FB REVIEW: QUEENIE VAN DE ZANDT

If you didn’t know who Queenie Van de Zandt was and took a “punt to see her” you will know who she is by the end of the show. A stand up cabaret star with a good sense of humour tells her tale about her life in the cabaret world of 21 years.

ALEX RATHGEBER – EXPERIMENT

On the surface, Cole Porter wrote lovely songs about love, life and sensual expression with a timeless sense of wit and style. Experiment digs deeper however, to reveal the master’s knack for subversion.

QUEENIE VAN DE ZANDT – THE BEST (AND WORST) OF

Ever since she pulled on her ABBA socks at age 8, Queenie van de Zandt knew she was destined to become a performer (or hairdresser). Her mind – and face – made up, she plunged into the heady world of eisteddfods, speech and drama exams, and school musicals.

EARL OKIN – MUSICAL GENIUS AND SEX SYMBOL

Earl Okin is best known to Australian audiences through guest spots on Spicks & Specks and Sydney’s Footy Show, performing his dandified take on hits such as Teenage Dirtbag, Song2 and Yellow.

TIM ROGERS

Extending a gnarled hand, Tim Rogers tempts you to leave your soul at the door and join him on an archaeological expedition into the murky realms of sin.

ROSA WAXES LYRICAL – MARNEY MCQUEEN

Direct from rave reviews at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and a sell-out season at Melbourne International Comedy Festival, comes the princess of plucking and preening, Rosa the Russian Beautician.

THE DIVINE CABARET

FRISKY AND MANNISH

Felicity Fitz-Frisky is a fabulous chanteuse and Hansel Amadeus Mannish, a mighty maestro: perfect credentials for the creators and principals of the School of Pop. Pay attention as every major pop icon from the past 30 years is examined with scholarly wisdom.

FB REVIEW: AN AWKWARD SEDUCTION

This production looks at a place where there are about six beautiful girls, who are in a secret refuge for wayward beauties and they each share their stories in a hypnotic way as well as sing bizarre, dirty songs and dance to demonstrate their possible feeling of loneliness and the longing for love.

FB REVIEW: WHERE WAS I?

With an eclectic story-filled monologue, Dickins presents himself in front of the audience at the Arcade Lane space with a warts-and-all tale of running to where he belongs. Over the course of the night, and assisted by his pianist Jennifer Kingwell, he sings and talks us through his journey from an unhappy place through to all the places he felt he might find what he was looking for.