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The Cabaret Room episodes

February 14, 2019 Electric Loneliness; Charlie & the Chocolate Factory opening night
Joachim Coghlan, co-writer of Electric Loneliness talks about the inspiration behind the play, the themes running through the story and the selection process for the diverse style of music in...
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57 min
February 05, 2019 Ross Anderson-Doherty (Cake Daddy), Cazeleon (The Movies in My Mind), and Sophie de Lightful (The Odditorium)
As we approach the final week of the Midsumma Festival, Ross Anderson-Doherty joins us to talk about Cake Daddy, the inspiration for the story, playing to Melbourne audiences and what...
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57 min
January 30, 2019 Stewart Reeve (Rebel); Kat Mroz (Jen Der Unpacks); James Cutler, Rhys Velasquez & Teagan Nowicki (Mad World)
At the half-way point of Midsumma 2019, we squeezed eight people into the smallest JOY 94.9 studio. Well…maybe not all at the same time! Stewart Reeve‘s Rebel is a live circus...
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58 min
January 23, 2019 Gavin Roach & Jacob Thomas (And Then the Snow Fell on Egypt) and Bryce Ives (Truly Madly Britney)
And Then the Snow Fell on Egypt is a “heartbreakingly beautiful” show that explores human relations. Gavin Roach and Jacob Thomas spoke about a show written without age, gender or...
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58 min
January 15, 2019 Maple Rose (Whoop Dee Doo: Another Late Night Revue) and John O’Hara (#VAL)
Maple Rose joined the Cabaret Room to talk about her regular variety show Whoop Dee Doo: Another Late Night Revue – a platform showcasing the diversity of Melbourne’s performance art scene. John O’Hara speaks...
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56 min
January 07, 2019 What’s On at Chapel Off Chapel – Midsumma & Chapel Summer Sessions
Ibrahim “Ibby” Mustafa is in the Cabaret Room to talk about Chapel Off Chapel shows coming up this January. The month is packed full of something for everyone, including the...
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57 min
December 17, 2018 The 8th Annual Mama Alto JOY Cabaret Room Holiday Special
Mama Alto joins the Cabaret Room for The 8th Annual JOY Cabaret Room Holiday Special featuring a playlist of specially-curated vintage Christmas songs, including: I’ll Be Home for Christmas (René Marie and Wynton Marsalis), Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire (Nat King Cole), Zat You Santa Claus? (Ingrid Lucia), This Christmas (Aretha Franklin), Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas? (Cécile McLorin Salvant).

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58 min
December 10, 2018 Thomas Currie and The Curtain Rises
Thomas Currie visited the Cabaret Room to talk about his show “The Curtain Rises“. After Thomas approached the charity Bully Zero, the show became a fundraiser for the implementation of anti-bullying programs in schools around Australia. Thomas is joined by Geoffrey Scarlett on piano and guest singer Scott Chandrasiri to present an intimate evening of jazz & musical theatre.
Music featured in this episode include: I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Leslie Odom Jr), White Wine in the Sun (Tim Minchin), Tenterfield Saddler (Thomas Currie), Come On Ring Those Bells (Kristin Chenoweth), Joy To the World (Cast of Hamilton), A Place Called Home (Megan Hilty), Thankful (Josh Groban), and The Twelve Days of Phantom (Broadway cast of Phantom).
59 min
December 08, 2018 Ella Filar and White House Hackers
Ella Filar talks about White Hat Hackers, a cabaret show about social media addition. When your house is on fire, do you pray or do you Google?
Music includes: Raise You Up (Kinky Boots), Better With a Man (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), Angel Lover (White Hack Hackers), Welcome to the Rock (Come From Away), Epic 3 (Hades Town), Will I? (Rent), Papi Hears The Ocean (The Bands Visit)
56 min
November 27, 2018 Scott Hollingsworth talks about Performance Management
Scott Hollingsworth talks about Performance Management, a show that’s been around since 2015 and developed into a circus/office spectacular featuring a lion, acrobats, a strongman, aerialists and snake charmers. Scott talks about the development of the show since it’s first came out and the creative process around developing the latest iteration. “Lady Gaga, Adele, Britney, Les Miserables, Chicago, & even Disney feel the sting of the Ringmasters whip in this comic musical cabaret.”
Featured music in this podcast episode includes: Anything Goes (Sutton Foster from the 2011 Broadway Cast Recording); King of the World (Billy Porter); Another Hundred People / Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (Annaleigh Ashford); Me and the Sky (Come From Away), Maybe This Time (Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp); and Girls Like Us (Muriel’s Wedding).
57 min