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Club Burlesque WIN tickets to CLUB BURLESQUE
Competitions

WIN tickets to CLUB BURLESQUE

19 September 2022

We have a double pass to the Astor Theatre with the crème de la crème of burlesque and cabaret performers!

Reading time • 2 minutesCabaret
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
Reviews

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
A man with short dark hair and dark collared shirt holds a guitar while standing. The photo is darkly lit with just a dim red light illuminating the side of his face and body as he sings (eyes screwed up) into a microphone Life is a cabaret festival
Reviews

Life is a cabaret festival

20 June 2022

From an exquisite performance by Lior to mashed up anthems of gender equality, the opening weekend of the Perth International Cabaret Festival provides plenty of reasons to come hear the music play, writes David Zampatti.

Reading time • 6 minutesCabaret
Reading time • 7 minutesCabaret
Pictured is Anne Millar singing on a stage in a darkened room. She is wearing a black dress and there is a large vase of red flowers next to her. A very French affair
Reviews

A very French affair

27 January 2022

Chanteuse Anne Millar takes us on a one-woman journey to 1930s Paris, and Erin Hutchinson finds it is one for the avid Francophile.

Reading time • 4 minutesFringe World Festival
A woman sits on a high trapeze swing in a glamorous gown and plays the guitar Briefs back with added bite
Reviews

Briefs back with added bite

20 January 2022

This revised version of Fringe favourites Briefs offers a tasty nibble and leaves Erin Hutchinson hungry for more.

Reading time • 5 minutesFringe World Festival
Photo Daniel Grant Joe Lui squats in the front corner of the photo, with a guitar. He is wearing a cowboy hat and outfit in red and black. In the background is Phoebe Sullivan, who wears tight, sensual red and black garments and poses seductively. Digging into desire
Opinion

Digging into desire

20 January 2022

In their new burlesque-cabaret work, local theatre makers Joe Lui and Phoebe Sullivan dive into desire, to strip away some ugly truths. But what prompted them to lay these issues bare?

Reading time • 10 minutesCabaret
Cece Desist - A performer in a blonde wig and pink tutu poses in front of a pink backdrop A showgirl and her extraordinary team
The Festival Sessions

A showgirl and her extraordinary team

18 January 2022

Cece Desist decided there was no good reason to remain a ‘hypothetical showgirl’ and this cabaret show is the result.

Reading time • 7 minutesCabaret
Reading time • 2 minutesCabaret
Festival’s rollicking finale
Reviews

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

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