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Mowgli's new dance

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6 Welcome to the Jungle Jan Mikaela Villanueva on reimagining Mowgli

10 Into the Blue Hamilton star Callan Purcell dives into a coming-of-age story

24 Meet the Boss Felicity Ward’s Fringe return and managing The Office

Comedy

27 Thomas Green Restless energy; instant rapport

Theatre

34 Helios

A modern Greek myth that shines bright

Music

41 27 Club

A gig that soaks every note with infectious passion

Circus

49 LIMBO – The Return Surrealism, acrobatics and mesmerising soundscapes

60 Map and Listings Find shows hour-by-hour

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Photo: Camilla Greenwell

Jan Mikaela Villanueva and cast

Welcome to the Jungle

Dancer Jan Mikaela Villanueva discusses taking on the role of Mowgli in the 21st century Words: Kyron Weetra

The Akram Khan Company’s re-imagining of Kipling’s The Jungle Book seeks to strip the old-world lens of colonisation from the source and instead focuses on the chaos of climate change through the experiences of Mowgli. Mowgli is stranded and trapped by the circumstances of the chaotic ecosystem that humans have deformed and finds herself making friends with the animals that have overtaken the infrastructure of the city, which has been ravaged by extreme weather. For Jan Mikaela Villanueva, who plays Mowgli, there has always been a strong call to arms when it comes to raising awareness about the state of the environment. “I was always a big advocate around climate change. I did a lot of research for essays about how humanitarian action impacts the environment. That was when I was 10 years old and now, 14 years later, it actually felt like destiny to be able to join Jungle Book reimagined. It’s such a responsibility and a privilege to carry this important message to the world.”

It is an important message of care, empathy and action; of reflection and responsibility. A message of connection and custodianship to planet Earth. A message that should be heard by everyone. As Villanueva explains, “This show is intentionally family-friendly because it’s important for all minds to see this, the younger generation of course but the older generation too. It’s important to remember what our ancestors shared with us. We live in such a fast-paced society we can sometimes forget who we once were and sometimes

that’s actually where the answers lie. You can think you know so much about a culture but there’s always more to know. I think it’s so important to keep all cultures alive for this reason. Like in the Philippines, we look to new things but always with a sturdy foundation of cultural tradition.”

As we touch on the vein of legacy, it’s interesting to note that Akram Khan, the artistic visionary at the helm of the dance company, also played Mowgli as a 10-year-old boy growing up in India. History reflects itself again and he imparted advice to Villanueva about inhabiting the character that the two have had the serendipity of sharing. “I specifically remember Akram telling me to tap into my inner child,” Villanueva says. “The child that has no limits and no possibilities and just be open to everything. Not a touch of doubt, anger or sadness. Feeling the fragility of a young child being exposed to all this heavy stuff. He stressed the importance of the role too – all the characters are important but Mowgli is a vital connection point between the show and the audience. She is a very intentional character and has to be in order to make that connection stick.”

The idea of the macro becomes too heavy to hold onto so we start delving into the more personal aspects of performing and the nature of being tasked with portraying the intensive journey that Mowgli finds herself in. “As the only human in the piece, Mowgli is extremely empathetic and as the performer, I end the show quite drained due to the wide

emotional spectrum that Mowgli engages with. Being able to interact with all the different characters and personalities on stage is quite amazing. That’s something special for me: I get to see everyone’s character journey unfolding on stage. We also swap around a bit so today I ended up playing the part of a wolf when required. Being able to spread the message while going through a completely different anatomical structure is fascinating and rewarding for me.”

“Mowgli is a vital connection point between the show and the audience”

From feelings in the moment to a reflective view on the devising process, Villanueva also speaks of the meticulous and collaborative calibration process of immersive mixed-media performances. “With the impact of Covid, Akram decided he wanted to merge different mediums to create the set and the props in order to travel light,” she says. “This time it

was animation, text and sound. It’s the first time I’ve worked so heavily with animation through such a huge projection. It took about three to four weeks in a black box theatre just micro-adjusting all of the sounds, lighting and animation to line up together. The scale of the animation and getting used to reacting to the sheer size of it took a while but it makes for a fantastic effect.”

This production boasts a bevy of unique aspects to explore – from the cavalcade of characters portrayed to the re-interpretation of an old classic. From the many mediums utilised to the wide demographic it’s aimed at. The piece is potent and in an age of bland re-makes, it is nice to see something reimagined and deftly re-engineered with immense knowledge of the source material.

“We come from all over the world in the Akram Khan Company and it’s so magical that we get to share this story to different cultures in different landscapes.”

Kaurna Yerta eagerly awaits the sharing.

SHOW Jungle Book reimagined

VENUE: Adelaide Festival Centre

TIME: Until 16 March

Photo: Camilla Greenwell

Jan Mikaela Villanueva as Mowgli

Into the Blue

Words: Talara McHugh

Wiradjuri man and Hamilton star Callan Purcell discusses love, loss and self-discovery

Stephen Wilson Barker

Fresh off its hit premiere season at Belvoir St Theatre, Thomas Weatherall’s play Blue dives deep into the beauty, joy and pain of growing up. It’s the first written by the Balnaves Fellow and Kamilaroi man, exploring the struggles of love and loss through protagonist Mark on his journey of self-discovery. After leaving home, Mark begins writing letters to his mother, also a writer, to maintain their connection; until he receives a letter with news that is too devastating to bear.

Wiradjuri man Callan Purcell takes the lead as Mark in the monologue which promises a “hearty laugh, a good cry and some good courage to call a loved one.”

“I’ve left the rehearsal room each day feeling inspired”

“Blue transcends just entertainment and cracks open questions and taboos in young people’s minds,” Purcell says. “All too often we hear the same perspectives and narratives on stage… Mark’s voice brings light to the urgent and relentless mental health struggles that young people face. He doesn’t shy away from telling the truth. It means the world to be able to tell the truth.”

For Purcell, Blue will be the first one-person show he has performed in. But the Newcastle-born actor is more than ready to step into the role, previously held by Weatherall.

“There’s a freshness to this remount. It’s new terrain because the show has never been performed in a conventional proscenium theatre. It’s a newly built set, some minor new staging and the first time to have it performed by someone else other than Thomas. I’m eager to see what life it takes on beyond the Belvoir stage.

“I’ve never done a one-person show before, so with your body as your instrument, you have to be in peak physical condition. I’m just beginning to understand what my body needs in order to get through a run. The real test is when we hit previews and go through it eight or so times a week.

“I’m also still waiting for my scene partner – the audience. My character Mark is using direct address a lot of the time and so that alchemy of listening and exchange of energy won’t really come into play until we’re in previews. So there’s been a lot of imagining and speculating how it’ll go down but who knows?

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Oh, also sliding into the pool each night is going to be fun.”

Despite being a story told by one person on stage, Purcell says bringing the story to life was a true team effort. “It’s been a solid team of four and I’m the newbie. Our director Deb Brown has brought an integrity and sensitivity to the room while our associate Dom has been a wealth of knowledge inside the work. Steph, our stage manager, has welcomed me with open arms into the process and for that I’m so grateful.

“We met together downstairs at Belvoir last Monday and we were running the show by Friday. There has been a quiet confidence among us all preparing the show for Adelaide. I’ve left the rehearsal room each day feeling inspired.”

Without revealing too much, the best part of the show is seeing Mark’s growth as he finds his feet amid the chaos, says Purcell.

“There’s this sequence where we see Mark put everything he’s learned into practice. He stands on the precipice of joy and taking action at times, but when he dives in, it’s such a pay-off. It crescendos into this visual feast by David Bergman and it’s as if Mark’s world grows out of the stage onto the audience.”

Reflecting on his portrayal of Aaron Burr in the smash-hit musical Hamilton, Purcell notes how he took the stage in front of the show’s acclaimed creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, describing the experience as a dream come true.

“It’s a career-defining opportunity that took me around the world; meeting with cast members from the West End, Broadway and German productions. It is unreal to be on the show and step into a role that is now so iconic in the music theatre canon. I was pinching myself a lot of the time; checking if it wasn’t a dream.”

When it comes to Indigenous representation within the arts, Purcell explains that it needs to “be the norm, not a novelty.”

“That expectation expands to all heritages and experiences. We need rehearsal rooms to reflect our communities – not just individuals who look the same, live the same, think the same. That’s not theatre, that’s some stupid, secret club. Furthermore it’s to break down how these rooms are run so producers and directors aren’t thrusting people into spaces they don’t feel they belong.”

As for what’s next for the rising star, the future remains uncertain but whatever it brings will be good, he promises.

“I don’t plan things beyond breakfast most days. Though I know for certain, wherever in the world it is, whoever it’s with… it’s going to be good.”

SHOW Blue

VENUE: Scott Theatre, The University of Adelaide

TIME: Until 16 March

Photo: Stephen Wilson Barker

Sacred Art

The Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art returns with an abundance of imaginative contemporary artists

Words: Harvey Dimond

Featuring new works by 24 artists and poets, including Vivienne Shark LeWitt, Christopher Bassi, Teelah George and many more, the Biennial captures a striking and hopeful image of contemporary Australia. The Biennial, now in its 18th iteration, is this year curated by José Da Silva, the current director of UNSW Galleries in Sydney and a former curator at the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.

The title of this year’s Biennial is Inner Sanctum, acknowledging the multiple internal and external, private and sacred, physical and psychological spaces that humans create, occupy and navigate. Many of the artists exhibiting this year explore Australasian and Pacific spiritual and cultural traditions through artistic practice, across centuries of movement, dispersal and exchange. As audiences experience the works of these 24 artists at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Da Silva instructs us to “think of imagination as a place of refuge and sanctuary”.

“Think of imagination as a place of refuge and sanctuary”

José Da Silva

Kaye Brown draws on the longstanding visual languages of the Tiwi Islands to create works celebrating the connection between land, lineage and ceremonial practices, demonstrating the collective approach of Tiwi people to making and storytelling. Her

artworks reference the knowledge of the wulimawi (old people) through ancestral modes of minga (body markings) and contemporary forms of yirrinkiripwoja (body painting), which represents a spiritual attachment to ancestral beings. Her use of tightly clustered dots are reminiscent of the body-painting styles used to prepare for ceremony and dance and are made using the pwoja or kayimwagakimi (carved ironwood comb).

Ali Cobby Eckermann uses writing to imagine a pre-colonial refuge that allows space for healing and re-connection with oneself and with the earth. For Inner Sanctum, Eckermann has created a visual representation of her 2023 work She is the Earth, which consists of 90 lyric poems set in the liminal spaces between the earth and the sky. The artist will produce a series of images in response to her poems, based off an archive of negatives from the period of her life when she was reconnected with her mother.

Meanwhile, Ruha Fifita draws on a range of global textile techniques in her installations, including ngatu (a form of painted bark-cloth tapestry from Tonga) and Welsh pattern-making techniques and symbols. Fifita’s work is

very much a unification of the various cultural and spiritual influences in her life, including her Tongan and Welsh ancestry and her Bahá'í faith. She explains that throughout the Pacific region, “there is not a separate word for art. It is often associated with how we generate knowledge or hold on to knowledge and share it”. The techniques for creating and painting ngatu are passed down generation to generation, becoming akin to heirlooms.

Like Fifita, Marikit Santiago also draws on themes of lineage and spirituality. Santiago works with her immediate family as her subject, and often creates works in collaboration with her children. Her collaged works, that incorporate a plethora of painting and mark making techniques, include multiple

scenes filled with family figures in various natural landscapes. Santiago uses recycled cardboard as a base for her works, which specifically references Balikbayan boxes, which global Filipino migrant communities send back to their families in the Philippines. In Sa Simula (In the Beginning), her work for the Biennial, Santiago recasts her family members as ancient Tagalog gods and goddesses alongside references to Greek and Roman mythology, as well as symbolism relating to the Indigenous creation myth of Bathala.

SHOW Inner Sanctum

VENUE: Art Gallery of South Australia

TIME: until 2 June

Image: courtesy of Adelaide Festival

Heather B. Swann, Place for Sea Dreamers, 2022, painted forged steel 200 x 600 x 90 cm, Collaboration with Nonda Katsalidis for the 2022 Setouchi Triennale

Unearthing Truths

After her appearance at Writers’ Week, Melissa Lucashenko discusses her pièce de résistance, Edenglassie, a courageous novel that balances history with humour, loss with love and racism with resilience

Words: Edwina Sleigh

Melissa Lucashenko

Photo: Glenn Hunt

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In her latest book, Edenglassie, Melissa Lucashenko writes “that nothing is as powerful as the right story, at the right time.” Supposedly we consume stories for their capacity to entertain rather than their capacity to wield power. But Lucashenko seems to know better – her last novel, Too Much Lip, won the Miles Franklin Literary Award in 2019. What is it though that makes her stories so powerful? What makes Edenglassie the right story, and this the right time to tell it?

Perhaps it’s love. Edenglassie has been categorised by some as a romance novel. Yet, Lucashenko doesn’t consider herself a romantic: “I seem to have been given this label,” she says over the phone on a seasonably cool Friday afternoon, “and I don’t object to it – I just don’t think of myself that way.” It seems lazy to reduce her latest work – the one she’s most proud of – down to a romance novel. But what does romance really mean anyway? Perhaps, like many of her other books, this is a love letter to all the voices who were never heard, and the lives that were never lived.

Edenglasie is set in Meanjin/Brisbane between the 1800s and 2024 and there’s a surprising amount of re-learning and re-calibrating to do given that it’s inherently a work of fiction. And perhaps this, in essence, is why it’s such a revolutionary book. Because aside from the humour, the romance, and the historical underpinnings, there’s a lot to take from this radical, heartbreaking, and funny fictionalisation of Australia’s past, while securing a hopeful glimpse into an alternate future.

One thing we can be certain of is that the great ironies which have long lay idle in our histories are being dredged up now with a cheeky and humorous flair. Edenglassie opens in a sterile Meanjin hospital with Yagara elder Granny Eddy worrying someone will take the dirt out from under her fingernails. “There’s a really strong unconscious association in the west with dirt, and poverty, and stupidity,” Lucashenko says. As a proud working class writer, she recalls growing up in a household where everyone came home covered in dirt. She’s also a proud Bundjalung woman, which carries a completely different set of connotations: “There’s a distinction between what earth means to Indigenous people, and what

dirt implies to other people.” The polarising value of dirt between cultures and classes taps into an inherited ignorance from those who seldom remember that without it, we’d have nothing to eat. More than that though, the earth is what physically connects us to everything else. A recurring message throughout Lucashenko’s writing is one of connectivity and inclusivity, both essential to Aboriginal Law, and each form the backbone of the novel.

“There’s a distinction between what earth means to Indigenous people, and what dirt implies to other people”

The concept of inclusivity in particular is simultaneously the most humorous and the most ironic part of Edenglassie, which in turn makes it the saddest too. Towards the end, Dr Johnny (a man who has recently uncovered his own Murri heritage) says “...Aboriginal culture’s different to coloniser cultures. We bring outsiders in and assimilate them, always have, and always will. Because everything in Country needs to have its place or it gets right outta whack.” The irony of colonisers being included into a culture that was decimated by the spread of that very colony seems unimaginable to many of us. But that’s the point, isn’t it?

