Cabaret

ARC's 2007 production was Cabaret. Cabaret was ARC's 12th musical production and was a show that presented many challenges to the company. The show proved to be a smashing success for ARC with great audience response to the energetic cast.

Synopsis

As the Nazis begin their rise to power in Germany in the late 1920s, American writer Clifford Bradshaw visits Berlin. After making a few friends and finding housing, Clifford visits the sleazy Kit Kat Club and meets an English singer, Sally Bowles. The writer and singer soon fall in love. Meanwhile, Clifford's elderly landlord, Fraulein Schneider, gets engaged to a Jewish greengrocer, Herr Schultz - not an easy decision given the increasing influence of the Nazis. Soon, Clifford discovers that he has been inadvertently helping the Nazis by delivering packages to Paris for a German friend of his, Ernst Ludwig. Clifford ends up deciding to return to the United States but Sally, after aborting their baby, decides to remain in Berlin.

Cabaret is considered by many as an important piece of theatre due to its illustration of many issues and themes during the run-up to the coming of power of the Nazis under Adolf Hitler. The Show - based on the play I am a Camera (John van Druten) which was in turn based on the novel Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood) - has seen two revivals (1987 and 1998) and won numerous Tonys in its time. Cabaret ran for a total of 2377 performances before it closed in January 2004 and has since had numerous successful amateur productions.

Performance Season

	8 PM		Friday 6th July
	8 PM		Saturday 7th July
	8 PM		Thursday 12th July
	8 PM		Friday 13th July
	2 PM		Saturday 14th July
	8 PM		Saturday 14th July

Producers

	President		Stuart Ford
	Vice President		Nick Durbridge
	Treasurer		Vickie Zarifopoulos
	Secretary		Jessica Broadbent
	General		Jasmine Dare Shaila Figueiredo Emmalee Bell

Artistic Team

	Director		Brad Mathieson
	Assistant Director		Zoe Hallwright
	Musical Director		Daniel Heskett
	Choreographer		Tanya Mamo
	Assistant Choreographer		Drew Cippolone
	Production Team Manager		Andrew Jameson

Production Team

	Costume Manager		Elissa Hullah
	Costumes Assistant		Portia Chiminello
	Front of House Co-ordinator		Lisa Athens
	Graphic Designer		Stuart Ford
	Lighting Designer		Russell Allsop
	Lighting Assistants		Stuart Ford Shalia Figueiredo
	Make-up Designer		Morgan Brady
	Properties Manager		Portia Chiminello
	Publicist		Tracey Anderson
	Publicity Team Member		Hang Trinh
	Set Construction Manager		James Phillips
	Set Designer		Andrew Jameson
	Sound Manager		Marcello Lo Ricco
	Sound Assistant		Vickie Zarifopoulos
	Stage Manager		Gabrielle Brush
	Ticket Secretaries		Amelia van Lint Sara Lacey

Cast

Master of Ceremonies (Emcee)		Jeremy Taylor
Clifford Bradshaw		Mark Kearney
Fraulein Schneider		Becca Posterino
Herr Schultz		Luciano Parissi
Frauline Kost		Emmalee Bell
Sally Bowles		Jessica Rae Taylor
Ernst Ludwig		Nicholas Durbridge
KitKat Girls		Tracey Anderson Danielle Asciak Nicole Bartleson Angie Bedford Felicity Bender Sarah Calsina Portia Chiminello Rachel Collins Samantha Ellen Bound Gemma Foster Whitney Johnson Meaghan Kominiarski Diana Perini Stephanie Senior Sheri Todd
KitKat Boys		Julian Campobasso James Phillips Luis Rivera Shane Sanfilippo Mitchell Sanfilippo Adrian Ventura

Cabaret Imagery