30 hand-picked shows offer a selection of something special – from sublime vocals to new original songs, ’80s sing-alongs to deeply personal and revealing autographical shows. The festival has it all.
The Opening Gala will be hosted by the fabulous Spanky and feature a diverse range of festival acts, while the Closing Gala will present a star-studded sampling of acts as a fundraiser for the not-for-profit Melbourne Cabaret Festival.
Between the two, festival highlights include Matthew Mitcham’s Twists and Turns. The award-winning show by diving gold medal Olympic champion, which premiered in Perth in February where it won the coveted Fringe World Festival’s Best Cabaret Award, will be his last before his Commonwealth Games appearance in Glasgow.
Get Up Close and Reasonably Personal with one of Australia’s leading music theatre ladies, Amanda Harrison (Wicked and We Will Rock You) in an intimate and candid evening of song and conversation and Melissa Langton’s A Singer Must Die where she plays a women on the verge of a nervous breakdown set to a soundtrack of Leonard Cohen, The Dresden Dolls, Burt Bacharach, Jacques Brel, Loudon Wainwright and Johnny Cash.
