Peter & Bambi Heaven ~ The Magic Inside: Hilarious Fun From This Pair Of Dancing Illusionists – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Dave Bradley | Jun 24, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Magic/Illusion, Reviews

Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, Fri 23 Jun. All the way from (supposedly) the Gold Coast, this pair of ‘dancing illusionists’ early on promised a ‘triple threat’ show of ‘dance, magic and more dance’, but it was mostly dance, albeit dance of a most hilariously cringing...

Le Gateau Chocolat ~ Black: The Untold Story Of His Hopes, Fears And Struggles With Depression – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Michael Coghlan | Jun 23, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Musical Theatre, Opera, Reviews

Dunstan Playhouse, Thu 22 Jun. Nigerian-born Le Gateau Chocolat has been a favourite at the Adelaide Fringe for some years. For this year’s Cabaret Festival he presents Black – a depiction of a life punctuated with the struggles associated with being black,...

Michael Feinstein ~ Sinatra And Friends: New York’s Master Of Song Pays Tribute To Ol’ Blue Eyes – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Interview

by Robert Dunstan | Jun 22, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Interviews, Music

by Robert Dunstan. American singer and pianist Michael Feinstein, an authority on the Great American Songbook, is returning to Adelaide to present a new show, Sinatra And Friends, which he has curated especially for the festival. Backed by a 17-piece Big Band,...

The Sound Of Falling Stars: Cameron Goodall Sings The Musical Souls Of Those That Died Too Soon – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Michael Coghlan | Jun 22, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Music, Reviews

Dunstan Playhouse, Wed 21 Jun. All a review of The Sound Of Falling Stars really needs to do is tell you that if you like popular music from the last 40 years then you must go and see it. Shows this good don’t come around very often – it simply excels in every...

Hush 16 ~ A Piece Of Quiet: Music Therapy For The Soul, Created For And With Children – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Clayton Werner | Jun 19, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Family Entertainment, Music, Reviews

Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sun 18 Jun. Music is an important part of rehabilitation and therapy in hospitals especially when done in harmony with the science. The Hush Foundation began in the Melbourne Children’s Hospital to make the most of this. Interestingly, it’s not...

BREL ~ The Immortal Troubadour: A Homage To The Man Who Influenced The Influentials Of Music – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Michael Coghlan | Jun 19, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews

Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sun 18 Jun. Brel: “The supreme madness is to see life as it is and not as it should be.” Ali McGregor’s introduction told that the English speaking world didn’t really discover the music of Jacques Brel until he was...