Escape the chill and enjoy a season of fun and scintillating performances by some of Melbourne’s hottest cabaret artists, featuring fabulous music, feisty women, unforgettable stories, and lots of laughs. Grab your friends and make a night of it!
Cabaret Unscripted
Friday 18 July
Prepare to be dazzled, delighted, and utterly disarmed by Cabaret Unscripted, the unique and hilarious improvised musical comedy adored by critics and audiences alike.
Fresh from wining a prestigious Green Room Award for ‘Outstanding Musical Direction’, this dynamic duo is always at the ready to bring their spontaneous magic to the stage. This isn’t just any cabaret; it’s your cabaret.
Talents Isabella Valette and Greg Lavell creatively craft an electrifying evening of improvised music, comedy, and cabaret charm, weaving audience suggestions and stories into the show.
Step into a world of 1930s cabaret, where razor-sharp wit meets stellar musicality in a thrilling, unpredictable adventure that will leave you in stitches and amazed at the sheer talent unfolding before your eyes.
The Exotic Lives of Lola Montez
Friday 29 August
In 1855, Lola Montez toured the goldfields with “the most libertinish and indelicate performance that could be given on the public stage” (Sydney Morning Herald, 1855). She horsewhipped the editor of The Ballarat Times (for a bad review), swung down mine shafts with champagne in hand, and escaped arrest dressed only in her jewels.
Finucane & Smith’s Lola is a joy ride – a mix of breathtaking storytelling, sultry divas, and jaw-dropping burlesque, steeped in Australian history. Starring triple Best Actress winner Miss Caroline Lee (a direct descendant of Lola herself), burlesque goddess Maple Rose, operatic darling Piera Dennerstein, and Parisian club kitten Iva Rosebud. Written by Patrick White Playwright Award Winner, Jackie Smith.
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