Joanne Hartstone – The Girl Who Jumped Off The Hollywood Sign: The Human Cost Of Becoming A Star ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Nikki Fort | Jun 25, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Music, Reviews, Theatre

[AUSTRALIA] Space Theatre, Sat 16 Jun. Joanne Hartstone is an exceptional writer and consummate performer. In this one-woman show, she captivates her audience from the first appearance of frightened fingertips gripping the side of the Hollywood sign, until the silent...

 John Cameron Mitchell – The Origin of Love: Stories And Songs From A Life Lived With Hedwig ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Bobby Goudie | Jun 23, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Music, Reviews

[UNITED STATES ~ WORLD PREMIERE] Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, Fri 22 Jun. Performing in Adelaide for the first time, Tony Award winner John Cameron Mitchell, thrilled loyal fans of his cult film and ground-breaking rock musical, Hedwig And The Angry...

Nosferatutu or Bleeding At The Ballet: A Gothically-Inclined Bloody Romp, Dripping With Slapstick Fun… And Blood! ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Rosie van Heerde | Jun 23, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Dance, Music, Opera, Reviews

[AUSTRALIA ~ ADELAIDE PREMIERE] Banquet Room, Fri Jun 22. A gothically-inclined romp across a bloody Swan Lake stage, Nosferatutu is dripping with fun and slapstick silliness, providing a truly unique cabaret experience for this clearly delighted audience. Written by...

Archie Roach And Tiddas – Dancing With My Spirit: A Reunion Of Sublime Voices And Lost Treasures ~ Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review

by Jenna Bonavita | Jun 23, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews

[AUSTRALIA] Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 22 Jun. Twenty years ago Archie Roach and three baby-faced young women collaborated to create a demo. Jen Anderson produced the recording and from that demo several reworked and re-recorded songs would later appear on Roach’s much...

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...