by David Cronin | Mar 21, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Live Music, Musical Theatre, Reviews
[Cabaret/Absurdist ~ SA PREMIERE ~ SA] Nexus Arts Venue, Wed 15 Mar, 2023. The laughs flow freely from the start as we are beguiled with some very savvy savoir faire into a plot worthy of Poirot. Is it the poison in the French perfume, the smoking gun in the gusset...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 15, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[CABARET/Music ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ SA] The Chapel at Migration Museum, Tue 15 Mar, 2023. The Migration Museum is the latest of many mini-hubs that pop up at Fringe time. There are two venues: the Yurt (yes, it’s a tent) and The Chapel. Taylor Nobes and musical partner...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 5, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Live Music, Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/World Music ~ SA] The Wheaty Tin Shed at The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Sat 4 Mar, 2023. If I’m expecting a tribute show covering all the greats of French music, then a roll call of the usual suspects, Piaf, Maurice Chevalier, Jacques Brel et al, on a screen at the side...
by Cathy Tune | Mar 3, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Cabaret ~ NSW] The Arch at Holden Street Theatres, Thu 2 Mar, 2023. It is not often you get to see and hear a bassoon solo in the middle of a song, or percussion coming from a China cup and spoon, but tonight The Loveys do just that with all the pizzazz they...
by Ian Bell | Feb 27, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Comedy, Interviews, Live Music
[CABARET/Jazz ~ SA] by Ian Bell Adelaide’s Zooma Zooma is keeping the music of Louis Prima alive! Louis Prima was a super hep cat. Born in 1910 and by the time he was twenty the American Italian was playing New Orleans style jazz. In the 1930s he fronted a swing...
by David Cronin | Feb 26, 2023 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2023, Cabaret, Music, Reviews
[CABARET/Music ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ VIC] The Arch at Holden Street Theatres, Sat 25 Feb, 2023. Adelaide-born and bred Sandi McMenamin is a seasoned trouper, sharing the depths and breadth of her experiences in professional show business with true panache. It is a treat...