Voices of Vice – (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Wed 10 June
Powerhouse Theatre
$45
Kicking off Queensland Cabaret Festival with a generous dash of decadence, Voices of Vice brings you songs of dissipation, debauchery, wickedness, corruption and all manner of sin.
Bendigo to Broadway: Bradley McCaw (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Thu 11 June
Visy Theatre
$35
Award-winning Bradley McCaw has sold out shows in New York, worked with The Ten Tenors, and returns from a sell-out season at Wonderland with this brand new show, Bendigo to Broadway.
Mary Wilson: Up Close (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Thu 11 June
Powerhouse Theatre
$69
You’re invited to get up-close-and-personal with Mary Wilson (The Supremes) – Motown royalty, cultural ambassador and iconic entertainer. Hear stories from across her celebrated career, and see thrilling performances of classic pop songs and the standards.
Hair To The Throne (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Thu 11 June
Turbine Platform
$30
Meet the Princess of Plucking and Preening in this comical cabaret exposé. She’ll take you on a prickly journey through her childhood in Leningrad and spill the dirt from the pages of her star-studded celebrity appointment book.
Vegas! Standards Reborn (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Thu 11 June
Turbine Studio
$34
Tyrone Noonan is best-known as the front man of ARIA-award winning band george and is a renowned singer-songwriter. See him hit the stage in Vegas! Standards Reborn as acid-tongued Tommy Francis, who’s part Ol’ Blue Eyes, part Mo McCackie and all Vegas!
UNPC (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Fri 12 June
Turbine Studio
$30
Meet modern-day soothsayer and Late Night TV host Sasha Meijers, your hilarious guide helping you navigate the muddy waters of modern society. This show promises to be a rollicking night out with a combination of wicked satire, original songs and ethical dilemmas.
Dirty Sexy Politics (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Fri 12 June
Turbine Platform
$25
Armed with all-original music and an arsenal of instruments, this award-winning duo is inspired by Tim Minchin, Doug Anthony All Stars and Tripod. Dirty Sexy Politics is a suppository of wisdom; guaranteed to penetrate your defences and leave you gasping for more.
Geraldine Turner: Turner’s Turn (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Fri 12 June
Powerhouse Theatre
$50
See Australian show business icon and legendary leading lady Geraldine Turner back on the Brisbane stage. Join Geraldine for an evening of songs from her celebrated career, peppered with show business anecdotes and stories.
Cool Britannia (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Fri 12 June
Visy Theatre
$32
You’ll be shaken and stirred when cabaret star Lizzie Moore (On a Night Like This) brings you the British hits that made the 60s swing.
Warmwaters (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Fri 12 June
Turbine Studio
$27
Catch Lena and Luke Warmwater and their distinctive arousing brand of acoustic music; including love songs, protest songs and classics you know and love.
Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Sat 13 June
Powerhouse Theatre
$52
Savour the velvety growls of Australian rock icon Tex Perkins as he hits the cabaret stage with his critically-acclaimed band The Dark Horses.
Baby et LuLu (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Sat 13 June
Powerhouse Theatre
$45
Join Baby et Lulu, Australia’s seductive French-language duo, for the release of their sensational new album. Be swept away by these sultry songbirds and their prodigious band in a celebration of la vie française.
Michael Griffiths: Adolescent (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Sat 13-Sun 14 June
Visy Theatre
$38
After a sold-out season at Queensland Cabaret Festival 2014, Michael Griffiths is back to dish the dirt and explain why he hasn’t grown up yet. Adolescent features tunes from musicals Jersey Boys and Priscilla: Queen of the Desert as well as 1980s classics by Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, A-ha and Culture Club.
Queen Of The Night (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Sat 13 June
Turbine Studio
$27
Spend the night with local cabaret star Bethan Ellsmore (I Can Keep a Secret, Aria Moderna) as she weaves timeless tales of love and heartbreak.
Tom Sharah: That 90s Show (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Sat 13 June
Visy Theatre
$35
Revel in the big hits and nostalgia of the 90s with award-winning cabaret star Tom Sharah (It’s Raining Me, TV’s I Will Survive). With music spanning the Spice Girls, Nirvana, Cher, Robbie Williams, Disney and Alanis Morrisette; Tom will take you on a ride through the decade that created him.
So Unusual: Confessions of a Lauper Stalker (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Sat 13 June
Turbine Platform
$34
Direct from Alcatraz, a Cyndi Lauper fan tells her story about her rise to infamy and her brush with fame, fortune and the law. This new cabaret from musical theatre starlet Rebecca Grennan delivers the Lauper hits and plenty of laughs.
Strange Bedfellows: Under the Covers (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Sat 14 June
Visy Theatre
$47
Slide between the sheets with multi-award winning opera stars Jacqui Dark and Kanen Breen as they luxuriate in the seedy underbelly of late night cabaret.
Rob Mills is… Surprisingly Good (Queensland Cabaret Festival)
Sat 14 June
Powerhouse Theatre
$40
Be charmed by the irrepressible Rob Mills when he reveals his journey from Australian Idol contestant to acclaimed triple threat.
