Auckland’s grand dame of cabaret and musical theatre, The Civic, plays host to a stellar line-up of international cabaret stars and top Kiwi performers this June, when the red carpet is rolled out for the fifth Auckland Live Cabaret Season.
This year’s Cabaret Season will see international cabaret superstar Reuben Kay holding court across the week in various guises before taking to the main stage with his full-length show. Reuben promises an explosion of high energy, high camp, big notes and filthy humour – the perfect cabaret combo.
Delicious Oblivion is a brand-new work starring Jennifer Ward-Lealand and directed by Shane Bosher in which the pair explore the biting musical experience of subversive cabaret wunderkind Kurt Weill and his contemporaries.
Pasifika gender-fluid creatives Fine Fatale unveil The Heels are Alive, a fierce night of diva songs and vogue-stomping dance that will titillate the soul and excite the spirit with its contemporary embodiment of Pasifika pride.
As well as a lot of high-voltage performances, the perennially popular pop-up Piano Bar will be back – a speakeasy of uncommon delight, tucked away somewhere secret, where after hours performers, audiences, artists and their entourages are encouraged to let loose and indulge in the sexy, scintillating and scandalous world of cabaret.
Book now at www.AucklandLive.co.nz