Claire's pop up petit cabaret presents Queenie van de Zandt

3 course dinner and 2 twenty minute live sets

Get up close and a bit too personal with one of Australia’s most formidable musical theatre talents and queen of comedic cabaret; Queenie van de Zandt.

Share a night of hilarious anecdotes, beautiful songs and insightful observations with the woman who critics hail as a ‘vocal powerhouse’ (Herald Sun) with ‘awe-inspiring soul and emotion’ (Sydney Morning Herald) and who Paul Capsis calls  “one of our greatest vocalists” (Star Observer).

Queenie van de Zandt is one of Australia’s leading ladies of musical theatre and cabaret, renowned for her incredible versatility as a performer having worked extensively in musical theatre, plays, cabaret, on television and film, and as a recording artist, comedienne and writer, along with being Australia's leading teacher of audition technique for musicals. 

Career highlights include: on television - Very Small Business and Da Kath & Kim Code (ABC 1); in theatre - Women of Troy and Abigail’s Party; on film - the Aussie feature film Girl Clock; in musical theatre - Into the Woods, Funny Girl and King Kong: and in cabaret – Remember You’re the Magic Man and Smoke & Mirrors.

Through Amazon Woman Enterprises, Queenie develops and performs her original work. Highlights include: 2 albums, her award-winning show BLUE: The Song of Joni Mitchell (written with musical director, Max Lambert) and projects involving her cult alter-ego Jan van de Stool.

Queenie has been nominated for 18 major theatre awards for her work in musicals and cabaret, winning 6 times.