About the Project
The Madeline Minx Cabaret: Still Not Domesticated
The Madeline Minx Cabaret is a sexy, funny, music-driven evening of storytelling, stand-up comedy, ambition, and unapologetic 90s pop nostalgia.
Madeline Minx sings, rants, jokes, and whines over her martini as she revisits a lifelong quest for pop stardom. Raised on MTV, power ballads, and the belief that girls were allowed to take up space, she traces her journey from making movies on VHS, to hosting her own kitchen talk show, to chaotic brushes with fame, including actual run-ins with Courtney Love that feel ripped from a VH1 fever dream. If Marty Supreme gets to be ambitious, she’s staying in the race.
Onstage, Noemi Zeigler summons her pop alter ego, Madeline Minx, and lets her confidence lead. The show lives in the tension between swagger and self-doubt, blending sharp stand-up, original songs, and iconic covers with bold storytelling. Noemi screens her own videos including documentary clips of her mother, who delivers hilariously blunt, deeply unimpressed commentary on her daughter’s creative choices. Big hooks meet big laughs. Curling irons singe while cordless phones deliver unsolicited opinions. The fantasy of fame refuses to be put out to pasture. Some horses were never meant to be domesticated.
There is playful audience interaction, including moments where the crowd is warmly encouraged to sing along.
Creator and performer Noemi Zeigler previously brought her acclaimed solo show You’ve Been Served to the Rogue Festival, the Winnipeg Fringe Festival, and the Edmonton Fringe Festival, and performed the show at The Marsh in San Francisco. The show was also featured on CBC Radio and in the Jewish Post & News.
You’ve Been Served earned strong praise for its writing, emotional range, and commanding stage presence. Award-winning playwright and performer Tim Mooney praised its “wild swings between outrage and vulnerability,” highlighting its “moments of hope and pure joy.” Jen Zoratti of the Winnipeg Free Press, called it “a well written show, full of perceptive, funny and sometimes heartbreaking details,” adding, "Zeigler can sing too.” Dramaturg David Ford places her in the tradition of great redhead comediennes like Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett.
The Madeline Minx Cabaret is wild, loose, funny, and fueled by pop hooks, sharp jokes, and the confidence that comes from letting the boldest version of yourself stay in the room.
If you’ve ever dreamed loudly, laughed hard, or refused to behave quietly just because time passed, saddle up. Madeline Minx is still running.
Learn More at madelineminx.com/
Production Team
