by Michael Coghlan | Aug 31, 2023 | Music, Reviews, Theatre
[Theatre AUS] The Space Theatre, Festival Centre, Tue 29 Aug Billie Holiday is often associated with the tag ‘the lady sings the blues’ after the film depicting her life from 1972. Holiday herself saw things as more nuanced: “I sing the blues with a jazz beat”. This...
by Adrian Miller | Mar 2, 2020 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2020, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[MUSIC/Cabaret ~ SA] Courtyard at Treasury 1860, Sat 29 Feb. The Courtyard at Treasury 1860 is a wonderful intimate setting and the weather is kind. The perfect place for a bit of Saturday evening Fringe! Bonnie Lee Galea with superb backing from Quinton Dunne on...
by TheClothesLine | Jun 11, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Interviews, Live Music, Media Release, Music
[ADELAIDE PREMIERE ~ AUS ~ IF YOU LOVE… MUSIC THAT MOVES YOU] Melbourne vocalist Alma Zygier is fascinated by the pre-war jazz era; Ella Fitzgerald, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Memphis Minnie – a time when composers Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and...
by Jenna Bonavita | Jun 9, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
[UNITED STATES ~ ADELAIDE PREMIERE] Dunstan Playhouse, Fri 8 Jun. Madeline Peyroux made a very odd entrance indeed; running into the Dunstan Playhouse looking like a stage-hand who had forgotten to fix something. It took a few seconds after Peyroux reached for her...
by Bobby Goudie | Jun 4, 2018 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Interviews
[UNITED STATES ~ 18+] by Bobby Goudie. A fixture of New York City’s vibrant downtown performance scene for 30-plus years, Joey Arias is re-opening the doors of the iconic Club 57 for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. His World Premiere show Three Floors Of Madness,...
