ADELAIDE CABARET FESTIVAL 2005
The Adelaide Festival Centre is delighted to be creating this internationally acclaimed event in 2005. The 2005 dates are 10 to 25 June, kicking off again on the Queen's Birthday long weekend.

2004 Adelaide Cabaret Festival a resounding success
The 2004 Adelaide Cabaret Festival ended on Saturday 26 June with a standing ovation for the final concert, the world premiere of Maltby and Shire's latest Broadway musical Take Flight. This was the end of 16 memorable days and nights of cabaret brought together in Adelaide at the unique and acclaimed Adelaide Cabaret Festival.

Julia Holt, Adelaide Cabaret Festival Director said, "The festival has been a success both artistically and financially. Our target box office was met, with over 40,000 attendances and 79 sold out shows. Artists, patrons, sponsors and staff alike embraced the Adelaide Cabaret Festival with vigour and enthusiasm."

Corporate supporters shared in this success. First time sponsors Fox Creek Wines were delighted with their involvement. Kirsten McLarty of Fox Creek Wines said, "Fox Creek Wines are absolutely thrilled to have been a sponsor of this year's Adelaide Cabaret Festival and we are extremely proud to now say that this is to be an ongoing commitment".

"Vilis, Coopers, Minter Ellison and Venue Clean have also re-committed their support to the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and it is a great pleasure to work with such enthusiastic partners in creating the Adelaide Cabaret Festival atmosphere", said Julia Holt.

Ruby's Story now comes with pictures
Maryse Piron emigrated from France to South Australia over 30 years ago. She has been an fan of Archie's music for about 10 years. She didn't know what to expect coming to see Ruby's Story but found herself profoundly moved by the Ruby's and Archie's story and the way it was told with the music and the arrangements - so sad but told in an uplifting way.

She couldn't sleep that night so she got up and starting making a quilt based on the story she had heard. There is one panel for each song and the song list and Ruby's poem appliquéd onto the underside of the quilt. She dropped the quilt into the Festival Centre with a note for Archie and Ruby. (She stresses she is not a professional quilt maker she just does it for a hobby)
Details of the first three panels are on the left.

'At the third stroke ...'
When not performing at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Kit and The Widow host their own show on BBC Radio3. Cocktails is the pre-eminent cabaret program, an irreverent, sideways glance at life and culture from this outrageous cabaret duo. Each week Kit and The Widow with their special guests meet in the BBC Studios around a piano and entertain listeners with sublime songs and risque, acute parody.

And in August, they will be playing the two shows they recorded live at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival.
On August 14, Cocktails will feature Women with Standards, Kaye Tuckerman, Eddie Perfect and Mich En Scene.
On August 21, Cocktails will be a Maltby and Shire special, featuring Nancye Hayes, David Shire, Simon Burke, Ann Wood, Kaye Tuckerman.

To listen to these programs, either buy a short wave radio and sit up late OR tune in the BBC Radio3 live by clicking on their streaming radio link, either here - or via their website - www.bbc.co.uk/radio3. The shows will be recorded and up on the site for a week after their broadcast, so make sure you tune in...