Fringe review: Comfort Food Cabaret

Adelaide Fringe

Performer and foodie Michelle Pearson serves up a hearty blend of comfort food, storytelling and singing in a MasterChef meets Australian Idol Fringe show. ★★★★

Tuesday March 06, 2018 Comments

Comments Print article

Michelle Pearson performs in Comfort Food Cabaret. Photo: Supplied

“Not only will I serenade you but you’ll also get fed.”

Pearson’s opening remark is music to both my ears and rumbling stomach.

In a brightly-lit and slightly out-of-the-way community centre on Franklin Street, a group of about 30 people assemble for a dinner party like no other.

Pearson is our hostess and entertainer for the evening and, with the help of some volunteers, she will show us how to make three dishes inspired by her personal experiences of love, loss and family.

Along the way we are treated to some soulful singing and practical cooking tips. The mood is homely and laid-back, and Pearson’s powerful voice fills the room as she serenades us with hilarious originals and well-known covers.

Food-wise the meals are small but tasty, with each of the three courses accompanied by stories from Pearson’s life. A hatred of apricot chicken inspires the sweet/savoury entrée, followed by a family connection to Lebanon for the main. For the final course, Pearson shares an incredibly personal tribute, leaving us pondering the power of food and its connection to memory.

With an encore requested and dishes scraped clean, we leave Comfort Food Cabaret with full hearts. Pearson’s passion for the show is palpable and her team have done an excellent job at creating such a warm and inviting atmosphere away from the Fringe hubbub in the city’s East End.

For anyone looking to kill two birds with one stone, this is definitely the show for you. Quality entertainment plus delicious food makes it a dinner party to remember.

Comfort Food Cabaret is showing at The Joinery on Franklin Street until March 17. Read more InDaily Fringe reviews and stories here.

Make a comment View comment guidelines

Jump to next article

Support local arts journalism

Your support will help us continue the important work of InReview in publishing free professional journalism that celebrates, interrogates and amplifies arts and culture in South Australia.

Donate Here

Comments

Show comments

Will my comment be published? Read the guidelines.

. You are free to republish the text and graphics contained in this article online and in print, on the condition that you follow our republishing guidelines.

You must attribute the author and note prominently that the article was originally published by InReview. You must also inlude a link to InReview. Please note that images are not generally included in this creative commons licence as in most cases we are not the copyright owner. However, if the image has an InReview photographer credit or is marked as “supplied”, you are free to republish it with the appropriate credits.

We recommend you set the canonical link of this content to https://inreview.com.au/inreview/adelaide-fringe/2018/03/06/fringe-review-comfort-food-cabaret/ to insure that your SEO is not penalised.

<h1>Fringe review: Comfort Food Cabaret</h1>

Performer and foodie Michelle Pearson serves up a hearty blend of comfort food, storytelling and singing in a MasterChef meets Australian Idol Fringe show. ★★★★

																		<address><a href="https://inreview.com.au/contributors/stephanie-richards/" class="author">Stephanie Richards</a></address>
											
							“Not only will I serenade you but you’ll also get fed.”
Pearson’s opening remark is music to both my ears and rumbling stomach.
In a brightly-lit and slightly out-of-the-way community centre on Franklin Street, a group of about 30 people assemble for a dinner party like no other.
Pearson is our hostess and entertainer for the evening and, with the help of some volunteers, she will show us how to make three dishes inspired by her personal experiences of love, loss and family.
Along the way we are treated to some soulful singing and practical cooking tips. The mood is homely and laid-back, and Pearson’s powerful voice fills the room as she serenades us with hilarious originals and well-known covers.
Food-wise the meals are small but tasty, with each of the three courses accompanied by stories from Pearson’s life. A hatred of apricot chicken inspires the sweet/savoury entrée, followed by a family connection to Lebanon for the main. For the final course, Pearson shares an incredibly personal tribute, leaving us pondering the power of food and its connection to memory.
With an encore requested and dishes scraped clean, we leave Comfort Food Cabaret with full hearts. Pearson’s passion for the show is palpable and her team have done an excellent job at creating such a warm and inviting atmosphere away from the Fringe hubbub in the city’s East End.
For anyone looking to kill two birds with one stone, this is definitely the show for you. Quality entertainment plus delicious food makes it a dinner party to remember.
Comfort Food Cabaret is showing at The Joinery on Franklin Street until March 17. Read more InDaily Fringe reviews and stories here.
							This article is republished from <a href="https://inreview.com.au" target=_blank rel="canonical">InReview</a> under a Creative Commons licence. Read the <a href="https://inreview.com.au/inreview/adelaide-fringe/2018/03/06/fringe-review-comfort-food-cabaret/" target=_blank rel="canonical">original article</a>.
							<link href="https://inreview.com.au/inreview/adelaide-fringe/2018/03/06/fringe-review-comfort-food-cabaret/" rel="canonical">

<a href="https://inreview.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noopener">InReview</a> is an open access, non-profit arts and culture journalism project. Readers can <a href="https://artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2E9q0000008PVN/inreview-sa-20222023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support our work with a donation</a>. Subscribe to InReview’s free weekly newsletter <a href="https://inreview.com.au/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
							<img src="https://inreview.com.au/pixel2.png?cc_article=fringe-review-comfort-food-cabaret" width="1" height="1">

Copied to Clipboard