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  • Cabaret festival. A singer wearing a fur hat is on stage with a pianist, guitarist and drummer. We can see the dress circle seats of the theatre in the background lit in a greenish light. Tributes to musical idols light up stage
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    Tributes to musical idols light up stage

    23 June 2022

    A cabaret veteran and opera performer bring very different interpretations of the greats of classical, jazz and pop in the second week of the Perth International Cabaret Festival, writes David Zampatti

    Reading time • 6 minutesCabaret
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  • Festival’s rollicking finale
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    Festival’s rollicking finale

    28 June 2021

    The inaugural Perth International Cabaret Festival concluded with a bang on Saturday night, and David Zampatti was there to raise a glass to it.

    Reading time • 5 minutesCabaret
  • A man in a sequined jacket leans back in a chair, strewn with rose petals Cabaret comedy is cathartic
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    Cabaret comedy is cathartic

    25 June 2021

    Steven Oliver’s saucy “faboriginal fabaret” delights Erin Hutchinson, with its mix of light and shade.

    Reading time • 4 minutesCabaret
  • A person wearing sequined silver dress and black ruffled coat stands behind a microphone A final bow for living legend
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    A final bow for living legend

    17 June 2021

    Cabaret icon Carlotta will give her farewell performance at the Perth International Cabaret Festival, after six decades on the stage. She chats with Rosalind Appleby about a life spent following her heart.

    Reading time • 5 minutesCabaret
  • Seated in a lounge room are a man playing guitar and a woman leaning forward and singing Come and sit at our campfire
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    Come and sit at our campfire

    9 June 2021

    Noongar songs will be performed in a space where Noongar people were once forbidden to tread, when Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse perform at the inaugural Perth International Cabaret Festival.

    Reading time • 6 minutesCabaret
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  • A woman of Asian descent wears a satin black and floral dress The actress who died a thousand deaths
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    The actress who died a thousand deaths

    3 June 2021

    It takes one to know one. Fiona Choi explains why she wanted to turn the glamorous and tragic story of Asian Hollywood star Anna May Wong into a cabaret show.

    Reading time • 7 minutesCabaret
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