Creating a Cabaret with Aurélie Roque and Asabi Goodman

Host(s)

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  Aurélie Roque

  Aurélie studied Vocal Performance and Dance at the UMKC Conservatory before moving to Australia 10 years ago. However, her career in cabaret began at bar Natasha in Kansas City, under the tutelage of Missy Koonce & Anthony Edwards. There she created several cabarets: A CABARET AT LAST, TAKING ON THE MOUSE (I & II): which held the record for highest attendance for a cabaret, as well as her first one woman show, THE DOCTOR IS IN. Her most recent cabaret, RUBY SLIPPER CHRONICLES, tracking her real life adventures down a familiar yellow road after moving from Kansas to the ‘Land of AUS’, has enjoyed seasons in Brisbane, Gold Coast, & finally Adelaide at the 2019 Fringe Festival, where it received 4 & 5 star acclaim. In 2020, she started the Cabaret Creation series, a workshop designed to aid others in conceiving and showcasing their own cabaret ideas, and continues to direct cabarets today.
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  Asabi Goodman

  Asabi Goodman is an American-born Australian (Queensland) performer. Her experience extends from performing in a multitude of genres including classical, pop, jazz, blues, RnB, and musical theatre both here and in the US. Most recently, she was seen portraying ‘Matron Mamma Morton’ in the Australian touring production of CHICAGO (2023/ 2024). Prior, she appeared in the Australian touring production of HAIRSPRAY! (2022/2023) as ‘Motormouth Maybelle,’ and reprised the role in the US Broadway touring production (2023). Asabi also appeared in the critically acclaimed Baz Luhrmann film, ELVIS (2022). Asabi has performed with several Queensland based acts including The Soul Men: Blues Brothers Tribute Show, The Australian Pink Show, and RESPECT: The Show, a cabaret dedicated to the life of The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. No stranger to producing her own works, Asabi created the sold-out Brisbane shows, Two Divas: Jazz vs Opera (2022) with world-class Korean-Australian opera singer, Eva Kong, and Trois Femmes Puissantes or Three Powerful Women (2018), a jazz showcase featuring Brisbane singers, Grace Cockburn and Emily Louisa Rose. In 2014, Asabi received acting awards from the Queensland School of Film and Television for her lead role of ‘Nurse’ in the short film, WAITING IN VEIN, and the Norfolk Island Theatre Festival for her lead role of ‘Marlene’ in the one act play, SURPRISE. More recently, Asabi was nominated for a Queensland Matilda Award for her work in the play, THE REVOLUTIONISTS (2021) and a Victorian Green Room Award for HAIRSPRAY!. Up next, Asabi will be starring in the Australian premiere of the musical, MILF, with renowned drag personalities, Hannah Conda (RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under winner) and Jens Radda.Asabi was trained in the dramatic arts at the Australian Performing Arts Conservatory in Brisbane and is a proud member of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, serving as the Queensland Equity President since 2020.