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Theatre Review ~ Lady Day ~ The Story of Billie Holiday

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...

Ash Flanders – Special Victim: Songs and Stories of Hope, Loss, Privilege and Rage – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Interview

by Bobby Goudie | May 24, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Cabaret, Comedy, Interviews

by Bobby Goudie. Ash Flanders is bringing his award winning show Special Victim back to Adelaide following his season at the 2013 Feast Festival. Special Victim is a playful song-and-story show about hope, loss, white privilege, velvet rage and effeminate ennui. Ash...

Pennsylvania Avenue: A Lifetime Of Stories, Music And Memories From The White House – One of the MUST SEE Shows of The Adelaide Cabaret Festival – Interview

by Bobby Goudie | Apr 26, 2015 | Adelaide Festivals, Interviews, Music, Theatre

by Bobby Goudie. One of the stand-out performances of the 2012 Adelaide Cabaret Festival was Songs For Nobodies. It featured Bernadette Robinson portraying ordinary women’s encounters with iconic singers like Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, and...