15 June 2014
Blake Bowden & Phil Scott: Mario – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Since his successful opera and Hollywood career in the 1950s, Mario Lanza has been credited as a significant influence on famous tenors. His renowned movies…
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15 June 2014
The Baker Suite: Second Nature – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Subtitled A Collaboration of Poetry & Music this show is largely a concert performance of songs from The Baker Suite’s two excellent albums A Quartet For Car…
14 June 2014
Catherine Alcorn: Nothing But A Song – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Catherine Alcorn comes to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival with a fine pedigree, including a recent award for cabaret performer of the year. Nothing But A Song…
14 June 2014
Colin Hay: Waiting For My Real Life… – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Colin Hay’s Waiting For My Real Life… is not so much autobiography as a series of punch-lines glued together by songs and anecdotes. Don’t expect to hear…
14 June 2014
David Campbell Sings John Bucchino – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
David Campbell and John Bucchino are the consummate musical partnership: the singer and the songwriter, the boy from Elizabeth and the man from New York. On the…
14 June 2014
Paul Capsis: Little Bird – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
In whatever performance setting one has the privilege to witness Paul Capsis, he is an enigma. And he is brilliant. Capsis is a consummate and engaging…
14 June 2014
Still Awake Still: Mischievous Cabaret For Kids – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Our beautiful, red-gowned Miss Ivory Tinklefinger, Queen of Sleep, is in big trouble. A big booming voice from the sky and beyond is not happy that many…
13 June 2014
Alison Coppe – New Coat Of Paint: The Songs Of Tom Waits – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
The characters that inhabit Tom Waits’ songs and the theatricality of their settings make them perfect material for a cabaret show. And for some reason the…
13 June 2014
Kila Kokonut Krew: The Factory – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
As the first South Pacific Islander musical ever created, The Factory is a future milestone in the history of performance art in this region. After experiencing…
13 June 2014
Tim Freedman: Freedman Does Nilsson – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Shuffling onstage with jauntily tipped cap, Freedman was in character from the word go with his American accent and thoughtful musings as Harry Nilsson, Grammy…
12 June 2014
Anthony Warlow & Faith Prince: Direct From Broadway – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
It was with great anticipation that a packed Festival Theatre settled in for an evening of entertainment from two of musical theatre’s greatest talents today.…
12 June 2014
Beccy Cole & Libby O’Donovan: The Cowgirl And The Showgirl – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review
Beccy Cole and Libby O’Donovan are seasoned, powerhouse performers and artists in their own right; Cole is one of the finest proponents of country music…