Sunday, June 15, 2014
Freedman 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…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:50AMWednesday, June 11, 2014
The success or failure of an autobiographical cabaret show is not dependent on the person’s achievements, scandals or even their prominence. Of course, scandals sell tabloids, but honesty …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:28AMYear after year the Adelaide Cabaret Festival showcases the best of the best – the crème de la crème of cabaret and musical theatre. This year the excitement and anticipation in the pack…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:24AMTuesday, June 10, 2014
There’s no sense in confusing matters with complicated band names or witty show titles. Australian audiences want fair dinkum. We like to know what to expect. Perfect Tripod: Australian So…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:00PMMonday, June 9, 2014
The vixens of vinyl were unleashed in Rhonda Burchmore’s vibrant and vivacious new show, Vinyl Viagra. Burchmore certainly succeeds in ‘making temperatures soar and hearts race’ as she…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:16AMSunday, June 8, 2014
The history of musical films is a mysterious thing. While on-screen action often demands that audiences suspend their disbelief, off-screen commonalities, like voice dubbing, were rarely tre…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:53PMOne of the marvellous things about cabaret is its immense flexibility. A show can embrace a story, or not tell a story at all. In fact, some of the most precious cabaret productions are the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:22PMWednesday, March 26, 2014
It’s hard to believe that Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show was penned over 40 years ago by an out of work actor just trying to keep busy. Indeed, it’s hard to believe that a music…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:25AMTuesday, June 25, 2013
The 2013 Adelaide Cabaret Festival has drawn to end. After three glorious weeks of high quality entertainment, the anticipation and excitement surrounding the final chapter was palpable. No …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:08AMSaturday, June 22, 2013
I’m sure that Kate Ceberano could ask just about any current artist to Meet Me in the Middle of the Adelaide Festival Theatre stage and they would gladly oblige. Forget traditional musical…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:42AMFriday, June 21, 2013
The life of Sophie Tucker is not the most familiar story. Marika Aubrey, in The Last of the Red Hot Mamas, masterfully revives the music, the comedy and the life of the stentorian performe…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:12PMMonday, June 17, 2013
Meow Meow certainly knows how to make an entrance. A diva of her class deserves nothing less than rapturous applause and masses of adoring fans throwing roses upon the stage. If, like at the…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:10AMSunday, June 16, 2013
A relative newcomer to the world of cabaret, Catherine Alcorn is clearly embracing the Adelaide Cabaret Festival scene, and simultaneously enchanting audiences with her new show: Go Your Own…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:53AMThe beauty of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival is that there is such a diverse mix of entertainment. Virginia Gay’s Songs to Self-Destruct to has it all. The production is a melting pot of mu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:50AMWednesday, June 12, 2013
Tom Burlinson has found a formula that works. First there was the critically acclaimed Frank – A Life in Song, and now audiences at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival are tapping their toes to …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:53PMSaturday, June 8, 2013
Eddie Perfect returns to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival to showcase his revamped, reworked and orchestra-accompanied concert version of the multi-award winning Shane Warne the Musical. Starri…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:26AMWednesday, February 13, 2013
Colin Hay, best known as the frontman of Men at Work, has reinvented himself for a new generation of audiences. His voice and music is as familiar as ever, but there is a new simplicity to h…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:32AM 
