[UPDATE - 2 February, 2022: Queensland Cabaret Festival has changed its dates to March and updated its programme. New information below]
It's time to come up for art – the 2022 Queensland Cabaret Festival is coming this March, breathing new life into the cabaret canon and presenting a multitude of stories, creativity, and music.
The festival will take place across multiple venues, calling up from the depths the misfits, oddballs, eccentrics, the brilliant, bright, beautiful and bewildering.
Seeing off summer, the festivities begin at the start of March at Queensland Performing Arts Centre, with a sweet, sour, salty night on the high seas of song with The Salty Sirens, and the tangled flavours of love with Leah Lever's 'Sweet Life'.
Then it's a deep dive into the classical music worlds of Poulnec and Beethoven with Amber Evans, in 'La Voix Humaine', and Catalan troubadour Sanfeliu taking on Beethoven in 'Pathetic!'.
It's uke-apalooza with 'An Odd Evening With Tyrone And Lesley', followed by The Banter Brothers bringing you songs and stories.
Judith Wright Arts Centre plays host to the comeback of To Sergio With Love, and Megan Cooper channels Dolly Parton, asking 'What Would Dolly Do?'.
Next up, up the hill to The Old Museum, 'The Genius Of Joni Mitchell' is explored by Yani Mills, Alison St Ledger, Ingrid James, Karen Anderson and Laura James, before The CLINTS present their 'Come Again Cabaret Reunion'.
Then, across the river at Brisbane Powerhouse, 'Girl & Guitar' sees Kristy Apps, Pandora Karavan, Sarah Stockholm, Jackie Marshall, Georgia Nielsen and Megan Samardan in a passionate rock affair.
Wrapping things up, Babushka launch their 'Book Club', home-grown hero Sean Sennet presents a reboot of 'For Honeyman Street', Lizzie Flynn weaves her musical magic, musing on the endurance of memory in 'Stop The Clocks', and Melissa Western returns to the festival with 'Midnight And The Moody Shoes'.
Queensland Cabaret Festival is on from 10-26 March.
