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MELBOURNE CABARET FESTIVAL

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The 2012 Melbourne Cabaret Festival presents 100 performers in 80 performances over 10 nights, Thursday 12 until Saturday 21 July. Whether you are a passionate cabaret fan or a newcomer to the exciting world of cabaret, there are plenty of shows in this year’s program that we’re sure you will enjoy.

MELBOURNE CABARET FESTIVAL OPENING GALA
This glittering start to the star-studded Festival showcases 90 minutes of selected cabaret talent from across the program. Starring: Monique Brumby, Rebecca Barnard and Kerri Simpson in Sheilas Of The ‘70s / Brecht: Bilbao and Beyond Here I Am – The Music Of Anthony Costanzo /Geppetto (Emma Dean and Jake Diefenbach) present: An End To Dreaming / Megan Shorey: Undies and Berlin’s favourite cabaret trio: The Fabulous Singlettes and hosted by the hilarious Sammy J.

Thursday 12 July 8pm
$60 (+Transaction Fee)
Venue: Chapel Off Chapel
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BRECHT: BILBAO AND BEYOND
‘This is the sort of life-embracing performance Brecht would’ve loved…’ THE AGE

Brecht: Bilbao and Beyond chronicles the life and work of German playwright, Bertolt Brecht, using biographical material, mirrored with songs, poems, stories, and play excerpts. Devised, written, and performed by veterans of the theatre, John Muirhead and Chuck Mallett, the show captures the essence of Brecht’s social and political concerns as well as his passion for art and the theatre.

Famous songs with music by Kurt Weill and Paul Dessau is interspersed with many new Brecht songs composed by Mallett, himself, making this a Brecht show like you’ve never seen before.

Friday 13, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 July / 8PM
$35 Full / $32 Concession (+Transaction fee)
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Direct from Paris
THE PARIS WALK
Make your Bastille Day (14 July) or your Bastille weekend complete with this show direct from the ‘Lido de Paris’.

Wendy Lee Taylor, nightly performer at internationally renowned French cabaret ‘Le Lido de Paris’ shares her Parisian experiences, performing a selection of French chanson, international standards and her own compositions, accompanied by a stylish jazz trio.

Friday 13, Saturday 14 (Bastille Day) and Sunday 15 July / 8.45pm
$35 Full / $32 Concession (+Transaction fee)
Venue: Chapel Off Chapel
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BEST OF THE FEST
A star-studded sampling of acts from across the Festival. The following line-up is subject to change.
Friday 13 July: Sheila Bradley in The Cat, The Rat & Me, written by Tony Sheldon
Memoirs of a Character Actress / The Paris Walk / Ruth Wilkin in Just A Little Something I’ve Been Working On … (part of Short+Sweet Cabaret) / The Brass Bear Cabaret
Saturday 14 July: The Cabaret Antique Company present: How To Break Even/ ‘Dirty Thieving Gypsies’ present: Australian Horror Story
Friday 20 July: Angela Harding is Just Like You … Only Different!, Dave Purcell in Mix Tape (part of Short+Sweet Cabaret) More acts to come!

Friday 13, Saturday 14, Friday 20 July 10PM
$20 (+Transaction Fee)
Venue: Chapel Off Chapel
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Geppetto (Emma Dean and Jake Diefenbach) present
AN END TO DREAMING
An End To Dreaming is a fantastical pop fairytale.

It is also the musical marriage that was destined to be between pop cabaret princess, Emma Dean, and Green Room Award winner, Jake Diefenbach.
Together they are ‘Geppetto’.

Brisbane-based Emma and Jake are a modern-day Hansel and Gretel, following a trail of breadcrumbs from darkness into the light. Like tales from a compendium of Brothers Grimm classics, ‘An End To Dreaming’ is a collection of 10 musical short stories.

Friday 13 and Saturday 14 July / 10.30pm
$33 Full / $30 Concession (+Transaction Fee)
Venue: Chapel Off Chapel
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SHEILA BRADLEY
in The Cat, The Rat & Me
Written by Tony Sheldon
The show is a retrospective of a star’s career, from her early days in the UK to dozens of leading roles in musical theatre productions and straight plays in Australia over the past 50 years. It is interspersed with songs and stories of her leading men (Rob Guest, Simon Gallaher, Gordon Chater etc.) and a brilliant recollection of a character actress who’s done it all!

Friday 13, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 July / 7:00pm
$35 Full, $32 Concession and Group 10+ ( + Transaction Fee)
Venue: Kew Court House – 188 High Street, Kew
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MEGAN SHOREY: UNDIES
Award-winning songwriter / playwright and performer, Megan Shorey believes we can clearly chart the ups and downs of our lives through the evolution of our Undies. From Spiderman to Calvin Klein; Pink thong to Cottontails … the stories are often sad, but oh, so true!

Better wear your best pair, ‘cause ‘Undies’ is a comedy cabaret set to get your knickers in a twist.

Friday 13, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 July / 8.30pm
$35 Full / $32 Concession (+Transaction Fee)
Venue: Kew Court House – 188 High Street, Kew
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HERE I AM – THE MUSIC OF ANTHONY COSTANZO
Showcasing tracks from his forthcoming album, singer, songwriter Anthony Costanzo will blow you away with a knock out, one night only concert at Chapel Off Chapel.

