Cabaret is back for more this Autumn – bringing the very best in drag, burlesque, comedy and more to Wales Millennium Centre.
After just seven months, Cabaret has already become a firm fixture in Cardiff’s nightlife and cultural scene, serving emerging and eclectic talent like nowhere else in Wales. Tickets are on sale now for Autumn’s shows at wmc.org.uk/cabaret.
The queer TARDIS will return to Wales Millennium Centre in Gallifrey Cabaret, a night of cosmic drag and cabaret inspired by the iconic Doctor Who in the show’s 60th year. Fresh off his TV debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers, rising star Sam Morrison brings his Off Broadway hit comedy show Sugar Daddy across the pond.
The award-winning character comedian Tracey Collins – whose previous bingo shows as Audrey Heartburn and Elvis Lesley filled the room – is back for more bingo as Shell Suit Cher, and as one of two Dolly Partons for a Line Dancing Party with the Double Dollys.
00s pop icons will be reimagined for a night of live performance by The Alternative Cabaret, regulars at Penarth Pier. Aidan Sadler will punctuate synth-pop nostalgia with world-class standup in Tropicana, while Christine Bovill takes us back to the swinging sixties and the golden age of French song in Piaf to Pop.
After taking the Edinburgh Fringe by storm, Linus Karp returns with his chaotic show Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story, along with his acclaimed Cats The Musical-themed How To Live a Jellicle Life, and the Big, Stupid, Queer Comedy Quiz – which previously sold out in London and Manchester.
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star Charity Kase will thrill and chill while headlining a night of Horrible Drag! presented by Haus of Cymru, and there will be more drag delights as Crayola the Queen and the quick-witted Dragprov bring a taste of the London cabaret scene to Cardiff Bay.
Cardiff Cabaret Club will continue to titillate with monthly themed celebrations of burlesque. New drag king talent will be unleashed onto the Cabaret stage at Camp King: Draguation, while other local talents include shows by Hijinx’s inclusive band Vaguely Artistic and Wales’s first and only learning disabled drag troupe, House of Deviant.
Graeme Farrow, Wales Millennium Centre’s Artistic Director, said: “After a wild, provocative and fun opening season, I can’t wait to see the treats Cabaret is serving up this Autumn.
“So many people have found community and a home here as a safe space to be yourself, find yourself and lose yourself. There’s no better place to try something new.
“Everyone’s invited. Are you coming?”
Tickets for most shows have remained at £15, with discounts available on every performance for under 30s, students, those who are living with a disability, and the unwaged. See the full season information at www.wmc.org.uk/cabaret.
Listings
Cabaret, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL
wmc.org.uk/cabaret
Cardiff Cabaret Club: Freaks & Geeks Burlesque
Jamie Double, Lady Wildflower, FooFooLaBelle + more
7 + 8 September 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£18 / £15
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/freaks-and-geeks-burlesque
Believe in Bingo with Shell Suit Cher
9 September 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
16+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/believe-in-bingo-with-shell-suit-cher
Glitz: A Boylesque Show!
Tom Harlow, Mimi the Most, Joshua Hubbard + more
15 September 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/glitz-a-boylesque-show
RSVP Bhangra
16 September 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
14+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/rsvp-bhangra-night-2
Vaguely Artistic: Back to School!
23 September 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£10 / £7
15+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/vaguely-artistic-back-to-school
Drag Queen Wine Tasting
Vanity von Glow + Beth Brickenden
24 September 2023
3.30pm (doors 3pm)
£25 / £22
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/drag-queen-wine-tasting-3
Tropicana by Aidan Sadler
29 September 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/tropicana
Queerdos Camp King: Draguation
Justin Drag, Jordropper, Leonardo DiFlaprihoe
30 September 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/camp-king-draguation
The Alternative Cabaret: 00s Pop Queens
6 October 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
15+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/the-alternative-cabaret-00s-pop-queens
Caba-cray! With Crayola the Queen
7 October 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
15+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/caba-cray
Sam Morrison: Sugar Daddy
20 October 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/sam-morrison-sugar-daddy
Haus of Cymru presents… Horrible Drag!
Charity Kase, Fifi Fierce, Stella Vision + more
21 October 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/haus-of-cymru-presents-horrible-drag
Christine Bovill: Piaf to Pop
26 October 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
14+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/piaf-to-pop
Cardiff Cabaret Club: Halloween Burlesque Fantasy
Trixie Blue, Twisted Nymph, Leah Rose + more
27 + 28 October 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£18 / £15
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/halloween-burlesque-fantasy
Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story
3 November 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/diana-the-untold-and-untrue-story-2
How to Live a Jellicle Life: Life Lessons from the 2019 Hit Movie Musical ‘Cats’
4 November 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/how-to-live-a-jellicle-life
Big, Stupid, Queer Comedy Quiz
5 November 2023
3.30pm (doors 3pm)
£8 / £5
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/big-stupid-queer-comedy-quiz
Line Dancing Party with the Double Dollys
9 November 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
16+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/line-dancing-party-with-the-double-dollys
Gallifrey Cabaret
10 November 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/gallifrey-cabaret-2
House of Deviant After Dark: ‘Slay’ance
11 November 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£10 / £7
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/house
Dragprov
23 November 2023
8.30pm (doors 8pm)
£15 / £12
18+
https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2023/dragprov
Cardiff Cabaret Club: Winter Muffs
Mariposa Bop, Lilly SnatchDragon, Mark Anthony, Geeo Rose + more
24 + 25 November 2023
8pm
£18 / £15
18+