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This show belongs to the FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026 season. This season is now over.

Charlee Watt gazes to the side while holding a red coffee cup in a dimly lit wooden walled café. She wears a polka-dot headscarf and red bolero, evoking a vintage aesthetic.
Charlee Watt sits at a makeup station in black-and-white styling, wearing hair rollers and a patterned robe. She holds a teacup and saucer in front of a mirror, with vintage accessories.
Charlee Watt stands outside Boston Bean Coffee Co., joyfully pouring a stream of espresso martini mix into two martini glasses on a bench.
FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026

Charlee Watt: Caffeine Fiend - A Coffee Cabaret

How do you take your cabaret — smooth, strong, or slightly unhinged?
Caffeine Fiend is a coffee-fuelled, jazz-infused celebration of connection, comfort, and the small rituals that keep us grounded when the world goes off the rails. With a velvet voice and wicked wit, award-winning cabaret artist Charlee Watt serves up reimagined classics by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Nina Simone and more — all shaken, stirred, and poured with style. Blending vintage glamour with contemporary charm, this is a sultry, chaotic, and joyfully caffeinated ride through music, memory, and mayhem.

Sit down. Sip up. And stay for another round.

“Caffeine Fiend takes us to a jazzy cafe with sultry sounds and powerhouse vocals”
— Hayley Horton, Caffeine Fiend, Glam Adelaide, 30 May, 2025. ★★★★

Presented by: Charlee Watt

Charlee Watt is a magnetic, award-winning cabaret artist from Port Lincoln, South Australia. At just 20, she has already carved a name as an emerging performer in the cabaret scene, known for powerhouse vocals, inventive reinterpretations, and bold storytelling. Her acclaimed shows include Beating Up The Beatles—a high energy swing-infused reinvention of Fab Four classics—and Caffeine Fiend—a sultry coffee-charged cabaret that won the 2025 Cabaret Fringe Debut Award. With multiple 4- and 5-star reviews, Emerging Artist awards, and an Adelaide Critics Circle nod to her name, Charlee blends humour, stories, and genre-bending music to create unforgettable live performance experiences.
Cabaret & Variety • Musical Cabaret
South Australia • Western Australia Premiere
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: G
Family friendly: Yes
Audience Participation: Occasional

Presenter

Presented by: Charlee Watt

Charlee Watt is a magnetic, award-winning cabaret artist from Port Lincoln, South Australia. At just 20, she has already carved a name as an emerging performer in the cabaret scene, known for powerhouse vocals, inventive reinterpretations, and bold storytelling. Her acclaimed shows include Beating Up The Beatles—a high energy swing-infused reinvention of Fab Four classics—and Caffeine Fiend—a sultry coffee-charged cabaret that won the 2025 Cabaret Fringe Debut Award. With multiple 4- and 5-star reviews, Emerging Artist awards, and an Adelaide Critics Circle nod to her name, Charlee blends humour, stories, and genre-bending music to create unforgettable live performance experiences.