Or maybe the point is more simple than that, maybe it’s about hope and resilience. “I think we need to be in a world where resilience isn’t as necessary,” Lucashenko says just before she hangs up. “Malcolm Fraser said life wasn’t meant to be easy, which is the polar opposite of the Indigenous perspective. Why wasn’t life meant to be easy?” A question which is rather hard to answer. And if you don’t have the answers, it probably means it’s a good time to start listening.

Edenglassie, out now, University of Queensland Press Writers’ Week continues at the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden until 7 March

Citizens of the World

Airan Berg on fostering community and change in the face of the climate crisis

Words: Bill Frame

Floods and fires are ever-present aspects of life that we all have our own experiences of but they are feared to become even more regular as our planet faces the reality of climate change. Floods of Fire is a two-day festival within a festival, that explores our complex relationships with these diametrically opposed yet intrinsically linked concepts of water and flame.

The event is conceived and directed by Airan Berg, a theatre-maker with experience in creating large scale, multi-disciplinary participatory projects. These projects engage the local community and encourage as many people as possible to witness and become a part of them. “You’re not only dealing with artists and scientists, but we also work with a lot of citizens,” says Berg. “So, when we work together we’re all actual artists – we just bring different experiences into the process.”

“Working together is such a beautiful thing”

There are many ways in which locals are getting involved. “When I do these big participatory projects I try to create as many doors as possible for people to be able to enter and feel welcome, and at the same time to feel a little bit outside of their comfort zone because that is when you start to create change,” Berg says. “I believe that everybody is talented but also that we all display talent differently, and that is why it is important to create this

interdisciplinary platform. If I want to dance, I want to dance. If I feel I can express myself in writing, I can write and contribute that way.”

Floods of Fire will provide festival-goers with three different experiences. Our Voices, Our Dreams is a free event that will take over the University of Adelaide campus. Throughout, the campus will be a myriad of interventions responding to the festival’s themes. Berg explains how these interventions are going to be “from people of all walks of life, all ages”. This will demonstrate how, when it comes to climate change, “we’re all going to be working together towards one goal”.

Photo: Enzo Frisini

Electric Fields

Following Our Voices, Our Dreams will be the celebrated Citizens’ Orchestra, which first debuted at the 2023 Adelaide Festival opening. This is an orchestra comprised entirely of, as the name implies, local citizens. Berg was initially hoping they may have an orchestra of 50 people; it has since ballooned in size to over 400 individuals, including those who have no musical experience and those who have played their entire lives, ranging in ages from five to 95. The music of the orchestra is developed with the people in a collective and participatory manner.

Finally, Our Celebration is a concert that serves as the culmination of both Floods of Fire and this year’s Adelaide Festival as a whole. Berg says that this will be “a genuine Australian orchestra” incorporating instruments from a wide range of cultures in order “to acknowledge the multicultural dimension of contemporary Australian society.”

Across the whole weekend, the themes of contributing and collaborating are present through every facet of the festivities. Berg underlines how it is very important “that people learn that they have a voice and that they understand that they all have good ideas and their ideas matter.” Floods of Fire has “scientists working with dancers and people from

the arts and students.” We all have different talents, we all learn from each other, and when facing something such as climate change it is these unexpected alliances that will make a significant difference. “Working together is such a beautiful thing,” Berg notes. “Sharing, collaborating – it is [a] truly human thing.”

The end of the Adelaide Festival will not be the end of the discussion, says Berg. “We may be closing the festival but we can say that this is the beginning of the next phase of Floods of Fire.” He hopes that both individuals and institutions involved with the festival will ponder “how are we going to take that energy of Floods of Fire and take it further?”

SHOW Our Voices, Our Dreams

VENUE: The University of Adelaide

TIME: 16 March

SHOW Our Citizens’ Orchestra

VENUE: The University of Adelaide

TIME: 16 March

SHOW Our Celebration with Electric Fields & the ASO Festival Theatre

VENUE: Adelaide Festival Centre

TIME: 17 March

Photo: Andrew Beveridge Citizens' Orchestra

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Curiouser and Curiouser

Fest samples a handful of venues as part of Hendrick’s Gin’s Curious Gin Trail, using the illustrated map on their Cucumber Cooling Towel

Words: Laura Desmond

It’s a warm day. You’re in the city and you have time to kill before making your way to a few shows in the evening. What better way to explore Adelaide’s bars and discover the complexity of Hendrick’s Gin than their Curious Gin Trail?

Hendrick’s Gin have partnered with seven cocktail bars and challenged them to create a cocktail using one of their assorted gins. Grab a Cucumber Cooling Towel with the purchase of your first venue’s signature Hendrick’s Gin cocktail – and make sure to get it chilled by the bar team so it’s ice cold for your adventure around Adelaide.

We at Fest start our journey in Peel Street at Malt & Juniper with a refreshing spritz. The team here keep the gin simple, using the Original Hendrick’s Gin, but add complexity in the form of burnt honey, a faux ferment, apple cider vinegar and cucumber and thyme infusions. Fresh mint in the ice-laden glass along with a luxurious furled cucumber result in an incredibly refreshing start of the Trail with strong mead vibes.

Is it a wall? Is it a door? Even better, it’s Adelaide’s answer to a speakeasy – Maybe Mae. The seats are plush, the bar is stacked and the gin is floral. Maybe Mae take Hendrick’s Flora Adora and turn it into the most luscious baby pink classic sour with fresh lemon juice and a delicate basil syrup (with no egg whites in sight).

The result is tart with notes of rosewater –like a delectable liquified Turkish delight.

Hains and Co take it tropical and keep their nautical theme with Siren’s Song. Featuring the Neptunia gin, the team pair the gin’s coastal floral notes with orgeat syrup, fresh lemon and the herbaceous Auvert Liqueur made here in Adelaide at Imperial Measures Distilling. Orgeat syrup is a key ingredient of many tiki cocktails. Made using almonds and orange, the syrup creates a velvety mouthfeel.

The Curious Gin Trail Cooling Towel

Image: courtesy of Hendrick's Gin

In the world of cocktails, these three mixed drinks include a moderate percentage of non-alcoholic syrups and additions. Our next two destinations take the Curious Gin Trail to the next level with stir down cocktails using almost entirely alcoholic elements – proceed with caution.

Memphis Slim’s House of Blues lives in the grungy basement of Shotgun Willie’s. The crew at Memphis have created their own ‘green distillate’ – infusing snap peas, mint and cucumber with a neutral high-proof spirit to pair with the Original Hendrick’s Gin. Watermelon rind is introduced to Seppeltsfield fino for a sharp, salty element. To round it off, clarified watermelon provides a hint of sweetness. Although full of flavours, this short drink is balanced and clean.

In the east, among the ferns and palm trees of Roxie’s Garden we meet Flora Adora again, this time in a serious concoction including vermouth, the French aperitif Suze, Chartreuse and a strawberry and coconut vinegar. By and large, Chartreuse can be a divisive drink, but this is a tipple that might convince you of its value. The floral notes in Hendrick’s Flora Adora smooth the liqueur over and blend with the strawberry and coconut in a strong but delicious, neat little drink.

Honourable mentions go to two other participating venues – Proof (Anster Street) and The Howling Owl (East End). Don’t miss the latter’s bright pink liquid work of art, the Snapdragon: a wonderfully refreshing mix of Hendrick’s Flora Adora, fresh lime juice, dragonfruit syrup, juiced ginger, Fire Tincture bitters, soda, and cucumber and basil. Proof’s signature Trail cocktail is the Fair Weather: a mix of Original Hendrick’s Gin, coriander-infused dry fino, ginger beer, fresh lemon & cucumber juice.

The beautiful thing about the Curious Gin Trail is there is no time limit and no rush. Hunt down one or two of these ‘tails in a day and round out your evening at Club Curious within Gluttony. Don’t forget your Cooling Cucumber Towel, as that is your ticket for entry every Tuesday to Saturday night!

Please enjoy the unusual responsibly. Full details on venues and cocktails can be found at shop-hendricks.com/au/HendricksCuriousGinTrail

Hains & Co's cocktail Siren's Song

Photo: Jon Wah 23 Advertising Feature

Meet the Boss

Stand-up Felicity Ward on returning to Adelaide and landing the lead role in The Office

Words: Ben Venables

This is your first tour in five years. With a show titled I’m Exhausting we assume you haven’t been resting for all that time – what can audiences expect?

Oh, I’ve spent plenty of time on my arse, don’t you worry about that. But let me tell you what audiences are not gonna get: a message, a storyline, a heartfelt moment, a guide to being mentally well, a casserole recipe. All I’m interested in is making people laugh until they weep. Or wet themselves. A soiled seat is the biggest compliment I could get. Having said that, someone dislocated their jaw in one of my shows once. And while I was sympathetic, I was absolutely delighted.

You’ve had a lot of success at the Edinburgh Fringe over the years, are you looking forward to returning to Adelaide Fringe and how do the two compare?

I would say the biggest difference between the two festivals is that in Adelaide I can wash my hair in my hotel room and it will be dry by the time I’ve walked to the Garden of Unearthly Delights. In Edinburgh, I wash my hair in my hotel room and it will be dry by the time I get back to London a month later and even then it will smell like wet dog. I love Edinburgh, but Adelaide is a carnie festival in a park. What’s not to love?

How was supporting Maria Bamford on tour?

It was like being an elf and welcoming Santa Claus to stage every night. A dream come true. She’s my idol.

You’ve spoken about anxiety in past shows and in your 2014 documentary Felicity’s Mental Mission. Have you noticed a change in audience reactions on the subject of mental health compared to earlier in your career? Oh completely. Number one, everyone talks about it now on stage. No one winces, or is worried if a comic talks about their mental illness. When I did it felt tense, and I had to relax the audience with jokes. And I also want to recognise that Maria Bamford and Ruby Wax and Luisa Omielan were all talking about it before me. I talk about anti-depressants and post-natal depression a little bit now (I’ve graduated from my Generalised Anxiety Disorder lol).

Congratulations on landing the lead role in The Office! The UK and American versions of the sitcom are strikingly different in tone: David Brent is an egotistical prat, whereas Michael Scott is more childlike. How would you describe your character Hannah Howard and is the new sitcom distinctively Australian? I would describe her as an absolute chump.

Which is the best variation of dickhead to play. As for whether the show is distinctively Australian, well you’ll just have to watch and see (I think I’m contractually obliged to keep my mouth shut about it until it comes out).

How is the new show reflecting changes to office life in a world still reeling from the pandemic?

To answer a question you haven’t asked, yes I did carry a bluetooth speaker in my handbag on set so between takes I could pump music for everyone to hear. The thing about being the lead in the show is I wasn’t sure if people were genuinely enjoying me dancing and singing and being an idiot, or if they just didn’t want to say anything to bring me down. MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO ME!

And finally, how is your inner-critic or, as you sometimes call her, Beryl?

As always she’s as loud as I am sad. I’ll say this, when I get to Adelaide Fringe, I’ll barely hear her at all.

SHOW Felicity Ward: I’m Exhausting

VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights

TIME: until 17 March

Image: courtesy of the Garden of Unearthly Delights

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7:30PM SATURDAY 23 MARCH 2024

ADELAIDE HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE

7:30PM SUNDAY 24 MARCH 2024

TANUNDA BAROSSA ARTS CENTRE

Photo: Jiksaw

Comedy Reviews

THOMAS GREEN: TANGENT HHHHH

VENUE: The Howling Owl

TIME: until 16 March

It’s ironic that a highly improvised show starts with a busted microphone stand, but for Thomas Green, it’s the perfect unintentional start to his latest show, TANGENT. Green, who was recently diagnosed with ADHD, allows the audience to dictate where the show goes based on a series of prompts pinned up on the wall. Having written more than an hour of material for the show, the ‘choose-yourown-adventure’ approach

means that no two shows are ever the same. Through no fault of his own, Green’s show starts off disjointed; after the microphone stand is repaired, hecklers yelling out the names of Port Adelaide players from the 90s and hecklers heckling each other plague the first fifteen minutes of “the most Adelaide show ever”.

Despite these interruptions (and an eventual ejection), Green holds the audience’s attention with casual chats with members of the crowd and some truly hilarious facial expressions. Shows where the audience has sway over

proceedings can always be a landmine, but the nature of TANGENT means it works –and works very well. Green effortlessly tells stories about pissing off priests at funerals, punching walls in his sleep, being jealous of schoolmates’ dinners and pranking the sons of Premier League footballers as a schoolteacher. The fact that there is no connecting tissue between stories is what makes the show work, with Green able to use his restless energy and instant rapport with the audience to deliver a highly memorable show. ✏︎ Allan Riley

Is She Hot? HHHHH

VENUE: The Majestic

TIME: until 10 March

It’s maybe bad form to quote another review in a review, but the poster for Jodie Sloan’s Adelaide debut features the line “scandalously relatable”, and it’s a mostly accurate appraisal. Through a mix of charming ukulele ditties and a slideshow presentation, Sloan fills Is She Hot? with reflections on her

youth in Canada, her sex life and her internet fame. And they are indeed often relatable, or salacious, but all hilarious and smartly observed.

Any one of those areas could be rich seams to mine but she never dwells overlong – the show is deftly structured, intelligently written and emotionally candid. Able to spin comedy out of both her own genuine pre-teen diary entries, and the unexpected TikTok notoriety that ensued from a particularly bizarre push notification sent to millions of users, Sloan appears at once

confident and down-to-earth. An enviable balance many seasoned performers would hope for, and one Sloan strikes seemingly without effort.

There’s a little of Kimya Dawson to the songs, though very much with her own flair: just the right mix of sweetness, frankness and everyday-ness, entirely justifying her dizzying social media numbers. The transition from the vertical screen to the festival stage trips up many a promising young star, but –it’s clear tonight – not Jodie Sloan. ✏︎ George Sully

Image: courtesy Adelaide Fringe

Amos Gill: Going Down Swinging HHHHH

VENUE: Gluttony

TIME: until 17 March

The current cost of living crisis might not be a laughing matter for many people, but for Amos Gill, it forms the crux of his latest stand-up special, Going Down Swinging Framed around his attempts to sink as many beers as he can on an Air Canada flight

to Australia, Gill’s latest show combines fin-dom tax collectors, acknowledging genocide before drag shows and insightful observations about Australians using racism as a coping mechanism for hating each other. Gill presents his latest show as “one really long story” and uses his quest to overturn a one-beer-per-flight cap as scaffolding for stories on lying to get a Croatian passport and the “babushka doll of intolerance” that is Australian society. He describes downloading airline terms and conditions to find out how many beers he’s allowed to drink as fighting for his country and

tackles what exactly bravery means in today’s world, as well as what would happen should Australia ever be invaded.

At its best, the show is electric, with Gill using his knowledge as an Adelaide local, his confident stage presence and witty observations to bring the house down. While the idea behind the non-linear approach to storytelling is an interesting one, the execution can come across as a bit muddled at times. While the style of comedy may not be for everyone, Gill has delivered a show that pushes boundaries and will not leave audiences bored. ✏︎ Allan Riley

Photo: Jim Lee Photo

MOTORBOAT HHHHH

VENUE: various venues TIME: until 10 March

Taking on the persona of part boat, part woman, and full clown, solo performer Melissa McGlensey stars as an unusual protagonist in MOTORBOAT. This story follows the comedic journey of the titular vessel and her desire to leave the dreaded dock behind. Through physical and

verbal comedy, McGlensey effortlessly displays the varied and exaggerated emotions of the motorboat, bringing the character to life with humorous flair. While performing this bizarre role, McGlensey is endlessly charismatic and energetic, able to bounce off audience interactions with speed and wit.

