Celebrate the end of 2024 with an exciting night of cabaret!
2024 is coming to a close and what better way to wrap up another year than immersing yourself in a raucous night of cabaret.
Cabaretica is a variety night showcasing some of Melbourne’s most iconic cabaret artists. You are guaranteed a night of seduction, silliness and side splitting laughter at our end of year celebration.
Hosted by Isabel Knight with a star studded line up (to be announced) this one off event is not to be missed.
“Cabaretica…is a show where you can expect the unexpected and where the audience is made a crucial part of the high-octane energy it generates” – Patricia Di Risio, Stage Whispers
Curator – Isabel Knight
Image by Darren Gill
Lineup:
Yogashree
Yogashree is a Naarm-based actor, playwright and theatremaker with a diverse background in performance. More recently seen in Unestablished (La Mama Theatre) and as a recipient of The Wheeler Centre’s Hot Desk Fellowship (2024), Yogashree’s work spans performance, writing and dramatugy, reflecting multicultural perspectives and dynamic storytelling.
Ellie Hanuska
Ellie is a circus artist specialising in contortion and aerial hoop. Ellie is known for her unique and hypnotic movement art that makes the impossible look effortless. Ellie will bend people’s understanding of what the human body can do through jaw dropping feats of flexibility, strength, balance and fluidity.
Iva Rosebud
Tradie by day, drag Queen by Night Iva Rosebud.
Naavikaran // RJ Jabela
Award winning multi-hyphenate, Goddess Naavikaran is a Naarm based change maker, storyteller and curator, futurist pop musician and DJ.
Naavikaran’s debut EPs CHIQ DISCOTHEQ & FREQ DISCOTHEQ is part of an epic futurist legacy [now on all streaming platforms]. Recently also nominated for the Victoria Music Awards 2024, Naavikaran’s work is a reflection of our deepest desires, and a walk towards the truth.
Chica Boom-Boom
Never far from the stage lights, Chica Boom-Boom is ready to set your heart aflame!
Dancing since the age of six, it’s been a constant in her life. Music, dance, theatre, she’s never been far from the stage lights. When she stumbled upon burlesque, she fell deep and hard in love with the glitz, glamour and of course, the rhinestones!
Proudly thicc and Latina, Chica’s energy is an unquenchable fire and will intoxicate you through her performance – she’ll make you sweat, she might make you cry and her flames of burning passion will be seared into your memory for many nights to come!
Access Information:
Visual rating 50%: Events are partly subtitled or include dialogue, background music and/or sounds, so d/Deaf and hard of hearing audiences can have some engagement with the event.
Aural Rating 50%: Has both sound and visual components, but sight isn’t essential to be able to engage with the event.