Category: Cabaret
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Rizo: Prizmatism (Wharf 1 Theatre) ★★★★
Rizo, the New York based 70s-rocker-meets-50s-chanteuse-filtered-through-a-00s-drag-diva-turned-yoga-instructor, hits middle-age and the Sydney Festival with her new show Prizmatism, offering an antidote to the isolation of the last few years and a respite from the news of today.
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Alma Zygier: Premarital Sextet (Wharf 1 Theatre) ★★★★
Stepping away from the more theatrical side of Sydney Festival, I spent an early afternoon listening to Melbourian jazz singer Alma Zygier and her band reinterpret jazz classics with gusto in the Wharf 1 Theatre.
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An Evening Without Kate Bush (Wharf 1 Theatre) ★★★1/2
Kate Bush is an icon, a legend, an enigma and she is NOT appearing at the Sydney Festival. But Sarah-Louise Young is!
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Send For Nellie (Wharf 1 Theatre) ★★1/2
The legacy of performer Nellie Small is given a whistle-stop tour in Send For Nellie, a cabaret/vaudeville performance at Sydney Festival that showcases the vocals of Elenoa Rokobaro as the legendary Sydney entertainer.
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Smashed: The Nightcap (Wharf Theatre) ★★★★★
My Sydney Festival kicked off with an almighty bang thanks to Victoria Falconer and her chaotic cabaret, Smashed: The Nightcap. Sydney Theatre Co’s wonderfully restored Wharf Theatre is being delightfully debased by this blend of drag, burlesque, circus and cabaret. Grab a drink and jump on this bawdy ride.
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35mm: A Musical Exhibition (Flight Path) ★★★★
35mm: A Musical Exhibition has the energy of noughties rock radio. So get ready for your girl-rock anthems, indie romance belters and quirky singer-songwriters all mixed with musical theatre storytelling.
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Robyn Archer: An Australian Songbook (Belvoir) ★★★1/2
Devised and Performer by Robyn Archer. Belvoir St Theatre. 18 – 29 Oct, 2023. Robyn Archer is a storyteller, it just may not be the story you expect to hear. It’s notable that the title to her new show is An Australian Songbook, rather than THE Australian Songbook. There is a multiplicity of options and…
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Bark of Millions (Sydney Opera House) ★★★★★
Full review up on The Queer Review.
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London Week Five
On the final stretch now and my brain is starting to look ahead to life back at home. Going into the office, seeing local shows (I can’t wait to catch up on City of Angels, The Great Comet, Jailbaby etc) and sleeping in my own bed again. But first I have a couple of days…
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The Divine Miss Bette (Darlinghurst Theatre Company) ★★★★★
Written and performed by Catherine Alcorn after Bette Midler. Darlinghurst Theatre Company. Eternity Playhouse Mar 29 – Apr 1, 2023. From gay bathhouses to Broadway and beyond, Bette Midler has performed everywhere. Everywhere that is, except downtown Darlinghurst, but Catherine Alcorn is here to, um, plug that hole in her schedule with The Divine Miss…
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