While the show is first and foremost an act of clownery and always remains light, MOTORBOAT also speaks to our own desires of breaking free from the restraints that hold us back and exploring that which lies beyond our

normal lives. A few of the jokes overstay their welcome and begin to drag, with a sometimes simple punchline being repeated too often in too little time. However, there are many more jokes that know just the right time to end for maximum effect, only to be referenced again later in a clever callback when least expected.

MOTORBOAT is a unique, comedic premise that is elevated by a delightfully silly performance. While every moment may not land perfectly, the sheer light-hearted joy of the show makes it so easy to dive right on in. ✏︎

Bill Frame

Image: courtesy Adelaide Fringe

Ollie Horn: Comedy for Toxic People

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VENUE: The Austral Hotel

TIME: until 16 March

Who is this show really for?

Ollie Horn’s return to Adelaide is billed as a show for toxic people, and so naturally his on-stage persona is suitably toxic. He is judgemental, self-involved and prone to overt virtue-signalling. But are we not sufficiently toxic if we’re not enjoying it?

The UK comic is frequently confrontational – so much so that the wispy narrative throughline he attempts to follow (something about relationships?) is constantly, systematically derailed by his own crowd-work. Few audience members are safe from his twitchy, reactive commentary; he flirts with and belittles almost everyone with scant regard for the show’s momentum.

Perhaps that’s the point, but it frustrates more than it entertains. It’s one thing to be performatively controversial, it’s another to wield it to comedic ends successfully. There is a well observed char-

acter at play here – Horn is demonstrably a gifted comic, with wit and confidence aplenty. And many comedians weaponise problematic traits in the ways he is trying to do, but with more incisive commentary underpinning the smarm, and better pay-offs than simply being mean and horny.

He claims the show is an experiment, to make us feel like we’re in a relationship with a toxic narcissist. In a way, that’s right on the money; Horn seems more interested in making us feel uncomfortable for his own sake than rewarding our time with a cohesive act. ✏︎ George Sully

Image: courtesy of the artist

From Russia With Lana HHHHH

VENUE: High Spirits Bar

TIME: until 15 March

Svetlana’s sharp blonde wig and tight leather pants fit the bill of a Russian bride well and Lana is all too aware of what she’s gained by selling herself to a westerner.

Although satirical in its nature, From Russia With Lana seems to lack the quick wit and scathing scrutiny of its content to be successful. Perhaps a more thorough understanding of Russian history as an audience member would be beneficial.

There is a recurring lilt to her stories which is quite classic for comedians earlier in their careers and although Maroussia Vladi herself is trained in theatre and clown, Svetlana as a character comes across monotonous, almost bored of the stories she’s telling.

It’s hard to tell whether this is a decision made to create Lana as a character or if it is a lack of Vladi’s own stand-up experience. If a character defining choice, then Lana seems one-dimensional. It is hard

to warm to her as the harsh, ambitious Russian just trying to get ahead in life.

Ultimately it feels as though Vladi has genuine history and generational trauma to

explore within her work, but the cold over-characterisation alienates the audience and makes empathy and understanding difficult to find. ✏︎ Laura Desmond

Image: courtesy of the artist

Theatre Reviews

Helios HHHHH

VENUE: The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum

TIME: until 17 March

The ancient Greek tale of the sun god Helios is playfully brought into the contemporary world by writer and sole performer Alexander Wright. This transformation is tonguein-cheek, with Helios no longer being a God, but instead a mere pilot, and his golden chariot becoming a Ford Mercury, yet these changes

create a relatability through his son Phaeton wherein anyone could see a part of themselves in him.

Helios is an intimate storytelling experience reminiscent of a well told campfire tale, with the chirping cicadas replaced with a cinematic score and the crackling fire switched for the gentle glow of several lightbulbs carefully placed throughout the centre of the theatre space.

Wright’s energy is infectious and varied, being able to impressively capture the nuances of a teenage boy’s

psyche, while the intelligent audience interaction immerses all present into the world of this coming-of-age story as volunteers play small roles in Phaeton’s tale, with conversations bouncing between themselves and Wright.

Through the character of Phaeton, Helios provides a chance to reflect on the world around us; both in terms of how the events we experience shape who we are, but just as vitally the way in which it is us that ultimately gives value to the very world in which we live.

Bill Frame

Photo: Paul Baker

Two of Them HHHHH

TIME: until 9 March

Inspired by Christopher Orchard’s artwork, Russell Fewster presents Two of Them, a breathtakingly immersive commentary on human identity. The play features characters Abe and Balt: suited, bald businessmen drawn directly from Orchard’s artwork.

Serving as avatars for us all, the duo invites the audience quite literally into their surreal world, leading them from the MOD foyer into a mesmerising performance space. The audio-visual effects in this space are truly awe-inspiring: four screens high on each wall display scenes from Orchard’s work, accompanied by eerie audio. As rumbling thunder strikes, overhead lights flash while dark clouds on the screens swirl menacingly.

The audience is mesmerised, feeling as if they’re inside the artworks. Abe and Balt’s characterisation furthers this immersion. Their earnestness and confusion as they navigate the surreal, varying landscape is not only endearing, but relatable; the audience is just as confused themselves. As the duo fights to escape their corporate fate, desperately clinging to a false sense of uniqueness, they are pushed around by Fate herself, who is dressed entirely in black but for her white gloves.

At times, the confusing nature of the show is too much; the audience wonders where Fewster is taking them,

and to what end. Nonetheless, it complements the surrealness of Orchard’s artwork and makes for a thought-provoking experience. The duo’s witty wordplay is both entertaining and exposing, providing comedic balance while suggest-

ing humans’ obsession with mundane choices is a ploy to feel a sense of control. Two of Them is a bizarre, entrancing theatre experience that calls into question what identity and fate means in the corporate world. ✏︎ Alana Pahor

VENUE: MOD. at UniSA

Image: courtesy Adelaide Fringe

The Portable Dorothy Parker

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VENUE: Holden Street Theatres

TIME: until 17 March

American poet, writer and critic Dorothy Parker (portrayed by Margot Avery), renowned for her wit, tastes an adjective. “Portable,” she says, makes it sound like the reader is going to “scoop [her] up and carry [her] off.”

The setting is New York City, 1943. Parker sits in the living room of her hotel apartment, drink in hand, reviewing selections for the forthcoming publication of the titular anthology collection of her works. She’s accompanied by an unseen editor from Viking Press to whom she recollects her famous friends, including Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and lovers, alongside moments from her career. Although the sole occupant of the stage, Avery does a masterful job of making the audience believe we’re the ones engaging in conversation with her.

The Portable series was all Parker’s husband’s (the

screenwriter Alan Campbell) idea. Of course, she knows he’s queer, but she “shouldn’t accuse him of sodomising the elevator boy.” Playwright Annie Lux successfully invokes Parker’s spirit in her disparagement of her reputation as a ‘wise-cracker’. Wit is “truth”, whereas wisecracking is simply “callisthenics with words.” Notice how they never show any bad angles of Glinda the Good in The Wizard of Oz?

The hour-long production, directed by Lee Costello, is no chore for fans of the esteemed wit. Its entertaining duration passes so quickly it’ll make you say, “Time doth flit, oh shit.” ✏︎ Charlotte Whincup

Photo: Fredda Tone

Music Reviews

History of House HHHHH

VENUE: Gluttony

TIME: until 17 March

Groove Terminator, the DJ who brought us the theme song to The Block, a reality show about renovating houses, is back to put his own spin on a different kind of house: dance music.

Joined by three-time Grammy winners Soweto Gospel Choir, boasting gigs with stars like Aretha Franklin, U2’s Bono and Queen, the two acts seamlessly blend their talents to transport us through the 70s, 80s and 90s.

Engaging all of the senses, this live music event celebrates “everything that is good in the world”, inviting music lovers to clap, sing and jump along regardless of their race, sexuality or familiarity with the genre. The energy that Terminator and Soweto emanate is so infectious that if you’re seated in the beginning, you won’t be by the end. Each member of the Choir injects their unique personalities into their vocals, as they reanimate old school hits like Chic’s ‘Le Freak’, Donna Summer’s ‘I Feel Love’ and Prince’s ‘1999’.

The psychedelic graphics displaying lyrics, effective-

ly marks the passage of time and provides a sense of movement as we travel through the decades, without distracting from the performers too much.

The artists also pay a respectful tribute to the traditional custodians of the land with a rendition of Yothu Yindi’s ‘Treaty’, insisting that “things are going to get better” in their cover of Boris Dlugosch’s ‘Keep Pushin’.’

This 90-minute show will have you praising the camaraderie of house and begging for more when we must inevitably return to our millennium. ✏︎ Charlotte

Whincup

Photo: Chris Carter

27 Club HHHHH

VENUE: Gluttony

TIME: until 17 March

Whether you’re an old school rock ‘n’ roll fan, 27 Club conspirator, or just enjoy some good tunes, the 27 Club’s show at Gluttony ticks all the boxes. The show builds from a simple opening, traversing the repertoires of the 27 Club: the famous group of musicians who shared the tragedy of passing away at 27 years old. The sounds of Amy Winehouse,

Janis Joplin, Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison are brought back to life, climaxing in a nostalgic and gratifying tribute.

Despite a seemingly shy and disconnected introduction, the artists quickly step into their space, and fill the stage with what can only be described as insane talent. Their infectious passion for the music and the artists who “sold their souls” for it, as mentioned by powerhouse vocalist Sarah Mcleod (The Superjesus), truly soaks every note. The hours of practice and dedication behind this show shine through with an

almost eerie accuracy to the original artists from vocalists Mcleod, Carla Lippis (Mondo Psycho), Kevin Mitchell (Bob Evans, Jebidiah), and Dusty lee Stephensen (Wanderers).

The hair-raising vocals of Lippis alone, who easily stepped up to and conquered the challenge of Winehouse, are reason enough to see the show.

Perhaps the most heartwarming takeaway was the gift given to the audience raised on the records, cassettes and CDs of the 27 Club, who for an hour could travel back and revel in the sounds of their youth. ✏︎ Dani Bozoski

Photo: Justin White

Interactive Review

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats HHHHH

VENUE: Sam Jacobs Room at Electric Dreams

@ Freemasons Hall

TIME: until 17 March

Immersion is one of those intangible things that many artistic endeavours pursue: putting the viewer within the action, so that the outside world melts away. And it’s an especially tricky thing to pull off within the chaos of a Fringe, but Electric Dreams – a selfstyled ‘immersive festival’ within the Adelaide Fringe – may well have achieved that with In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats

Pitched as a virtual reality journey through the 1989 rave scene in Coventry, England, Beats sets you up with a VR headset, headphones and a controller for each hand, allowing you to interact with the various life-size dioramas throughout the experience. From an era-accurate bedroom of young party-goers, to the office of Coventry Police’s ‘Acid House Unit’ – and more besides – the ‘show’ marries interview snippets with promoters, DJs and ravers from the period with abstract, psychedelic segments for an astonishing trip.

And for something that is chiefly ‘documentary’ in its presentation, it becomes surprisingly emotional – particularly when listening to real-life accounts of the struggles, victories and kinship felt by those at the forefront of an inclusive, counter-culture movement. VR might hardly be novel these days, but even if you’re accustomed to the brain-tricking magic of being in digital spaces that defy concrete reality, Beats remains a truly immersive spectacle – and a triumph of technology dovetailing with art. ✏︎ George Sully

Photo: East City Films

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Cabaret Reviews

Club D’amour: Back Door

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VENUE: Gluttony TIME: until 10 March

From the very beginning of Club D’amour: Back Door it is clear the audience is in for an hour full of belly-laughs. The silliness is soon combined with circus, drag, dancing and burlesque in a way that leaves the audience wishing it wouldn’t end. The scene is set in a French brothel and follows

the story of a couple, Jacques (Saint Eve) and Louis (Christian Nimri), exploring their sexuality, desires and fantasies.

The WA based theatre company, Tone and Cheek Productions, does an excellent job of combining sheer talent with masses of entertainment. Amber Scates is a clear highlight, presenting her skills across theatre and circus with her incredible vocals stealing the show and consistently leaving the audience with their jaws dropped and cheering.

The fabulous drag madam, Fay Rocious, hosts the show and keeps it interactive, resulting in the feeling that we are indeed part of it all. There’s flirtation, hilarious profanity, flawless choreography, remarkable aerial acrobatics and so much more. Club D’amour: Back Door is an energetic and erotic piece of art for those queer, questioning, or straight... but maybe leave your parents at home for this one. ✏︎ Mahala Gainer

Photo: K Darius

Reviews

That’s NOT Amore HHHHH

VENUE: Murray Room at Bridgeport Hotel

TIME: until 16 March

Carla Mattiazzo is loud, feminine, strong and here to make sure you know it. The pendulum of That’s NOT Amore swings between monologue and ballad, past and present, Australia and Italy, truly making its hour timeslot fly by. The show, however, is not one of lighthearted anecdotes and funny family tales; but a demolishing of the stereotypes Mattiazzo lives with. By the end of the show, she has not only made knowing jokes with the audience about what coming from the immigration generation means but opened up about some of her harshest life experiences both socially and culturally. Her message is clear: you should never feel guilty for who you are, what you look like or for the traumatic experiences you have encountered.

Despite its detailed discussions of trauma, the show is not a tutorial for recovery, rather Mattiazzo’s personal diary unapologetically brought to life. The humour is dark but delivered in such a familiar ‘we’ve all been there’ way that makes it highly entertaining. Being of such a personal nature, That’s NOT Amore is intimate with the audience

and calls for interactivity: be prepared to be singled out or to at least have a boogie in your seat. That’s NOT Amore offers a harsh discussion about the personal life of one

woman, and although there is room for refinement, it is an extremely enjoyable hour that will undoubtably create conversation on the drive home. ✏︎ Dani Bozoski

Image: courtesy of the artist

Circus Reviews

LIMBO - The Return HHHHH

and high-energy dance.

VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights

TIME: until 17 March

In turn, the acts wander – almost lost – often looking up to what might or could be awaiting them above. Is it worth venturing into this unknown?

Surrealism brings this show to life through ethereal soundscapes and delicate acrobatics juxtaposed with rambunctious big band tunes

Clara Fable’s fire routine is smooth, sexy and surprising with the incorporation of bubbles and under-stage flame machines. Ben Loader becomes one with his aerial rope with elegance and purposefulness. His distinct movements and defined routine is a beautiful art.

Towards the culmination of the show a seemingly never-ending white rope is fed through the audience and attached to the centre of the

stage rigging. It is slowly and ceremoniously pulled upwards in a stunning depiction of ascension. Although the pair onstage dance in its grasp a few feet from the stage floor, ultimately they choose to stay here, in the in-between.

Due to an early injury among the cast, there were quick changes to the performance which understandably were less polished, nonetheless, LIMBO - The Return is an entirely enveloping experience. ✏︎ Laura Desmond

Photo: Prudence Upton

YOAH HHHHH

VENUE: Gluttony

TIME: until 10 March

In its hour-long show, YOAH exhibits a new genre of circus, combining typical aerial and acrobatic stunts with a modern display of light and sound. The show follows aerial artist Tsumugi Masui in the titular role of Yoah in a storyline that focuses on themes of fear and hope with impressive displays of acrobatics and juggling.

