Claire's petit cabaret presents MEREDITH O'REILLY

3 courses from our a la carte menu and a fourty minute set $125 p/p 

Meredith has been a professional entertainer for 40 years. In 2024, her 40th anniversary year, she has been excited to be touring Sydney, NSW and Victoria with Wendy Harmer and John Field’s new smash hit musical,The Grandparents Club.

She played Grandma Addams inThe Addams Family at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre. She was nominated for Helpmann & Green Room Awards for her role Hold Me-Touch Me in Mel Brooks’ The Producers ( Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane)and was nominated for a Glugs Award playing Sylvia St Croix in Ruthless, Sydney. 

In recent years she was in Opera Australia’s productions of My Fair Lady (directed by Dame Julie Andrews, u/study Mrs Higgins) &The Sound Of Music (u/study Frau Schmidt-which she played for 6 weeks in Sydney).

Other highlights include the first Aust/NZ tour of Les Miserables, Love Never Dies (directed by Simon Phillips & Graeme Murphy- u/study Mme Giry), Hello Dolly! (national tour), Chess (u/study Florence), The Rocky Horror Show (Magenta alternate). She appeared in Gypsy (directed by Nancye Hayes-Tessie Tura) and How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (Smitty), both in Melbourne. She played principal roles in the Australian productions Karaoke the Musical, Life Force and King Of The Air (in concert at City Recital Hall, Sydney).

She performs regularly with jazz pianist Peter Locke & trio; Big Band, Horns Plus and occasional guest appearances with the Dan Barnett Big Band. 

Meredith’s cabaret, Curtains, about her showbiz ups and downs was seen at Sydney’s Glen St Theatre, Q Theatre & The Bondi Cabaret Festival in 2019/20. In 2019-2023 Meredith performed 4 sold out cabarets at Sydney’s “Claire's Kitchen”.

She has appeared in TV dramas, commercials, corporate films and voiceovers. She's hosted radio shows & also narrated audio books for Vision Australia for 10 years.

Peter Locke is one of Australia's most highly respected jazz pianists, musical directors and accompanists. Based out of Sydney and the NSW South Coast, Peter is in high demand in many musical settings due to the impressive depth of the jazz tradition in his playing. Peter studied with and is a protege of piano master Chuck Yates. In addition to his own Peter Locke Trio, he performs regularly with Dan Barnett’s Big Band, Brad Child's Swing-Era Big Band, John Morrison's Swing City Big Band, Society Syncopators (Melb),  Andrew Dickeson's Blue Rhythm Band, Sh! Jazz Quartet (Bowral), the Mell-o-Tones and the New Wolverine Jazz Orchestra, and is often pianist of choice with Bob Henderson, Geoff Power, Adrian Cunningham, Bill Burton, Renato Marcon & Andrew Dickeson.  Peter was resident pianist in the late Bob Barnard's Quartet for the last ten years before Bob's retirement from the stage.

Peter regularly accompanies some of the country’s top jazz vocalists including Gregg Arthur, Wilma Reading, Monica Trapaga, Di Bird, Marilyn Mendez, George Washingmachine and the legendary Johnny Nicol to name a few.  Not forgetting the late, great Marie Wilson. Peter also receives warm praise for his tasteful trumpet and flugelhorn solos.

Few musicians move so seamlessly from interpretations of the works of Bix Beiderbecke and Duke Ellington to Be-Bop and beyond.

Some recent festival appearances include Thredbo Jazz, Melbourne International Jazz (with Gregg Arthur), Devonport Jazz, the Noosa Jazz Party, Manly Jazz (with Bob Barnard, Todd Hardy, Dan Barnett, and Gregg Arthur) plus Norfolk Island Jazz (with The Rockets).