Monsieur Camembert's Leonard Cohen show

Ring the Bells: Triple ARIA Winners to perform their acclaimed Leonard Cohen Show at The State Theatre – on Leonard’s 90th birthday.

Camelot lounge & qirkz in the hunter proudly presents Monsieur Camembert's Leonard Cohen show.

With special guest singers Deborah Conway, Abby Dobson (Leonardo’s Bride), Lyn Bowtell (10x golden guitar winner), Timothy James Bowen, Luke Escombe, Stephanie Cherote, and… a 50-piece choir.

“Monsieur Camembert generates fresh perspectives on Cohen’s astonishing work and exposes deeper truths.” – SMH

After massive, critically acclaimed sold-out shows at Sydney’s City Recital Hall in 2017, 2018 & 2019, and the Sydney Opera House in 2020, Monsieur Camembert returns for the first time in 4yrs with its all-star, blockbuster show celebrating the life, music, poetry of iconic Canadian poet songwriter Leonard Cohen.

Drawing on material that spans 35 years, Monsieur Camembert's entirely original interpretations traverse styles rarely (if ever) associated with Cohen, including swing, jazz, tango, Latin, klezmer and more. Linking the songs with Cohen's remarkable poetry and prose, the show also features audio fragments of Cohen himself.

For 26 years, Sydney’s own 3x ARIA-award-winning band Monsieur Camembert has been performing and touring its joyful, wild and wonderful repertoire, playing capacity concert halls nationally and internationally, including headlining the International Leonard Cohen Festival in Canada.

The big-band line-up for this unmissable event will feature:

Yaron Hallis – vocals, guitar | Nick Hoorweg – double-bass | Eddie Bronson - saxes flute, accordion | Daniel Pliner –piano | Charlie Meadows – guitar |Cameron Reid – drums | Anatoli Torjinski – cello |Susie Bishop – violin, vocals | Victor Valdes – Mexican harp | George Doukas - Bouzouki | Bukhu – horsehair fiddle, Mongolian throat singing

“An uplifting tribute…Yaron Hallis’ singing brings joie de vivre to the originals. Monsieur Camembert does justice to the emotional, lyrical and melodic intent of the songs while adding a new dimension.” – Weekend Australian