Melody Beck - Winner of the 2014 Your Theatrics International Cabaret Contest

Melody Beck won the final of the 2014 Your Theatrics International Cabaret Contest at the Basement in Sydney on January 17 with her tribute to Marni Nixon.

Melody has won prizes including the opportunity to present her solo show at The Noosa Long Weekend Festival, Slide Lounge Cabaret Festival, and the cabaret festivals of Adelaide, Melbourne, Ballarat, Queensland, and Tasmania respectively. All appearances include flights and accommodation for the artist and musical director. The winner also receives a website, headshots, and $1,000 cash courtesy of the Ron and Margaret Dobell Foundation. The Foundation will also provide flights and accommodation to the value of $3000, so that the winner can travel to the United States to present their show at the prestigious New York Musical Theatre Festival.

The talented Grand Final line-up also featured Melody's fellow Sydney heat winners Sarah Gaul, Brendan Hay, Monique Salle, and audience vote winner Ben Hudson, inaugural Adelaide heat winner Candy Chambers (aka Jamie Jewell), Brisbane winner Jessica Papst, Melbourne winner Jenny Wynter and wild-card Ivy Lucille, and Auckland winner Joanna Millett.

Photographer: Kurt Sneddon