Nikki Nouveau is an Australian-born singer, songwriter, performing artist and producer fluent in Greek, French and English. She is an avid storyteller whose passion is to inspire audiences through music, language and culture. She was a finalist at the Australian Women In Music Awards in the Live Creative Production category.
She has consistently toured with her own productions throughout Australia and internationally in a diverse performance career working alongside industry professionals and acclaimed musicians, dancers, aerialists, actors, magicians and technicians. Her musical style incorporates French chanson, jazz, tango, bossa nova, cabaret and contemporary music.
In 2026, Nikki unveils Siren’s Dream, her third studio release and a luminous new EP melding ambient pop textures with haunting vocals. Inspired by her deep connection to the sea and the natural world, the collection explores themes of longing, bittersweet romance, and the inner world of a solitary siren searching for profound human connection.
Nikki has featured at many festivals and events including Le Festival Brisbane, Le Festival Français de Geelong, Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Antipodes Greek Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Adelaide Fringe Festival. In 2025, Nikki toured with her international cabaret production Les Femmes de Paris to the Festival Off Avignon, France. Following her successful season of shows in Avignon, Nikki toured with her production to Paris in 2026 performing at Théâtre Montmartre Galabru.
Her long-running hit show No Regrets: The Edith Piaf Story, a musical biography of her French idol Edith Piaf, continues to draw great acclaim. Inspired by the success of the show, Nikki released her 2020 debut album No Regrets – Love and Piaf recorded in French and English. She is the first Australian to be officially appointed as an ambassador of Edith Piaf’s legacy, recognised by the Edith Piaf Association headquartered in Paris and Grasse, France.
Nikki’s one-woman production Kabaret Dietrich, an embodiment of the immortal memory of Marlene Dietrich delivered in German, French and English, premiered at the Melbourne Cabaret Festival. Theatre People described her performance as “the epitome of class and reinvention” in a 5-star review.
Her popular show Bordello Blues enjoyed a sold-out season of 5 shows at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, leading to the recording of her 2017 EP Bordello Blues.
