Michael Griffiths News

A seasonal program featuring the very best of original Australian music, cabaret, story, and comedy has been announced for Woodville Town Hall.

The red carpet launch of the annual Festival.

Get ready to warm up this June with a sizzling program of the best and boldest performers announced today, curated by international star and Australian icon Tina Arena AM.

Black Comedy star/writer, icon, television and cabaret sensation and self-styled 'Faboriginal', Steven Oliver, will make his Adelaide Fringe debut in Steven Oliver: Bigger & Blacker, his cheeky Cabaret Festival hit.

Black Comedy star/writer, icon, television and cabaret sensation and self-styled 'Faboriginal', Steven Oliver, will debut his cheeky festival hit Steven Oliver: Bigger & Blacker at the Malthouse Theatre from 31 March to 10 April 2022.

Special events coming to Theatre Royal Brighton include An Evening With Bruce Dickinson Sun 1 Aug, 7.30pm, Barry Steele & Friends - The Roy Orbison Story Wed 11 Aug, 7.45pm, The Little Mix Experience Thu 12 Aug, 2pm, and more!

Cocktails Under the Stars will feature cocktails, wine & beer, hors d'oeuvres, a 50/50 raffle, and special performances from the NJCU Junior Board.

Organisers of the first Perth International Cabaret Festival saw opportunity in the cancellation of shows and brought together all the big names from the festival to end it “with a bang.” It is fair to say that a huge bill of stars did that, and the curtain was drawn on the inaugural festival with a gala show that had everything.

The first ever Perth International Cabaret Festival has taken over His Majesty’s Theatre and is currently in full swing with a blockbuster line up of performers. Artistic director Michael Griffiths took a break from his crowded schedule to chat about how the festival is going and what he has in mind for the upcoming shows and the festival overall.

Art House Productions, Jersey City's home for the performing and visual arts for the past 20 years, has announced a transition of the leadership of its board of trustees. The board has unanimously appointed Robinson Holloway to succeed Gibson as President.

The Variety Gala marks the beginning of another Cabaret Festival.

Get set to be served a cabaret banquet of the biggest, boldest, and brightest performers at the 21st Adelaide Cabaret Festival, kicking off tonight with the sold-out red-carpet event, The Variety Gala at Adelaide Festival Centre's Festival Theatre.

A fortyfivedownstairs favourite for his sell-out shows In Vogue: Songs by Madonna, Sweet Dreams: Songs by Annie Lennox and Cole: A Tribute to Cole Porter, Helpmann Award winner Michael Griffiths returns to fortyfive in May with his acclaimed new show Greatest Hits.

 The Sydney Opera House today unveiled the latest instalment of live music, First Nations cabaret, contemporary dance and digital performance works-in-development as part of its biannual UnWrapped season of diverse, rarely seen and critically acclaimed work.

Living legend Carlotta bids farewell, and gives a warm thank you, to Adelaide audiences with her acclaimed show I’m Not Dead Yet Darlings! before her retirement later this year.

Fringe-goers can kick off the opening weekend of the Adelaide Fringe in style with the world premiere of Michael Griffiths' 'Greatest Hits'. 

After sellout shows across September and October, Showqueen returns for the last time in 2020, with our most star-studded line-up yet.

Broadway World Cabaret Editor Stephen Mosher has a few words about Gay Pride and what it has looked like in the cabaret/concert industry these last few decades... and where it can definitely go in the future.

Australian cabaret performer landed at The Green Room 42 with his show COLE and for a while it was touch and go -- until he really let go.

THE GREEN ROOM 42 - the new intimate concert venue dubbed Broadway's 'off-night hotspot' by The New York Times - will present Helpmann Award winner Michael Griffiths, star of Australia's productions of Jersey Boys and Queen of the Desert, with the show 'Cole' on Tuesday, February 25 at 7:00 PM.