Fest Adelaide 2019 Issue 1

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21–27 February

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Heather Croall, Koral Chandler and Cassie Sibbin on creating festivals without limits

Comedy 28 A Perfect Debut A promising first show from Juliet Timmerman

Theatre 33 Build a Rocket

Anya Anastasia says cabaret can save the world

Cabaret 38 Glittergrass Fringe Wives Club return with two new members

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The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Choir Boys Live From Tandanya, 23–24 Feb, $28 Damian Callinan: The Merger Holden Street Theatres, 23 Feb, $28 Nik Coppin: Shark The Griffins Hotel, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, $10

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Nothing But Dad Jokes Rob Roy Hotel, 10 Mar, $15 My Grandmother’s M.A.I.D. BASEM3NT Studios, 21–23 Feb, $20 Peter Powers - UK’s Most Outrageous Hypnotist The National Wine Centre, 16 Mar, $30 Sir David and his Animals Bakehouse Theatre, 9–16 Mar, $20–$25 Deadly FunnyDesert Fringe Institute Theatre, 1 Mar, FREE CLASS CLOWNS Adelaide Heat/SA State Final Rhino Room, 2 Mar, $10 Daniel Connell: Piece of Piss Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 16 Mar, $24 Super Woman Money Program Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $20–$27

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The Garden of Unearthly Delights 2:30pm

Relax in The Garden of Unearthly Delights and be treated with some of the top Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians under the trees. This free event highlights the home grown Indigenous talent and provides a calming respite from the hectic evening activities.

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Downstairs in the Masonic Lodge on North Terrace, be transported to a New York jazz club with Mama Alto. Let her smooth vocals and tales of idols enrapture you in what is a commanding performance.

Settle in with a whiskey if you’re feeling frisky.

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Head upstairs in the iconic Cranker to find Midnight Spaghetti. Bring friends and eat family style with shared pastas, starters and sides. Classic carbonara, slow braised beef ragu and fresh pesto coated strands will give you the carbs to get through the night.

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Feeling snacky? Hellbound has got you covered with a big and little snack menu, along with a variety of cheeses. Grab a bottle, glass or carafe of wine, or a local craft beer, and cosy into the leather lounges with shows to discuss and nibbles to eat.

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From New York to the Berlin underground FINALE is a show which doesn’t let up with finale after finale through the confetti and fog. The live music led by Ena Wild on vocals will enthrall and engage while the circus feats leave you breathless.

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A wine fiend? Enthusiast?

Discerning drinker? The Wined Bar at the National Wine Centre will cover the lot with 120 wines available through their Enomatic servers. Try the wines that made South Australia famous, or venture across the border with award-winning wines from Victoria.

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Femmes Fatales of the Fringe Who run the Fringe? Girls!

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rom the Adelaide Fringe office, to the drills and machinery of the Gluttony site build, girls are getting it done all over town.

Koral Chandler “connects people so that everyone has the best Fringe experience possible” in her role as marketing and publicity manager with The Garden of Unearthly Delights. Heather Croall, CEO of the Adelaide Fringe, links the hundreds of “different parts, people and dreams” into a cohesive “mind-blowing event”. Meanwhile, site manager Cassie Sibbin has faced scepticism “being a 5’5” blond lady who says they can drive large machinery and use power tools to build things,” but she kills it at Gluttony, “designing and project managing the construction and installation of structures” across the park.

So why have these power women chosen careers in festivals? A month of seven day work is often followed by three months of blank diary pages. “Because there’s no business like show business, baby,” says Chandler. “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Chandler met her husband, circus performer Tom Flanagan, during Adelaide Fringe. They now travel and perform together with their 1.8 children. “Now I can never leave,” she laughs. “It’s like some sort of colourful and exciting Groundhog Day situation every year.”

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Croall began working with Adelaide Fringe in 1991 when she had the first event of her own – a Super 8 film called Shoot The Fringe. “Festivals are an exciting place for new ideas that are yet to be tested or proven,” says Croall. “I love being in that fresh, experimental zone.” The open-access nature of the Adelaide Fringe lends itself to some interesting collaborations, which Croall thrives on. “I love embarking on projects where creative people with different skillsets collaborate and the details emerge over time.”

She hasn’t exactly had an easy stroll to the top. “I have come up against discrimination in my time – women have been discriminated against for centuries,” she says. “I’ve sat through my share of mansplaining.” In her younger years, Croall began an engineering degree before shifting over to an arts degree. “Sometimes as a woman I have had to work harder to be taken seriously,” she says. “The role requires not just leadership skills and a strong creative focus but also an understanding of technical systems, budgets, and solid business acumen.” But, the festival world is moving towards a gender balance. “There are a lot more women festival directors now,” comments Croall. “We have come a long way,

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but there is so much more that needs changing, and gender equality remains an important topic.”

but these generally make me more determined (and outraged) to carry on,” she says. “The festival space is a very respectful and equal community. Regardless of gender, everyone is usually very supportive – we are all working towards the same goal at the end of the day.”

Chandler isn’t sure her identifying gender has had anything to do with the challenges of her work.

