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A male acrobat performs the splits, his body held aloft by aerial straps, in a scene from 'La Clique' at Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
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Performance review: La Clique, Adelaide Cabaret Festival

Award-winning phenomenon La Clique celebrates its 20th anniversary at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

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The art of intimacy: how cabaret artists connect with you from the stage

Adelaide Cabaret Festival artists share their stories of fostering connection with audiences and breaking down the fourth wall on even…

Virginia Gay, Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2025 Artistic Director. Gay, a fair-skinned woman, poses against a light blue backdrop and laughs as the elborate train of her black silk or satin gown billows up around her head, perhaps propelled by a wind machine out of the frame.
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Sequins, champagne and passion: Adelaide Cabaret Festival launches its 2025 program

Virginia Gay tells ArtsHub about some of the many highlights of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s 25th anniversary edition.

A brunette woman wearing a sparkly pink dress is looking to the side.
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Performance review: Christina Bianco: In Divine Company, Adelaide Cabaret Festival

All our favourite divas came together in one slick show.

A blonde woman in a strapless evening gown is standing next to a bathtub, which is on a raised platform.
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Performance review: The 2024 Variety Gala, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Festival Theatre

A charcuterie plate of cabaret excellence!

A white woman with short blonde hair poses dramatically before a gold lame screen. Her hands are behind her head, her face is turned to the right, and she is singing or screaming with joy. She wears a white shirt under a black suit, and her midriff and a hint of her black bra are visible.
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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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