The Tony award winning Broadway hit Cabaret is coming to Malta this Spring at Teatru Manoel in a visually stunning production with powerful performances by an acclaimed cast of performers and backed by a live 16-piece orchestra!

This new production will be directed by Lucienne Camilleri, with the musical direction by Ryan Paul Abela.

The production will also have costumes designed by Stefania Grech Vella.

The 1966 musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and book by Joe Masteroff, is based on the 1951 John Van Druten play I Am A Camera which was adapted from Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 semi-autobiographical novel Goodbye Berlin.

Set in Berlin during the inter-war period and the twilight of the Jazz age as the Nazis are ascending to power, the musical is set in the hedonistic night life at the seedy Kit Kat Klub.

It revolves around American writer Clifford Bradshaw's relations with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles.

Juxtaposing the horror of pre-war Berlin with the glamourous world of live cabaret, the musical offers an escape for both the characters on the stage and audience members alike.

Overseeing the action is the Kit Kat Club Emcee, and the club itself serves as a metaphor for ominous political developments in late Weimar Germany.

Starring Sean Borg as the Emcee and Maxine Aquilina as Sally Bowles, two roles most notably performed by Joel Grey and Hollywood legend Liza Minelli in the 1972 film adaptation of the musical, the spectacle is bound to be one to remember.

Other notable cast members include Isabel Warrington as Fraulein Schneider, Stephen Oliver as Herr Schultz, and Jason Scerri as Clifford Bradshaw.

“Cabaret is one of the most fascinating stage pieces conceived in the 1960s”, says director Lucienne Camilleri.

“It remains a show that speaks to our world in a new millennium more now than at any time since it first opened, as evidenced by the smash hit Broadway revival. It's time to present it again here in Malta!”, she continued.

“Cabaret is a prolific musical filled with catchy tunes and touches on relevant subjects that are still being discussed till this day. It’s a fun and enticing musical that will leave the audience wanting more”, the musical director, Ryan Paul Abela added.

Cabaret runs from the 10th to the 19th of May at Teatru Manoel. Admission is 12+ and tickets are on sale via the Teatru Manoel website or by calling the Box Office at (+356) 21246389.