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Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2025 highlights

It’s not all smooth accents and brotherly love at Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Jo Laidlaw dusts off the glitterball and brings you her pick of the shows 

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Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2025 highlights

The Parlour
Victoria Falconer invites you to join her late-night salon in a celebration of classic cabaret. Frank, funny and fabulous Falconer is one of those performers who makes everything look easy, but make no mistake: under the glitz are insane vocal and instrumental chops.
Banquet Room (Adelaide Festival Centre), Friday 6 & Sunday 7 June, 10.15pm.

Tired Ass Showgirls
Fresh from a triumphant run in Adelaide Festival’s Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Seann Miley Moore can literally do no wrong. They’re joined by the equally dazzling Brendan de la Hay in this celebration of friendship and showbiz goss.
Space Theatre, Friday 6 June, 7pm & Saturday 7 June, 5.30pm.

Jacob Collier
Four octaves, seven Grammy Awards (one each for his first five albums) and perfect pitch: is there nothing that musical genius Jacob Collier can’t do? Probably not, and so this exclusive two-night show is a real coup for AdCabFest. It’s been sold-out forever; sell your granny for the chance of a ticket.
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 June, 7.30pm.

Mitch Tambo
Six years after bursting into the nation’s consciousness via Australia’s Got Talent with his bilingual take on ‘The Voice’, Mitch Tambo exemplifies a new generation of blak excellence that’s almost impossible to categorise. This one will raise the roof.

La Clique / Picture: RogerShoots


Space Theatre, Thursday 12 June, 6pm & Friday 13 June, 9pm.

The Smart Girl’s Guide To Breaking Up
This year’s Frank Ford Commission awardee, Joanne Hartstone, is a powerhouse of South Australian theatre-making with a raft of production and performing credits. But that’s no solace when you get dumped six weeks before your wedding… Expect a tale of heartbreak and resilience, wrapped up in three-part harmonies.
Space Theatre, Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 June, 6pm.

La Clique
A global sensation that helped redefine circus and variety, La Clique celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Expect thrills and spills, with plenty of jaw-dropping moments in the relatively intimate environs of Space Theatre.
Space Theatre, Wednesday 18 June–Saturday 28 June, times vary.

Class Of Cabaret
Before you get to sprinkle the sequins, you gotta find your voice; and that’s where brilliant initiatives like Class Of Cabaret come in. Sixteen school students have been lovingly mentored by the fantabulous Millicent Sarre and Mark Oates, and this showcase is the result. Future star spotting starts here.
Dunstan Playhouse, Saturday 21 June, 2pm & 5pm.

Main picture: Class Of Cabaret 2024 / Picture: Claudio Raschella.

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