Sunday Arts Magazine

Stella Savy talks to us about their performance Maiem, which incorporates songs from the Torres Strait, and sung by Boite School Chorus. Playing at Melbourne Town Hall on Thursday 3rd August (1300+1930hrs), and in Ballarat on Saturday 26th August (1300+1900hrs).

Harley Metcalf joins us in the studio to discuss his performance, Burn the Floor, playing at Crown between 21-30 July 2023.

Divas: Bernadette Robinson – Fairfax Studio Arts Centre, 24-27 August.

Joseph Nolan, a well-renown organist, joins us in the studio to discuss Lois Vierne’s Organ Symphonies playing at the Melbourne Town Hall; 18-28 July 2023.

Andy Kay joins us in the studio to discuss his new book, The Adventures of Little Andy.

Alister Kingsley is a musical comedian, actor and organisationally challenged person in recovery. In “Get It Together” he makes his return to the Melbourne Cabaret Festival with a show full of original comedy songs, after taking some time in his life to get it all together.

https://www.alisterkingsley.com/

Enamoured by the romance and sophistication of the golden era of song, acclaimed Australian vocalist Tamara Kuldin has been captivating audiences from Melbourne to Europe with her playful, sultry and heartfelt interpretation of songs from The Great American Songbook, French chanson classics to lesser known vintage jazz & blues gems. Tamara released her debut jazz album ‘Secret Love’ in 2015, celebrating her favourite tunes- sentimental and sassy- in a gorgeous bouquet of song, featuring gypsy jazz violinist Gerard Vandenbroucque (France).

‘Come again to Adelaide, Tamara. We need more of your sparkle.’ Malcolm Elliot, Radio Adelaide

Her evocative 2017 recording ‘LOVE, LONGING AND LULLABIES’ garnered wide airplay across Australia, New Zealand and Japan securing her distribution in Asia (available on iTunes/Amazon & bandcamp).

‘Australian vocalist Tamara Kuldin bewitched her sold-out audience…’ Pietro Corvi, Liberta.it Her newest album ‘This May Only Be A Dream’ released in 2021 features exquisite ensemble of Australia’s finest jazz musician (Julien Wilson, Jon Delaney, Tamara Murphy, Nathan Slater, Sam Keevers, Danny Fischer, Steve Grant). Blending gorgeous swampy vintage swing with echoes of the deep south, to Argentinian

After critically acclaimed seasons in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, Matthew Hadgraft (Peter Allen: Live in Inverted Commas, The Boy from Oz, Cabaret, The Producers, Classy as all of Youse, HAM, The Road to Stockholm, ABBALive) returns to Melbourne Cabaret Festival with his celebrated cabaret production Elton John: Your Song. Plays live in studio ‘Your Song’ and ‘I’m Still Standing .

Prinnie Stevens, Australia’s own RnB Soul Songstress. We first met Prinnie on The Voice Season One. Prinnie has gone on to have a hugely successful career in Musical theatre. Starring in The Bodyguard, HAIR, RENT and Thriller LIVE just to name a few. Prinnie has combined her Musical Theatre, Pop, RnB Soul back ground to create a well rounded show like no other.

https://www.prinnie.com/

RACHEL BERGER is one of Australia’s favourite stand-up comedians and a woman of remarkably diversified talents. In addition to playing the xylophone and carving avocado pips into small Buddhas, she’s recently stopped feeling guilty. Her material encompasses contemporary lifestyles, offering a hilarious and poignant expose of human foibles. There are no cows too sacred for this Berger. Rachel’s high public profile has done much to establish the position of women in comedy, providing a distinctive voice for women’s opinions and viewpoints.

https://www.rachelberger.com/

Neville and partner David Read are co-Executive producers of the Melbourne Cabaret Festival – Described by The Age as the ‘Bart Cummings and Gai Waterhouse of cabaret’ (they dispute which is which), their instinct and understanding of the art form has resulted in the discovery of new performers who are now household names and the presentation of hundreds of new works that have thrilled audiences and kept them coming back for more. They also tour selected cabaret performances around Australia and overseas.

They have thrilled well over 100,000 paying audience members via their activities at The Butterfly Club, tours and now the Melbourne Cabaret Festival. They sold The Butterfly Club in January 2011 in order to focus on delivering the Melbourne Cabaret Festival. Neville and David are in constant demand from venues and festivals around Australia for advice and assistance in curating cabaret seasons and workshops.