Jimmy Barnes' show Working Class Boy won Best Cabaret Award at the 2016 Sydney Theatre Awards. Photo/file
Most people associate Australia's original working class boy, Jimmy Barnes, with the exceptional power of his voice.
He is in the city next week with a different kind of power, that of an emotional rawness some fans won't be familiar with.
He released his book Working Class Boy last year,
and the special live show he will perform is a companion piece to the first volume of his memoirs.
He bares his heart on stage through song and stories with a show that is funny, theatrical and transformative, according to reviewers.
The Daily Telegraph describes the show as "A powerful, deeply emotional and transformative production". It tells how his family escaped the poverty of Scotland, only to endure violence and abuse as an immigrant in the suburbs of Adelaide.
