The Cabaret Room

29 Oct 2018

Mark Zannan (Melbourne Rainbow Band), Katy Christie (Anxiety Blows!), and Michael Ralph (Nine – The Musical)

Arts, Music, performance

Mark Zannan from the Melbourne Rainbow Band talks about this year’s Carols by Queerlight which is being held at St Kilda Town Hall on 15 December. Mark also pays tribute to the late Richard Gill who passed away on the weekend.  We play The Dam Busters March – the tribute piece played in Richard’s honour outside his Sydney home.

Katy Christie speaks about her show Anxiety Blows!, her one-woman standup/cabaret show about conquering anxiety in the classical music world with, among others, French Horn Burlesque!

Michael Ralph, (well known choreographer of Georgy Girl) tells us all about Nine – The Musical, which marks his directorial debut of a musical.

Musically we feature: Lady Liberty (Barbra Streisand); The Dam Busters March (Melbourne Rainbow Band); Children and Art (Sunday in the Park with George).

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