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Melbourne Cabaret Festival Announces 2013 Program
0 Comments. 286 Views. Posted 30 Apr 2013 @ 10:48am.
The fourth annual Melbourne Cabaret Festival have announced another tantalising lineup. Boasting a line-up of over 150 performers and 60 cabaret shows, the festival will commence with a riveting performance by Mary Wilson of The Supremes, followed by New York Cabaret star Joey Arias, Adam Guettel, and David Pomeranz. Afterward, the fun starts.   Cabaret witty-man Trevor Ashley will present... Read More
Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School Presents Tim Rogers
0 Comments. 368 Views. Posted 13 Feb 2013 @ 12:50pm.
Rock debonair Tim Rogers will be participating in the launch of Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School at the Toff this February. Inspired by the 2005 movement by artist, model and sporadic burlesque performer Molly Crabapple, Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School combines cabaret, music and art to create a quirky experience you've never seen before. Tim Rogers will be joining in on the fun too.   The front... Read More
Short+Sweet Cabaret Applications Open
0 Comments. 506 Views. Posted 7 Sep 2012 @ 8:32am.
It's that time of year again, it's time for applications for the Short+Sweet Cabaret. Recently having acquired a new director after founder David Read left, the Short+Sweet Cabaret is looking for entrants for their performance auditions later this September. New Director, Joanne O'Callaghan will help select successful applicants who will be invited to audition on Friday September 21 and Saturday... Read More
Melbourne Cabaret Festival
0 Comments. 784 Views. Posted 12 Jul 2012 @ 2:42pm.
After realising that they were $15,000 short on funding, you'd imagine the staff of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival to be content with just having the event go ahead. Instead, festival directors David Read and Neville Sice have worked tirelessly on expanding this year's festival, both in length and geography. What once was a six-night festival based in South Melbourne has exploded to a ten-day... Read More
Cirque De Femmes
0 Comments. 2,038 Views. Posted 3 Aug 2011 @ 8:38am.
The mother of all things burlesque and the underground, Madame Natalia, is set to sizzle on the Red Bennies stage.  Having previously set Melbourne alight (literally!) with her performances as Miss Burlesque 2010 & 2011, she will entrance, entice and entertain in this one evening of cabaret, burlesque, circus arts and comedy. Multi-talented, isn't she?! Starring alongside her will be... Read More
Melbourne Cabaret Festival
0 Comments. 2,679 Views. Posted 13 Jul 2011 @ 10:09am.
Among the many great things about Melbourne is the sheer amount of artistic expression that you can witness on any given night. For the lover of culture, there's never a lack of it. Enter any bar with a stage and you're likely to enjoy a great local band showcasing their musical talent. If you're up for a laugh, comedy gigs are aplenty and the theatre scene is brimming with new arrivals and... Read More
July Is The Month To Cabaret
0 Comments. 2,484 Views. Posted 16 Jun 2011 @ 9:25am.
100 performers, 78 performances all done over six colourful nights of pop, jazz and musical theatre... all hail the Melbourne Cabaret Festival of 2011. The Melbourne Cabaret Festival is coming to South Melbourne's historic Emerald Hill arts and cultural precinct for its second year running, presenting non-stop cabaret from Tuesday July 19 to Sunday July 24.   The festival boasts a wide... Read More
Melbourne Cabaret Festival In July
0 Comments. 2,954 Views. Posted 10 May 2011 @ 3:52pm.
The second Melbourne cabaret Festival will happen in Emerald Hill Arts And Culture Precinct in July. With more than 100 performers in 36 cabaret shows from comedy cabaret, musical theatre, New York style, vaudeville, edgy and queer shows, the second Melbourne Cabaret Festival will feature a whole range of fun stuff that will appeal to almost everyone.    One of the features is A... Read More
The Jitterbug Club
0 Comments. 3,024 Views. Posted 31 Mar 2011 @ 3:01pm.
Popular travelling Burlesque show, The Jitterbug Club, has reached the end of a five-year run celebrating all things Vaudeville. The show’s originators, an eight-piece rag-tag band called The Snakeoil Merchants, in a further blow to local cabaret fans, will in turn wind down with one last explosive Melbourne show this week. Speaking to Beat today is singer and master-mind behind the double-act,... Read More
The Crimson Goat Cabaret Club performs a Super Show
0 Comments. 2,061 Views. Posted 30 Mar 2011 @ 4:41pm.
    “I am probably the worst person to go to a comedy show with because not much makes me laugh,” says comedy legend Jack Levi (aka Elliot Goblet) “Unless I can hand-pick it...” he continues. That's exactly what Levi is doing with The Crimson Goat Cabaret Club. Perhaps Melbourne's best kept secret, since 2009 Levi has been curating evenings showcasing the best of variety and cabaret... Read More
The Cuban Brothers Hit The Espy
0 Comments. 3,089 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:10am.
The zany cabaret sensation that is the The Cuban Brothers are returning to Melbourne.   Born of the loins of 70’s Havana, the Brothers were nurtured on a diet of soulful, sexy tunes and Cuban mythology – their truly fresh approach to throbbing live entertainment whips up a frenzy at each and every gig. There are two things The Cuban Brothers do better than... Read More
Dionysus New Years Eve
0 Comments. 2,570 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
  This New Year’s Eve, Red Bennies presents Dionysus, a theatrical extravaganza of circus, burlesque, cabaret and vaudeville.   Experience the tidings and toasts of Dionysus (king of merriment, bottomless drinks and ill-fitting togas), witness The Birth Of The Venus Fly-Trap (her ethereal beauty is questioned only by her snapping jaws) and seel The Electric Faun (for only this... Read More
Short+Sweet Cabaret And Theatre Festival
0 Comments. 2,177 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:17am.
Short+Sweet Cabaret and Short+Sweet Theatre are bringing you the best in little things.   Every second counts with ten minute limits. With S+S Cabaret, 42 amazing new works will be showcased over two weeks (so they'd better be short!) and with S+S Theatre, 50 fresh new pieces will inspire you.   Audience votes will propel the best works to the Gala Final. It's all... Read More
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