Reuben Kaye by Candlelight
Join multi award-winning Cabaret King, Reuben Kaye, for a night of queer, brash and fabulous cabaret, by Candlelight.
As night falls, Fed Square will light up with thousands of twinkling candles, and the light of one shining star for an intimate evening of live music. Back by popular demand, this year’s By Candlelight program features some of Australia’s most exciting original artists.
Bring a picnic blanket and rally your comedy and cabaret-loving friends to enjoy a very special evening of cabaret, featuring the fast and funny Reuben Kaye.
Musical arrangements and direction by Shanon D Whitelock.
This performance will be AUSLAN interpreted.
Content Note: May contain mature themes.
About Reuben Kaye
Reuben Kaye is what happens when you tell your children they can be anything.
Fast, on the edge, and brutally funny, Reuben Kaye is a multi-award-winning Australian comedian, singer, and writer lauded for being unapologetically loud, politically active, queer, brash, and fabulous. Reuben has taken the comedy world by storm, garnering millions of views across TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, and making guest appearances on Spicks and Specks (ABC), the Melbourne International Comedy Fest Galas (ABC), Celebrity Letters and Numbers (SBS), The Apprentice: You’re Fired with Tom Allen (BBC) and Kids React to Drag (Channel 4).
Winner of multiple Best Cabaret Awards, Reuben Kaye has cemented himself as one of the biggest names in the comedy and cabaret scenes.
Fresh from his sell-out festival season of The Kaye Hole, Reuben was hand-picked by Tina Arena and the 2023 Adelaide Cabaret Festival to premier his flashiest, funniest and most fearless endeavour yet – EnGORGEd, an all-new show backed by an 18-piece orchestra.
To continue the frenzy of festival successes, Reuben was invited to debut in Just For Laughs Montreal, to perform in WorldPride’s “Opera Up Late” at the Sydney Opera House, and then went on to sell out his blockbuster run in Edinburgh Comedy Festival. Meanwhile back in his homeland of Australia, Reuben yet again went viral, with his insightful commentary on LGTBQI+ rights on ABC’s Q+A being shared thousands of times.
Reuben’s unmissable live shows have sold out in Australia, London and Europe, gleefully proving that he is the much needed, Swarovski studded revolt against the ever-narrowing views of an increasingly conservative world.
“It’s hard to know what tears are for him, yourself, your friends or simply because you’re laughing so much that you’re using your spare face mask to wipe away snot.” – ★★★★★TimeOut
“Sad, poignant and beautifully delivered, this aspect showed what an incredible range Kaye has. Just when things verged on terrible bleakness, he’d pull everyone back with a side-splitting one liner.” – ★★★★★
Awards:
2022 Winner Best Production Green Room Award
2022 Winner Artiste Green Room Award
2022 Winner Musical Direction Green Room Award
2021 Winner Best Cabaret Adelaide Fringe
2021 Winner Best Cabaret and Variety Show Perth Fringe World
2021 Nominee Most Outstanding Show Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award
This event is in partnership with FEVER.
