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Taking the pulse of cabaret

Co-Artistic Director of the 2016 Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Eddie Perfect, reflects on the art form’s health and what the festival is doing to foster the next generation.

5 Apr 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Ali McGregor & Eddie Pefect: photo credit Claude Raschella

Recent years have seen rapid growth in the cabaret sector, with dedicated festivals supporting the art form now flourishing in most Australian capital cities. But the godmother of them all is the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, which this year is helmed by co-Artistic Directors Ali McGregor and Eddie Perfect.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts