Adelaide Festival Centre presents Adelaide Cabaret Festival 6 – 14 June 2008 WHAT’S ON STAGE, LONDON adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au BOOK AT 131 246 FASTER we wouldn’t want to be late … fun of Paprika Balkanicus. It’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival From the UK comes the award number eight! winning live music, performance and animation of Between the Devil A recent article in The Australian noted and the Deep Blue Sea. the fact that cabaret is re-emerging around the world and is now an officially You can cry over spilt milk as much recognised trend! And here we are at as you like or laugh as hard as a the front of it all. hyena. The Adelaide Cabaret Festival is here to engage with you, whether This year our overseas guests include in an intimate venue, a big concert the delightful Maria Friedman, West End or dancing the night away with the and Broadway leading lady for both artists at the Kool Kat Festival Club. Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber; Broadway star (and daughter I would like to thank and congratulate of Judy Garland), Lorna Luft; the writer all the performers, staff, technicians, of The Rose, cabaret artiste Amanda sponsors, partners, friends, family McBroom; and French chanteuse and interested souls who come and songwriter Belle du Berry. From together to create the Adelaide Argentina, the talented Elena Roger Cabaret Festival. Julia Holt, Festival Director will take you through the song of tango whilst from the Balkan Peninsula we ...Phew, made it by a whisker! welcome the foot stomping AM Gautier Ford Rann Mike of South Australia Premier Minister for the Arts Frank Adelaide Cabaret Chair, Festival Committee Douglas CEO & Artistic Director Adelaide Festival Centre Having justifiably earned The Adelaide Cabaret Festival We look forward to welcoming you worldwide acclaim for its creates, encourages, to the 8th annual Adelaide Cabaret unique atmosphere and bold stimulates and re-invents the Festival. It’s a year for celebration – programming, the Adelaide art form of cabaret for the the Adelaide Festival Centre turns Cabaret Festival this year contemporary world. 35 in June and what better way to continues to evolve and surprise. Cabaret is “entertainment celebrate than in cabaret mode. For the past eight winters, the with attitude”; using all forms The unique atmosphere of the Cabaret Festival has warmed of popular entertainment it Adelaide Cabaret Festival can in the hearts of South Australians encourages artists to express part be attributed to its location all and our interstate and overseas their opinions and attitudes to under the one roof as the Adelaide visitors. Whether you are life. The cabaret artist seeks a Festival Centre is transformed into already a connoisseur, or you personal relationship with the a series of intimate cabaret venues. are discovering cabaret for the audience, stimulating us to think This Festival really is one of a kind. first time, I urge you to visit the about the human condition Artists love performing in it and Adelaide Festival Centre for a within our own personal world. audiences love the intimacy and healthy helping of cabaret life. The Adelaide Cabaret Festival fun that it evokes. This world-class event is a wonderfully celebrates the Special thanks to Adelaide magnet for the world’s finest freedom of speech and freedom Cabaret Festival Director, Julia cabaret artists and the best of expression of our Australian Holt, the Cabaret team and all Australia has to offer. It’s a democracy. So let’s celebrate! the staff of the Adelaide Festival celebration of art and life, up I would like to thank my fellow Centre for delivering another close and personal, and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival wonderful program and for their South Australian Government Committee members – Simon valuable contribution to the is a proud supporter of the Burke, Nicky Downer AM, Zannie continued success of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Flanagan, Steve Kernaghan, Bill Adelaide Cabaret Festival. I look forward to seeing Stephens and Amanda Ward – I look forward to seeing you here to you there. for their valuable contribution to celebrate our 35th birthday and our our fabulous festival. 8th Adelaide Cabaret Festival. 1927 Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea 23 The 3 Dolls Freudian Slips 20 Allsopp & Henderson’s The Jinglists 13 Amanda McBroom Crimes of the Heart 7 Beccy Cole 4 Belle du Berry Invisibles et Parfumés 10 The Burlesque Hour... SIZZLES! 