Queensland Cabaret Festival 2017

Overview

What do Jane Austen, Kate Bush, Frank Sinatra, Joni Mitchell, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Allen and Alan Cumming all have in common? Stars of page, stage and screen, past and present, they're all represented in some shape or form at this year's Queensland Cabaret Festival.

Maybe a one-woman show full of promise and promiscuity gets you a-flutter? Perhaps a tribute to 'Wuthering Heights'-era Bush gets you singing? Or, maybe you're keen on watching seven great Brisbane songstresses bat their ol' blue eyes, crooning takes on plenty of other famous talents' output, or Cumming himself treading the boards live and in the flesh?

All of the above is on the bill — and, as proves the case with all of the best fests, that means that there's something for everyone on offer. Surfers Paradise housewives, sassy Aussie satire, a showcase of emerging talents and the Modern Māori Quartet are also on the lineup.