Michael Griffiths’ Greatest Hits: Life Is A Cabaret In Retrospective ~ Adelaide Fringe 2021 Interview

by Catherine Blanch | Feb 19, 2021 | Adelaide Festivals, Adelaide Fringe 2021, Cabaret, Interviews, Live Music, Music

[CABARET/Music ~ WORLD PREMIERE ~ SA] by Catherine Blanch. Actor, performer, pianist, singer, Adelaide Cabaret Festival darling… Michael Griffiths is all that talent and more. WAAPA 1999 graduate, Green Room Award nominee for his role as Bob Crew in Jersey Boys, and...

Matilda The Musical: Roald Dahl’s Award Winning Book Comes To Life At Adelaide Festival Theatre With The Music And Lyrics Of Tim Minchin – Review

by Bobby Goudie | May 27, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Musical Theatre, Reviews, Theatre

Festival Theatre, Fri 26 May. Inspired by the legendary author Roald Dahl, Matilda The Musical premiered on London’s West End in 2011 and has since won over 80 international awards, including a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dennis Kelly and a Helpmann...

Porter & Piaf: Michael Griffiths and Michaela Burger & Greg Wain present ‘Cole’ and ‘Exposing Edith’ at Dunstan Playhouse – Review

by Bobby Goudie | Dec 11, 2016 | Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews

 Dunstan Playhouse, Sat 10 Dec. Adelaide’s own Michael Griffiths and Michaela Burger were both nominated this year for a Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret Performer, with Griffiths winning the category for his show Cole, written by Anna Goldsworthy, celebrating the life...

Michael Griffiths & Amelia Ryan are Livvie & Pete: A Cabaret Look at the Music of Australian Icons Olivia Newton-John & Peter Allen – Feast Festival Interview

by Bobby Goudie | Oct 3, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Interviews

by Bobby Goudie. Cabaret superstar Michael Griffiths has had an accomplished 2016. He won a Helpmann Award for his Adelaide Cabaret Festival show Cole and was the ‘best reviewed cabaret show’ of the entire Edinburgh Fringe Festival. While retaining his...

Little Shop Of Horrors: A Darkly Delicious And Ferociously Funny Story About A Plant With A Severe Case Of Bloodlust – Review

by Rosie van Heerde | Apr 23, 2016 | Musical Theatre, Reviews, Theatre

Her Majesty’s Theatre, Fri 22 Apr. When talking about a true cult classic, it’s impossible to go past Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s ground-breaking musical about an alien plant with carnivorous intentions, Little Shop Of Horrors. Based on Roger Cormer’s 1960 B-grade...