1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,159 Speaker 1: Lake Cabaret Festival is on as you know right now 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: in Adelaide, and one of the shows you can go 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: and see, The Parlor, which is on tomorrow and Saturday, 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: almost sold out, just a handful of tickets left. Victoria 5 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: Falcon is star of the show and she is here 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: in the studio with me. Victoria. 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 2: Good morning, Hello, good morning, And it's early for cabaret performers. 8 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: Let me tell Elena. 9 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: Eleven thirty it's still technically morning, just on time. You know, 10 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,200 Speaker 2: I made it, I made it very good. 11 00:00:29,240 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: Now tell us a little bit about the show. What 12 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: can people see? What, what can they expect? 13 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,880 Speaker 2: So The Parlor is Adelaide Cabrea Festival's late night show 14 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,639 Speaker 2: for this weekend, and there are a series of these 15 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 2: late night shows that happen after you've gone to see gorgeous, 16 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 2: gorgeous creatures that are here over the whole weekend. We 17 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,920 Speaker 2: kick open our doors at about ten o'clock thikes of 18 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 2: about ten fifteen. So if you're already out, you should 19 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,480 Speaker 2: join us because this is where the real stuff happens 20 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,640 Speaker 2: and it is, trust me, going to be hilarious chaos. 21 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: You've got a late night voice, Victoria, I can. 22 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: Tell already I've cultivated it specifically. 23 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:09,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, it sounds like I can imagine the cigar in 24 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 1: a smoky room there's somebody drinking a scotch. 25 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 2: Honestly, I mean I'm more of a Martini dirty much 26 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 2: chaking gale than a scotch. But I can see a scotch. 27 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 2: I can see that. Yeah. 28 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 1: So okay, late late nights, the sort of music OBB is. 29 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 2: So we're living in the Cabreat world, right, you know. 30 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 2: So people who have seen me before at the Cabreat Festival, 31 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 2: it was maybe two years ago doing a show that 32 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,760 Speaker 2: I got the beautiful frank Ford commission for that was 33 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 2: vallely Myyers. That was very experimental and fun. You might 34 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 2: have seen me doing Smashed at Adelaide Fringe, the brunch 35 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:44,399 Speaker 2: party in the garden, which is lots of fun disco, 36 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: up tempo stuff, lots of drag, lots of circus. This 37 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 2: is definitely sitting in more of a cabaret vibe. So 38 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: we've got a full live band, it's going full jazz, 39 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,840 Speaker 2: it's going covers, it's going a little bit of unexpected stuff, 40 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 2: a lot of comedy and a lot of fun, and 41 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 2: all of my guest acts just immaculate, absolutely immaculate. 42 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 1: Fitting all that in, you know, transitioning between the comedy 43 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: to the songs and back. I mean that's a little 44 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: bit of mental agility, isn't it to be able to 45 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: do that? 46 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 2: I mean, this is why I love the Dirty martinezrites 47 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:16,639 Speaker 2: a little bit, just a little bit. But yeah, that's 48 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: what cabaret is about. And that's why I love being 49 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 2: asked to host this kind of thing, is that you 50 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 2: really get the full gamut of what the Cabareat Festival 51 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 2: is serving up for you this year. 52 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: It's pretty good, isn't it The fact that this is 53 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,079 Speaker 1: on in Adelaide, it's here and people come from all 54 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,639 Speaker 1: over the country, all over the world world. Yeah. 55 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. When I was living in London, like this was 56 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 2: the festival to come and play. If you're a cabaret performer, absolutely, 57 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 2: it doesn't matter if you are living in the UK, 58 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 2: if you're living in the US, if you're living wherever, 59 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 2: Like this is what my Maria so good. It's been 60 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 2: cultivated over years by people who have had like curators 61 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 2: and artistic directors who have had such a great hand 62 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,400 Speaker 2: in being able to kind of not only curate to 63 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: their own specific tastes, so you know, every year it 64 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:03,120 Speaker 2: feels little different. And this year with the magnificent Virginia 65 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 2: Gay at the Helm, you know that you're getting something 66 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 2: that is exciting, alluring, a little bit queer, a little 67 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,839 Speaker 2: bit sexy, a little bit of everything actually. But over 68 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 2: the years, I think the people have come to trust 69 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 2: Adelaid Cabaret Festival for being at the top of its 70 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: game every year and I'm just glad to be part 71 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: of it. 72 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: Is it in your wheelhouse one day to direct the 73 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: festival like this? 74 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,520 Speaker 2: Ooh, I love that you said it, but I mean, 75 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 2: from your mouth to the ears of the cabaret gods. 76 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,399 Speaker 2: It is on my dream list of jobs. So let's 77 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: see how we go. And I'm currently artistic director at 78 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 2: the Hayes in Sydney, so we also focus on musical 79 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: theater and cabaret, so we're definitely very related. 