While the artists themselves are highly skilled and pull off nail-biting manoeuvres, it is nothing that hasn’t been seen at any other circus. What really gives the show its innovative label is the creative use of visual and sound effects. The score is immensely impressive: a blend of natural water sounds, traditional Japanese drumming and both classical and electronic music. Despite the range being so wide, the genres fuse in a satisfying synthesis with the show and adds a deeper layer of emotion.

The light display is just as diverse as the sound, and

effectively experiments with a range of colour, shape, and interactivity with the performers. YOAH is an extreme sensory experience worth seeing for the visuals alone, however the narrative feels unfinished, as the emphasis is on the digital effects rather than the artists’ skill or arc of the story. While it is clear that YOAH is an immersive exhibition of a show typically done on a larger scale, the energy of the performers and the new circus ground they are breaking is still a highly impressive feat.

Photo: Kei Yamada

Dance Review

Future Cargo HHHHH

VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights

TIME: until 17 March

Something’s not right. There’s smoke, the engine won’t start and the dog is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, we’re mesmerised by the silver catsuit-clad humanoid figures, faces obscured.

They move before our eyes on a conveyor belt, slow, tentative and mechanical at first, before gradually increasing in

speed, intensity and complexity; opening up and exploiting everything that humanity and their physique has to offer. From actions as mundane as brushing one’s hair, to as vigorous as playing a match of tennis. Their spotlight? The rolled-up side of a 12-metre long haulage truck.

While the audience is a safe distance from the action, brought into the fold by volume-adjustable headphones, you can’t help but feel unsettled, as this unknown force feels too close for comfort.

At one point, you can hear the echoing, pleading cries of “please take me, I’m ready”, which sound as if they’re originating from the people seated behind you.

This 40-minute outdoor show by Frauke Requardt and David Rosenberg evokes themes explored in sci-fi classics like Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Are the beautiful and indescribable alien figures the architects of our salvation, or our destruction? That’s ultimately up to you to decide.

Charlotte Whincup

Photo: Camilla Greenwell

Magic Review

“Abracadabra, B*tch!”

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VENUE: Fool’s Paradise

TIME: until 17 March

In his first solo hour, Reuben Moreland draws upon his background of magic including impressing Penn & Teller and competing in competitions in North America, Korea and China. Although this is labelled as a magic show, Moreland fills the room with laughter and comedy in between his tricks.

Moreland isn’t reinventing the wheel here. Rather he uses the classics of the magic world as inspiration and

makes them his own. Crowd engagement is key to many of the tricks including travelling cards, guest appearances from mortal enemies and Rubik’s cubes. Energetically Moreland is more than enough as his six-foot-something frame bounces across the stage. Not even a ‘failed’ PowerPoint presentation kills his vibe.

Some of the comedy errs on the side of ‘cringey Millennial humour’ but in classic New Yorker style, Moreland is engaging and bubbly. There are some very clever design jokes featuring hex colour codes and sample text which unfortunately flew over the heads

of the predominantly Boomer crowd. The magic itself is quite basic but well executed with his sleight of hand skill.

There are one or two gags that perhaps go on for a touch longer than necessary and these moments tend to lag slightly. Moreland is a likeable character and although “Abracadabra, B*tch!” sits more on the comedy side of the sliding scale between magic and comedy, and the tricks themselves at times feel a little few and far between, there are enough laughs in those interim moments to keep the crowd engrossed. ✏︎

Laura Desmond

Image: courtesy of Rueben Moreland

Walking Through History

Kyron Weetra spent the first Sunday of the Fringe travelling back in time… Sleep's

Photo: Jenny Kwok

Hill Tunnel

Iwake up earlier than normal and actually have breakfast for once as I’ve densely packed my Sunday with a suite of shows handpicked for their connection to South Australia’s history as a colonial state and judging by the first one’s location I’m going to need some nutritional energy to make the trek.

Located in the appropriately named suburb of Panorama, Sleep’s Hill Tunnel [★★★★] is an immersive activation of an old train tunnel that stretches for 377 metres and is fuelled by wondrous light projections and reflections from the past. The tunnel was a part of the OverLand line, the first passenger train service from Adelaide to Melbourne from 1897, but as the line was decommissioned in 1917 it’s seen days as a storage facility for precious artefacts, a funghi farm, and is currently being used by the owner and initial guide, Dave Munro, for wine storage. I wander through different curtained sections ranging from historical footage being projected on the walls to a psychedelic glow in the dark mushroom world reminiscent of Alice In Wonderland. The cavalcade of lights and visuals that stretch across the tunnel engulfs you in the most magical way. After going through all of these sections that flit between the surreally imagined and the richly real, the last video piece is quite grounding and makes my heart soar in appreciation of this beautiful city.

After making my way out, I am hit by a distinct plume of heat, which makes me aware of the cold of Sleep’s Hill Tunnel. I trek my way down the panoramic hill and catch a bus towards the city, replaying the old videos of locomotion I’d just witnessed and overlaying them onto the view outside my window. Lost in my reflections I end up at Gluttony quicker

than expected, except this time it won’t be a mere reflection. This time I’m being flung back to the past in order to save the post-apocalyptic world by rediscovering important South Australian inventions in the world premiere interactive event SA Inventors Escape Room [★★★]. We – me and the cohort of skilled strangers who booked at the same time – get locked into the time capsule with 20 minutes to find three different scientific diagrams. I find the puzzles quite clever, engaging and even though the answer is never too far from your fingertips it’s still incredibly satisfying when you finally grasp it. We end up escaping with three minutes left on the clock which places us in the top five for the Fringe so far. That probably won’t last for long… My only disappointment is that the escape room is so richly dressed with information that I genuinely want more time in the room to just appreciate what they’d done. I left the room still guffawing at the fact that South Australia invented the plastic spectacle lens.

A slow walk down North Terrace, admiring the university buildings forged in the age that I had just escaped from, leads me to The Yurt at The Courtyard Of Curiosities located at The Migration Museum to see Andrew Crupi’s A Solo Commedia dell’ Arte Show [★★★★]. The traditional hand-built pop-up venue adds to the old world charm and precision that Andrew Crupi brings to his masterful tribute to the 16th century art form that utilises masked ‘types’, pantomime and well-known tropes and routines called ‘Lazzi’. The seamless world-building and deft character work shown by Crupi truly allows this absurd classic to shine. At times Crupi is playing up to five char-

acters at once with the masks upon his hands, head and hanging from various spots of the set. I particularly revelled in the use of different accents to portray these Italian comedic archetypes, an apt modern fusion reflective of Australia’s rich multicultural history and of the venue’s location. The whole show is live-scored by Jake Morrison on acoustic guitar and he does a great job of inserting musical tropes and spoofs, surrendering to the urge to play ‘Eye of the Tiger’ during the battle scene, much to the audience’s mirth.

I walked out of the yurt sweating and beaming and I let myself loiter slowly through everything else the Migration Museum had to offer, pondering the fascinating things I had learned and the many amazing ways in which one can engage with the past here at the Adelaide Fringe.

SHOW A Solo Commedia dell’ Arte Show

VENUE: The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum and Comida

TIME: until 10 March

SHOW SA Inventors Escape Room

VENUE: Gluttony

TIME: until 16 March

SHOW Sleep’s Hill Tunnel

VENUE: The Tunnels

TIME: until 17 March

Image: courtesy of Adelaide Fringe

A Solo Commedia dell’ Arte Show

1. Adelaide College of the Arts

2. Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE)

3. Adelaide Festival Centre

4. Adelaide Town Hall

5. Art Gallery of South Australia

6. Ayers House

7. Bicentennial Conservatory

8. Dunstan Playhouse

9. Fool's Paradise

10. The Garden of Unearthly Delights

11. Gluttony

12. Goodwood Theatre and Studios

13. Her Majesty's Theatre

14. Holden Street Theatres

15. The Howling Owl

16. ILA

17. Mary's Poppin

18. Migration Museum

19. My Lover Cindi

20. Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden

21. Rhino Room

22. Samstag Museum of Art

23. South Australian Museum

24. Tainmuntilla (Park 11)

25. Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute

26. The University of Adelaide

27. The Warehouse Theatre

13:00

Amy Hetherington: BYO Baby

The Howling Owl, 9–10 Mar

13:40

Dear God, please take me now

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 10 Mar

14:00

William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 17 Mar

Merrick Watts - An Idiot’s Guide to Wine - VOLUME

TWO

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 11 Mar

The Comedy Crawl Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Brave and Bold

The Warehouse Theatre, 16–17 Mar

14:30

Best of the Edinburgh Fest

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 15 Mar

Merrick Watts - An Idiot’s Guide to Wine - VOLUME

TWO

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar 2 Englishmen and an Aussie

The Austral Hotel, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

15:00

Best Of British various venues, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

Ashes: A Comedy Showdown

Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 9–11 Mar

The Early Late Show Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Christopher Hall: Self Helpless Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9–11 Mar

Amy Hetherington: BYO Baby

The Howling Owl, 9–10 Mar

PG Hits! Family-Friendly Comedy Club (International Clean Comedy Showcase)

Laugh Lounge, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

15:30

Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo

Electric Dreams @ Freemasons Hall, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

Sam Kissajukian: Museum of Modernia ILA, 10 Mar

Best Of British various venues, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar

Welcome to the Internet

The Warehouse Theatre, 17 Mar

Merrick Watts - An Idiot’s Guide to Wine - VOLUME TWO

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Luke Heggie - Grogan

The Howling Owl, 16 Mar

All Around the world: The International Comedy Showcase

The Austral Hotel, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

16:00

Sam Kissajukian: Museum of Modernia ILA, 17 Mar

Welcome to the Internet

The Warehouse Theatre, 16 Mar

TARTAN TABLETOP IN A DUNGEONS & DRAGONS

COMEDY: THE NEVER-ENDING

QUEST

The Lost Dice, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

Marion Hotel Sunday Sessions with host

Lindsay Webb

Marion Hotel, 10 Mar

Comedy HeadlinersAfternoon Edition

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

16:30

Married At First Fight

Laugh Lounge, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Luke Kidgell and Friends

Rhino Room, 9 Mar

Gaslight Me

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 9–10 Mar

Christopher Hall: Self Helpless

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 16–17 Mar

16:40

Jeromaia Detto: When I Grow Up (WiP)

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

16:45

Danny Bhoy - Work In Progress

The Howling Owl, Various dates from 6 Mar to 14 Mar

This Is Your

Trial! Interactive Comedy Courtroom

The Austral Hotel, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Best of Adelaide Fringe: Clean Pick of The Fringe Prompt Creative Centre, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

17:00

British Comedian Nik Coppin

The British Hotel Port

Adelaide, 10 Mar

Dave O’Neil in Good One Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9–11 Mar

Annie Boyle: Annie Are You Ok?

The Howling Owl, 7–8 Mar

The Comedy Crawl Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 10 Mar

Swipe Left for Drama: How Childhood Upsets Cause Romantic Regrets

The Howling Owl, 9 Mar LOU WALL – THE BISEXUAL’S

LAMENT

The Howling Owl, 10 Mar

5 RULES OF ARRANGED MARRIAGES

ibis Bar/Restaurant - Grenfell st, Various dates from 9 Mar to 17 Mar

LIFE ALONE

Nineteen Ten, 15–16 Mar

True Crime Walking Tour - A comedians guide to Adelaide’s dark past Rhino Room, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Claire Hooper - So Proud The Howling Owl, 16 Mar 007 Shash KapurQuantum of MASALA Distill, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

Fairy Floss & Chaos Comedy Night Modbury Bowling Club, 17 Mar

17:15

Best of Adelaide Fringe: Clean Pick of The Fringe

The Historian Hotel, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

Merrick Watts - An Idiot’s Guide to Wine - VOLUME TWO

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar

Best of the Edinburgh Fest

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

17:30

Celia Pacquola - I’m As Surprised As You Are The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9–10 Mar

Jimeoin - Who’s your man?!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

Oscar-Winning Improv Gluttony - Rymill Park, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

Karate Man – A Live-Action Video Game Secret Basement @ WEA, 11–17 Mar

Alex Tells Jokes w/Alex Mackenzie

THE BRIT, 8–9 Mar

Arj Barker: The Mind Field

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar

17:45

Anthony LocascioPappou (παππού) Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

The Parent Trap

The Griffins, 13–17 Mar

The Prodigay Son Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

18:00

Fringe Comedy Bar Hop 2 Fumo Blu, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

TARTAN TABLETOP IN A DUNGEONS & DRAGONS COMEDY: THE NEVER-ENDING QUEST

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 6 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar

Luke Benson - Cleanish

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, 14 Mar

Rob Farley: Not Posh (Enough)

Laugh Lounge, 6–10 Mar

Tommy Eyers: Job “Seeker”

The Howling Owl, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11

Brown Women Comedy

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11–17 Mar

Chuckles Comedy

Wakanda Multicultural Bar, 9 Mar

5 Headliners for $25

Laugh Lounge, 12–17 Mar

Deadly Darwin Forever Tour

Sugar, 14–16 Mar

Twilight Comedy Hour

Curiositeas, 7–9 Mar

Dr Kim Le’s War on Wellbeing

Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Fringe Comedy Bar Hop

Cry Baby Bar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

MICKEY D: 6 o’clock Mick.

Gluttony - Rymill Park, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

TOD Talks

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

Mad For A Giggle - Shows

You Should See

The Griffins, 6–9 Mar

Zoodle at the Fringe

The Science Exchange, 13 Mar

Lost in Translation

Rhino Room, 6–16 Mar, not 11

Brave and Bold

The Warehouse Theatre, 12–14 Mar

18:10

Best of International Comedy

ibis Bar/Restaurant - Grenfell st, 6–17 Mar, not 11, 12

Filthy Funny Females

Distill, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

18:15

Boats and Bogans

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar

Best Of Fringe: Early Show Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 6–16 Mar

Best Of British Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 17 Mar

Eric’s Tales of the Sea – A Submariner’s Yarn Jack & Jill’s Basement Bar, 14–16 Mar

Vida Slayman is a Motherchucker

Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

Callum Straford: Mozart-182

Prompt Creative Centre, 13–17 Mar frequentshit LIVE!

Dom Polski, 11–17 Mar

2 Englishmen and an Aussie

The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 6 Mar to 14 Mar

Fundamental Human Stupidity

Dom Polski, 6–10 Mar

Greg Fleet-The Outsider Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

18:30

Fairy Floss & Chaos Comedy Night various venues, 13–16 Mar

Nona Mona My First Pearl Necklace

Prompt Creative Centre, 11–12 Mar

A comedy of Financial Error$

Duke of York Hotel, 7–17 Mar, not 11, 12, 13

A Comedian, a Magician and a Musician walk into a bar....

The Hotel Metropolitan, 8 Mar

Science Magic XXX

Prompt Creative Centre, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 10 Mar

Gaslight Me

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 15–17 Mar

Whore’s Eye View

Nexus Arts Venue, 13–14 Mar

Best of Adelaide Fringe: The International Comedy Show

The Historian Hotel, Various dates from 7 Mar to 16 Mar

Katrina the Real Wog Wife

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 12–17 Mar

Rocky Stallone - The Champ

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 6–10 Mar

El Jaguar Book (Fight) Club

Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

18:40

Neptune Henriksen

- Being A Woman For Money Secret Basement @ WEA, 6–10 Mar

Falling Asleep In Front Of The TV At 3am: The 4-D Experience!

