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| 2014 Adelaide Cabaret Festival artistic director Kate Ceberano and some of her partners-in-crime. Image: Facebook. |
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Criminals by Linh
The Adelaide
Cabaret Festival is the largest cabaret festival in the southern hemisphere and
has evolved to become bigger, bolder and more brilliant than before. It is also
the most eclectic cabaret festival, especially with a vast array of performers
this year which include familiar faces, new talent and international artists. In
2014, it will be the 14th Adelaide Cabaret Festival and the third
and final one with Kate Ceberano as Artistic Director. Kate has been a fabulous
ambassador for the performing arts in Australia and overseas, so it has been a
delight for Adelaideans and South Australia to have her in an integral role of
bringing diverse cabaret culture and music to curious audiences.
This year’s
Cabaret Festival theme is ‘Not Your Usual Suspects’, which is a play on words
and adds some mystery to the types of performances audiences may expect. According
to an interview with Kate, the theme is inspired by Mark Nadler (an audience favourite
from previous Adelaide Cabaret Festivals) who was heckled by an audience member
and Mark replied, “Hey buddy, I’m a cabaret artist not a f***ing role model!”. It
is about a mix of familiarity and the unknown, where artists who performed many
times in Adelaide’s cabaret and other festivals, return with very different or
more daring performances. The artists become the masters of musical disguises,
so that it may take a mental shift to recognise a musical theatre artist as a
country singer or a rock singer performing opera. Their talent to effortlessly
move from one musical style/genre to another is so good that it’s a crime.
There are the repeat offenders such as Ali McGregor, Paul Capsis, Catherine
Alcorn and Libby O’Donovan. International partners-in-crime include Mark
Nadler, Brian d’Arcy James, Darlene Love and Kathy Najimy.
The Cabaret Festival
is a shining example of Adelaide’s innovativeness and artistic vision as a
festival city and contributes to showcasing South Australia as the Festival
State. This helps to secure the talents of different artistic directors who offer
their own style of fun and artistic touch to keep the Cabaret Festival vibrant
and fresh. Adelaide farewells Kate Ceberano this year and welcomes Barry
Humphries as Artistic Director for the 2015 Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Humphries
is loved for his alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson and enjoyed
for his satirical wit. His appointment is exciting for audiences and his choice
of cabaret artists is highly anticipated.
2014 Adelaide
Cabaret Festival details:
Where:
Festival Theatre,
Dunstan Playhouse, Space Theatre, Banquet Room, Artspace
Gallery, Piano Bar, Lyrics Room, Her Majesty’s Theatre
When:
6-21 June 2014.
Tickets:
Price varies for each performance.
Book in person from the
Adelaide Festival Centre Box Office and all BASS outlets. BASS at the
Adelaide Festival Centre is open Mon-Fri 9:00am-6:00pm.
Book by telephone through BASS on 131 246
International bookings +61 8 8205 2300
Monday to Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm (CST)
International bookings +61 8 8205 2300
Monday to Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm (CST)
Book online for
individual shows via the ‘listed events pages’ button on any event page at
http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/adelaide-cabaret-festival/whats-on/
Please Note: A payment processing fee of 2.5% of the transaction value applies to
all credit card transactions.
*All details are correct at the time of publishing.
Source:
Ceberano, K.
(2014). Not Your Usual Suspects. Adelaide
Festival Centre website.
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