ERIN JAMES
IN
HAVE YOU MET MISS JAMES?
15, 22 & 29 SEPTEMBER 2007
On the back of her recent trip to New York, Erin James
makes her extraordinary cabaret debut, exploring the worlds in which
she exists -
the glittering world of 'dreams come true' and the simple
land of 'reality'.
Featuring
an array of well-known standards as well as a selection of rarities,
Newcastle-born Erin presents songs from her showcase performance that
wowed some of New York cabaret's biggest names.
With
tales to tell from the trip of a lifetime, Erin brings to an audience
everything from stirring inspirational stories,
to late night hospital
visits and her residency at Starbucks.
Come meet Miss James - you won't regret it!
A
graduate of the Talent Development Project (2002), Erin was a recent
recipient of the Bound For Broadway (TDP/ASCAP) scholarship
which saw
her embark on a four week tour to New York City.
Her scholarship
involved master classes and workshops with industry professionals and
culminated in a solo cabaret
showcase presentation at Don’t Tell Mama,
NY.
"Erin James fills the stage with her charm, her thrilling voice (the next Jill Perryman?) and, boy oh boy, can she dance!" ~ The West Australian
July/August 2007
In her brand new show international
performer and actress Natalie
Gamsu returns to the intimacy
of cabaret after an interlude in musical theatre.
Hallelujah to
Her celebrates women with all their quirks taking us on a magical
journey as the curator of a cast of crazy characters and stories.
Bound together by a string
of anthem - like rock classics, from Led Zepplin to Sondheim to Charles
Aznavour…these characters come to life and reveal themselves in the most
surprising way... from a Southern hysteric, to a girl with no lip to ‘botoxed
Betty’.
"...Natalie Gamsu is
one of the most extraordinary talents...a combination of dark, rich
mezzo-to-contralto-range pipes; an ability to perform brilliantly in several
musical styles; and a talent for both drama and comedy. Martin Schaeffer -
BackStage, NY
Written by:
Natalie Gamsu
Director and Dramaturg: Joanna
Weinberg
Musical Director and Pianist: Daryl Wallis
Daryl Wallis - Musical
Director/Keyboards
John Ockwell - Basses
David Manuel - Drums/Percussion
July 2007
International Cabaret artist,
Chelsea Plumley returns to Australia to perform two exclusive
engagements at the Statement Lounge Monday 9 & 16 July.
Chelsea Plumley’s
show Gorgeous is the culmination of 3 years treading the Cabaret boards
in London.
From storytelling
to stand-up, “Gorgeous” is an exhilarating show that is full of
surprising twists and turns. Plumley is a rare artist who bares herself
completely on stage, creating incredible intimacy with the audience. The sheer
force of Plumley’s personality is mesmerising as she darts from dazzling
Broadway tunes centre stage to comedic ditties deftly executed from the
piano.
Chelsea Plumley
will be accompanied by a 3 piece band.
What
critics have said about Plumley:
“Chelsea
Plumley is a delicate whirlwind of a performer who often accompanies herself,
sings like a demon and has an extraordinary way with comedy.” – Cabaret
Scenes, New York
“She connects
with honesty, stuns with sudden turns into melancholy...and exhilarates with
laughter.” – Cabaret Scenes, New York
“Abundant
natural talent as a singer, actress and pianist...but it is her cheeky humour
that sets her apart.” – The Melbourne Age
“What a voice!
She could have thrown out her microphone and we wouldn’t have missed a thing!”–
Homodish New York
MAY 2007
A brand new cabaret from
Katrina Retallick, star of South Pacific and, most recently,
Titanic.
Impossible Blonde presents snapshots of
blonde divas over the decades - Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Peggy Lee,
Doris Day, Julie Andrews, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and Joni Mitchell. All
beautiful, all blonde...all impossible!
