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Nostalgia meets future: nurturing cabaret

The 2022 Adelaide Cabaret Festival has a focus on Australian multiculturalism and nostalgia, and a commitment to growing the artform.

28 Mar 2022 18:01

Richard Watts

A dark-haired woman lounges langurously on a pink armchair against a lacy pink curtain.

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Adelaide Festival Artistic Director Tina Arena. Photo: Jai Vasicek.

Now in its 22^nd year, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival has a long tradition of nurturing young artists through its Class of Cabaret program – not just showcasing contemporary cabaret stars, but actively contributing to the future of the artform.

Another way the Adelaide Cabaret Festival contributes to artform development is through the Frank Ford Commissioning Award – an annual $20,000 grant for the creation of new work.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts