Scottish performer, writer and social activist Alan Cumming has been appointed the Artistic Directorship for Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2021.

Renowned as a ‘Master of Cabaret’, Alan Cumming is the first-ever international Artistic Director in Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s history.

But Alan is no stranger to Adelaide, performing two sold-out shows of Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2017.

“I first came to Adelaide over thirty years ago and have always loved the welcome I’ve received there,” Alan says.

Alan has also won a Tony Award for Best Actor In A Musical for his role as the emcee in Broadway show Cabaret, which he has performed three times, and he says cabaret has always been important to him.

“Of course cabaret, with a big and small c, has always been very close to my heart! So to be asked to come and curate Adelaide Cabaret Festival after this missing year — to be able to bring together the most vibrant of the world’s cabaret performers — well, it doesn’t get much better!” he says.

Adelaide Cabaret Festival will feature a line-up of local and international artists at Adelaide Festival Centre 11 – 26 June 2021.