“I’ve never experienced this role while owning a penis and identifying as male, so I wouldn’t have much to compare it to,” she says. “It’s definitely been very hard but I’m not sure whether that has anything to do with my chosen gender.” Chandler also acknowledges the nature of the festival world. “We do work in an industry that has a relatively better gender parity and understanding and acceptance of the non-binary world than others.” How could anyone know if chosen gender influences interactions? “Perhaps I’ll change my name to Karl Chandler, become a comedian and see if I get treated better,” laughs Chandler. “What could possibly go wrong?”

In such a creative environment, everyone has their idols. “I have a total work admiration crush on Sarah Stewart,” says Chandler. As the director and producer of The Garden of Unearthly Delights, “her

“ I’ve sat through my share of mansplaining” – Heather Croall In stark contrast to Croall’s business journey is Sibbin’s practical know-how. In what is traditionally a male-dominated area, 5’5 Sibbin is a female force to be reckoned with. “At times it has been very hard to be a girl in my role!” she says. While short in stature, Sibbin has directed carpentry teams in Rymill Park/Murlawirrapurka in the mad rush for Adelaide Fringe. Work that includes planning and marking the space; building and installing signage along with temporary buildings; and overseeing the installation of the iconic tents that adorn the grass each season. Overall, Sibbin’s experience has been a positive one. “I feel I have been fortunate enough to work for many companies with strong, driven women in management and crew positions. I’ve had a few unpleasant experiences peppered in there,

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unflappable aura mixed with a ninja-like attention for detail is jaw-droppingly impressive.”

Croall’s inspiration goes beyond borders. “Shona McCarthy is a wonderful director at Edinburgh Fringe,” says Croall. “She has often been a generous guide to me.” Croall also has had great opportunities to work with Katrina Sedgwick, CEO and director of ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image).

“Her name comes to mind immediately, she’s a true inspiration to me and I am so grateful that we have collaborated many times over the years.” Sibbin recognises the people who make the Fringe move forward.

“The artists, the crew, the pals,” she says. “I admire everyone who works their ass off for months in the heat and rain but still manages to have a friendly ‘get-shit-done’ attitude every day.” Chandler has loved working with David Sefton. Both in his previous role of Adelaide Festival artistic director, and in his current role as RCC Fringe programmer. “Not once has he faltered in his strong opinion of anything; one has to admire that kind of nous,” she says. “Don’t tell him I said that, though,” she quickly adds.

These three Fringe femmes have forged strong connections with other femmes in the festival world.

“It is jam-packed full of amazing women and the friendships can be very deep and supportive,” says Croall. “The stories and experiences we share in fes-

tivals are a massive source of energy and inspiration to us all.” Chandler notes the importance of looking beyond festivals. “As a society we need to look not so much at what is hard for one particular segment, but what are the underlying beliefs and constructs that make it an unequal playing field,” she says. There can also be a huge shift in attitudes from the stage to the street. “Something that is celebrated on the stage might be less accepted walking down the street and attract criticism or downright abuse,” says Chandler.

Yet it is very supportive within the community.

“There are plenty of times when it does get tough and you need to lean on the sisterhood!” says Croall.

All in all, the festival community strives to be inclusive of all genders and expressions, leading the way in impartiality. “There is a relatively equal gender parity in my festival world,” says Chandler.

Sibbin has always been comfortable in her positions but recognises that not everyone is so fortunate.

“There’s been a minimal [gender] gap and split within the companies I have worked for and I know I’m lucky for that,” she says. “I have certainly spoken to many people who have experienced the ‘boys club’ type companies who make women feel like their place is in the office or at a desk greeting customers only, which is disappointing considering it’s 2019 – come on guys.” / Laura Desmond

Showgirl Carlotta returns to Adelaide with Queen of the Cross for one night only

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s a musical memoir of her legacy as Australia’s first showgirl and standalone entertainer in her own right, Carlotta once again stars alongside musical director Michael Griffiths in reprising her show Queen of the Cross. “Ever since I teamed up with this fella, who’s so talented it makes me sick, we both created something that I enjoy,” Carlotta says, gesturing towards Griffiths. “I was always involved in big shows that had nine or ten girls in one show.

This is different for me… It’s great and we have a real hoot together. It’s an unlikely combination but it’s a good combination. It works.”

Carlotta is of the iconic Les Girls fame, where she began her thirty-year career in the 1960s as star and compere, commanding Sydney’s swinging red light district – Kings Cross – during its heyday. Initially touted as an ‘all male revue’ Les Girls in fact comprised an ensemble of talented transgender women.

However, while solace and community was found within this highly visible facet of the entertainment industry, Carlotta emphasises the showgirls' involvement was typically a matter of necessity. “The thing is, we had to do what we had to do in those days because that was our only crutch. We had nowhere else to go. It’s not like today… That was the only place we could work to be ourselves,” she says.

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Becoming an inadvertent political activist as a result of her fame, Carlotta remains as outspoken now as she was during her first media storms. Her most pointed social criticism is that of political correctness, which she hails as the downfall of Aussie larrikinism that she forged her career from.