Secret Basement @ WEA, 11–17 Mar

18:45

Am I the drama?

The Majestic, 6–17 Mar

Pick Of The Fringe: Comedy Superstars

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Anna Piper Scott: None Of That Queer Stuff

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

Matt Storer - Hot Nonsense

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12–17 Mar

James Hancox:

Megamovie

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11 Mar

Undiagnosed Ayers House, 14 Mar

18:50

Troll

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Tom Gleeson - Gear

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–16 Mar, not 11

19:00

Best of the Edinburgh Fest

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 7–17 Mar, not 13

Brown Women Comedy

Nexus Arts Venue, 10 Mar

Laura Rose BUSHPIG

Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 17 Mar

Fundraiser for Ukraine

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 11 Mar

TARTAN TABLETOP IN A DUNGEONS & DRAGONS

COMEDY: THE NEVER-ENDING QUEST

The Lost Dice, 8 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar

Jimeoin - Who’s your man?!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Best of Scottish Comedy

The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 10 Mar

Effie in UpYourselfness

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9–10 Mar

Steve Sheehan

ARTHUR ARTHOUSE, 10–11 Mar

From Russia with Lana High Spirits Bar, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar

Monday Night Comedy Club

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 11 Mar

George Glass’ Scientology The Musical ARTHUR ARTHOUSE, 8–9 Mar

Granny Flaps - Comedy Bingo various venues, 6 Mar, 13 Mar

Nat’s What I Reckon: Hot Dogs Probably Aren’t Real Royalty Theatre, 15–16 Mar

Gabbin in the Woods Podcast - Live!

The Rising Sun Hotel, Auburn, Clare Valley, 16 Mar

Kel & Amy’s Comedy Road Trip

SixTwelve Brewing, 6 Mar

Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk To Drink

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Yozi - No Babies In The Sauna

My Lover Cindi, 6–9 Mar

Filthy Funny Females

The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 9 Mar

Alex Tells Jokes w/Alex Mackenzie THE BRIT, 8–9 Mar

Arj Barker: The Mind Field

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–8 Mar

The Abominable Woman - A Choose Your Comedy Adventure

MixedCreative, 8 Mar

19:05

Best at the Fringe comedy

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar

19:15

Luke Heggie - Grogan Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

Aaaaaaaargh! It’s the Best of Fringe Comedy from the UK Distill, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Zoë Coombs Marr - Every Single Thing In My Whole Entire Life

Rhino Room, 8–9 Mar

All-Stars Comedy Showcase

The Howling Owl, 6–17 Mar, not 11

gill cordiner pinky swears

The Austral Hotel, 12–17 Mar

19:20

The Racist Immigrants various venues, 6–17 Mar, not 12

5 Mistakes That Changed History

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Tight Mums Loose Units

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11–17 Mar

MANBO

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11–17 Mar

Chris MarltonMouthcave Helicopter

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

19:30

Gordon Southern: A Brief History of History

The Howling Owl, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11

Ireland and the World

Comedy Experience

Irish Club, 16 Mar

Kel & Amy’s Comedy Road Trip

various venues, 7–8 Mar

Classy

The Gov, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar

Sam Kissajukian: Museum of Modernia

ILA, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Welcome to the Internet

The Warehouse Theatre, 10 Mar

Dead To Me: A Comedy Ghost Tour

Cnr Rundle Street & East Terrace (299 Rundle St), 6–9 Mar

Delhi Belly

ibis Bar/Restaurant - Grenfell st, 15 Mar

Andrew Portelli - Real Talk

The Lost Dice, 13–16 Mar

The Comedy Crawl

Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Don’t Call me a Papadum

ibis Bar/Restaurant - Grenfell st, 8–10 Mar

True Crime Walking Tour - A comedians guide to Adelaide’s dark past Rhino Room, 6–17 Mar, not 11, 12

Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit Dom Polski, 6–10 Mar

The Good Italian Girl Presents - Celebrating the Italian Sisterhood

Fogolar Furlan Adelaide, 9 Mar

Big Crit Energy - live Dungeons and Dragons!

My Lover Cindi, 13 Mar

Corey White: Heard Morality

Jack & Jill’s Basement Bar, 6–16 Mar, not 11

Flukey Lukey - Trying to Find a Balance

The Gov, 7 Mar

Prue Blake - Concrete Pigs

Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

All Around the world: The International Comedy Showcase

The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 6 Mar to 14 Mar

Greg Larsen - Revolting Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

Attitude Consultant

The Gilbert Street Hotel, 11 Mar

19:40

Elf Lyons - Raven

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 6–17 Mar, not 11

19:45

All The Best From Edinburgh... To Adelaide

The Historian Hotel, Various dates from 7 Mar to 16 Mar

Bron Lewis - ‘Obviously’ Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

Nona Mona My First Pearl Necklace

Prompt Creative Centre, 14–17 Mar

Best Of British Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, Various dates from 6 Mar to 14 Mar

LOU WALL – THE BISEXUAL’S LAMENT

Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

My Biggest Fear in Australia

Dom Polski, 15–16 Mar

19:50

Jon Walpole: Butterfly Secret Basement @ WEA, 6–10 Mar

Joana Joy: Standing Still Secret Basement @ WEA, 11–17 Mar

20:00

Best Comedy in the Fest various venues, Various dates from 6 Mar to 16 Mar

Granny Flaps - Hot Off The Chest Tour various venues, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar

Brown Women Comedy

The Mercury Cinema, 7–9 Mar

Kel Balnaves and Granny Flaps

Opal Inn Coober Pedy, 19 Mar

Sam Simmons - Man

With A Fork In A World Full Of Soup

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11 Nona Mona My First Pearl Necklace

Prompt Creative Centre, 6–9 Mar

Skye Scraper: The Life and Times of a Drag Queen Accountant Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12–17 Mar

Merde... is just the beginning!

Club de Petanque d’Adelaide, 15–16 Mar

Danny Bhoy - Work In Progress

The Howling Owl, 10 Mar

Deadly Darwin Forever Tour

Sugar, 15–16 Mar

Funny Adelaide: Mocking the Suburbs various venues, 8–9 Mar

James Hancox: Megamovie

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

The Sweet and Sour Hour of Power

Prompt Creative Centre, 12–13 Mar

Comedy Trio

Underground

Knappstein Wines Enterprise Cellar, 15 Mar

Adelaide Fringe Comedy

Gala: Bringing The Best of the Fringe to Marion Marion Cultural Centre, 15 Mar

Is She Hot?

The Majestic, 6–10 Mar

How to Shave

The Majestic, 11–17 Mar

20:10

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Sista Flo 2.0

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Josh Thomas - Let’s

Tidy Up

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–10 Mar

Lehmo - Camper Van Go Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

Favourite Only Child Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12–17 Mar

20:15

Pam Ford ‘Ten Pound Pam’

The Griffins, 6–17 Mar

Diana Nguyen: Sunny Side Up

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–10 Mar

Urvi Majumdar - Burnt Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

Wil AndersonWilegitimate

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 7–16 Mar, not 13

Nina Oyama is Coming

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Danielle Walker: The Lady Upstairs

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 11–17 Mar

Ed Byrne - Tragedy Plus Time

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12–17 Mar

Emily Grace - Rooted Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

Joel Creasey - ‘BOOM’

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 11–17 Mar

20:25

Shad Wicka | Well, Well, Well Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

An Aussie Arab Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12–17 Mar

20:30

Schalk BezuidenhoutKeeping Up Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

2024 Greek Comedian of The Year - Greek In The Sheets

The Howling Owl, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11

Foxdog Studios: Robo Bingo

Electric Dreams @ Freemasons Hall, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 12

Nath Valvo - Anyway, Back To Me

Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

5 Headliners for $25

The Griffins, 6–11 Mar, weekdays only

From Russia with Lana

Nineteen Ten, 6 Mar

Start Your Own Cult

The Austral Hotel, 12–17 Mar

Jimeoin - Who’s your man?!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 11 Mar

Ross Purdy - Afterbirth from a Hellmouth

ARTHUR ARTHOUSE, Various dates from 11 Mar to 17 Mar

Laughing Horse Pick of the Fringe Distill, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Hit n Hope: A Character Cabaret

Ayers House, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11, 12

Japanese Aussie by Takashi Wakasugi Hotel Richmond, 8–9 Mar

Married At First Fight

The British Hotel Port

Adelaide, 10 Mar

George Glass’ Scientology The Musical ARTHUR ARTHOUSE, 7 Mar

Best Worst Date: The Gameshow

The Griffins, 9–17 Mar, not 11

**Swingers** - Christian Elderfield

The Austral Hotel, 6–9 Mar LIFE ALONE

Nineteen Ten, 13 Mar

Flukey Lukey - Trying to Find a Balance

The Gov, 16 Mar

Adelaide Fringe Comedy

Gala: Bringing The Best of the Fringe to Port

Adelaide

The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 8–9 Mar

The Abominable Woman - A Choose Your Comedy Adventure

MixedCreative, 8 Mar 20:35

Whore’s Eye View

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 6 Mar, 12 Mar

20:40

The Racist Immigrants ibis Bar/Restaurant - Grenfell st, 6–17 Mar, not 11, 12

5 Headliners for $25 Laugh Lounge, 12–17 Mar

Teenage Dream (Nick White) Laugh Lounge, 6–10 Mar

20:45

THOMAS GREEN: TANGENT

The Howling Owl, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11

gill cordiner pinky swears

Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

Leigh Qurban - The Cheerful Pessimist

Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

Best Of British Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Completely Improvised Shakespeare Dom Polski, 6–17 Mar

Heavy Metal Bubble Show

The Austral Hotel, 7 Mar

21:00

Dead To Me: A Comedy

Ghost Tour

Cnr Rundle Street & East Terrace (299 Rundle St), 7–9 Mar

Steve Sheehan

ARTHUR ARTHOUSE, 8–9 Mar

Tom Cashman‘Everything’ Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

Shaggers

The Historian Hotel, Various dates from 7 Mar to 16 Mar

The Sweet and Sour Hour of Power

Prompt Creative Centre, 14–17 Mar

William Boyd: The People’s Champion

Secret Basement @ WEA, 11–17 Mar

1925

Secret Basement @ WEA, 6 Mar, 8 Mar, 10 Mar

Bits Akimbo: Get in the Boot

Dom Polski, 6–10 Mar

Whore’s Eye View

Nexus Arts Venue, 13–14 Mar

KICK ON’S COMEDY

Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, Various dates from 6 Mar to 17 Mar

Yozi - No Babies In The Sauna

My Lover Cindi, 14–16 Mar

Luke Heggie - Grogan Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

Out of Body Experience

Secret Basement @ WEA, 7 Mar, 9 Mar

21:10

Josh Glanc: Collections 2024

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 6–17 Mar, not 11

21:15

Science Magic XXX

Prompt Creative Centre, 8–9 Mar

Jacob Henegan: Room With A View

The Majestic, 11–17 Mar

Happiness. LOL

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

It’s Not Me, It’s Definitely

You: Songs of Amy Winehouse & Lily Allen

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

21:30

Ivan Aristeguieta - Too Easy

The Garden of Unearthly

Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

My Favourite Conspiracy

Duke of York Hotel, 7–9 Mar

Felicity Ward - I’m

Exhausting!

The Garden of Unearthly

Delights, 14–17 Mar

Ghiathora - An Immersive spiritual healing experience

Breathe Stretch Float, 7–17

Mar, not 11, 12, 13

Christopher Hall: Self

Helpless

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12–17 Mar

CULT SH!T

Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

Comedy Cluedo

Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

Jez & Jace: Lads on Tour

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–9 Mar

Frankie McNair - An Intimate Evening with Tabitha Booth

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare - Macbeth

The Garden of Unearthly

Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Aboriginal Comedy

Allstars

The Garden of Unearthly

Delights, 13–17 Mar

Lawrence Mooney:

Pigeonhole

The Garden of Unearthly

Delights, 7–10 Mar

MOTORBOAT

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 6–10 Mar

Nun Slut

Prompt Creative Centre, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 10 Mar

Whore’s Eye View

The Warehouse Theatre, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 10 Mar

Amos Gill: Going Down Swinging Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar, not 11, 12

What I Saw Last Year: A Comedy Show About Movies

Duke of York Hotel, 14–16 Mar

21:40

COCKROACH

Electric Dreams @ Freemasons Hall, 7–16 Mar, not 12

21:45

Ollie Horn: Comedy for Toxic People (and their friends)

The Austral Hotel, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Luke Kidgell and Friends

Rhino Room, 10 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, 14 Mar

Adelaide Fringe Comedy Showcase

The Griffins, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Not Safe For Netflix

The Howling Owl, 6–9 Mar

Thank Fringe It’s Friday!

Distill, 8 Mar, 15 Mar

Wage Against The Machine

Hotel Richmond, 7–10 Mar

Claire Hooper - So Proud

The Howling Owl, 14–16 Mar

21:50

1925

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 12–17 Mar

Snake Boy Takes Manhattan

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 6–10 Mar

22:00

The Suraj Joke Barrage

Rhino Room, 6–10 Mar

John Robertson: The Dark Room

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Alex Tells Jokes w/Alex

Mackenzie

Laugh Lounge, 13–17 Mar

Rhino Room Late Show

Rhino Room, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

10 PM DARK Comedy

ibis Bar/Restaurant - Grenfell st, Various dates from 7 Mar to 16 Mar

Lindsay Webb “Back Yourself”

The Howling Owl, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar

I’m Not A Robot

Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

Undiagnosed Ayers House, 15–16 Mar

Virtuoso

Laugh Lounge, 6–10 Mar

22:15

Blake Everett: Freak Behaviour

Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

Best of Adelaide Fringe:

The Late Show

The Historian Hotel, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Micky Bartlett - THICC Rhino Room, 7–10 Mar

22:20

The Dirty Thirty

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

22:30

The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar Fruition

Prompt Creative Centre, 14–16 Mar

22:40

Naughty Cabaret

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

Dear God, please take me now

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 15 Mar

Nun Slut

Prompt Creative Centre, 8–9 Mar

22:45

Tahir - Proper Way To Be An Immigrant

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

KICK ON’S COMEDY

Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Best of the Edinburgh Fest

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:15

10000 Views and Nothing to Lose Ayers House, 8 Mar

23:20

PHATCAVE - Late Night Stand-Up, RAW Edition. Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Fairy Floss and ChaosLATE SHOW

Laugh Lounge, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:30

The Normal Formal

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 8–9 Mar

Shad and Pete Save The World!

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

10:00

DISCOVER

Payneham Youth Centre, 17 Mar

Agatha Twisty

The Parks Theatres, 15 Mar

Yogambling Star Theatres, 12 Mar

10:30

My Queer Spiritual Entropy

Curiositeas, 16 Mar Close

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 8 Mar

11:00

The Totally Unofficial and Classified Guide to Surviving the Impossible Carclew, 16 Mar

Afghanistan is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

Holden Street Theatres, 7 Mar, 13 Mar, 15 Mar

Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 14–15 Mar

11:30

DISCOVER

Payneham Youth Centre, 17 Mar

12:00

Daydreamer

Malvern Uniting Church, 13 Mar

12:30

Otopor Madho Arts Theatre, 16 Mar

13:00

England & Son

Holden Street Theatres, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

Afghanistan is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

Holden Street Theatres, 17 Mar

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

The Terrace Hotel Adelaide, 9–10 Mar

The Portable Dorothy Parker

Holden Street Theatres, 10 Mar

13:15

Station J - An MI6

Comedy

Holden Street Theatres, 9 Mar

13:30

Close

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 7–8 Mar

Pirates of Penzance The Jade, 17 Mar

13:40

Blood of the Lamb

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

14:00

Appraisal

Ayers House, 13 Mar, 15 Mar

My Queer Spiritual Entropy

Curiositeas, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

Agatha Twisty

The Parks Theatres, 16 Mar Railway Bob

HAT’s Courthouse Cultural Centre Auburn, 17 Mar

Gie’s Peace (Give us Peace)

The Warehouse Theatre, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 10 Mar

A Solo Commedia dell’ Arte Show

Comida, 10 Mar

Great Detectives: All New Mysteries!

