Judith Owen does not perform. She converses—through song, through silence, through sidelong glances that say more than a thousand lyrics ever could. In Unapologetically Judith Owen , her return to Au...

The phrase "cabaret can be anything you want it to be" is often offered as an excuse rather than an aspiration. It has become a convenient shelter for work that mistakes eccentricity for substance or ...

There could not have been a more fitting finale for the 2026 Adelaide Cabaret Festival than Postmodern Jukebox. In an era increasingly fascinated by speed, algorithms and artificial replication, the ...

Casey Donovan has spent more than two decades refusing to be confined by anyone else’s expectations. Tonight at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the proud Gumbaynggirr and Dunghutti woman celebrated 22 ...

There is something quietly transformative about stepping beyond the familiar. To surrender yourself to a language you do not speak and a musical tradition you do not fully know demands an immense amou...

There are artists who inherit a legacy. Then there are artists who understand that the greatest way to honour it is to carve out one entirely their own. Mahalia Barnes has spent a lifetime doing exac...

There is a deliciously peculiar kind of electricity that fills a theatre when two artistic worlds surrender themselves to one another. It is not simply collaboration. It is trust. At Adelaide Cabaret ...

There is something wonderful and deliciously rebellious about Postmodern Jukebox. In an age where music is increasingly shaped by algorithms, fleeting trends and digital precision, the internationally...

One of Australia's most magnetic performers, Ursula Yovich commands the stage with an authority that cannot be manufactured. In her homage to the High Priestess of Soul, Dr. Nina Simone, she did not s...

The Adelaide Cabaret Festival has always understood the importance of just how powerful first impressions can be. Opening night is not simply a curtain raiser. It is a manifesto, a declaration of arti...

In an era where many artists recycle nostalgia as a performance device, David Campbell takes a far more exacting path. Good Lovin’ & More , presented at Her Majesty’s Theatre as part of the 2025 ...

In an age where musical authenticity is often drowned out by synthetic production and performative sincerity, Davina & The Vagabonds offer something rare: not nostalgia, but reclamation. Performin...