Written
by Katrina Retallick and James Millar
Directed by Stephen Colyer
Musical
Direction by Jeremy Brennan
Double and electric bass - Hugh Fraser
"LEMON TART"
GENEVIEVE LEMON AND JOSH QUONG TART
4, 11, 18 & 25 FEBRUARY 2007
Genevieve Lemon (Priscilla - The Musical, Sweetie) and Josh Quong Tart
(Troupers, All Saints) star in the acclaimed cabaret Lemon Tart,
directed by theatre legend Tony Sheldon.
Seemingly sweet but with a tangy aftertaste, Lemon Tart is a
sensational 80 minutes of gender-flip with Lemon doing the boys' songs
and Tart doing the girls' songs. Lemon Tart puts its spin on music from
artists like Doris Day, Midnight Oil, Martha Wainwright, Billy
Strayhorn and everything in between.
"MUFTEE" with Hayden Tee
18 & 25 FEBRUARY 2007 AT 10:30PM
With special guests Katrina Retallick & Trevor Ashley on 18 February
and Tony Sheldon and Virginia Gaye on 25 February
AUNTY MAVIS in "STOCKING STUFFER, TURKEY PLUCKER " A CHRISTMAS CABARET
with Miss Bev and her Dancing Elves
7 - 9 DECEMBER 2006
Written by Andrew Benson
Musical Direction by Bev Kennedy
Directed by Claire Fitzgerald
Cream magazine
called her "an absolute legend in her own lunchtime" and after
sell out seasons with her shows "Tea and Timeless Advice",
"Scones and Songs" and "Silence of the Lamingtons", the satiric
wit of Aunty Mavis is packaged for Christmas in her new cabaret
show "Stocking Stuffer, Turkey Plucker".
Mavis has been making
a list over the last 12 months of what was hot and not so hot in
Musicals and Cabaret in Sydney and she is ready to take Rudolf by the
antler and fly through the year that was. Before sugar plum
fairies dance in your head join Aunty Mavis and her musical
director the fabulous Bev Kennedy and their dancing elves, as
they wrap up camp humour, songs and tap numbers into a Christmas
Spectacular.
“A Legend” Sydney Morning Herald
“An absolute legend in her own lunchtime” Cream Magazine
“She will tap dance the way into your hearts and become and national icon” Newcastle Morning Herald
2006 WAAPA GRADUATES in "WHOPPER!"
30 NOVEMBER & 1 DECEMBER 2006
Your last chance to
see the entire class 2006 WAAPA Musical Theatre graduates before
they take on the world. Hear 16 great voices on the
Statement stage in a jam packed event which will showcase all of
their individual talents as well as their amazing group dymanic in
numbers like The Rhythm of Life.
WAAPA – The Western
Australian Academy of Performing Arts – is recognised as
Australia’s best training ground for musical theatre
performers. Past graduates include Hugh Jackman, Lisa
McCune, plus probably about half of the cast members of Priscilla
and Titanic!
These guys are our future
musical theatre stars. See them in the intimate setting of
Statement first – very soon you’ll be seeing them on
the big stages of musical theatre.
Don’t miss them!
"HEART WITH A GIRL OF GOLD " with SASKIA SMITH
23 - 25 NOVEMBER 2006
How healthy is your heart?
Saskia Smith rips open her
chest and dissects the heart, our most vital organ, and its
incredible impact on our daily lives.
After a sell-out
season last year at the Old Fitzroy Theatre, HEART WITH A GIRL OF
GOLD comes to the Statement Bar to take a deeper look at what lies in
our hearts; how they work, why they stop working, what they feel
and remember and - of course - the heart's experience of the
perils of love.
Saskia's recent stage
credits include Cabaret, Dirty Dancing and the Bell Shakespeare
Company's production of The Tempest, playing Ariel to John Bell's
Prospero. In 2005 she studied in New York and Paris with tutors
including Micheline van Heutem, Caroline Nin and Ulli
Geisendorfer, Ute Lemper's former musical director.
Down hearted, heavy hearted, lonely hearted or even if you have a heart of gold, now is chance to find out exactly why...
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