| cabaret HAVING HAILED FROM SOUTH AFRICA WHERE IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR A PERFORMER TO BE VERSATILE, AMRA-FAYE DEVELOPED HER SKILLS IN ALL GENRES OF PERFORMANCE. BESIDES MUSICAL THEATRE, SHE IS ALSO A RECORDING ARTIST, MASTER OF CEREMONIES, AND AN ACCOMPLISHED CABARET ARTIST. FROM 1994-1996 SHE PERFORMED AS SOLOIST IN THE CABARET DU CASINO IN MONTE CARLO, THEREAFTER RETURNING TO SOUTH AFRICA WHERE SHE WAS IN DEMAND AS A SOLO PERFORMER FOR TOP CORPORATE GALAS. IN 2000 SHE WROTE, AND PERFORMED ROUGE PULP (A BIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF HER JOURNEY FROM FARM TO FOOTLIGHTS!) WHICH ENJOYED A SELLOUT SEASON, AND PROMPTED HER TO WRITE DRINKS ON ME (PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY VERY BIG PRODUCTIONS- DURBAN) FOR WHICH SHE WON A VITA AWARD. ITS NOT WHERE I START FOLLOWED SOON AFTER. AS A CABARET ARTISTE AMRA-FAYE HAS INTERNATIONAL APPEAL HAVING SUNG IN 6 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. HER ONE WOMAN SHOWS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED AS SHARP-WITTED AND SOPHISTICATED INCORPORATING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SONGS OF KURT WEILL, CHARLES AZNAVOUR, FRED SILVER, NOEL COWARD, KANDER AND EBB, AND THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK. |