Joined by a stellar cast of incomparable voices including: Rob Mills, Laura Fitzpatrick, Cameron MacDonald, Belinda Allchin, Michael Snell and Zoe Trilsbach. Book early as this one night only performance is guaranteed make you laugh, cry and wanting to hear so much more!

Book early as this one night only performance is guaranteed make you laugh, cry and wanting to hear much, much more.

‘Brilliant’ THE AGE

Monday 16 July, 8pm
$48 (+Transaction Fee)
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Dirty Thieving Gypsies’ present
AUSTRALIAN HORROR STORY
The War Against Terror begins in our own backyard.

Beautifully melodic tales of sickening, blood-curdling and hilarious deeds from the stucco and shopping malls of the six hundred and sixty-sixth layer of Hell: Australian suburbia.

Starring Karin Muiznieks and Karlis Zaid.

Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 July / 8.30pm
$33 Full / $30 Concession (+Transaction Fee)
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TOM DICKINS This Is OUR Show
Tom Dickins is the ukulele wielding, heartbreakingly hilarious king of indie-cabaret. Dickins has won countless awards, toured with acts like the Dresden Dolls and is a founding member of The Jane Austen Argument.

This year, Dickins is recording his debut solo album and broke Australian crowd-funding records by hitting his target of $10,000 in a staggering 15 hours. Shedding convention and defying genre boundaries it will be a conversation; a choose-your-own-adventure traversing heartbreak, family, queer politics and identity.

Wednesday 18 July 8pm
$20 Pre Sale; $25 Door Sales
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SHORT+SWEET CABARET
The Melbourne Cabaret Festival and Short+Sweet Cabaret join forces to present a delectable tasting plate of talent! A celebration of innovative new work featuring a thrilling selection of acts from Short+Sweet Cabaret 2011.

Join the cabaret revolution!

Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 July / 7pm
$35 Full / $32 Concession (+Transaction Fee)
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Monique Brumby, Rebecca Barnard and Kerri Simpson in
SHEILAS OF THE ’70S
Monique Brumby, Kerri Simpson and Rebecca Barnard are kicking back to the kooky kodachrome, dusky desert boot days of the 70s.

Shimmer back to the sublime sultry summers of Donna, Suzi Quatro, Kate Bush, Melanie, Blondie and Fleetwood Mac. Grab ya Go Set, platforms and flares, forget ya fondue and leave ya macramé at home and experience the classic sounds of Sheilas Of The ’70s.

Wednesday 18, Thursday 19, Friday 20, Saturday 21 July / 8.45pm
$35 Full / $32 Concession (+Transaction Fee)
VENUE: Kew Court House – 188 High Street, Kew
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THE FABULOUS SINGLETTES
Berlin’s favourite cabaret trio The Fabulous Singlettes finally return to Melbourne!

Having performed with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Peter Allen, Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey, The Fabulous Singlettes neatly exhume the bodies of a glorious era that had most of America’s women performers staggering under the weight of hair-dos and lashing of mascara.

Supported by a four piece band, Naomi Eyers, Melissa Langton and Diane Dixon sing up a storm, plus of course dance moves to die for, frocks galore and beehives that are a triumph of hairspray over gravity. But it’s the impeccable harmonies and sly, camp humor that have made this mega-girl group a hit all over the world. ‘Divine!’ TIME OUT

Thursday 19, Friday 20 and Saturday 21 July 8pm
$50 (+Transaction Fee)
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Direct from London
CANDICE MCQUEEN IS NASTY
Nasty is a drag comedy-cabaret featuring the immortal demi-goddess Candice McQueen, she’s sipped nectar with Allah, and was once the primary care giver of Helen Keller. Candice is much like Hercules but with a superior weave…

Ms McQueen will finally tell her story: revealing the untold love story of herself and a fallen 90s cinema idol. No secrets. No limits. No taboos. Accompanied by Robert Tripolino.

‘You’ll fall over laughing’ TIME OUT

Thursday 19, Friday 20 and Saturday 21 July 8.30pm
$33 Full / $30 Concession (+Transaction Fee)
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ANGELA HARDING IS JUST LIKE YOU…ONLY DIFFERENT!
She’s just like you … only different! Angela Harding is Australia’s latest cabaret sensation.

Winner of the 2011 Australian Cabaret Showcase, this talented singer / song-writer weaves together original tunes with some well known favourites, exploring the highs and lows of employment, marriage and school days while unlocking a vault of well-kept secrets that make her ‘Just Like You … Only Different’. Musical Director: Mathew Frank

Friday 20 and Saturday 21 July / 7pm
$35 Full / $32 Concession (+Transaction Fee)
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The Cabaret Antique Company present
HOW TO BREAK EVEN
The red velvet curtains part to reveal a man. His inanimate form is sprawled across the floor.

Slowly, the man rises from the rubble and stares hard into the audience. Gone is the familiar, seedy gin-joint that the men and women of cabaret have known.

Before the man has time to process the change, he is dusted off and thrust head- first into a night he and the audience, will never forget.

Friday 20 and Saturday 21 / 10.30pm
$33 Full / $30 Concession (+Transaction Fee)

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