We've almost been doing cabaret through years of being maligned by the rest of the world.Part of that is the larrikin spirit I felt, given my audience, I'm uniquely positioned to juggle those two concepts, to be able to provide programming that intrigues and excites the existing audience, who are super worldly, who know what they like, who have seen everything, while at the same time bringing in new audience members, making the festival more accessible.Because I think some people perhaps have the view of the cabaret festival as, "oooh, a classy lady sings ballads, entertainment for people who have a beach house who are going to be adversely affected by the budget".For me, cabaret is a punk art form; it's inherently groundbreaking, rule-breaking, multidisciplinary, queer, tilted