Cabaret

Gender is a Scam and I am Winning

An uplifting musical comedy playing with intersections between race, nationality, and gender.

Dates 18 - 22 Oct
Time 9:30pm, 8:30pm (55 minutes)
Venue Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store

$30.00

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Wheelchair Accessible

Josh Cake sits behind a piano with a goofy smile and arms raised in triumph. A pink and a blue balloon are floating from the piano either side of Josh. Josh is wearing a plain white T-shirt.

Past Event

Cabaret

Image Credit: Nick Robertson

Created and Performed by: Josh Cake
Produced by: Ivka Taylor-Moss

The best joke Josh ever told was during a terrorist attack in Paris in 2015. Josh will tell this joke, other jokes, and sing songs containing jokes.

Josh Cake (any pronouns) has external identities of brown, Australian, man. All of these are scams and Josh feels no internal connection to any of them.

However, Josh is in this game for the money and power.

Josh is sticking with Australian for the strong passport, sticking with man for the numerous benefits, and sticking with brown because that one is too hard to modify.

Josh will consider other options if offered a better deal.

"Josh Cake sets a new standard for cabaret" ★★★★★ – The Recruiting Officer
"A stunningly intelligent performer ... bold, absurd, and committed" ★★★★★ – Red Kangaroo
"A masterful display of meticulously timed hilarity" ★★★★★– The Bullock

joshcake.com

Duration: 55 minutes
Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible
Age suitability: M
Event warnings: Mild Coarse Language, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.
Content warnings: Violence, Emotional Abuse, Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women, Misogyny, Sexual References, War, Mental Health, Gender Dysphoria.

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store
Cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton, VIC, 3053

Wheelchair Access

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store is wheelchair accessible.

The entrance to the venue is on Lygon St. You can head up the front stairs and through the main doors, from there head right to get to the Loading Dock.
If you need step free access, there is lift at the front of the building and our team will be able to guide you from there to the Loading Dock.

Once you're in the Loading Dock you can head straight through to the Victoria Street Building where the Corner Store is on your right.

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Full: $30.00
Hump Day Discount: $22.50
Extra Applause: $40.00
Blak Tix: $20.00
Concession: $25.00
Group 6+: $25.00

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"a talented musician, strikingly handsome, and absurdly funny"

artsreview.com.au

"His exceptional stand-up routine was an evolution in the discourse surrounding these labels, filled with witty observations and tongue-in-cheek declarations that had the audience in fits of laughter."

bravobrisbane.com

Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date	Time	Venue
Wednesday, 18 October 2023 Hump Day	9:30pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store Hump Day	Past Event
Thursday, 19 October 2023	9:30pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store	Past Event
Friday, 20 October 2023	9:30pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store	Past Event
Saturday, 21 October 2023	9:30pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store	Past Event
Sunday, 22 October 2023	8:30pm	Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Corner Store	Past Event