by Ian Bell | Jun 8, 2019 | Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019, Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Music, Reviews, Theatre
[WORLD PREMIERE ~ AUS ~ IF YOU LOVE… TO REMINISCE] Space Theatre, Fri 7 Jun. Anna May Wong was Hollywood’s first Chinese movie star. She gained fame in the silent movie era and appeared in one of the first feature films made in colour, The Thief Of Baghdad...
by Michael Coghlan | Jan 15, 2018 | Cabaret, Live Music, Reviews
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sun 14 Jan. Songs And Stories Of The Paris Lido arrived with high expectations. It was an acknowledged success at the 2014 Adelaide Fringe and has toured widely in the meantime. The show is presented through the eyes of...
by Michael Coghlan | Mar 10, 2017 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Reviews
Lounge at The GC at The German Club, Thu 9 Mar. This is Cologne cabaret star, Sylvia Brecko’s third visit to the Adelaide Fringe, and this time round she chose to put the focus on the lives and music of Edith Piaf, Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe. Given her German...
by Catherine Blanch | May 16, 2016 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Interviews
by Catherine Blanch. Perplexed as he may be sometimes, there’s one thing for sure, Rudi has a love for cabaret and a passion for the classics. This Chaplin-esque performer has his heart in the right place, but his grasp on the meaning of some songs may need a little...
by Michael Coghlan | Jun 1, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret
by Michael Coghlan. By special request of Artistic Director Barry Humphries, hence the title His Master’s Choice, Meow Meow – the Queen of Kamikaze Kabaret – is returning to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival with an intimate evening of songs of Weimar Germany. Meow Meow,...