Shoshana Bean to Appear at Adelaide Cabaret Festival 6/25-26

Actress Shoshana Bean will appear at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival from June 25 to June 26, the Festival's official site announces.  The Festival has announced that Bean will close the festival and will perform soul music with her musical director and local musicians.  In addition, while in Australia, Bean will perform in the Harvest Rain Theatre Company's Broadway to Brisvegas Series on June 23. 

Shoshana Bean's Broadway credits include WICKED, in which she played Elphaba, and HAIRSPRAY, in which she was a member of the ensemble and understudied the leading role of Tracy Turnblad.  In addition, Bean has performed with Whitney Houston, Destiny's Child, *NSYNC, Ray Charles, Britney Spears and Michael Jackson and has performed frequently in cabaret.

Bean will perform on June 25 and June 26 at 11pm.  Tickets range from $19.95 to $29.95.  For more information, visit http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/adelaidecabaret/.

The 2010 Adelaide Cabaret Festival will mark the Festival's tenth anniversary.  Headlining this year's Cabaret Festival and appearing in her only Australian performances will be nine-time Grammy award winner Natalie Cole with principal partner FOXTEL broadcasting her concert on the BIO Channel. Natalie will sing some of the great lyrics and melodies of the American songwriters, accompanied by the Adelaide Art Orchestra. Tickets to see the songstress are still available but are selling quickly.

This year's Festival includes over 124 performances of some 46 different shows across sixteen nights. More than 40 performances have sold out and this year the Festival has reached 95% of box office target and has already taken 11% more than last year's.  The 2010 program features 41 artists from the United States of America, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan and France and the best from Australia with 220 Australian artists, 117 of those South Australian performers. There will be 12 international shows, 12 Adelaide premieres, including 9 Australian premieres, and 7 world premieres.

Artistic Director David Campbell says, "We can't believe another year has come around so fast and we're so excited with the jam packed program this year. With the number of shows on offer, it's an all nighter here at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, with our ‘Some Like It Hot' terrace our audience can begin their evening there, see back to back shows, watch the wonderful Mark Nadler in the piano bar for free and then party till late in the Banquet room with some of the coolest bands in the world. We're ready to have some fun and look forward to seeing everyone to do it all again."

Tickets are on sale around the country through BASS Dial n Charge 131 246 or online at www.bass.net.au. Interstate guests should call BASS Special Events on (08) 8400 2222 for details of accommodation packages.

Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff

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