More than 330 artists from 5 countries will present 52 performances at this year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
This year features 16 world, 10 Australia and 11 Adelaide premieres as well as 10 exclusives and 3 original shows commissioned or co-commissioned by Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
This year's theme is 'Eyes Open'.
"I wanted to capture the sense of change in the world at the moment and how cabaret is, and always has been, at the forefront of telling the stories of change, reckoning, futility, and fun," Artistic Director Ali McGregor says. "I am so proud that we have such a diverse and international cross section of the very best that the cabaret genre has to offer."
Festival headliners include two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone in 'Don't Monkey With Broadway' and Golden Globe-nominated John Cameron Mitchell.
John Cameron Mitchell
The Cat Empire and a line-up of special guests will explore music in 'Them There Eyes'. 'Orange Is The New Black' star Lea DeLaria will bring jazzy reinterpretations of David Bowie songs. Archie Roach and Tiddas reunite to play treasures from their album 'Dancing With My Spirit'.
Comedy cabaret artists are one of the highlights of this year's event. Lawrence Leung invites audiences into his laboratory, Em Rusciano performs with an 18-piece band in 'Difficult Woman'. Opera Australia soprano Antoinette Halloran brings 'Taking It Up The Octave'.
Cabaret lovers will stay warm this year, at Wintergarden on the Riverdeck and Adelaide Festival Centre's new Star Kitchen and Bar providing nourishment for all the senses between shows.
