Michael Griffiths sings Peter Allen
Adelaide Fringe and Cabaret Festival favourite Michael Griffiths returns to the Garden with his 4 piece band to celebrate the timeless songbook of Peter Allen. Featuring all his classics like Tenterfield Saddler, Don't Cry Out Loud, I Go To Rio, I Still Call Australia Home and well as lesser known gems that serve as a testament to his underrated skills as a masterful songwriter. FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
"It’s the pleasure of witnessing a consummate yet self-aware show-off do his thing – unscripted, irrepressible, hilarious." Sydney Morning Herald
"Griffiths is obscenely talented" Broadway Baby (UK)
"The enthusiastic audience were treated to an hour of why Griffiths is one of our cabaret shining lights… a modern-day version of a real cabaret star." Adelaide Review Team
Presented by: Michael Griffiths
Michael has worked extensively in musical theatre and cabaret since graduating from WAAPA with a Bachelor in Musical Theatre in 1999. He won the Helpmann Award in 2016 for Best Cabaret Performer for his Cole Porter tribute and won Best Cabaret Adelaide Fringe in 2014. He was nominated for a Green Room Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2014 for his performance as Bob Crewe in Jersey Boys and Best Musical Direction (Cabaret) for Sweet Dreams: Songs By Annie Lennox and in 2022 for Bigger and Blacker with Steven Oliver. Michael also appeared in the original Australian casts of SHOUT!, WE WILL ROCK YOU! and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. His cabaret shows have been seen across the world including New York’s 54 Below, Londons’s Royal Albert Hall and Sydney’s Opera House.
Reviews & Fringe Feed Reacts
Griffiths is a consummate showman and has the audience in the palm of his hand. - Barry Hill, Stage Whispers
...highlights are Griffiths singing ‘Tenterfield Saddler’, with respectful understanding of the meaning of the song... - Shelley Hampton, Stage Whispers
Griffiths is a masterful raconteur and a master of the art of cabaret. - Peter Wilkins, Canberra Critics Circle
It’s the pleasure of witnessing a consummate yet self-aware show-off do his thing – unscripted, irrepressible, hilarious. - Kate Prendergast, Sydney Morning Herald