Kim Smith

Australian KIM SMITH is an award winning cabaret artist known for his Weimar-inspired cabarets that juxtapose authentic musical material with stylistic takes on more current popular tunes. His newest cabaret, Morphium (directed by Eric Michael Gillett) has performed at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, Café Sabarsky at the Neue Galerie, Don’t Tell Mama, and has also toured to The Butterfly Club (Melbourne, Australia). In 2008, Smith debuted his acclaimed cabaret, Johnny Come Lately (directed and produced by Karen Kohler) at New York's Don't Tell Mama, later transferring to The Duo Theatre at DMAC. In April 2009, Smith was presented with the Ira Eaker Bistro Award for Special Achievement from Back Stage Magazine as an outstanding performer on the rise (honoured alongside Broadway and Cabaret legends Liza Minnelli and Charles Aznavour), and was nominated for a MAC Award in the Outstanding Male Vocalist category. He is a recipient of the American Australian Association's Dame Joan Sutherland Award for aspiring artists, and is a member the Kabarett Kollektif, a troupe of New York-based artists dedicated to preserving the European cabaret tradition. Smith has headlined for Earl Dax's Weimar New York, Off the Cuff, and Tingel Tangel Club, as well as for Floating Kabarett at Galapagos Art Space, DUMBO. Other theatrical credits include Merrily We Roll Along (Charlie Kringas), The World Goes 'Round (Redroom Theatre), and the New York premiere of Jude, a new British musical after Hardy's Jude the Obscure (as Philotson). Mr. Smith studied in Australia at the Ballarat Arts Academy (BA, Music Theatre), and has worked extensively with the Walt Disney Company. He now resides in New York City.