If part of the point of cabaret is to give insight into the person behind the roles on stage or screen, then Simon Burke’s Something About Always certainly ticks the box, and an immensely likable person emerges. The 70-minute show begins with footage from Fred Schepisi’s 1976 film The Devil’s Playground, in which Burke’s performance won him the AFI Best Actor Award at the ripe old age of 13 – the youngest ever winner. Thereafter he took us on a pleasure cruise through his varied career, from playing Carl-Magnus in a London production of A Little Night Music opposite Judi Dench to hosting Playschool.
