Local talent needed for Tropical Art Deco Festival Roaring 20’s Basket Cabaret auditions

Maria Girgenti

AUDITIONS are open for Innisfail’s Tropical Art Deco Festival’s Roaring 20’s Basket Cabaret at the Innisfail Shire Hall on Friday, September 15.

Brisbane-based Western Standards Productions’ Melissa Western, the show’s creator and leading performer, will be in Innisfail on August 13 - 14 to audition local talent to appear in the Roaring 20’s Basket Cabaret.

The festival convenor, Kerry Linton, said, “This show has plenty of opportunities for community engagement and has been designed to incorporate and promote talented locals to make this an unforgettable event.”

VooVoo, a bubbly heiress in 1920s Innisfail, is turning 21 and throwing the party of the year to celebrate.

Performed by the multi-talented Melissa Western and her hot jazz band, The Roaring Twenties is an immersive cabaret-style production featuring an authentic ninety-twenties sound with an

Australian finish.

Register to audition in person or with a video submission if you have a secret or not-so-secret talent and would like to join the show.

It could be a comedy routine, song, dance act, spinning a yarn, party piece, or magic trick with old, young, solo and group performances welcomed.

For further information, please visit www.innisfailhistory.com.au/about-6 and click on the link to jotform or visit the Tropical Art Deco or Melissa Western Facebook page to register your interest.

Innisfail residents may remember Melissa’s fabulous ‘Ella, Etta, Eartha’ show and performance at Morning Melodies in 2022.

Tickets for the Roaring 20s Basket Cabaret are on sale now via Try Booking, on Innisfail and District Historical Society’s website or Tropical Art Deco Facebook page, where an event program for the September 1317 festival can also be downloaded.