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Community, celebration and stars: Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2024

Artistic Director Virgina Gay describes the tone of her inaugural Adelaide Cabaret Festival and enthuses about some of the program…

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Performance review: Adelaide Cabaret Festival Variety Gala, Festival Theatre

Adelaide puts on the razzle dazzle to launch the 2023 Cabaret Festival.

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Celebrating audacious art made at Cabaret Fringe

Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival returns for 2023 with a new Festival Hub designed to bring emerging, regional and established artists…

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Collective effort programs 23rd Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Why settle for just one Artistic Director when you can have nine?

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Cabaret review: Bernie Dieter’s Weimar Punk

A potent voice, a sparkly costume and some well honed storytelling equals a night of pure entertainment.

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New cabaret celebrates bohemian icon Vali Myers

And Then You Go – The Vali Myers Project is premiering at the 2022 Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

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Cabaret review: 30 Something, Catherine Alcorn and Phil Scott

An entertaining lounge act full of old and reimagined hits.

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Why classic cabaret still resonates

The 1930s remains a source of fascination for contemporary artists – why does the era keep drawing us back?

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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.