FESTIVAL OF VOICES: VOICEBOX CABARET SHOWCASE SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN

Following a successful launch in 2014, the Voicebox Cabaret Showcase (formerly Tasmanian Cabaret Festival) is back this July for Festival of Voices! The Festival of Voices launched its PETITARET Cabaret in 2014, an evening featuring fast and fresh ten minute performances by an extravagant range of talent from around the country followed by full length shows by some of Australia’s favourite cabaret artists, including Amelia Ryan, Melody Beck and Trevor Jones. This July, Festival of Voices in association with Allison Farrow & Dell’Arte Productions is thrilled to present again a Voicebox Cabaret Showcase (formally Tasmanian Cabaret Festival) featuring our successful PETITARET applicants and performances by invited artists. We hope to encourage more Tasmanian artists to participate on the national circuit and more interstate and overseas artists to perform in Tasmania. Held over two big nights (Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 July), the Festival is seeking ten-minute shows, a taste of talent to dazzle the audience.

Allison Farrow said: “Our 2014 event was enthusiastically received by audiences and performers alike, and we truly succeeded in unearthing talent from all over Australia, presenting some sensational Tasmanian artists as well as showcasing emerging and established cabaret artists from all over the nation. I can’t wait to share our 2015 program with Hobart audiences!” This is a development and networking opportunity for artists to progress their understanding of the form, test audiences, meet other practitioners and build their careers as cabaret performers. It presents the perfect opportunity for emerging performers with shows they believe have the potential to develop into full-length performances to be seen in a professional context. What we are looking for: We seek to present a diverse program and value original well-written concepts that have high entertainment value and are easy to promote. Shows that explore the cabaret genre and push the boundaries are encouraged; comic, 18+, tragic, jazz, folk or electronica, past, present and future, esoteric and highly visual, family friendly, circus-style or part-improvised…anything goes!

Please note: The Voicebox Cabaret Showcase and Petitaret are curated events and submission is an expression of interest only – not a guarantee of selection.

Submissions now open at: https://festivalofvoices.com/content/voicebox-petitaret-submissions

Submissions close 31 March, 2015.

This July, thousands of choristers will descend on Hobart, Tasmania to perform and participate in the 2015 Festival of Voices, Australia’s premier celebration of the human voice. Transforming Hobart into a Singing City, expect a magnificent 10-day program of performances, community events and – uniquely – workshops run by the artists.

In its eleventh year, the Festival welcomes individual singers, choirs and music lovers from across Australia, as Hobart is transformed into a Singing City.
Carmen Stephens, Fesitval of Voices