Kate Ceberano | Adelaide Festival 2022 review
While Ceberano’s hardcore fans lapped up a diverse set, a late change of venue had the cabaret crowd heading for the door.
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KATE CEBERANO
Adelaide Festival
Contemporary music
Lion Arts Factory
March 16
A wet-weather change of venue from the Summerhouse to the Lion Arts Factory made for an unexpectedly intimate performance, more sweaty pub than stylish club.
The hardcore fans, standing in front of the stage, lapped it up.
Ceberano took the audience on a tour of her large catalogue from the funk-punk Holy Word from – can you believe it – 1987 through to new tunes from the past year or so.
With a tight-as-a-drum band providing solid support, Ceberano showed her famous versatility in switching from her own music – songs like Brave (with brother Phil), All That I Want Is You and Hold On from 2021 – to the covers she’s made her own, like the Rice/Lloyd Webber I Don’t Know How To Love Him and Miles Gregory’s Love Don’t Live Here Anymore.
The charts ranged from rock through soft rock to ballads and jazz, not a bad achievement in just a dozen or so songs.
The audience didn’t need any encouragement to get into the action – hooray for dancing – on big hits like Pash and Bedroom Eyes.
The only downside to the concert was the venue, with no seats and deafeningly loud in the tight space of the Lion.
The demographic was Cabaret Festival, glittery jackets and all, and they were not standing for an hour for anyone.
Before the first note was even played (starting well late didn’t help) there was a steady stream towards the door. Yet the Festival Centre’s Dunstan Playhouse – adjacent to the original Summerhouse venue – was not being used on this night.
Perhaps Ceberano could have covered Can’t Control The Weather.
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