Sven Ratzke – Homme Fatale: Enigmatically Personifying All That’s Fatal And Peculiar In A Man’s World ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Dave Bradley | Jun 22, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Entertainment, Live Music, Reviews

[NETHERLANDS/GERMANY ~ AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE] Dunstan Playhouse, Thu 21 Jun. Adelaide (“the town of sexuality and possibility” apparently) loves Sven Ratzke, and although there was sometimes a dark and curiously German aspect to his new show, his whooping fans had a...

Patti LuPone – Don’t Monkey With Broadway: Songs And Stories From A Life Lived On Stage ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Bobby Goudie | Jun 22, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Entertainment, Live Music, Reviews

[UNITED STATES ~ ADELAIDE PREMIERE] Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Thu 21 Jun. As one of the biggest stars to come to this year’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Patti LuPone certainly did not disappoint her adoring audience tonight. The multiple Tony and...

Wayne Brady: ‘Brady AF’ And Funny As Hell ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Janine Spearpoint | Jun 21, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Entertainment, Reviews, Theatre

[USA – ADELAIDE PREMIERE] Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Wed 20 Jun. Actor, songwriter, dancer, singer, five-time Emmy winner and Grammy nominee, star of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Hamilton, Wayne Brady returns for his fourth tour of Australia with this...

Songs For Those Who’ve Come Across The Seas: A Prog-Rock Concert Seed To Give Our Planet A Fighting Chance ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Michael Coghlan | Jun 21, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Musical Theatre, Reviews

[AUSTRALIA ~ WORLD PREMIERE] Dunstan Playhouse, Wed 20 Jun. The Slingsby Theatre Company have bitten off a great deal here. Set to the original music of Cameron Goodall and Quincy Grant this is nothing less than a history of the natural universe in a mere one hour. A...

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...

Libby O’Donovan ~ Kate Leigh – The Worst Woman in Sydney: People’s Hero or Underworld Queen? – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Bobby Goudie | Jun 16, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews, Theatre

[AUSTRALIA ~ WORLD PREMIERE] Space Theatre, Fri 15 Jun. Sydney’s Queen of the underworld in the first half of the 20th Century, Kate Leigh, is a fascinating character for Libby O’Donovan to present for the 2018 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. With all original music and...