21 Carolyn Connors Ukulele and Other Extreme Sports 13 Catherine Lambert Love Sucks & I've Got the Songs to Prove it! 14 Don Walker Goodnight, Sweet Dreams, the World is Well 6 Elena Roger Querido Tango… 12 ETYPEJAZZ If You Were Me 15 Fiona Scott-Norman The Needle and the Damage Done 2 Free Events 25 In Conversation With… 25 Cabaret Jeff Duff Cooler than Cool, Hotter than Hell 10 The first record of cabaret dates back to 15th Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe, Phil Scott century France. The French word ‘cabaret’ Revue Sans Frontières 6 literally translates to ‘wine cellar’ or ‘small room’. Cabaret has matured through many Joshua Spier 13 cultures to become its own unique form of Katie Noonan & Vince Jones Songs of Love and War 3 performance art. Kev Carmody with special guest Sara Storer 19 The artist speaking and singing directly to the audience defines this intimate and innovative Kool Kat Festival Club 24 art form. It can be avant-garde as well as entertaining, it can reflect life back at you and The Kransky Sisters Three Bags Full 15 it can make you laugh and cry at the same Lorna Luft 20 time. With its rebellious wit and flexible nature, cabaret is an emotional playroom for adults. Maria Friedman By Special Arrangement 11 Cabaret can be political, entertaining, Marie Angel Till the Fat Lady Sings – It Ain't Over 19 hilarious and spectacular. Masterclasses Amanda McBroom, Maria Friedman 7, 11 Take this opportunity to lap up life at this year’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Michael Atchison Exhibition 25 Michael Dalley and Paul McCarthy Intimate Apparel 22 Monsieur Camembert The Leonard Cohen Show 3 THINGS YOU NEED Paprika Balkanicus 22 TO KNOW Queenie van de Zandt Cabaret In 12 Easy Steps 14 33 Access Raymond Crowe 7 Services and Map Rhonda Burchmore Everybody Loves Rhonda 5 16 Calendar The Sally Bourne Identity 12 32 Catering Sing Your Own Musical 25 33 How to Book Tom Burlinson Frank: A Life in Song 18 16 Top Cat Club Two for the Road The Music of Movie Maestro Henry Mancini 9 The Umbilical Brothers Don't Explain 8 Vincent's Chair Stretch 21 The Washington/Grabowsky Project Spiders and Silkworms 4 Yana Alana and Tha Paranas Bite Me 2 adelaidecabaretfestival.com 2 Fiona Scott-Norman The Needle and the Damage Done An hilarious dissection of car-crash popular culture on vinyl – fabulously cringe worthy. Join DJ, writer and comic Fiona Scott-Norman on a joyous romp through her extensive vinyl collection and her quips on the top ten most mesmerisingly bad albums ever recorded. Born in England within earshot of the Benny Hill theme song, Fiona has been collecting hard-core musical kitsch since she was old enough to shoplift a Rolf Harris record. Now it’s time to share the love. Directed by Comedy Inc’s Paul McCarthy. “ HHHH ½ stars” The Age DATE TIME VENUE PRICE 11 – 14 JUNE 9pm JB Room $28 Conc $25 1hr 5min “Hilarious…Witty, incisive, a little bit wrong” Beat, Melbourne Yana Alana and Tha Paranas BITE ME Bite Me is Yana Alana’s premiere show with her long suffering band Tha Paranas, three hot lady musicians. It’s a wild journey through burlesque, dance, song and poems from Yana’s latest book If you were a carrot I would have cum by now. As she says herself, “she sings like an angel and dances like a gazelle”. Photo: Ponch Hawkes Sure, she’s arrogant, abusive and condescending to her band of Paranas who have not surprisingly grown to despise her; but be assured, it’s an hilarious comic combination. DATE TIME VENUE PRICE 6 & 7 JUNE 9.15pm Artspace $28 Conc $25 8 JUNE 7pm 1hr “ ... dark and delicious cabaret with a lot of bark, plenty of bite, and a mound full of laughs.” Arts Hub Warning: contains bad language! Created by Sarah Ward Constantly! Including the c-word! of Sista She adelaidecabaretfestival.com 3 Katie Noonan & Vince Jones songs of love and war Two luminaries of the Australian jazz scene join forces live on stage. At a time when the world appears overwhelmed with conflict, two of Australia’s finest voices join together to protest against war and inspire compassion and love. Joined by an amazing line- up of instrumentalists, Katie Noonan and Vince Jones delve into their war chest of songs to reveal sublime solos and daring duets that will move your soul and lift your spirits. Beyond language, colour, religion and whatever else, two things unite us all – the power to love and the power of music. Featuring Carl Harvoe, trumpet; Zac Hurren, sax; Matt McMahon, piano; Stephen Magnusson, guitar and John Parker, drums and percussion. “... engaging and diverse... top notch musicians... a unique collaboration...” ABC Radio DATE TIME VENUE PRICE 7 JUNE 8.30pm Dunstan Playhouse $40 Conc $36 8 JUNE 6.30pm 1hr 10min Famous Blue Cheese: the Leonard Cohen Show With a vibrant, contemporary edge, triple ARIA Award winning group Monsieur Camembert has been described as eclectic, virtuosic, theatrical and irreverent. Their shows have become synonymous with an atmosphere of celebration and spontaneity. Special guest Deborah Conway joins them in a tribute to Canada’s iconic poet singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen that is spirited, musically assured and downright fun.