WMC launches its spring Cabaret season

January 19, 2024 by

Cabaret is back for more this Spring to once again bring the very best in drag, comedy, burlesque, live music and more to Wales Millennium Centre.

Cabaret became a firm fixture in Cardiff’s nightlife and cultural scene in its first year, and promises to continue serving emerging and eclectic talent like nowhere else in Wales. Tickets are on sale now for Spring’s shows at wmc.org.uk/cabaret.

Welsh talent will once again take centre stage. Emily Davis comes home to Wales as Blodwen – often mistaken as the lovechild of Tom Jones and Victoria Wood – in her musical comedy Blodwen’s in Town. Local drag clown Anniben leads Altered States, a night of queer performance and storytelling with special guests Justin Drag, Alia Milan and Jordropper. Up-and-coming Cardiff pop/R&B artist Aisha Kigs will launch her new EP Fire Hazard in a highly anticipated show.

In The Extras Strike Back, the supporting characters of Star Wars finally get their leading moment in the sun in a comedic musical cabaret. Bog Off! reimagines Tracy Beaker and the Dumping Ground crew with lipsyncs, dare games and more; while revue show Send In The Clowns make their Cardiff debut with a drag assassination Andrew Lloyd Webber in TW*TS! (yes, like CATS), hosted by Drag Idol UK winner Fatt Butcher.

There’s plenty of belly-laugh comedic talent fresh from last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. BAFTA Breakthrough comic Luisa Omielan is Bitter and ready to write some new rules. Multi-award-winning MC Hammersmith has emerged from the ghetto of middle-class west London for an evening of improvised comedy raps. Cabaret star and magician Ada Campe visits with her show Big Duck Energy, promising fantastical flights of fancy, lots of interactive titting about, and a deep dive into the wonder of esoteric waterfowl.

Several previously sold-out hits are back for more this year. Wales’ learning disabled drag troupe House of Deviant are back with another Eurovision Watch Party to cheer on Olly Alexander in Malmö. Musician Pete Saunders of Dexy’s Midnight Runners returns to Cabaret with Belle de Beauvoir in their sultry Blues and Burlesque show, following last year’s sold out Big Band Burlesque evening. There’s a warm welcome back to Cardiff for the award-winning Tracey Collins in Bingo at Tiffany’s with Audrey Heartburn, the amaZING bio musical Judy & Liza, and an iconic night of cosmic drag and cabaret in the Doctor Who-inspired Gallifrey Cabaret. The queer TARDIS crew will also test our Whovian knowledge in the big queer Whoniverse quiz Who Knows?!

Celebrations of musical icons include Simply Barbra, Steven Brinberg’s celebration of Streisand performed worldwide for over 25 years; 1930s star of musical comedy Gertrude Lawrence: A lovely way to spend an evening; and How Sweet It Is, an evening of much-loved James Taylor songs performed by Vernon James. Queertet brings together a collection of London’s finest LGBTQI+ musicians to celebrate everything queer about the world of jazz and musical theatre.

The hard-hitting issues of death and abortion will get a light-hearted take. Death Becomes Us will face death head-on and consider whether our lives could be made richer by talking about it; and award-winning Lilly Burton’s comedy-cabaret All Aboard! At Termination Station will have you slamming down your pints in support of reproductive rights.

The new for 2024 Cabaret for Kids programme gives families the chance to get silly on a Sunday afternoon. Britain’s favourite French comedian Marcel Lucont presents Les Enfants Terribles, a gameshow for awful children which is every bit as entertaining for adults as it is for kids. In the paint-splattered comedy Artiste a bumbling artist has fifty minutes to create a new masterpiece, while Madame Chandelier’s Opera Party for Kids gives an interactive introduction to opera’s greatest hits.

Tickets for most shows have remained at £15, with discounts available on every performance for under 30s, students, those who are living with a disability, and the unwaged. See the full season information at www.wmc.org.uk/cabaret.

 

A venue trailer for Cabaret is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLWMqZvgsfo

 

 

Listings

Cabaret, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL
wmc.org.uk/cabaret

Ada Campe: Big Duck Energy

7 April 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/ada-campe-big-duck-energy

Altered States
with Anniben, Justin Drag, Alia Milan + Jordropper

5 April 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/altered-states

Luisa Omielan: Bitter

6 April 2024

3.30pm (doors 2.30pm) + 8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£16 / £13

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/luisa-omielan-bitter

Blodwen’s In Town

11 April 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/blodwens-in-town

Gallifrey Cabaret

12 + 13 April 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/gallifrey-cabaret

Who Knows?!

The Big Queer Whoniverse Quiz

14 April 2024

3.30pm (doors 2.30pm)

£8 / £5

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/who-knows

Aisha Kigs – Fire Hazard EP Launch

19 April 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£10 / £7

16+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/aisha-kigs

Bingo at Tiffany’s

with Audrey Heartburn

20 April 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/bingo-at-tiffanys

Artiste

21 April 2024

3.30pm (doors 2.30pm)

£10 / £7

3+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/artiste

Death Becomes Us

25 April 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/death-becomes-us

Bog Off! A Celebration of Tracy Beaker

26 April 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£10 / £7

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/bog-off

Gertrude Lawrence: A lovely way to spend an evening

27 April 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/gertrude-lawrence-a-lovely-way-to-spend-an-evening

MC Hammersmith

2 May 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/mc-hammersmith

Send In The Clowns: TW*TS

A drag assassination of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber

3 May 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/send-in-the-clows-twts

Queertet

An LGBTQI+ History of Music and Song

4 May 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

12+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/queertet

Simply Barbra

9 May 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

16+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/simply-barbra

Eurovision Watch Party

House of Deviant Takeover

11 May 2024

7.30pm (doors 6.30pm)

£20 / £17

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/house-of-deviant-eurovision-watch-party

The Extras Strike Back

A Musical Tribute to the Forgotten Heroes of Star Wars

17 May 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£10 / £7

16+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/the-extras-strike-back

Blues and Burlesque

25 May 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£18 / £15

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/blues-and-burlesque

Madame Chandelier’s Opera Party For Kids

26 May 2024

3.30pm (doors 2.30pm)

£10 / £7

5+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/madame-chandeliers-opera-party-for-kids

All Aboard! At Termination Station

1 June 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

18+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/all-aboard-at-termination-station

Judy & Liza

The amaZING bio musical!

8 June 2024

3.30pm (doors 2.30pm) + 8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£10 / £7

12+

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/judy-and-liza

How Sweet It Is: The Music of James Taylor

Performed by Vernon James

14 June 2024

8.30pm (doors 7.30pm)

£15 / £12

15+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/how-sweet-it-is-the-music-of-james-taylor

Marcel Lucont: Les Enfants Terribles

A Gameshow for Awful Children

16 June 2024

3.30pm (doors 2.30pm)

£15 / £12

6+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)

https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2024/marcel-lucont-les-enfants-terribles

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