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Here is the full interview with Christian Charisiou who is playing the role of Jeff Hart in The Wedding Singer. It’s 1985. Hair is big, collars are up, and a Wedding...
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BELLA GREEN IS CHARGING FOR IT is a re-worked show of one woman’s experience of working in the sex industry. A winner of Best Comedy at Melbourne Fringe 2018, Bella...
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The Cabaret Room celebrates the 20th Birthday of ‘Melbourne cultural institution’, The Butterfly Club. Special guests Simone Palsa, Alice Tovey and Anna Piper Scott talk about performing at the venue...
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In this episode of The Cabaret Room, Peter and Jessamae explore the works of creative duos Pasek & Paul and Ahrens & Flaherty. Having first started working together at the...
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In this episode of The Cabaret Room special guest, pianist and Sondheim-aficionado Cameron Thomas join Vince and Daniel in paying tribute to the genius of Stephen Sondheim. Music includes: Not While I’m Around (Sweeney...
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The Mega-Church of DREAMSONG has been hit hard by the Recession, so Pastor Sunday, the head Pastor at the church of DreamSong concocts a plan to bring his church back...
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In this week’s Cabaret Room we feature Australian music from Boy From Oz, Miss Saigon, Evita, Moulin Rouge, Westside Story, Beetlejuice, and Muriel’s Wedding including music also from Vanessa Amorosi...
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THE LADY OF THE SWAMP is a true story out of Gippsland Eastern Victoria about two sisters that were swindled out of a massive fortune and the story of their...
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Cloc Musical Theatre were fortunate enough to acquire the amateur theatre rights to produce MAMMA MIA. Matt Jakowenko and Mitchell Groves were in the Cabaret Room to talk about the...
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Daniel Baker and Tim Addicoat are in the Cabaret Room to talk about Babirra Music Theatre’s production of THE PRODUCERS. Based on the 1968 film, Mel Brooks’ musical The Producers...
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Cameron Taylor plays character Pisca who was born to be a duck. PISCA is a combination of clowning, physical theatre, song, and imPECKable timing, this Cabaret will duck dive deep...
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What happens when every document, every bathroom, every community seems to want you to ‘decide’, and none of the binaries seem to fit? ARTEMIS: UTTER MESS creator and performer, Artemis...
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Brendan Wan joined the Cabaret Room to talk about his show, SWEET & SOUR DILEMMAS. This hilarious heartfelt one-act play, created and performed by Brendan, centres on Chef Chung, owner...
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Jack Lynch says ‘there’s a Sylvia Plath quote for every occasion’ and CONFESSIONS FROM A BELL JAR is evidence of that. Jack joins the Cabaret Room to talk about his...
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In the Cabaret Room this week, we spoke to Teddy Darling who hosted a fabulous WEAR IT PURPLE DAY CABARET at Hares and Hyenas, to raise awareness about queer mental...
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This week the Cabaret Room features live recordings from music theatre and cabaret shows, many recorded in the amazing New York City cabaret venue 54 Below. Music in this episode...
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I HAVE DREAMED is a pathway to Adrian Li Donni‘s dream. The show is a fundraiser to support his move into opera by studying at the Wales International Academy of...
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We feature COME FROM AWAY once again in this episode – the musical inspired from the events of the morning of 9 September 2001 when the terror attacks took place...
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Lulu McClatchy popped into the Cabaret Room to chat about her upcoming show, SUPERGIRLY. Lulu talks about the show, what audiences can expect, and working with ‘Bradley Cooper’ and Elton...
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The 2019 Helpmann Awards were recently held in Melbourne for the first time, at the Arts Centre on St Kilda Road. Recognising distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in the areas...
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To mark the 50 year anniversary of the landing on the moon, Ross Daniels presents an anthology of character sketches through a feel-good tale that blends sci-fi, satire and music....
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Peter Blackburn joins the team to talk about You Are The Blood, a ‘dramedy’ about a serial killer and the women who love him. The show touches on the ripple...
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What do Mariah, Whitney, Celine and Cher all have in common? Why they’re all featured in He’s Every Woman of course! Justin Clausen and Jamie Burgess talk about their upcoming...
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Amy Winehouse was a talented, smart and funny woman who left us too soon. Alexis Fishman channels the performer in Amy Winehouse: Resurrected, a tribute to the late, great singer....
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We’ve Never Been in Love Before is a lighthearted night featuring a collection of the greatest love songs of Broadway. Alister Kingsley talks about the show, how he and Owen...
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We are joined in the Cabaret Room by Ferri Maya and Archie Arsenic for Miss Burlesque and Mr Boylesque Australia who spoke about the difference in the competitions and how...
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Guests in the Cabaret Room this episode include Aaron Taylor, Owen Clarke & Lucinda Barratt from Cloc Musical Theatre‘s Kinky Boots, and two shows from the upcoming Melbourne Cabaret Festival...
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Two thirds of a Trio of Dips are in the Cabaret Room to chat about the challenge of online dating mishaps in Love Me Tinder. Tania Doko discusses the return of...
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Music from The Cabaret Room broadcast on 5 May includes: Let Me Be Your Star (Smash); Private Party (Laura Michelle Kelly); One less Bell to Answer (Barbra Streisand); Hero’s My...
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During the recent Muriel’s Wedding media call, Darren caught up with Pippa Grandison (Betty Heslop), David James (Bill Heslop), Stefanie Jones (Rhonda Epinstall), and Carmen Pavlovic (Producer). Listen in as...
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Dirty Sexy Opera is a short, sharp, very sexy fun night delivered in true cabaret style! Our guest in this episode, Michelle McNamara director of Dirty Sexy Opera, speaks about...
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We’re on the home strait of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Cabaret Room is bringing it home with artists from three shows currently on in Melbourne: Anya Anastasia:...
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Hailed as the “greatest Broadway musical of all time”, West Side Story kicked off it’s Melbourne season on 6th April and runs through to 28th April. Darren recently caught up with...
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We feature the Melbourne International Comedy Festival again in the The Cabaret Room this week: Reeni Inosha: Enlighten Me a Little Through hilarious sketches and storytelling, Reeni invites you into her...
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It’s week 2 of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and our guests in the Cabaret Room include: Jamie Boiskin: Ovariacting: A Period Drama (interview starts at 9:50) Jamie Boiskin’s a...
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The first of our interviews for the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we talk to creatives from three of the acts hitting Melbourne soon: Frankie Valentine & Miss Jane Doe:...
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After a couple of days of bad news in the world, Peter and Vincent feature a mix of cabaret music for the soul – music that makes us feel good...
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Susan-ann Walker presents a brand new one-woman show called Not Quite Right, a celebration of those somewhat eccentric, possibly crackerjack, definitely kooky folk who proudly march to the beat of their...
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Wellness is a social satire exposing the prejudices our society still allows and encourages in spite of our contemporary ideals of acceptance and inclusivity. George Lazarus discusses the show that...
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Richard Vegas premiers No Smoke No Mirrors at the Butterfly Club. The show is filled with true stories of improbable coincidence, happenstance or incredible synchronicity, and of course, magic. Expect...
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Kurt Kansley talks about his work on Evita, his move from Australia to London’s West End and his one-night only show at Chapel Off Chapel, part of the Home Grown...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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