Tuesday, June 12, 2018
With more than 130 thousand YouTube subscribers and over 24 million views, Christina Bianco’s skill as an impressionist has reached a wide and international audience. While she may be best…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:25AMThursday, January 18, 2018
It’s only been four years since intergalactic transsexuals last graced the Festival Centre’s stage. Leaving the theatre in March of 2014, surrounded by fishnet-enthused masses, I …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:43AMWednesday, June 21, 2017
Adelaide Cabaret Festival artistic directors, Ali McGregor and Eddie Perfect, have put together an exceptional program this year. Thankfully, they have extended the traditional definition of…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:11AMTuesday, June 20, 2017
With South Australian audiences already enthralled by the magical storytelling of the great Roald Dahl (thanks to Matilda the Musical playing at the Festival Theatre), Elise McCann has broug…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:42PMMonday, June 12, 2017
World premiers are great: the excitement and anticipation is palpable, the nervous energy heightens the performance and, when the subject matter is Kylie, you know you’re in for a treat! M…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:57PMWith a Tony and an Olivier Award in the cabinet, Alan Cumming has scaled the heights of musical and theatrical achievement, but there is so much more to him than his stage and screen credits…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:50PMTuesday, May 30, 2017
Many of the works of Roald Dahl are built on familiar foundations: that of a child’s fanciful fantasy and the enduring pursuit of good over evil, with an undercurrent of villainous mayhem …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:54PMThursday, December 8, 2016
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 1952 release, Singin’ in the Rain, is the type of film that you can watch a hundred times and still find it exciting, engaging, and engrossing. On the first viewing…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:10AMThursday, August 18, 2016
The Sound of Music is best known for its 1965 film adaptation renowned for the sweeping landscapes, the catchy Rodgers and Hammerstein tunes and of course, Julie Andrews. The movie is so we…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:35AMSaturday, June 25, 2016
Sven Ratzke’s Starman – a sold-out success at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival – is a powder keg of energy and enthusiasm, primed to explode! The show heroes the music of the late, great …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:57AMMonday, June 20, 2016
Songs in Film is a simple concept for a cabaret show – a review of the greatest music from the silver screen. Joe Stilgoe takes this simple idea and transforms it into an outstanding, unfo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:02AMSaturday, June 18, 2016
The vibrant rhythms of Latin America are on show in Emma Pask’s Latin Fiesta. The feisty horns, toe-tapping beats, and the phenomenal bass lines, along with Emma’s grasp of Spani…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:14AMThursday, June 16, 2016
Have you ever wondered what the Australian political landscape would look like if Gough Whitlam survived the 1975 Constitutional Crisis, if Tony Abbott didn’t eat that onion, or if Harold …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:21AMSunday, June 12, 2016
A comedy trio, a symphony orchestra and video games galore – This Gaming Life is a rather pleasing, albeit unexpected, union of cabaret components. In a unique fusion of comedy, nerdery an…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:53AMWednesday, March 9, 2016
Lets get this out of the way up front: nothing, no combination of meagre words, can convey the magic and technical brilliance of 1927’s Golem. This really is the type of production that, a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:12AMWednesday, June 17, 2015
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival, where there are no rules, becomes a classroom in Hannah Gadsby’s show, Art Lite. Armed with a lectern, a PowerPoint presentation and a nifty laser pointer, G…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:37PMTwo decades worth of hits, innumerable studio albums, scandals, image revamps, an unwavering rock and roll lifestyle and delusions of grandeur. This could describe several well-known rock ba…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00AMMonday, June 15, 2015
It’s convenient to imagine that the glitz and glamour of show business transcends the stage. One might assume that artists are blessed with a glittering and shiny ‘everyday life’ that …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:25AMFriday, June 12, 2015
The undeniable Queen of Kamikaze Kabarett has, upon the request of new Cabaret Festival curator, returned to Adelaide to stupefy audiences with her audacious, vivacious, and brave cabaret st…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:16PMMonday, June 8, 2015
Richard Mercer’s long running late night radio program, Love Songs and Dedications, was a melting pot of stories and insights on love. Strangers from all walks of life would call in, in th…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:26AMWednesday, August 13, 2014
If the yardstick for measuring the quality of a musical is the length of time you keep humming away at the music afterwards, then Grease is one of the best musicals I have seen. Toe tapping,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:38PMThursday, June 26, 2014
As the Adelaide Cabaret Festival approached its finale for 2014, two highly anticipated stars (both of whom had individually dazzled Adelaide audiences in previous festivals), were preparing…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:32PMEven though Harold Arlen may not be a household name, you have definitely heard his music. If we gauge musical success through sheer number of compositions, or the longevity of songs, Arlen …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:47AMMonday, June 23, 2014
The King’s Singers demonstrated exactly why they are the most celebrated male a cappella group with their performance at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, with a show that found a winning com…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:09AMThere’s No Business Like Show Business for the Kermond family, and at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival there was no less than 124 years of showbiz experience on display. Such experience and p…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:43AMSaturday, June 21, 2014
The loss of young artists before their time is certainly not a modern phenomenon – Mario Lanza, the American-Italian tenor superstar, passed away at the age of just 38. In Blake Bowden …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:49AMWednesday, June 18, 2014
The Adelaide Cabaret Festival has showcased the diversity of the cabaret genre with Scott Evan Davis’ song cycle, Picture Perfect. The rolling musical journey explores the reality behind t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:03AMA brilliant musical duo requires an unspoken understanding and a perfect balance between artists. When it comes to the music, David Campbell and John Bucchino, longtime friends and collabora…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:57AMSunday, June 15, 2014
The wholesome family fun of Australian comedy trio, Tripod, has entertained audiences for 17 years. Yon, one third of the trio, has evidently yearned to have his voice heard without the corr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:01AMA unique rendition of Down Under, as recorded by the South Australian Primary Schools’ Band, was a perfect way to introduce Colin Hay’s new show, Waiting for my Real Life, to the Adelaid…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:56AMFreedman Does Nilsson is an engrossing exposé of Harry Nilsson, one of America’s greatest singer-songwriters, performed by Tim Freedman, one of Australia’s greatest singer-songwrite…
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