Ben Apfelbaum

BLANC DE BLANC ENCORE : CIRCUS CABARET EXTRAORDINAIRE

Sydney Opera House is promoting contemporary performance by daring young storytellers that is both bold and entertaining, Its most recent showcases included The Illusionists the Tony award winning In The Heights.  BLANC DE BLANC ENCORE now joins this modern milieu.

This brand news cabaret spectacle from Strut and Fret follows their productions of Blanc De Blanc 2016 and Cantina. 

A blend of Moulin Rouge french glamour, naughty humour, aerials, acrobatics and classic songs make the time spent at this cabaret circus fly by.

Scott Maidment, founding director of Strut and Fret said,’I wanted to push the music element even further in ENCORE and was looking for performers  who were an absolute triple-threat.’

This production includes choreographer Kevin Maher whose clients include Justin Bieber, Britany Spears, Jennifer Lope and Selena Gomez.

Set and lighting design is by Philip Gladwell whose productions included Magic Mike in London and Las Vegas and Very, Very Dark Matter.

Patrons are encouraged to wear vintage white with a dash of sparkle.

BLANC DE BLANC ENCORE is on until Saturday 9th March, 2019 at the Studio, Sydney Opera House.  The performance is recommended for ages 18+.

Pics by Ben Apfelbaum

Published by Ben Apfelbaum

My photography began when my father handed me the proverbial brownie box camera as a child. As cameras developed I went through Fujica and Olympus range finders graduating to my first single lens reflex camera, the Minolta SRT101, the latter being the greatest facilitator to my growth as a photographer. Digital photography has only added to this. I was a regular contributor to Camera Craft magazine (Australian Camera ) for over three years. During Australia’s Bicentennial year (1988) I made it a personal project to document the celebrations. This culminated in the creation of a book of my photos which was published in 1989. The book was called CELEBRATING AUSTRALIA and came with an accompanying calendar. My works have appeared in a number of publications including the coffee book entitled MY AUSTRALIA (1989), publisher Robertsbridge Severn. This book had a preface by the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke. I was a co-photographer on a book entitled SYDNEY- DISCOVER THE CITY with text written by Robert Treborland. Major Mitchell Press was the publisher. Also for two years I was the photographer for calendars celebrating Sydney’s multicultural communities. The two calendars were entitled MULTICULTURAL SYDNEY. My work appeared in a group exhibition held at Sydney’s Town Hall pertaining to the diversity of life in South America to raise money for orphanages there. I have over one hundred photos stored in the New South Wales State Library archive. I had a solo exhibition held in 2007 entitled Ben’s Lens at the Sydney Jewish Museum which celebrated the vibrancy of the Sydney Jewish community. Some of these photos are on the Museum’s permanent display. I have exhibited internationally firstly at the Spruill Gallery in Atlanta Georgia, united states, and in an exhibition entitled Kosher and Co at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Currently I am a regular contributor to J-Wire and this esteemed publication.