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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2024 season. This season is now over.

Drag queen Jens Radda in a blonde wig and red organza boa looking into the distance.
Singing while sitting at a piano
Singing on stage in a red dress

Skank Sinatra

Cabaret • Drag
Victoria • SA Premiere

Stunningly raunchy, fiercely clever and outrageously hilarious Jens Radda (ABC TV) returns to Adelaide in his unmissable drag cabaret show. 

Fresh from award-winning and sell-out performances in Edinburgh, Sydney and Melbourne, Jens Radda is here to deliver soaring vocals, delicious piano, sharp humour and exceptional stage presence that will leave you gasping for air and crying with laughter.

Nominated for Best in Cabaret (Sydney Fringe) 'Skank Sinatra' is a "marvel to watch" (ArtsHub) and a "queer celebration" (The Age). 

"Beautiful and classy. Highly intelligent" Weekend Notes

"Had the audience erupting in laughter, applause and tears all night" The Plus Ones

“Simple, it was and shall remain an amazing experience” East Side FM

★★★★★ June Review

★★★★★ Out in Perth

★★★★ ArtsHub

https://www.outinperth.com/review-skank-sinatra-is-sassy-sexy-and-sensational/

 

Presented by: Jens Radda

Jens Radda is a singer, cabaret performer, drag artist and actor. He made his TV debut in ABC TV’s ‘All MY Friends Are Racist’ and recently filmed Seasons 2 and 3 of 'Single, Out' in the role of Memphis.

Jens has worked with Finucane & Smith in FUTURE.JOY.CLUB and their touring production ‘Dance Hall’. He has also regularly performed in Dolly Diamond’s Variety Shows in Melbourne and Edinburgh. Currently, Jens is touring his solo cabaret show Skank Sinatra, which was nominated for best Cabaret in Sydney.

Before moving to Australia in 2007, Jens Radda grew up in South Africa to a Danish and Afrikaans speaking family.

Jens is a graduate of WAAPA’s Musical Theatre course and has gone on to study Clowning with Philippe Gaulier in Paris and Vocal Technique at CVI in Copenhagen.

Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts

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  • Radda has an extraordinary presence and it was very difficult to look away. His command of body, voice and comic timing is a marvel to watch - Kate Mulqueen, ArtsHub

  • I was transported. Transfixed upon the performance, I truly loved it. Simple, it was and shall remain an amazing experience. - East Side FM

  • Radda goes beyond the stereotypical drag performer, as they are the accomplished cabaret star with the chops and smarts to entertain. - Kym Vaitiekus, Broadway World

  • Had the audience erupting in laughter, applause and tears all night. - Ember Mitchell, The Plus Ones

  • ‘Skank Sinatra’ is sassy, sexy and sensational - Terry Larder, Out In Perth

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