80 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: What's the history of the Hayes. 81 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,960 Speaker 2: At the Hayes, it's a theater that has been open 82 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 2: for ten years. It's our ten year anniversary this year. 83 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 2: Actually started by a group of enterprising independent producers who 84 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 2: all were dedicated to putting on incredible works of that 85 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 2: fuse music and storytelling. So absolutely across cabaret, musical theater, 86 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 2: some bits of opera, bits of lots of different stuff 87 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: as well. But for the last two years I've been 88 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 2: the co artistic director alongside Richard Carroll, and we're working 89 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 2: steadily to make sure that we keep up holding the 90 00:04:18,480 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 2: gorgeous work that happens on our stages, new musicals, new 91 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,359 Speaker 2: cabaret works, as well as stuff that people already know 92 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 2: and love that have been remade for our theater, but 93 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,840 Speaker 2: also making some pretty beautiful partnerships, one of which is 94 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 2: with the Adelaide Cabaret Festival because they're so close to 95 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 2: my heart, and so we're going to announce a little 96 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,480 Speaker 2: cute something together at the show as well. So exclusive 97 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 2: Wow that will happen on one of the nights this 98 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:47,400 Speaker 2: week at the Parlor. 99 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 1: So I imagine then if you're directing that that would 100 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 1: be And it's not a once a month type thing, 101 00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: is it. 102 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: It's all your twenty four seven, twenty four to seven, 103 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 2: even though I don't like getting up before ten am, 104 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 2: it is to take up. Honestly, I know, I don't 105 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 2: know how you do it, but yeah, there's always glorious 106 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 2: stuff going on, and so it's just lovely to know 107 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 2: that when this comes around, when Adelaide Cabrett comes around, 108 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 2: that we've got so many beautiful friends that are in 109 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: the country to join us. 110 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: Victoria, you also mentor people. I understand you lead a 111 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,840 Speaker 1: mentorship program empowering young artists around the country. 112 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's focused on artists of color. So the people 113 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 2: of cabaret kicked off in twenty twenty during the pandemic, 114 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 2: and that was actually when I moved back here to Adelaide. 115 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 2: A lot of the work mentoring work we did was 116 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 2: of course on Zoom because it was nationwide, and cabaret 117 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 2: artists are often very independent, like often solo or duo, 118 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 2: and because the scene is not necessarily quite as structured 119 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,679 Speaker 2: as say theater musicals, you know, even the music scene, 120 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 2: people need to be advocated for or to learn how 121 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: to advocate for themselves, as well as being kind of 122 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 2: mentored and helped along down the creative path a little way. 123 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 2: So I've been a cabaret performer for oh my god, 124 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:12,679 Speaker 2: I'm mean like since twenty and eleven, let's not count. 125 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: So you're only thirteen, Oh. 126 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 2: Yes, very very young. You're very very young. Of you, 127 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. But because you know, and I 128 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 2: learned from cabaret performers before me. I wouldn't have got 129 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 2: it in ahead and to the places that I did 130 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 2: without people helping me along the way. So part of 131 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 2: this mentorship is really just doing the same thing but 132 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 2: in a more structured way, so that you know, if 133 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 2: paths have been trodden, then you know, gates can be open, 134 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 2: doors can be opened, pipelines can be made. That's that's 135 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 2: kind of where we're working from. 136 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: Okay, apart from maybe directing something like Adelaide Cabaret in 137 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: the future. There it is again, what's on the bucket list? View? 138 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: Where do you see yourself going? You know, ten twenty years, 139 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: he's still going to be doing this? Is that I hope. 140 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: So cabaret is one of those genres, you know, where 141 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: honestly you can keep going until the very and that 142 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,000 Speaker 2: is kind of what I plan on doing. My voice 143 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 2: is already halfway there, you know, So I hope. I 144 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 2: hope that I can stay on stage. And my favorite 145 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 2: thing is collaboration and putting together shows with other people. 146 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 2: So as long as there are people out there willing 147 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,840 Speaker 2: to collaborate with me, then I think I'll just keep 148 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 2: on going. And people love silly, fun, sexy stuff, so 149 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: you know, as long as people want to be entertained, 150 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 2: I'll be on the stage. 151 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: Fantastic. Well, all power to you in that regard, Victoria. 152 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: Great meeting you today, Thank you, Victoria Falconer. The Parlor 153 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: is the name of the show. It's some at the 154 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: banquet Room banquet Room, Adelaide Festival Center tomorrow night and 155 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:41,560 Speaker 1: Saturday night, ten fifteen, so make sure you get some tickets. 156 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 1: Almost sold out. Victoria falcon A. Great meeting you, Thank you, 157 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: thank you so much.