This July Cabaretica is bringing you some of the hottest cabaret acts in Melbourne that will have you saying “it’s too darn hot!”

Come warm yourself by the stage as our cabaret artists make you laugh, cry and wonder how on earth did they do that!?

Whether you are a cabaret regular or you’ve never been down the rabbit hole, this is the show for you.

Curated by Isabel Knight

Lineup: Silvio Di Baci, Moxie Delite, Lucy Seale, Adore Handel, Jolene, Star Gayze

Please note that two of the acts contain content warnings: one contains references to male violence against women and another contains minor religious imagery. 

Image by Darren Gill


A Drag King with arms pointed at the camera after blowing a kiss.

Silvio Di Baci

An Italian Australian Disco Loving Drag King who has wooed audiences across the country and is currently producing It’s Camp.


A woman with 3 heads stands glamorously in a black dress against a blank wall, shone by a spotlight.

Moxie Delite – Ave Maria

They are the Cult Classic of Melbourne Drag- MOXIE DELITE! Hailing from the Haus of Obsidian, Moxie Delite is a draglesque diva and deviant, disrupting the local scene with humour and horror.

Using their art to disrupt the status quo and uplift underrepresented talent, Moxie is the producer of Feral!, Gimmick and the first iteration of the Legacy Drag Competition.


A woman wearing roller-skates sits on a turquoise trapeze. She has long brown hair and is wearing a shiny silver and turquoise sleeveless bodysuit. She is looking to the right and smiling.

Lucy Seale – Electric Love

Lucy Seale is a British-Australian theatre-maker, circus artist and all-round rapscallion. She has trained with Women*s Circus, Circus Nexus, Spin Circus and Gravity Dolls. Lucy delights in creating exciting and utterly ridiculous acts by combining different disciplines – in this instance roller-skating and floor acrobatics.


Drag performer in a pink velvet outfit with ornate trimmings and frills. The face make up is all white with pink cheeks, pink lips and pink eye shadow. They are wearing a white heart shaped wig.

Adore Handel

Adore Handel is the time travelling, pansexual, song bird and raconteur! They are here to spin and sing tales of lovers past. This Shakespearean barbie is not for the feint of heart.


A woman in a cascading red wig and yellow suit straddles a backwards chair as she looks into a handheld mirror to apply lipstick.

Jolene

A light n jovial homage birthed from an earnest love for Dolly Parton. Jolene is a DJ, with a healthy smatterings of lip syncing and boot scootin’ to accompany her tracks. She knows how to work the crowd with her classic and lesser known DP originals and remixes. Watch out for her big attitude and swanging hair.


A nonbinary person dressed in black with latex horns, a mask with fangs, silver necklaces and rings, and leather jacket poses while looking away from the camera with red and green lighting.

Star Gayze

The Spectral and Seductive Star Gayze (they/them) is going to make you tremble in fear and excitement. This club kid drag creature will serve you celestial body-ody-ody-ody-ody. They pledge their devotion to all that is ethereal and mysterious. No stranger to working in front and behind cameras as a SFX makeup artist, wig stylist, animator, vocalist, drag creature and event producer.


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.


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