Ayers House, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

The Ark Carclew, 16 Mar

Things I Know To Be True

The Parks Theatres, 16 Mar

14:20

An Evening With JK

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 16 Mar

14:30

Afghanistan is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

Holden Street Theatres, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

14:45

The Portable Dorothy Parker

Holden Street Theatres, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

15:00

The Shoemaker Of Havana

Star Theatres, 9–10 Mar

Daydreamer

Malvern Uniting Church, 9–12 Mar

The Black Cat

The Garage International @ Scots, 17 Mar

Black Is The Color Of My Voice

Adelaide College of the Arts, 17 Mar

Sherlock Holmes: The Last Act

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

15:30

Confessions of a Boba Liberalist

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 16–17 Mar

16:00

The Totally Unofficial and Classified Guide to Surviving the Impossible Carclew, 15 Mar

DISCOVER

Payneham Youth Centre, 16 Mar

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

GRAV

Holden Street Theatres, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

16:10

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

16:15

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

16:30

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Don’t Touch Me! A tale of cats and hugs

The Garage International @ Scots, 9–10 Mar

Railway Bob

HAT’s Courthouse Cultural Centre Auburn, 17 Mar

Afghanistan is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

Holden Street Theatres, 10 Mar

Cypress Point Arts Theatre, 16 Mar

16:40

Persephone

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 17 Mar

Dubious Intent

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 10–11 Mar

16:45

PETER GOERS - HAM AND PINEAPPLE

Holden Street Theatres, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

17:00

Pirates of Penzan ce Barossa Valley Chocolate Company, 16 Mar

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Yogambling Star Theatres, 10 Mar

Someday We’ll Find It Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 16–17 Mar

What Do You Remember? (A Memorial for the Child Within)

The Northern Sound System, 10 Mar

17:10

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

17:15

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

17:20

Neil Frost: The Door

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 7 Mar

17:30

Long Drive Together by Neptune Henriksen Secret Basement @ WEA, 6–10 Mar

17:50

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

18:00

HOMER’S ODYSSEY - A mini musical various venues, 7 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar

DADDY ALGORITHM

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

One Punch Wonder Star Theatres, 15–17 Mar

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

DISCOVER

Payneham Youth Centre, 16 Mar

England & Son

Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 6 Mar to 16 Mar

Afghanistan is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

Holden Street Theatres, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar, 17 Mar

Artificial Ignorance

Electric Dreams @ Freemasons Hall, 14–17 Mar

I WISH I WAS MICK JAGGER

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 7–8 Mar

Cypress Point Arts Theatre, 15 Mar

After Rebecca

The Garage International @ Scots, 12–16 Mar

Pirates of Penzance

History Trust of South Australia - South Australian Maritime Museum, 15 Mar

The Mouth Inside The Mouth

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 9–10 Mar

18:10

Blood of the Lamb

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Don’t Touch Me! A tale of cats and hugs

The Garage International @ Scots, 6–8 Mar

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

18:15

The Portable Dorothy Parker

Holden Street Theatres, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 10 Mar

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

The Bacchae Holden Street Theatres, 12–16 Mar

Me, My Cult & I Jack & Jill’s Basement Bar, 6–10 Mar

18:30

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

Appraisal

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 10 Mar

I WISH I WAS MICK JAGGER

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 12–14 Mar

Pirates of Penzance

Mockingbird Lounge, 14 Mar

Cypress Point

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 7 Mar

18:40

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

18:45

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar Hamlet in 15 minutes

Holden Street Theatres, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Cry Baby

Holden Street Theatres, 12–17 Mar

Thomas Day: Extra SentiMENTAL Ayers House, 15–16 Mar

18:50

Mythos: Ragnarok

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 12–17 Mar

19:00

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar Daydreamer

Malvern Uniting Church, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 12 Mar

Railway Bob Ayers House, 14 Mar

The Totally Unofficial and Classified Guide to Surviving the Impossible Carclew, 13–14 Mar

Agatha Twisty

The Parks Theatres, 15–16 Mar

Yippee Ki Yay (the parody celebration of Die Hard) Adelaide College of the Arts, 7–10 Mar

Two of Them

MOD. at UniSA, 7–9 Mar

Black Is The Color Of My Voice

Adelaide College of the Arts, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, 14 Mar, 17 Mar

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience

The Terrace Hotel Adelaide, 7–10 Mar

Confetti and Chaos

Adelaide Royal Coach, 6–10 Mar

Dark Side Of St Peters

Streets of St Peters, Various dates from 6 Mar to 16 Mar

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Twelve25 Youth Centre, 7 Mar

The Ark

Carclew, 15–16 Mar

Tracy Crisp: Pearls

Mrs Harris’ Shop, 6 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar

Dirty Energy

Carclew, 7–10 Mar

Things I Know To Be True

The Parks Theatres, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 16 Mar

19:10

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

19:15

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

GRAV

Holden Street Theatres, 6–16 Mar, not 9, 10, 11 Risque Rope

Peer Rope Adelaide Studio, 8–10 Mar

19:20

Persephone

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 15–16 Mar

19:30

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

Appraisal

Ayers House, 7 Mar, 14 Mar

The Black Cat

The Garage International @ Scots, 11–16 Mar

BERLINERS

Holden Street Theatres, 12 Mar, 16 Mar

My Queer Spiritual Entropy

Curiositeas, 13–15 Mar

Afghanistan is Not Funny by Henry Naylor

Holden Street Theatres, 6–10 Mar

England & Son

Holden Street Theatres, 13 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar, 17 Mar

Yogambling Star Theatres, 7–9 Mar

Most Human

Post-Human Star Theatres, 20–26 Mar

NOT ALL MEN

The Warehouse Theatre, 14–17 Mar

Dubious Intent

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 9 Mar

After Rebecca

The Garage International @ Scots, 6–9 Mar

Great Detectives: All New

Mysteries!

Ayers House, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Watson: The Final Problem

Ayers House, 6 Mar, 13 Mar

The Mark Drama

St Barnabas Croydon, 9–10 Mar

DINK (Double Income No Kids)

Dom Polski, 11–17 Mar

19:40

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

19:45

The Portable Dorothy Parker

Holden Street Theatres, 12–17 Mar

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

Hamlet in 15 minutes

Holden Street Theatres, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Station J - An MI6

Comedy

Holden Street Theatres, 6–10 Mar

Pirates of Penzance

History Trust of South Australia - South Australian Maritime Museum, 15 Mar

19:50

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

20:00

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

My Queer Spiritual Entropy

Curiositeas, 9 Mar

Helios

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Black Is The Color Of My Voice

Adelaide College of the Arts, 15–16 Mar

Someday We’ll Find It

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 12–15 Mar

Role To Cast LIVE

The Lost Dice, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

The VERY Artificial Intelligence Guide to Parenting

St Barnabas Croydon, 14 Mar

The Mouth Inside The Mouth

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 16–17 Mar

20:10

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

20:15

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

20:20

An Evening With JK

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 12–17 Mar

20:30

Sunday Roast

Fool’s Paradise, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

Hamlet in 15 minutes

Holden Street Theatres, 6–17 Mar, not 11

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar 1 in a Chameleon

The Jade, 7 Mar METAHUMAN ILA, 15–16 Mar

20:40

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

20:45

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

Me, My Cult & I Jack & Jill’s Basement Bar, 12–16 Mar

MILF & THE MISTRESS Jack & Jill’s Basement Bar, 6–10 Mar

20:55

BERLINERS

Holden Street Theatres, 13–15 Mar

21:00

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

Appraisal

Ayers House, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

The Shoemaker Of Havana

Star Theatres, 8–9 Mar

B.L.I.P.S.

Holden Street Theatres, 8–10 Mar

Distopia

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 7–9 Mar

21:10

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

21:15

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

21:30

Sunday Roast

Fool’s Paradise, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11, 12

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

Mythos: Ragnarok

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–10 Mar

21:40

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar

21:45

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–16 Mar Burn it.

The Strathmore Hotel, 7 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, 14 Mar

21:50

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 7 Mar to 16 Mar

22:00

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

A Body At Work

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12–17 Mar

My Queer Spiritual Entropy

Fool’s Paradise, 10 Mar

22:10

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 16 Mar

22:15

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

22:30

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

22:40

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Unplugged

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 8 Mar

22:45

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:00

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

My Queer Spiritual Entropy

Fool’s Paradise, 8–9 Mar

23:10

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:15

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:30

FLIGHT

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:40

SÉANCE

The Garden of Unearthly

Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:45

COMA

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:50

EULOGY

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

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14:20

Galah Galah

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 9–10 Mar

14:30

The Ultimate Show Girl Experience – Red Hot Reverie

Woodville Town Hall, 17 Mar

The Ultimate Showgirl Experience - Decadent Dreams Woodville Town Hall, 16 Mar

15:00

The Ukulele Man

Star Theatres, 6 Mar, 8 Mar

Chrysalis

Prompt Creative Centre, 16–17 Mar

15:15

Intolerant

Prompt Creative Centre, 10 Mar

15:30

Glamour & Song: The Songs of Pat Carroll & Olivia Newton-John at Prompt Creative Centre

Prompt Creative Centre, 9 Mar

16:00

Divine Feminine – A Burlesque Show Celebrating International Women’s Day Nineteen Ten, 9 Mar

Decadence and Debauchery

Nineteen Ten, 17 Mar

Another Unwasted Evening - The Genius of Tom Lehrer

The Jade, 10 Mar

Music and Mayhem: REBELLION

Nineteen Ten, 10 Mar

16:15

Fashionably Late Gluttony - Rymill Park, 16–17 Mar

16:30

A Collage of The Arts

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 17 Mar

17:00

Intolerant

Prompt Creative Centre, 9 Mar

Viva GlasVegas: A Burlesque Showcase from Scotland Nineteen Ten, 8 Mar

Smiling Through the Human

My Lover Cindi, 9 Mar

17:15

Swoon

Dom Polski, 6–17 Mar

17:20

That’s NOT Amore

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 9 Mar

Galah Galah

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 16–17 Mar

17:30

un{HIH}nged

Hard Days Night ADL, 10 Mar

The Ultimate Show Girl

Experience – Red Hot Reverie

Woodville Town Hall, 15 Mar

The Ultimate Showgirl

Experience - Decadent Dreams

Woodville Town Hall, 16–17 Mar

The Ultimate Showgirl

Experience - Fiery Fantasies

Woodville Town Hall, 8 Mar

17:45

Have You Met My Grief?

Plant 4 Bowden, 17 Mar

18:00

Medusa’s Guide To Modern Dating

The Warehouse Theatre, 8 Mar

Singin in the Pain Nexus Arts Venue, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

The Ukulele Man Star Theatres, 6–9 Mar

WET

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

Spice Up Your Life - A Burlesque Tribute to the 90’s

Nineteen Ten, 10 Mar

Another Unwasted

Evening - The Genius of Tom Lehrer

The Jade, 15 Mar

STORIES THROUGH SONG - Pub Anthems The Gov, 9 Mar

18:30

Forbidden

The Pink Flamingo Spiegelclub, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

John Martin presents NOEL COWARD--REMEMBERING THE MASTER.

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 6 Mar

A DRUG CALLED FAME

Dom Polski, 11–17 Mar

USC Showcase

Little Theatre, Adelaide University Cloisters, 13 Mar

Popcorn Underground

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 9 Mar

Hans: Disco Spektakulär

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9–10 Mar

Adore Händel’s Little Black Book

Dom Polski, 6–10 Mar

Club D’amour: Back Door Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

Hot Fat Crazy Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar

Decadence and Debauchery

Nineteen Ten, 14 Mar

Music and Mayhem: REBELLION

Nineteen Ten, 7 Mar

Swamplesque

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11 Mar Black Puddin

Mamacita, 7–17 Mar, not 11, 12, 13

18:45

Best of the Best Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar

London Calling Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar, not 11

19:00

Jen de Ness Quintet in Green Tile Tango Goolwa Centenary Hall, 16 Mar

Dorothy Parker’s Sweet Release of Death Ayers House, 7–9 Mar

CONFESSION

CONFESSION, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Michael Griffiths: It’s a Sin

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Naughty Noughties

Nineteen Ten, 16 Mar

19:20

Dressed To Kill Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

19:30

Illusions - a French Cabaret

Star Theatres, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Medusa’s Guide To Modern Dating

The Warehouse Theatre, 7 Mar

Popcorn Underground

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 6 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar

The Gin House Prohibition Liquor Co, 7 Mar

Hot Hollywood Nights

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 14–16 Mar

Glamour & Song: The Songs of Pat Carroll & Olivia Newton-John at Waikerie Bowling Club

Waikerie Bowling Club, 15 Mar

Fafi D’Alour Takeover

Imperial Measures Distilling, 8 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar

SunSLAY Drag Cabaret

Norwood Hotel, 10 Mar

Down with the Thickness

High Spirits Bar, 9 Mar, 17 Mar

GINGZILLA & The Light Warrior

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 13 Mar

Hot Sauce Hotties

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 13 Mar

20:00

THE BEST ACOUSTIC SONGS OF ALL TIMES...AND SOME OF MINE - 2500 SHOWS IN LONDON - WITH LOUCAS

LOIZOU

various venues, 14–15 Mar

Foot Sugar, 10 Mar

That’s NOT Amore various venues, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar

Cabaret De La Crooked various venues, 16–17 Mar

Unbridled

St Joseph’s School, Clare, 9 Mar

SunSLAY Drag Cabaret

Norwood Hotel, 17 Mar

With Great Power: The Wall-Crawling Cabaret

Nexus Arts Venue, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Somebody to Love

Duke of York Hotel, 13–16 Mar

Naughty Noughties

Nineteen Ten, 10 Mar

DISCO INFERNO ‘70s & ‘80s

CABARET Disco

THE BRIT, 9 Mar

20:10

Hans: Disco Spektakulär

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar

20:20

Galah Galah

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 6–10 Mar

20:30

Forbidden

The Pink Flamingo

Spiegelclub, 6–16 Mar, not 11, 12

STORIES THROUGH SONGSongs from the Grave

The Gov, 9 Mar

un{HIH}nged

Hard Days Night ADL, 8 Mar

The Ultimate Show Girl

Experience – Red Hot Reverie

Woodville Town Hall, 16–17 Mar

GOOD GIRL BAD GIRL

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 6 Mar

Popcorn Underground

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 7–8 Mar

The Ultimate Showgirl

Experience - Decadent Dreams

Woodville Town Hall, 15 Mar

Smiling Through the Human

My Lover Cindi, 17 Mar

GINGZILLA & The Light Warrior

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 16 Mar

The Ultimate Showgirl

Experience - Fiery Fantasies

Woodville Town Hall, 8–10 Mar

Fountain Lakes: A Very Foxy Parody Musical

The Jade, 6 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar

20:40

LEATHER LUNGS: SHUT UP AND SING!

