the Parade Studio Theatre, NIDA. This…
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From the second Miss Coco makes her grand entry, the audience is pulled into her show-girl magic; fixated on her every move and captivated by her every word. She tells simple, moving and cheeky stories punctuated with delightful (adapted to her own word) covers that she sings — Dancing in the…
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Trevor Ashley is the Fat Swan. Ashley and his superb all dancing, all singing associates delighted Brisbane audiences with a two-act pantomime at The Powerhouse. Fat Swan, obtusely based on the Natalie Portman’s 2011 film Black Swan, is the adults only version which follows the journey of Natalie Portly, an…
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The Australian Cabaret Showcase is celebrating its 10th year in 2012, and Les Solomon discusses why this competition is the most exciting of its kind. Ten years ago the Sydney Cabaret Convention had fallen over in a spectacularly unimpressive way. After only a few years of very high profile activity, the…
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