It seemed appropriate that as we took our seats for Jenny Wynter’s new show ‘Viking Mama‘, it was pouring rain outside. Having just left very Scandinavian-like weather, we were shown to our seats by one of three Valkyries, who for…
Are you fan of Meryl Streep? If so, then this is the show for you. The Melbourne Cabaret Festival is in town June 14—26th and Streeper fans (thank you IMDB for this term) are in for a treat. Alexandra Keddie’s show,…
While I’m very aware of my privileged life here in inner-city Melbourne, the daily struggle with FOMO (fear of missing out) experienced by Kendall and Tiffany from The Melbourne Cabaret Festival’s show #FirstWorldWhiteGirls hit a cord with me. I too…
Moving to Mars at the 2016 Melbourne Cabaret Festival is an exercise in imagination. The audience is informed that we are to buckle-up and prepare for takeoff. We are the select 1% picked to abandon Earth and embark on a one-way journey…
Amy G. is a virtuoso on roller-skates. Or just reckless. She runs around in sequins, something you should not do wearing skates. Does the splits and plays the ukulele. Performs magic tricks. Scams the audience out of their wine, teetering…
Things I love: Gin History Gin Music Comedy Gin Cabaret shows combining all of the above. The wondrous women behind Lady Sings It Better are back in Melbourne for the Cabaret Festival, premiering their new brainchild, ‘Mother’s Ruin‘. Maeve Marsden…
Songs on Film opens with a dapper gentleman, Joe Stilgoe, taking a seat at the piano on a darkened stage, and playing out the opening bars of Jaws. We barely had a few moments to chuckle at such an incongruous…
Returning for its sixth year, the Melbourne Cabaret Festival has shaped up to be one of the city’s major winter art events, an incubator for local talent with a sprinkling of stellar international artists. Running from Tuesday 14 until Sunday…