Queenie van de Zandt Stars in in BLUE: The Songs Of Joni Mitchell

After a sell-out show at the Queensland Cabaret Festival, cabaret chanteuse Queenie van de Zandt brings her new show to the Melbourne Cabaret Festival and to Sydney at The Hayes Theatre. In BLUE, Queenie, renowned for her artful storytelling and raw, emotive vocals, explores the songs, stories and art of the musical legend that is Joni Mitchell.

Renaissance woman, painter and poet, Mitchell created a soundtrack for the Woodstock generation.

"Joni is my favourite singer/songwriter and I've been wanting to do a show about her and her music for some time," said Queenie. "She gave a daughter up for adoption early in her career and her music was so influenced by this experience. Having just given birth to a daughter myself this year, it felt like a perfect time to explore this mother and daughter relationship and the effect that becoming a parent has on your creativity."

In BLUE: The Songs of Joni Mitchell, Queenie, along with musical director Vicky Jacobs (Melbourne) and Max Lambert (Sydney) and a live band, explore her love of all things Joni - affectionately reinterpreting Joni Mitchell's melancholy music, and intimately revealing the stories behind some of her most haunting songs such as A Case of You, Both Sides Now and Little Green.

MELBOURNE:

Venue: Chapel Off Chapel, 12 Little Chapel St, Prahran

Time: 7.00pm

Dates: Tue 27 June (preview) to Sat 1 July (five performances)

Duration: 60 minutes

Bookings: www.melbournecabaret.com

Prices: $39 full price

$34 for concession-card holders

$34 for groups of six or more people

$29 for Festival Friends

SYDNEY:

Venue: The Hayes Theatre Co, 19 Greenknowe Ave, Potts Point

Time: 7.30pm

Dates: Thurs 3 Aug to Sat 5 Aug (three performances)

Duration: 60 minutes

Bookings: www.hayestheatre.com.au

Prices: $49 full price

$44 for concession-card holders

About Queenie van de Zandt:

Queenie is well known for her incredible versatility as a performer having worked extensively in musical theatre, plays, cabaret, on television and film, and as a recording artist, comedienne and writer. She is considered to be one of the country's best musical theatre performers and Australia's leading teacher of audition technique for musical theatre, song performance and cabaret.

Her alter-ego, Jan Van De Stool, the madcap International Musical Therapist gathered a national cult following when she appeared on Australia's Got Talent in 2016.

Queenie has been nominated for 13 major awards for her work in musicals and cabaret, winning 3 times.

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