The Cabaret Room

In our final show for 2013, special guest Rhys Morgan aka Spanky gives us the low-down on his upcoming gigs and working with the incredible Matthew Mitcham.

Producer Kylie Van Der Veer (pictured) tells about the 2014 tour of Broadway megastar Bernadette Peters. Bernadette's long-time voice coach, Adrienne Angel, will be conducting masterclasses in conjunction with Bernadette's tour.

Three of our favourite people on the show this week, the countertenor diva, Benny Dimas, one half of The Yummy Burlesque Hour, Sally Bourne, and JOY 94.9 royalty, Dolly Diamond.

Kip, Peter and new co-host Barney Reiter preview all the new musicals for 2014, and star of the upcoming The King and I, Adrian Li Donni pops in to sing us a Christmas song.

The Cabaret Room team celebrate JOY's 20th birthday with Dean Bryant, Michael Griffiths, Geoff Paine, Sam Ludeman, Virginia Gay, Aaron Joyner, Blake Bowden and Matthew Robinson.

Jessamae St James, Ashleigh Clarke and Janeen from Clarinda are all part of the Short & Sweet Cabaret Festival. Check out what they have to say about their upcoming performances.

Kip and Jo (Short & Sweet Cabaret Festival Director) chat to Nick Hedger (pictured), Robert Taylor, Neil Triffid and Fanny Bouffant and play a track by Ginger and Tonic. All acts are part of this year's Short & Sweet Cabaret Festival at Chapel off Chapel.

The director of the Short & Sweet Cabaret Festival, Jo O'Callaghan, joins us as co-host. Jo and Kip chat to Dirk Hoult the director of Ophrafication starring Rachel Dunham (pictured).

Opera singer Wendy Grose (pictured) tells us what one can expect from Wagner's Ring Cycle with all the boring bits taken out. Her show is called Perfect Timing.

Ruth Wilkin tells us all about her show True Story which she's performing at The Butterfly Club with accompanist Barney Reiter.