Nostalgia meets future: nurturing cabaret

The 2022 Adelaide Cabaret Festival has a focus on Australian multiculturalism and nostalgia, and a commitment to growing the artform.
A dark-haired woman lounges langurously on a pink armchair against a lacy pink curtain.

Now in its 22nd year, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival has a long tradition of nurturing young artists through its Class of Cabaret program – not just showcasing contemporary cabaret stars, but actively contributing to the future of the artform.

Adelaide Cabaret Festival Executive Producer Alex Sinclair said the Festival’s commitment to young talent is ‘really significant’, and more important than ever given the changing nature of the arts landscape.

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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