From Your Management International

Marika, herself a fine Hunter redhead, explores women of colour…the colour RED!

Meet ladies both fictional and true to life – all of the auburn persuasion. Including tales of some of the world’s most famous redheads, Marika enlightens us as to an assortment of facts, myths and commonalities surrounding our iconic fiery females – and herself. Rita Hayworth, Gwen Verdon, Ethel Merman and many more, REDHEAD is a celebration of flame haired dames and the music that ignited their careers. After a successful return season of the show CAUTION: Aggressive Birds that saw her named Cabaret Performer of the Year 2009 (AussieTheatre.com) Marika Aubrey delivers a knock-out performance that promises to delight and captivate audiences…All over again!

Weird name. Big voice. Red hair… Come and enjoy a fine hunter red!

“…an absolute firecracker on stage. She has a powerful voice and an excellent stage presence that makes her one of the most exciting performers to come onto the cabaret scene in some time” AussieTheatre.com 

Musical Director With Geoffrey Castles

The El Rocco Room (Formerly Bar Me) 
154 Brougham St (Cnr William St), Kings Cross 
Friday March 12 + 19 only @ 9.00pm
Tickets: $20 Advance Sales / $25 At The Door

BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT:

1300 GET TIX (438 849) or click here.

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From Your Management International

Acclaimed performer Natalie Gamsu with collaborator Jonathan Cooper return to the Sydney cabaret stage in a show that is not to be missed…

MISFIT features singer and performer Natalie Gamsu, pianist and composer Jonathan Cooper and a rogue’s gallery of prostitutes and pimps, sodomites and sluts, and some sorrowful souls who have accidentally fallen through the cracks in society’s thin veneer.

With songs by Noel Coward, Kurt Weill, Scott Walker, The Divine Comedy, Yazoo, Annie Lennox and Jonathan himself (amongst others) we learn of the wicked ways of those who live on the margins of life: how to live disgracefully into old age, how to permanently scrounge a living, how to sell your body, how to sell your soul, how to shake it like jelly on a plate, how to dream of killing your lover, and how to marry a one-legged sailor from Venezuela…

Entertaining, enlightening and invigorating in equal measure…come and join the MISFITS…

“Find a more unique and captivating performer than Natalie Gamsu and you’ve discovered someone quite incredible” Troy Dodds - AussieTheatre.com 

“…Natalie Gamsu is one of the most extraordinary performers to hit the Gotham nitery circuit” Martin Schaeffer - Backstage, New York.

Friday and Saturday 12,13, 19, 20, 26, 27 March
All Shows 7.00pm
Tickets: $25 Advance Sales / $30 At The Door

The El Rocco Room (Formerly Bar Me)
154 Brougham St (Cnr William St), Kings Cross

BOOK NOW TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT:

1300 GET TIX (438 849) or click here.

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War Notes

The Spiegeltent at The Garden of Unearthly Delights

Until 13^th March

By Lena Nobuhara

War tunes from bygone era punctuated by letters from fallen soldiers in the modern times does sound a little heavy, but reserve your judgement - this is a little gem of a show. A young English songbird Lili La Scala, who literally sports two blue bird tattoos on both arms, is a picture of elegance in a classy black dress and pearls.

Her repertoire spans both World Wars, but recorded readings of poignant notes written by soldiers who perished in the Middle East bring home the relevance of the subject matter in the present day.

She switches between vintage songs written by the likes of Ivor Novello, George Formby Jr and Glenn Miller and the recorded notes. In the deeply moving letters, husbands and a son affirm their love as well as the pain of leaving them behind to their partners and mother. The songs and the notes blend seamlessly despite the generation gaps.

La Scala’s crystal-clear soprano glides through the crowd favourites as well as lesser-known numbers she discovered in a pile of records at vintage shops, including one from Coffs Harbour. She sings ‘When the Poppies Bloom Again’ and ‘We’ll Meet Again’ with sincere bitter-sweetness of a woman who endures the absence of her loved ones. Her rendition of ‘Moonlight Serenade’ is sublime and dreamy – it’s a standout performance. ‘Mr Wu’s Is Now an Air Raid Warden’ does have politically incorrect lyrics with a racist twist that she alerts us about, but it’s endearing and comical - and no one seems to mind.

The audience is somewhat subdued, possibly due to the sombre theme and the ‘we need love and peace’ message at the end is delivered too hastily, making it sound as though it was stuck on as an afterthought, which is a shame. That said, it’s still a charming show and her angelic voice is worth the ticket price.

War Notes

Venue: The Garden of Unearthly Delights - The Spiegeltent

13 March @ 5.30pm

A $24/C $20

Book at FringeTIX (1300-FRINGE) or click here.

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Other cabaret shows featured in Adelaide Fringe 2010:

Women - is your orgasm all in HIS mind?

Everybody’s Got Something to Hide (Except for Melissa, Mark and Libby)

Chillie Nights

Ali McGregor in ‘Jazz Cigarette’

Grocery Girls Gone Wild OR Lock Up Your Porters

Nikki Aitken Presents - Cabaret Live and Kicking

Last of the Red Hot Mamas

Coles Girls Exposed

Isabel Hertaeg - Dangerous Dinner Party Guest

Melbourne’s premier cabaret venue The Butterfly Club makes international debut as it features on a YouTube clip starring and directed by Mitchell Moffit, who shot to fame as a runner-up in the “Best Job in the World” competition for an opportunity to be a caretaker for an island on the Great Barrier Reef.  Despite missing out on the dream job, Moffit, a 21-year old university student from Canada, was approached by Tourism Victoria to promote Melbourne by shooting a video.  He wrote a little musical number that had me chuckling more than once and even unwittingly singing along.  It comes with a ‘strong cheese factor’ warning on The Butterfly Club’s facebook page, but I’m a sucker for quality cheese and it’s good fun nonetheless! 

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