variety artist

Variety artists are multi-disciplinary artists who master in at least two of the following disciplines: comedy, dance, singing, circus arts, object manipulation and illusionism. They perform solo or collectively, may appear in music variety shows, cabaret, musicals and other entertainment events. Their artistic performance is characterised by the blending of arts, styles and disciplines.

The most in-demand skills for this role include select music for performance, perform live, manage feedback, study roles from scripts, attend rehearsals, create an artistic performance. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives variety artist a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.