This month, one of our greatest burlesque friends and colleagues is announcing her retirement from the stage… Miss Sarah Lea Cheesecake is one of Australia’s most beloved showgirls, with sultry moves that have taken her all over Australia and overseas.
But before she hangs up her pasties forever, she’s going to perform one last time at a very special edition of Red Door Burlesque on Sunday 29th August. Don’t miss your chance to witness the final performance in Miss Cheesecake’s brilliant burlesque career! Read on for all the details of this unmissable event…
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Featuring New Zealand’s hottest band Akinga
MOTOWN THE SHOW – Dancing In The Street: “The Ambitions of one man, the Dreams of a Generation, The Soul of a Nation, the Sound of Young America”.
Soul & Motown music is just as popular today as it was in the 50’s & 60’s. With groups like Jimmy Barnes and Human Nature having multiple platinum record sales with revivals of Soul & Motown hits, this music appeals to a wide demographic of 25 years through to 65m
For more than 40 years, Soul & Motown has prospered and the Temptations is but one act that is still propelling popular music with a series of smash hits and sold out performances throughout the World. Now in the new millennium their latest release “Awesome” is being hailed as the hottest in Temptation history. The crowds are bigger, the sales are sizzling.
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Tickets for “Viva Las Spectacular” go on sale 9.00am - Monday 24th of May
- get in early for great seats because last time this show was a sell-out!
Its Back!!!
Journey to Vegas without the expensive airfare.
See the gorgeous Vegas Showgirls in spectacular
costumes and dazzling choreography and witness
the remarkable Illusions of Magic2.
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Adelaide Cabaret Festival shows at The Butterfly Club
In June we feature several hot shows from the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, including:
- Musical Genius and Sex Symbol, Earl Okin (UK), 18-20 June
- the sell-out 2009 Edinburgh Festival hit ‘Cabaret Whore’ with Sarah-Louise Young (UK), 18&19 June
- the enfant terrible of the New York cabaret scene, Kim Smith (USA), is coming home to where his journey to international acclaim began, 24-27 June
All shows are now on sale and will sell out fast.
Sing your heart out
Well before the TV show of a similar name, the Glee Club was singing with gusto. Having sung every Wednesday for the past five years, expanded to Tuesdays last year, sung in the Melbourne Comedy, Fringe and Midsumma festivals, and accompanied Tim Minchin, this “inspired group sing-a-long” (Beat Magazine) is celebrating by throwing a 5th birthday party.
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Britain and Australia’s finest cabaret divas Dolly Diamond and Luke Gallagher return to Chapel Off Chapel in May and this time they’re joined by an über-swank 14 piece Big Band!
Following the success of their sell-out Midsumma Festival show - The D&G Experience - this outrageous duo are thrilled to be ‘coming home’ to Chapel Off Chapel for two nights only.
DOLLY DIAMOND & LUKE GALLAGHER IN CONCERT WITH A 14 PIECE BIG BAND features the music of Michael Buble, Liza Minnelli, ABBA and a host of other favourites delivered with gusto by Melbourne’s own cabaret royalty.
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We know this will come as a shock to a lot of Melburnians who get their laughs for four weeks a year and then hibernate in self-inflicted misery, but we need to get this off our chest (wings?).
“Comedy does not stop once the Comedy Festival ends.”
There, we said it. And to prove our point, this month we’re featuring none other than the return of Tim Ferguson to the stage after a ten-year hiatus. Tim will combine forces with another of Australia’s sharpest minds, Fiona Scott-Norman, in a World Premiere of indiscernible proportions. Dates: Tuesday 11 to Sunday 16 May.
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Dolly Diamond and Luke Gallagher join forces at Melbourne’s latest cabaret hot-spot Red Bennies.
THE D & G EXPERIENCE
Britain and Australia’s finest cabaret divas - Diamond and Gallagher - unite for four fabulous shows this Midsumma.
Already one of the biggest acts in the UK and having worked extensively across Europe, Dolly Diamond now calls Australia home and is fast proving herself to be one of the country’s premier cabaret performers. She is a rare and unique act that manages to combine cutting edge comedy with a vocal talent that sets her apart from so many in this business we call show.
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