Cabaret and green politics aren’t obvious bedfellows, but Janie Dee is hoping to change that perception. The award-winning actor, singer and musical-theatre performer started London Climate Change Festival in 2020 after an epiphany about how much she personally wasted, and her Fringe show feels like a natural progression.

Janie Dee’s Beautiful World Cabaret promises music from the eclectic likes of Sondheim, Sting, Peggy Lee and Vivaldi; but Dee is intriguingly tight-lipped about any further information on the content or the motivation. ‘I tell the whole story in the show and mix it up with some stunning songs and a very particular passage of Shakespeare… but I refuse to tell you more! Cabaret is about danger, spontaneity and communion with the audience. You should never know what is going to happen next.’

But there are other aspects of her hour that are guaranteed: Dee aims to change your whole outlook on life and the environment. ‘You can expect information and inspiration and to leave the theatre feeling very different and empowered,’ she insists. ‘I have spent a lifetime developing my relationships with the greatest writers and composers who have become more than colleagues… their work is what I draw on for this show and my own now-developing knowledge of trying to live closer to, and in harmony with nature.’ It’s certain that you’ll be doing way more than just half-heartedly washing out the recycling by the time Janie Dee and friends are finished.

Janie Dee’s Beautiful World Cabaret, Pleasance Dome, 31 July–26 August, 2.20pm.