Amelia Ryan, Tom Dickins, Austen Tayshus, et al. Set for June at The Butterfly Club

Dysfunction follows this dazzling disaster around like the broken heel on a 4 year-old stiletto. But one thing is for sure; a life full of calamity makes for a damn-entertaining story.

When you've been blessed with a gay Father and a nymphomaniac Mother, can add ‘exotic dancer' to you resume and caused the spectacular demise of 4 automobiles, what else is a girl to do but sing for her supper in a candid yet hysterically delivered cabaret.

With songs as you've never heard them before, from artists such as 4 Non-Blondes, Belinda Carlisle, Tim Minchin and William Finn, this firecracker VCA grad invites her audience to weather the catastrophic storm...of her D Cup

Dates: Thurs 2nd to Sunday 5th June
Time: Thurs to Sat at 7pm, Sun at 6pm
Ticket price:
$22 full
$19 concession
$18 for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

Other Upcoming Events at The Butterfly Club: 

HEADLINE SHOW
JULIAN KUO in Interpretations

Julian Kuo debuts at The Butterfly Club with a new show interpreting the music of Cole Porter, inspired by versions from three generations as performed by Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr and Jamie Cullum.
Dates: Thurs 2nd to Sunday 5th June

Time: Thurs to Sat at 9pm, Sun at 8pm
Ticket price:
$22 full
$19 concession
$18 for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

Late Night Cabaret!!
WRONGTOWN - With Special Guest: Cookie Baker

When described as "The Andrew Sisters coming down from a drug binge", Alan Brough replied, "They're still very much HIGH!"

Award winning comedians, WRONGTOWN and guest COOKIE BAKER hit Melbourne for 2 nights before heading to Adelaide Cabaret Festival! Come and celebrate all things "Wrong" in this sexy explosion of brass, lipstick, hot vocals, high heels, spotlights, red lights and best of all head lights!

Dates: Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd June
Time: 10.30pm
Ticket price:
$22 full
$19 concession
$18 for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL PREVIEW
ANSUYA NATHAN in Long Live The King

Meena - Indian, heavily pregnant - touches down in Australia the day Elvis Presley dies. Both events are equally shocking. With her vagina clenched against the overwhelming grief, she braces herself for the life in the New World.

Dates: Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd June
Time: 10.30pm
Ticket price:
$22 full
$19 concession
$18 for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

REBECCA KMIT in Rebecca's Elixir of love

Rebecca makes her debut at The Butterfly Club with a collection of meaningful and favourite works reflecting a journey of love, not just of the opposite sex...

Inspired by the music of Sondheim, Gershwin and legendary singers such as Eva Cassidy, Liza Minnelli and Bjork, this Adelaide born singer reveals the quiet truths of the female with a mixture of fantasy, reality, desire and personal discovery.

Dates: Thurs 9th to Sun 12th June
Time: Thurs to Sat at 7pm, Sun at 6pm
Ticket price:
$22 full
$19 concession
$18 for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

HEADLINE SHOW
AUSTEN TAYSHUS in The Merchant of Menace

Austen Tayshushas been performing for three decades, around Australia and around the world.

His first single AUSTRALIANA remains the biggest selling single in Australian recording history.

He is a TROPFEST winner, film school graduate, award winning recording artist and the most energetic and provocative satirist this country has ever seen.

His shows are legendary for their insightfulness and aggression, and the audience does not forget the evening, ever.

He has written for film and television and his new biography; Austen Tayshus, The Merchant of Menace, written by Richard Murphy and Ross Fitzgerald will be launched on May 30th 2011.

The Merchant Of Menace, is a must see, before Mr Tayshus begins his move into theatre in 2012

Dates: Thurs 9th to Sun 12th June
Time: Thurs to Sat 9pm, Sun 8pm
Ticket price:
$30 full
$25 concession
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

 

TOM DICKINS in F**k Plan B

To: Tom Dickins
From: Amanda Palmer

Jettison the job.
F**k Plan B
I'll support you in anyway I can... Xx

Email read. Resignation sent. Enter all-consuming panic.

F**k Plan B is stream-of-consciousness cabaret, a brand new work by award winning performer and director, Tom Dickins. From acid trips in the bedroom, to performances in the lounge room, to reworked Obama speeches, to end-of-the-world theories, F**k Plan B traces Dickins' decision to make the jump from a paper-pushing nine-to-fiver to a (struggling) full time cabaret performer. Dickins' asks us to look at the things we love. The things we can't do without. The things that make us smile. Then to look at the things holding us back. To evaluate and build them all into our Plan A with the imminent apocalypse/rapture/2012 just around the corner, we simply can not waste our time with contingency plans...