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar, not 11

HIGH PONY

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar, not 11

MESSY FRIENDS

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Live Laugh Lesbian

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 7–9 Mar

21:00

Not For Children’s Programming

Dom Polski, 11–17 Mar

Burlesque Follies in the Sideshow Bar

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 10 Mar

Popcorn Underground

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 9 Mar

CUSP by Jamie Alexandra

The Jade, 11 Mar

This Is My Drag Show

Mary’s Poppin, 14–16 Mar

FLAMENCO NEAPOLISCABARET

St Barnabas Croydon, 15–16 Mar

Spice Up Your Life - A Burlesque Tribute to the 90’s

Nineteen Ten, 8–9 Mar

Smiling Through the Human

My Lover Cindi, 6 Mar

Fountain Lakes: A Very Foxy Parody Musical

The Jade, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

21:15

Skank Sinatra

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12–17 Mar

Something Wicked - A Bewitching Burlesque Fool’s Paradise, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

21:30

Paulina Lenoir: Puella

Eterna

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 12–17 Mar

Reuben KayeAPOCALIPSTIK

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

VILLAINS: A Dizney in Drag Parody Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–16 Mar, not 11

Cabaret De La Crooked Aphrodite Lounge, 12–14 Mar

21:45

The Stripsons Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

Shake It Gluttony - Rymill Park, 7–16 Mar, not 11, 12

Swamplesque Gluttony - Rymill Park, 13–17 Mar

22:00

Barbie Burlesque Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

Burlesque Follies in the Sideshow Bar Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 8 Mar

22:15

Something Wicked - A Bewitching Burlesque Fool’s Paradise, Various dates from 7 Mar to 16 Mar

22:30

Forbidden

The Pink Flamingo Spiegelclub, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar

Burlesque Follies in the Sideshow Bar

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 9 Mar Bar Top Burlesque

High Spirits Bar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Caberet

Fool’s Paradise, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

GINGZILLA

Warrior Wonderland Festival Hub - Hindmarsh Square, 14–15 Mar

22:40

Cabaret De La Crooked

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 15 Mar

23:00

Decadence and Debauchery

Nineteen Ten, 15–16 Mar

Music and Mayhem:

REBELLION

Nineteen Ten, 8–9 Mar

23:30

The

of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Your hour-by-hour guide to Cabaret at Adelaide’s festivals

Crème de la crème

& The Light

Reuben Kaye - The Kaye Hole

Garden

11:00

Listo trapeze casual class

Fool’s Paradise, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Circus Spectacular Infamous Theatre, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Peter Pan – A Neverland

Adventure Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

12:00

Mad Hatter’s Fit to Fly Circus Arts

Loxton Historical Village, 9 Mar

12:30

CIRCUS OF FACTS

Fool’s Paradise, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

13:00

Circus Spectacular Infamous Theatre, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

TIME TRAVEL CIRCUS

Fool’s Paradise, 16–17 Mar

13:30

Duo

Adelaide College of the Arts, 6 Mar

14:00

360 ALLSTARS

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Peter Pan – A Neverland

Adventure Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

BasketballMan Can Fly The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Love & Lies

Arkaba Hotel, 11 Mar

Hey Stranger... CircoBats, 17 Mar

14:45

BYPASS

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 10 Mar

15:00

Listo trapeze casual class

Fool’s Paradise, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Fit to Fly Circus Arts

Waikerie - Civic Centre Grounds, 10 Mar

15:30

Aerialicious Fool’s Paradise, 10 Mar A Circus Sized Game Show

Fool’s Paradise, 16–17 Mar

15:45

Artist / Acrobat

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

16:00

Duo

Adelaide College of the Arts, 9 Mar

16:30

Zirque La La

The Pink Flamingo Spiegelclub, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Aerialicious Fool’s Paradise, 9 Mar

360 ALLSTARS

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Peter Pan – A Neverland Adventure

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar

17:00

Listo trapeze casual class

Fool’s Paradise, 6–17 Mar, not 11, 12

CIRCUS OF FACTS: After Hours

Fool’s Paradise, 10–11 Mar Tender

Fool’s Paradise, 17 Mar

17:45

Duo

Adelaide College of the Arts, 14–16 Mar

18:00

Infamous

Infamous Theatre, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

Space Between

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11–17 Mar

CIRCUS OF FACTS: After

Hours

Fool’s Paradise, 6–9 Mar

Tender

Fool’s Paradise, 13–16 Mar

WONDER

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 6 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar

AFRICAN SAFARI

Jackson Square, 13 Mar, 14 Mar, 17 Mar

Hey Stranger... The Parks Theatres, 10 Mar

18:15

#since1994

Fool’s Paradise, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

18:30

Peter Pan – A Neverland

Adventure

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar

YOAH

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

Zirque La La

The Pink Flamingo Spiegelclub, 6–17 Mar, not 11, 12

360 ALLSTARS

Gluttony - Rymill Park, Various dates from 6 Mar to 15 Mar

GODZ

Fool’s Paradise, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

18:45

CIRQUE ALFONSE - ANIMAL

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Duo

Adelaide College of the Arts, 13 Mar

19:00

Reminiscence

6 Manton, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

Finding Beauty in the Beast

The Crazy Horse Revue, 8–10 Mar

Blank Canvas

My Lover Cindi, 14–17 Mar

Love & Lies

Arkaba Hotel, 11 Mar

WONDER

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 7–9 Mar Hey Stranger... The Parks Theatres, 9 Mar

19:15

#since1994

Fool’s Paradise, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11, 12

19:30

GODZ

Fool’s Paradise, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11, 12

SOUTH COAST CIRCUS VARIETY SHOW

South Coast Circus, 16 Mar

19:45

Moist

Fool’s Paradise, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

20:00

Rouge Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Infamous

Infamous Theatre, 6–17 Mar, not 9, 11, 16

Cabaret Desire

Aphrodite Lounge, 8 Mar

Love & Lies

Arkaba Hotel, 14 Mar

Duo

Adelaide College of the Arts, 6 Mar

RAILED

Fool’s Paradise, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

20:30

LIMBO - The Return

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11

Duo

Adelaide College of the Arts, 7–8 Mar

20:45

Moist

Fool’s Paradise, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11, 12

21:00

Infamous

Infamous Theatre, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

RAILED

Fool’s Paradise, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11

22:00

Le Freak!

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

22:30

LIMBO - The Return

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:00

INFERNO

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

Rouge Goes Rogue

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

23:30

Bubble Show for Adults Only 2

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

10:30

A Brunch of Songs

The Jade, 12 Mar

11:00

Dancing through the ages

The Jade, 10 Mar

12:00

Zenadth Kes Meriba Wed (‘Our Songs’)

The Gov, 10 Mar

12:30

Recitals on the Fringe North Adelaide Baptist Church, 6 Mar

13:00

Garden Melodies

Wittunga Botanic Garden, 11 Mar

AN AFTERNOON OF WINE AND SONG

Sinclair’s Gully Winery, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

Pipe Organ RecitalYoung Organists St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, 17 Mar

Pipe Organ Recital - Free Lunch Time Concerts St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, 6 Mar

The Chasers Waikerie - Civic Centre Grounds, 10 Mar

The Elton John Story Regal Theatre, 9 Mar

13:30

The Wilbury Twist - The Best Of The Traveling Wilburys Arkaba Hotel, 10 Mar

MOVE IT! A Tribute to Cliff Richard and the Shadows ft. Greg Hart

The Jade, 11 Mar

Smooth Operator

The Jade, 10 Mar

Sisters Island Bound Penneshaw Town Hall, 17 Mar

The Glory Jays: Little Jay Out (Unplugged)

The Suburban Brew - Glynde, 10 Mar

14:00

Irish Concert Singing Gazebo Clarendon, 17 Mar

First Nations Voices

Sinclair’s Gully Winery, 10 Mar

The Look Of Dusty Regal Theatre, 10 Mar

A G&S Celebration! Seeds Uniting Church, 10 Mar

A Creedence Revival

Norwood Hotel, 10 Mar

Queen Tribute Show by The Incredibles Band

The Rising Sun Hotel, Auburn, Clare Valley, 10 Mar

Dream Boat - Party on the Popeye

The Popeye Boat, 16 Mar

A New Opera: The Curse on Dyved

Unley Uniting Church, 10 Mar

VOYAGE: Folk Traditions

Anew

Barossa Regional Gallery, 16 Mar

All the Birds of the Mountain—from Celtic lands and beyond

Unley Uniting Church, 17 Mar

Salty Pete Variety Show

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 17 Mar

Walk Right Back - Everly Brothers, Bee Gees and More

THE BRIT, 17 Mar

Aardvark alone....... Westcare Church, 16–17 Mar

Pure McCartney

Victa Cinemas, 17 Mar

Everything I Know About Jazz

The Gov, 10 Mar

14:15

METHOPATH MUSICIAN BAND

Arts Theatre, 16 Mar

14:30

LJ and The Reckless Horns

The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 17 Mar

The Garden Sessions

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

VOYAGE: Folk Traditions

Anew

various venues, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

Marvellous Music at Mary Mags

St Mary Magdalene’s Church, 10 Mar

Sunday Serenade

Church of the Epiphany, Crafers, 10 Mar

Adelaide Concert Jazz

Burnside Ballroom, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

Grand Show of Bands

FRINGE Edition!

Hewitson Theatre at STARplex, 10 Mar

14:45

Sandi McMenamin

Behind The Song Holden Street Theatres, 10 Mar

15:00

Rhapsody in Chicago Blues

various venues, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

Rob Snarski and Lindy Morrison

The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 10 Mar

The 60 Four: Live In Concert

Norwood Concert Hall, 10 Mar

Radiant Music

Diverse-City @ West Village, 17 Mar

Simply Brill: The Teens Who Stole 60’s Rock n Roll Gluttony - Rymill Park, 16–17 Mar

Recitals on the Fringe North Adelaide Baptist Church, 9 Mar

80’s Mixtape by Fusion Pops Orchestra Norwood Concert Hall, 16 Mar

1860s: Now on Cassingle Diverse-City @ West Village, 10 Mar

A Groovy Night in “Nam” - the Early Years Plympton Glenelg RSL, 10 Mar

Dare To Dream

Hallett Cove Uniting Church, 16 Mar

15:30

The Raven’s Tale

The Warehouse Theatre, 10 Mar

Salty Pete Variety Show

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 10 Mar

16:00

MOVE IT! A Tribute to Cliff Richard and the Shadows ft. Greg Hart

The Jade, 11 Mar

Hyperaurea: Equinox Flinders University Bedford Park Campus, 13 Mar Smooth Operator

The Jade, 17 Mar

Movin’ Melvin Brown: SWEET SOUL MUSIC (The Sam Cooke Story)

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 9–10 Mar History of House

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

The Millennial Mix Plant 4 Bowden, 17 Mar

16:15

Simply Brill: The Teens Who Stole 60’s Rock n Roll Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9–10 Mar

16:30

Mixtape Australia

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9–11 Mar

MPB - Music Passion

Bossa

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11 Mar

Whitney - The Greatest Love of All

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11 Mar

Dream Boat - Party on the Popeye

The Popeye Boat, 16 Mar

SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR - HOPE

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar WTFunk!

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 16 Mar

16:40

Back to Black - The Music of Amy Winehouse

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 16–17 Mar

16:45

The Look Of Dusty Regal Theatre, 9 Mar

Simply Brill: The Teens

Who Stole 60’s Rock n Roll

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar

17:00

Bossa de Novo Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 10 Mar

Back to Black - The Music of Amy Winehouse

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 15 Mar

Friday Night Fringe at Lambert Estate

LAMBERT ESTATE WINE, 8 Mar

17:30

Rob Snarski and Lindy

Morrison

The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 10 Mar

LJ and The Reckless Horns

The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 17 Mar

18:00

blenderfest

Little Havana co., 15 Mar

Cafe Musica

Australian Migrant Resource Centre - Multicultural Centre, 8 Mar

Embodying Sound

Ayers House, 6–8 Mar

2 VIOLINS & 8 STRINGSCLASSICAL MUSIC GEMS

Ayers House, 16 Mar

A Centennial Story of the Chinese Fiddle Urrbrae House, 9 Mar WOMEN WITH BIG HITS - DISCO EDITION

Plant 4 Bowden, 10 Mar

After Hours

Treasury 1860, 9 Mar

A G&S Celebration!

Walkerville Town Hall, 8 Mar

Video Games ‘n’ Chill - a Piano Concert

Nexus Arts Venue, 6 Mar

Anime ‘n’ Chill - a Piano Concert

Nexus Arts Venue, 7 Mar

18:30

80’s Ladies

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12–17 Mar

Mambo Italiano

Skyline Events Centre, 9 Mar

SCALA Presents Your New Favourite Songs

The Suburban Brew - Glynde, 7 Mar, 14 Mar

The MAC Band - The Fleetwood Mac Experience

Silver Sands Beach Club, 16 Mar

Back to Black - The Music of Amy Winehouse

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 11 Mar, 13 Mar

Cat, Neil and Captain Fantastic

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 8 Mar

A CELTIC STORY - SIOBHAN

OWEN SOPRANO HARPIST

Sinclair’s Gully Winery, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

ANNIE HIGGINS

ARTHUR ARTHOUSE, 15–16 Mar

Bossa de Novo

Prompt Creative Centre, 8–9 Mar

First Nations Voices

The Jade, 11 Mar

Love Soul Deep - a tribute to the music of Tina, Aretha, and Ray

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 7 Mar 27 Club

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–17 Mar, not 12

Chooka Parker

The Gov, 10 Mar

The WHOM - The Kids Are

All Right

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 10 Mar

Isaac HumphriesUnearthed

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 16 Mar

The Blondie Story

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 12 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

18:45

Eulogy For A Genius:

The Gospel, Soul and Rocknroll of Br Ray (c)

Pilgrim Uniting Church, 8 Mar

19:00

Vernacular

Burnside Ballroom, 6 Mar

Rebecca Barnard Jazz

Baby

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 14 Mar

UKE SPRINGSTEENNEBRASKA and the HITS

Grace Emily Hotel, 7 Mar, 14 Mar

Orbison

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 9 Mar South Season do Tarantino

Arkaba Hotel, 7 Mar

Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Texas Flood Note for Note - Cass Crichton Trio Mum’s Beard Cafe, 15–16 Mar

Radiant Music

Diverse-City @ West Village, 13 Mar

A Creedence Revival Arts Centre Port Noarlunga, 15 Mar

FIVE FOOT GAGA: The Lady Gaga Experience

Nineteen Ten, 15 Mar

Eulogy For A Genius: The Gospel, Soul and Rocknroll of Br Ray (c)

