2007 – Cabaret | ARC Theatre

ARC’s 2007 production was Cabaret. The show marked ARC’s 15th production and 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

The performance season ran over two weeks and included 7 performances:

Friday 6th July at 8pm
Saturday 7th July at 8pm
Thursday 12th July at 8pm
Friday 13th July at 8pm
Saturday 14th July at 2pm (matinee) & 8pm

Cabaret was held at the Banyule Theatre, Buckingham Drive, Heidelberg.

Producers (ARC Committee)

	President		Stuart Ford
	Vice President		Nick Durbridge
	Treasurer		Vickie Zarifopoulos
	Secretary		Jessica Broadbent
	General Members		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