Tom Waits For No Man: A Beautiful Reinventing Of Waits’ Songs By Some Of The Most Unique Artist From This Year’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival – Review

by Nikki Fort | Jun 18, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Musical Theatre, Reviews

[AUSTRALIA ~ WORLD PREMIERE] Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sun 17 Jun. The beautiful set design, with its collage of instruments behind the grand piano, elevated centre stage and luscious drapes promised a rich and classy, eclectic mix of top class...

Backstage Club Week 2 ~ A Tantalising Night Of Cabaret Artists, Hosted by Ali McGregor – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Matt Saunders | Jun 16, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews

Space Theatre, Thu 16 Jun. The Cabaret Festival Backstage Club continues with Week 2 Host and Festival Co-Director Ali McGregor welcoming various acts from the Festival to have some late night fun in a relaxed variety show environment. McGregor got down to business...

The Glenn Miller Orchestra: Honouring The Centenary Of ANZAC – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by David Robinson | Jun 20, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews

The Glenn Miller Orchestra Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 19 Jun The Festival Theatre’s lavish red curtain goes up and, as the strains of Moonlight Serenade fill the air, the audience is spirited away to 1940. The 17-piece Glenn Miller Orchestra...

Peter & Jack: A Musical Tribute To Baritone Peter Dawson and Songwriter Jack O’Hagan, Hosted by Barry Humphries – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Siân Williams | Jun 8, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Classical, Live Music, Reviews

Festival Theatre, Sun 8 Jun Peter Dawson and Jack O’Hagan were two of Australia’s most prolific musicians and composers, yet more widely lauded overseas than here on our own ground – and Dawson, in fact, heralded from Adelaide itself. Brought to the stage in the...