The Cabaret Fringe Festival opens Friday night 26th May 2023, in a variety of venues across metro Adelaide.
The open access cabaret festival is for everyone and by everyone and features established, emerging, classy and sassy performers. It’s accessible, affordable, engaging and entertaining. The Cabaret Fringe Festival has shows to suit everyone including singing, storytelling, music, mayhem, comedy, circus, burlesque and more. It’s all cabaret baby. It’s all cabaret.
This year CabFringe brings both a touch of the old and the new, paying homage to their foundations, the vision of the late great Frank Ford AM, founder of Adelaide Cabaret Festival as the ‘enfante terrible’ precocious sibling of Frank’s Cabaret Festival. From its delightfully seedy digs, Weimar Room on Hindley Street in its second incarnation, to the inclusive imaginative incubator third incarnation under the Boylan brothers at the locally loved LaBoheme. Introducing a new logo, new story tellers and stages in venues across Kaurna Yerta with all the artforms, world class talents and audience interaction of the past. What doesn’t thrill you makes you stranger.
CabLIVE is CabFringe’s dazzling new nightly event. Hosted by dynamic drag queen, Dolly Diamond and accompanied by world class musician Will Metzer (who has played The Ritz in London, Raffles in Singapore and recently with Pseudo Echo in Adelaide). Think speakeasy style, iconic open mic nights reminiscent of LaBoheme past, lingering in the picturesque Piccadilly Lounge and being entertained by the energy and enthusiasm of emerging new entertainers and memorable past performers who are coming to play in this unscripted space.
See Dolly Diamond strutting her stuff here: Dolly Diamond & The Jack Earle Big Band
Check out the talented Will Metzer here – Will Metzer Band
Dolly Diamond and Will Metzer
Some other highlights to look out for:
Hot Sauce Burlesque: Lyra LaBelle (pictured above) is back with the Hot Sauce dance numbers that her Hotties are known for whilst featuring in other CabFringe burlesque favourites – A Vintage Showgirl! Expect dazzling dresses, immaculate iconic looks and risqué humour from these Cabaret Fringe femmes in the modern meets Art Deco Piccadilly mezzanine. Lyra La Belle in action – Lyra La Belle My Discarded Men ABF
Cabaret All Sorts: Enjoys some treats at the refreshment stand with the latest costume creations and dance entertainment from The Dance Pad performers. This is one for all visual media with sequins, feathers and shimmy inducing soundtracks to make you smile. TDP footage here: Feel The Rhythm – Adel Fringe 2021
Cabaret All Sorts
Come and Flash Your Acapella: Come and capture the acapella audio delights of Allegria on The Piccadilly staircase showcasing this interactive new show where participants learn songs and then fill the streets with the magic of music. Led by Ange Sharpe, musical director who has convinced singers of all ages and abilities to sing out loud from the Adelaide Women’s prison, to Catherine House, pub choirs, nursing homes and community centres, Allegria encourages singing in a variety of venues and popping up in all sorts of places! Allegria sings Jolene here: https://fb.watch/kAfXbg2q3J/
Cabaret Fringe Festival is on until 4 June 2023.
Follow on Facebook here
Follow on Instagram here
Program and BUY TIX on website here
