Ali McGregor - Variety

Ali McGregor's Variety-Nite
The cult cabaret show returns in a sparkly new venue. Let Ali McGregor take you into a world of vaudeville skits and fancy tricks. It's late, the bar is open and the scene is set for the festival's finest stand-up comedians, burlesque dancers, sideshow acts, musicians and acrobats to collide. Variety at it’s best.

Hosted by Ali and assisted by her butler Saxon McAlister (sideshow comedian Asher Treleaven) the night is littered with the unique interpretations of songs that Ali has become known for on such shows as ABC’s Spicks and Specks and Australia’s Favourite Album.

A hit last year in Melbourne and Edinburgh with guests like Adam Hills, Eddie Perfect, Tim Minchin, Danny Bhoy, Stephen K Amos, Sammy J, Imogen Kelly, Die Roten Puntke, Mikelangelo, Captain Frodo, Hi Ball Burlesque, Julia Zemiro and Hamish & Andy. Expect surprises, spontaneous duets and unique moments of greatness.

‘For anyone eager to check out a broad and rangy selection of the Comedy Festival's top cabaret, vaudeville and stand-up acts, this late-night variety special is the best-value show in town’ The Age, Melbourne

..’(Ali McGregor is) a luscious, doe-eyed, man-eater made of the finest Dresden china’ Sunday Times UK

Venue: Le Cascadeur,
Dates: 20th March – 13th April (Thursdays to Sundays only), Previews 20th – 21st March
Tickets: $ 25.00 Full, $20.00 Conc & Prieviews
Times: Thursday – Sunday 11.00pm
Bookings: Ticketmaster 1300 660 013, www.comedyfestival.com.au or at the door

Line-up Details (updated almost daily):

Thursday 20th March (preview) - Daliso Chaponda (stand-up - Malawi/UK) Imogen Kelly (Burlesque beauty), Geraldine Quinn (award winning cabaret)
Friday 21st March (preview) - Die Roten Puntke, Rima the itty-bitty Belly Dancer, Deborah Francis-White
Saturday 22nd March *OFFICIAL OPENING!- Maeve Higgins (Ireland) Marawa, Sammy J & Farlo, The Man with Tape on His Face (NZ)
Sunday 23rd March - Adam Hills, Magic Brian, Aurora Kurth & our Sunday night wild card entry - Johnno from Shepparton!

Thursday 27th March - Reginald D Hunter, Magic Brian (NY), The Man with Tape on His Face (NZ), Lili La Scala (Burlesque from luscious NZ)
Friday 28th March - Dave Smiedt, Birdmann, Ryan Stiles (UK), The Bedroom Philosopher
Saturday 29th March- David O'Doherty (IRE), Rima the itty-bitty Belly Dancer, Adam Rozenbachs, Kurt Braunohler (from Kristen Schaal's Hot Tub Variety show USA)
Sunday 30th March - Kent Valentine, Hannah Gadsby & Amelia Jane Hunter (Meat the Musical), Marawa (Queen of Hoops!) & our Sunday Night Wild Card entry - AOA (The Agents of Audacity)

Thursday 3rd April- Claire Hooper, Birdmann, Sammy J, Cockbagg
Friday 4th April - Andrew McClelland, Ruby Rubberlegs (from The Great Gondos), Penny Ashton (Hot Pink Bits)
Saturday 5th April - Phil Nichol (TBC) Rima the itty-bitty Belly Dancer, Dave Smiedt, Alison Bice & Celia Pacquola
Sunday 6th April - Sam Simmons, Gypsy Wood, Fez (from Polytoxic) & our Sunday Night Wild Card entry - Imaan Hidchati!

Thursday 10th April - Corrine Grant, Heath Franklin as Chopper reads fables, Marawa, Hannah Gadsby
Friday 11th April - Mark Watson, Kent Valentine, Wes Snelling & Benn Bennett (Golden Gibbo nominees from Black Bag), Imogen Kelly (burlesque beauty)
Saturday 12th April - Kurt Braunohler (from Kristen Schaal's Barry nominated show), The Great Gondos, Geraldine Quinn
Sunday 13th April - Adam Hills, Boy with Tape on his Face, Lili La Scala, Felicty Ward (from Chopper's Bingo) & Mario Queen of the Circus

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