Tom Dickins is one half of the Jane Austen Argument, who have had rather a big year. After winning the coveted Best Cabaret award at the Adelaide Fringe 2010, their song "Bad Wine And Lemon Cake" was released as a duet with Amanda Palmer on her latest solo album. This recording then lead to the group jetting off on an Australian tour with Ms. Palmer including a performance at the Main Concert Hall of the Sydney Opera House on Australia Day. As if they weren't busy enough, the JAA released their debut EP "The Birthing Pyre" (which debuted at #4 on the International Bandcamp charts), collaborated with Sophie Walsh-Harrington on "The Damsel In Shining Armour" (Best Cabaret, Adelaide Fringe 2011) and presented sell-out seasons of their critically acclaimed "The Spaces Between" at the Midsumma and Adelaide Fringe festivals.

With all this in mind, holding down a full-time desk job seemed lunacy. F**k Plan B is the investment in an ideal - that a fundamental change is coming - where artists can make a living from their art. If you believe in this change - book now

Dates: Thurs 16th to Sun 19th June
Time: Thurs to Sat 7pm, Sun 6pm
Ticket price:
$22 full
$19 concession
$18 for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

 

HEADLINE SHOW
Direct from NYC Spider Saloff in The Roar of The Butterfly

The Roar of the Butterfly is a one-woman play with original music starring Spider Saloff.

Based on a true story, this musical comedy is a tour de force reminiscent of Lilly Tomlin and Tracey Ullman.

The scene of the show revolves around a memorial service for Butterfly, an Asian drag queen who has been a colorful and inspirational character in the lives of the attendees-an unlikely and diverse group, all of whom are portrayed by Spider.

Saloff portrays eight different characters in this hysterical and moving new show including a sharp-tonguEd Scottish waitress, a faded stage star, a hair dresser from South Philly and a bearded poet.

The show is not suggested for children under 13 years old without an adult.

The book, music, and lyrics by Spider Saloff.

Dates: Thurs 16th to Sun 19th
Time: 9pm Thurs to Sat, Sun 8pm
Ticket price:
$27 full
$24 concession
$23 for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

 

CLAIRE HEALY is
FLAMBOYANT - Like a Flame, But Buoyant

Claire is a little bit confused...

Nobody else seems to get quite so excited about colored pants, post-it-pens and potatoes. Join Claire as she muddles her way through relationships, searches for heaven and sings a bit.

With all original songs, have a chuckle and find out why Claire is like a flame... but buoyant!

Dates: Thurs 9th to Sun 12th June
Time: Thurs to Sat at 7pm, Sun at 6pm
Ticket price:
$22 full
$19 concession
$18 for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

 

HEADLINE SHOW
RACHEL BERGER unleashes...
CLEVER DICKS

Aussie slang, noun, conceited smug person who displays their prowess at the expense of others.

‘Experience this hour of machine gun delivery and ricocheting thoughts, and you realise she must be as pumped as any AFL footballer.' - Stage left

She is one of the sharpest comedians of either gender or hemisphere'. - The List, UK

After 25 years as a stand up comic, there are no cows too sacred for this Berger. Rachel is a woman of remarkably diversified talents. In addition to playing the xylophone and carving avocado pips into small Buddhas, she's also a sensational lover.

As our rights are being squeezed like the last blobs of toothpaste from a tube, Berger returns to The Butterfly Club to deliver her dynamite insights into why the lucky country is in danger of becoming a tosser's paradise and to blast some modern manners at the socially challenged.

Wipe the excess make-up from Australian's sunburnt face and what is revealed - cute freckles or a poxy rash?

Dates: Thurs 23th to Sun 26th
Time: 9pm Thurs to Sat, Sun 8pm
Ticket price:
$28 full
$24 concession
$23 for groups of 8 or more
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

 

SAMMY J, GILLIAN COSGRIFF and SIMON TAYLOR

Want a Comedy Cabaret cocktail?

Yeah, you do.

Well, for TWO NIGHTS ONLY you can see Sammy J, Gillian Cosgriff and Simon Taylor in a stunning musical comedy line-up at The Butterfly Club.

Date: Tues 28th and Weds 29th June
Time: 8pm
Ticket price:
$20
Bookings: www.thebutterflyclub.com
Duration: 60 minutes approx

 

 

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