Pilgrim Uniting Church, 15 Mar

Jazz Masters various venues, 7 Mar, 9 Mar

The Wheatsheaf Ukulele

Collective - Uke’n All Over The World

The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 13–16 Mar

80’s Mixtape by Fusion Pops Orchestra

Norwood Concert Hall, 16 Mar

CELEBRATE AFRICAN MUSIC & CULTURE

Payinthi at Prospect, 16 Mar

A History of Nick Drake

The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 6 Mar

Jamie MacDowell & Tom Thum

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–10 Mar

Dream Boat - Party on the Popeye

The Popeye Boat, 15–16 Mar

Sisters Island Bound

Kingscote Town Hall, 16 Mar

Vaudeville Smash

Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 17 Mar

First Nations Voices

Red Poles, 9 Mar

Variety Gala Ball

The Grand Ballroom, 16 Mar

A New Opera: The Curse on Dyved

Unley Uniting Church, 9–10 Mar

A History of Early Bob

Dylan Imperial Measures Distilling, 16 Mar

Rhapsody in Chicago Blues various venues, 8 Mar, 15 Mar

Acoustic Sessions At Sinclair’s Gully Sinclair’s Gully Winery, 15 Mar

Dare To Dream

Hallett Cove Uniting Church, 16 Mar

19:15

Celestial Sounds: evening sound bath at Belair National Park

Belair National Park - Main Pavilion, 9–10 Mar

Lydia Lunch & Joseph Keckler - “Tales of Lust & Madness”

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 14 Mar

19:30

The Elton John Story Regal Theatre, 8 Mar

WOMEN WITH BIG HITSORIGINAL EDITION

Hewitson Theatre at STARplex, 8 Mar

The 60 Four: Live In Concert various venues, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, 23 Mar

Sundown, Sundown

The Popeye Boat, 6 Mar, 13 Mar

Nathan May

William Creek Hotel, 16 Mar

The Billy Joel Story Regal Theatre, 7 Mar, 10 Mar

World Rock Arena

The Alley, 8–10 Mar

The Look Of Dusty Regal Theatre, 6 Mar

The Red Dirt Band

Moorook Community Hall, 9 Mar

First Nations Voices various venues, 14–15 Mar

BackBeat 60: Sounds of the Sixties

The Warehouse Theatre, 9 Mar

Mixtape Australia

The Loxton Club, 16 Mar

BORIS + KIYOHARU (Japan)

LION ARTS FACTORY, 10 Mar

Ondara

Church of the Trinity, 14 Mar

A Groovy Night in “Nam” - the Early Years

Plympton Glenelg RSL, 7–9 Mar

Umami at the Barossa

Regional Gallery

Barossa Regional Gallery, 14 Mar

20:00

Pure McCartney

Arkaba Hotel, 8 Mar

ELTON JOHN MEETS ABBA

Shedley Theatre, 8 Mar

DIVA!

Brighton Sports and Social Club, 15–16 Mar

THE YOUNG ONES a Cliff

Richard & THE SHADOWS

Tribute

THE BRIT, 16 Mar

Zero to Hero: A Call to Adventure

The Warehouse Theatre, 8 Mar

A Tribute to John Denver, featuring John Raymond Arts Centre Port Noarlunga, 9 Mar

REVEL: THE BIGGEST ROCK

BANGERS OF THE 90s / 00s Norwood Hotel, 7 Mar

FIVE FOOT GAGA: The Lady

Gaga Experience

Nineteen Ten, 17 Mar

WOMEN WITH BIG

HITS - DISCO EDITION Plant 4 Bowden, 10 Mar

Recitals on the Fringe North Adelaide Baptist Church, 9 Mar

The Australian MOTLEY CRUE Show & Australian

ALICE COOPER Show LIVE

Hewitson Theatre at STARplex, 9 Mar

1860s: Now on Cassingle

Diverse-City @ West Village, 6–7 Mar

Chooka Parker

The Gov, 16 Mar

RockDoctors‘Prescribing Happiness’

The Rising Sun Hotel, Auburn, Clare Valley, 9 Mar

Video Games ‘n’ Chill - a Piano Concert

Nexus Arts Venue, 7 Mar

First Nations Voices

HAT’s Courthouse Cultural Centre Auburn, 16 Mar

The Glory Jays: Big Jay Out

Grace Emily Hotel, 13 Mar, 16 Mar

ABBA GOLD - Waterloo 50 year Anniversary Show

Regal Theatre, 16 Mar

Anime ‘n’ Chill - a Piano Concert

Nexus Arts Venue, 6 Mar

TWO BROTHERS DO FINN

BROTHERS

Blackwood Memorial Hall, 9 Mar

The Price of Love

Payinthi at Prospect, 6 Mar, 9 Mar

Neil Diamond’s Love at the Greek. What a Beautiful Noise!

Marion Cultural Centre, 9 Mar

Tusk!FM a tribute to Fleetwood Mac

The Highway, 9 Mar

20:10

Whitney - The Greatest Love of All

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar

20:15

Come Together - The Beatles Rock Show

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6–10 Mar

20:20

SOWETO GOSPEL

CHOIR - HOPE

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 6 Mar, 13 Mar

History of House

Gluttony - Rymill Park, Various dates from 7 Mar to 16 Mar

20:30

iAlone + Freakshow: Live and Silverchair Tribute Show

Arkaba Hotel, 23 Mar

Adelaide Jazz Quintet plays the Arts Theatre

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 10 Mar

The Billy Joel Story

Regal Theatre, 9 Mar Whole Lotta Zepp

Adelaide, Led Zeppelin: Legacy

Arkaba Hotel, 15 Mar

Fluorescent Adolescents present “Arctic Monkeys at the Apollo”

Arkaba Hotel, 22 Mar

WE ARE WOMAN HEAR US ROAR

Bridgeway Hotel, 16 Mar

Ashes To Ashes - The David Bowie Experience

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 8 Mar Mad Dogs and Boogie

Men - A tribute to Joe Cocker

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 7 Mar

Jazz Under the Skies of Paris

The Jade, 14 Mar

Chunky Custard’s Greatest Hits

Arkaba Hotel, 10 Mar

The ONE HIT WONDERS

Show (Vol 2)

Norwood Hotel, 8–9 Mar

ElectroPopped! Rise of the 80s Synthesizer

Norwood Hotel, 16 Mar

Isaac HumphriesUnearthed Wonderland Festival HubHindmarsh Square, 15 Mar

Night Fever - The Ultimate Bee Gees Tribute Arkaba Hotel, 9 Mar

21:00

Vernacular

Burnside Ballroom, 7 Mar

Bald Eagles: Classically Bald

The GC - Grand Central at The Arts Theatre, 9 Mar

It’s Not a Phase! Presents: American Idiot

Crown & Anchor Hotel, 7 Mar Bossa de Novo Ayers House, 6–7 Mar

21:30

Vernacular

Burnside Ballroom, 6 Mar Planet’s Heaven

The Warehouse Theatre, 16 Mar

The Raven’s Tale

The Warehouse Theatre, 15 Mar

Dream Boat - Party on the Popeye

The Popeye Boat, 15–16 Mar

22:15

Nirvana Unplugged:The Band Who Sold The World Jack & Jill’s Basement Bar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

22:30

Embodying Sound Ayers House, 8–9 Mar

22:40

Pendulum DJ set

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 10 Mar, 16 Mar

That 90s Show: Ultimate Party

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar

22:45

Fleetmac Wood

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar 27 Club

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 15 Mar

23:15

MASSAOKE Oz: 80s vs 90s Live

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

09:00

‘Menagerie of Characters’ Installation

Adelaide Airport, 6–17 Mar

10:00

I Spy With My Little aaahhh!

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, 9 Mar

Meg in the Magic Toyshop

The Warehouse Theatre, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

The Boy with the Golden Fox Norwood Concert Hall, 14 Mar

The Frog Prince Adelaide Botanic High School Gym, 16–17 Mar

10:15

Bubba-Licious Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

10:30

Bubble Laboratory’s Bubble Show

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

JUNKLANDIA

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 13 Mar, 15 Mar

MR BADGER tells the story of The Wind in the Willows Carrick Hill, 9 Mar

11:00

Bubba-Licious

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

ARTISTE

Marion Cultural Centre, 8–10 Mar

Children are Stinky

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 16–17 Mar

The Boy with the Golden Fox Norwood Concert Hall, 15 Mar

Signs of Light

The Parks Theatres, 10 Mar, 13 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar

Magic INC INC Cafe, 9 Mar

JUNKLANDIA

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 16 Mar

SILLY SONG CIRCUS

Marion Cultural Centre, 17 Mar

Mr Snotbottom vs The Zombie Boogers: The Science of Snot!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 7–8 Mar

Bunktopia

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9–11 Mar

Jesstar Puppet Show

Thebarton Community Centre, 7 Mar

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

The Scientwits: Lights, Camera... CHAOS!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9–11 Mar

Brilliant Bubbles

Fool’s Paradise, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Amazing Drumming Monkeys - 20 Year Anniversary Show

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

11:15

Meg in the Magic Toyshop

The Warehouse Theatre, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

11:30

Meg in the Magic Toyshop

The Warehouse Theatre, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

Science Magic: Crazy Gadgets

Prompt Creative Centre, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

KABOOM!

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

The Giant Balloon Show

Fool’s Paradise, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

11:45

Bubba-Licious

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

MR BADGER tells the story of The Wind in the Willows Carrick Hill, 9 Mar

12:00

I Spy With My Little aaahhh!

Adelaide Botanic Gardens, 9 Mar

The Boy with the Golden Fox

Norwood Concert Hall, 8 Mar River Fringe Family Fun

Loxton Historical Village, 9 Mar

Bettongs & Buddies

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar

Justin’s BIG Balloon Show

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

12:30

Mario the Maker Magician

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Trash Test Dummies Circus

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

12:45

Hana Fiesta’s Disco Fiasco

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

13:00

ARTISTE

Marion Cultural Centre, 8 Mar

The Boy with the Golden Fox

Norwood Concert Hall, 14–15 Mar

Signs of Light

The Parks Theatres, 13–15 Mar

Let’s Party Tumby Bay District Soldiers’ Memorial Hall, 10 Mar Party Pooper

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

A DREAME

Goodwood Theatre and Studios, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Amazing, Silly, Big Stupid Comedy Game show for Kids and their Grown Ups

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

13:15

An Utterly Rubbish Adventure

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9–11 Mar

StorySnorts

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 16–17 Mar

13:30

Fringe For Kids

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 16–17 Mar

Game On 4: BOSS LEVEL

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Amazing Drumming Monkeys - 20 Year Anniversary Show

The Garden of Unearthly

Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

14:00

Kids Can Heckle!

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

The Boy with the Golden Fox

Norwood Concert Hall, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

SILLY SONG CIRCUS

Payinthi at Prospect, 9 Mar Magic Music Show

Ayers House, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

Signs of Light

The Parks Theatres, 10 Mar

The Pinky Pie Party

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9–10 Mar

Phantastic Physics Show

Blackwood Memorial Hall, 9 Mar

‘CINDERELLA - THE UNTOLD STORY’

Star Theatres, 16–17 Mar

Bettongs & Buddies

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9–11 Mar PETER COMBE in NEWSPAPER MAMA... EVERY DAY!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

CIRCUS The Show

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

The Giant Balloon Show

Fool’s Paradise, 15 Mar

PreHysterical Circus

Fool’s Paradise, Various dates from 9 Mar to 17 Mar

The Frog Prince

Adelaide Botanic High School Gym, 16–17 Mar

Kunba - the Family Lithuanian House, 9 Mar

14:15

Signor Baffo

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Cosmo’s Magical Box Show

ibis Bar/RestaurantGrenfell st, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

14:30

Adventures!

The Lost Dice, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

The Family-Friendly Stand-Up Show

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

14:45

Tahir - The World’s Best Worst Magician

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

Fringe For Kids

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9–11 Mar

Josh Staley - Wacky Wizardry Goes Wrong Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

15:00

You Are a Doughnut

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

15:10

I’m a Raindrop, Get Me Outta Here!

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

15:30

Children are Stinky

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 15–17 Mar

Magic Music Show

Ayers House, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

Mr Snotbottom vs The Zombie Boogers: The Science of Snot!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

The Scientwits: Lights, Camera... CHAOS!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9–11 Mar

15:45

Comics Vs Kids

The Historian Hotel, 9 Mar, 16 Mar

15:50

ARTISTE

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

16:00

Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

‘CINDERELLA - THE UNTOLD STORY’

Star Theatres, 16–17 Mar

The Dark Room for Kids

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

CIRCUS The Show

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar

16:15

Kunba - the Family Lithuanian House, 9 Mar

The Revolting Children of Tomorrow

Gluttony - Rymill Park, 10 Mar, 17 Mar

16:30

Meg in the Magic Toyshop

The Warehouse Theatre, 8 Mar, 15 Mar

16:45

CIRCUS The Show Gluttony - Rymill Park, 8 Mar, 15 Mar

17:00

Kids Can Heckle!

The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 9 Mar

I am the BOSS Fool’s Paradise, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar

Bettongs & Buddies

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar

The Scientwits: Lights, Camera... CHAOS!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar

17:15

Mario the Maker Magician

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar

17:40

Trash Test Dummies

Circus

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 7 Mar to 16 Mar

18:00

Signs of Light

The Parks Theatres, 15 Mar

I am the BOSS Fool’s Paradise, 6–16 Mar, not 10, 11, 12

A magicians life: where it’s all wand-erful Ayers House, 9 Mar

18:30

The Boy with the Golden Fox Norwood Concert Hall, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar

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The Last Word: Nat’s What I Reckon

Comedian Nat gives us food for thought

I hadn’t been to Adelaide until a few years ago –for no particular reason, just hadn’t. My bad it turns out ‘cause the place is fucken unreal.

I’m from Sydney, a place where people often hang shit on Adelaide because it’s apparently ‘not exciting’ or ‘not Sydney enough’. We also have a long-standing and very similar battle with Melbourne where we think it’s shit for reasons no one can seem to really explain.

I have stayed in town every time I’ve been here and you can pretty much walk everywhere unless you have a bad case of gout, which I did one year. Do not recommend bringing that with you.

You can forget needing to digest the same old trash at some chain restaurant in this town because the food has seriously got it going on (hear that Sydney?). Easily one of the most no-nonsense kickarse places I’ve been to eat was a joint called Shōbōsho, a yakitori BBQ joint with food, drinks and vibe so cool it will turn your hat backwards for ya. The food is mind blowing and the staff are legends, give it a run.

If you’re the mall wandering type that loves blowing ya cash on all the shiny things, Rundle Mall has your back, almost too much to be honest. It’s a bit like a large hadron collider of overstimulating shops – if you’re not careful you may find yourself days later buried in a pile of tracksuits inside a Rebel Sport wondering how you got there?

The bars and pubs in this town won’t let ya down, there are some bloody crackers. A few winners are Cry Baby Bar and the Crown and Anchor (or the Cranker as it's known to some) both sterling spots for a liquid sandwich.

Overall my review of Adelaide is a pretty bloody good one – the food is amazing, the people are champions, shit – I even had a good time listening to the very vocal anti-vax parade outside my hotel room window that ruined my nap, and I’m happily vaccinated so what’s that tell ya?

The best part about Adelaide Fringe is laughing at all the people in Sydney who are missing out because of reasons they can’t prove.

I say be there or be... elsewhere I suppose?

Chinatown is increds, go for a meander and be blown away by the levels of awesome. I had a pretty righteous bowl of Phò at a joint called Pho S.A, both me and my partner go there every time we are in town.

SHOW Nat’s What I Reckon: Hot Dogs Probably Aren’t Real

VENUE: Royalty Theatre

TIME: 15 – 16 Mar

Nat's What I Reckon

Photo: Julia Gee