Cabaret

“… A wildly entertaining ride from start to finish, despite its darkly disturbing themes and similarities between its setting in Germany of the early 1930s as the Nazis rise to power and what’s going on in today’s world.

Artistic director Dennis Garnhum’s handling of this hit musical is a brilliant artistic achievement at every level, one that breathes new life into a show that’s been staged and toured by professional and amateur companies around the world for more than five decades.

More importantly, this is a production that never loses the focus on telling the story and its cautionary message.

To make it happen, Garnhum has transformed the McManus Stage into the seedy Kit Kat Klub cabaret. Long, narrow stages double as tables along walls and thrusting into the audience. It comes complete with a working bar for the 110 patrons the show can seat …” - Joe Belanger, The London Free Press. Apr 12 2019.

Featuring Issac Bell as Bobby; Tess Benger as Sally Bowles; Olivia Sinclair-Brisbane as Emcee; James Daly as Cliff; Phoebe Hu as Max; Lawrence Libor as Ernst; Joseph Matheson as Herr Scultz; Charlotte Moore as Fraulein Schneider; Margaret Thompson as Fraulein Kost; Directed by Dennis Garnhum; Music Direction by Wayne Gwillim; Choreography by Cameron Carver; Set and Costume by Alexandra Lord; Lights by Daniel Bennett; Sound by Paul Fujimoto-Phil; Stage Managed by Katerina Sokyrko; Apprentice Stage Managed by Anna Spencer - Grand Theatre, 2019