Cabaret

A musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions. It is based on John Van Druten's 1951 play I Am a Camera, which in turn was adapted from the 1939 short novel Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood. Set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power, it focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around the 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with the young American writer Cliff Bradshaw. First produced in South African by ** in **. Also by ArtsCape?? ** in 1995, directed by Marthinus Basson, featuring Anthea Thompson as Sally Bowles, Charl-John Lingenfelder, Paddy Canavan, Karin ven der Laag, June Wells.