“I’ve got I don’t know how many more years on this beautiful planet but I’m going out with a bang.

I’m not going to worry if people get upset because I say something. I know where to draw the line but I’m not gonna lose my ockerism, no way!” she says.

There is a lot of societal pressure for LGBTQI+ folks in the limelight to adhere to a certain, singular mindset, but anybody who knows Carlotta knows she didn’t stake her claim by placating anybody.

This is the first time Carlotta has graced the Spiegeltent for Adelaide Fringe. Returning with her signature raunchy reprisals of jazz classics, Carlotta will prove once again to Adelaide audiences why she is cabaret royalty. “But be warned,” Griffiths says, “you won’t be safe in the back row. Carlotta will spend half the show with the crowd.”

“That’s what I do, darling,” Carlotta laughs. “Believe me, they don’t come along to hear my Streisand voice.” / Letti K-Ewing SHOW: TIME: TICKETS:

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the line-up of club acts Duckworth has programmed to play the Dusk til Dawn sets on the university’s 2000 capacity Math Lawns. Sefton’s fingerprints are all over the program and those who enjoy his past form will be keen to see Reverend Billy, Penny Arcade and Pussy Riot. RCC Fringe also has a strong family line-up. And local music fans are set with the inclusion of the Adelaide Techno Convention and Scum Haus – a one-stage version of Adelaide’s very own micro punk festival ScumFest.

2019 looks set to be a musical high point for the Fringe. Established venues are programming well and newer venues are taking up the challenge to take risks and lift expectations. With seasoned, passionate directors, committed partners, a new location and an ambitious music program, RCC are definitely contenders for the 'Fringe Music Crown'. / Joe Hay SHOW: TIME: TICKETS:

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usic is BIG this Fringe, not by accident but by design. It might surprise you that it’s the second biggest genre after comedy. But, like all things in the colour and madness of March, if it isn’t totally out there it can get lost amongst the noise.

The Garden of Unearthly Delights has traditionally been the main contender for the ‘Fringe Music Crown’. It has led the field with contemporary acts, emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island artists and original productions. However, this year, RCC Fringe is a serious contender with a strong music program with new artistic director David Sefton at the helm. Sefton is the former director of the Adelaide Festival and current director of experimental music festival Unsound.

This was a strategic move by RCC Fringe which has swapped the parklands and pop up venues for the landscaped grounds of the University of Adelaide. To differentiate themselves during festival season, RCC looks set to capture a place between a curated arts festival and the mayhem of the East End. Sefton’s dedication to pushing musical boundaries is hard to miss. Music was central during his tenure at the Adelaide Festival. His willingness to take risks and stand by them has seen the experimental festival Unsound go from strength to strength. Line-ups of some of the most unusual, unique and creative minds in global music have lifted audience expectations. Other festival programs look almost pedestrian in comparison.

This year’s RCC Fringe music program partners Sefton with RCC Fringe co-founder Stuart Duckworth, teaming him with a creative director with a strong reputation in music curation. Duckworth has taken on the challenge of transforming the University of Adelaide campus into a new Fringe venue with relish. He’s in tune with the University’s vision to reignite student life and campus culture.

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Executioners and Environmentalism Anya Anastasia talks to Fest about saving the environment through cabaret

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While this is both confronting and cynical, the audience may question their actions and how to keep the conversation going. “It may feel like there are only little things that we can do,” says Anastasia. “But the momentum of public will does have a lot of weight.”

The ideas were intrinsic to the show and so was the music. “It’s a wonderful big loud concert with really potent ideas and exciting contemporary visual features,” she says. “I don’t want people to feel too confronted by it, I want you to come and enjoy the music that’s been created by two very socially aware individuals.”

Different from much of her previous work, The Executioners explores the digital world through story, visuals, and music. The original music was made to reflect the ideas and concepts explored. Music from acoustic numbers through to techno pieces

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elebrating her tenth year at Adelaide Fringe, Anya Anastasia returns to the festival with her hit show The Executioners.

In collaboration with Gareth Chin, The Executioners delves into the world as we know it today. It’s a satire which reflects the environmental and technological influences on our lives. Everybody wants to save the world: but what are we achieving posting statuses and attending environmental events through clicks? The show interrogates the power of the individual to promote change and the ways in which some changes have become a fad.

accompany the raging fight scene between Anastasia and Chin’s characters.

The dynamic between her and Chin is something Anastasia describes as “the gift that just keeps giving”. And it has been constantly evolving throughout their time touring the show. The chemistry between performers and the urgency of ideas portrayed hold their own.

Adelaide is known for embracing new and adventurous ideas and we’ve come to expect that from our local entertainers. Anastasia, who also brings her latest work The Show to Adelaide, certainly takes advantage of this using her stage as a way to experiment with her art and her message. / Kayla Gaskell SHOW: VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

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The Art of Politics An interview with Adelaide City’s Lord Mayor Sandy Verschoor

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efore she became Lord Mayor of Adelaide City, Sandy Verschoor had been heavily involved in the Adelaide arts scene. To go through her resumé is to list many of the major festivals the city plays host to: CEO of Adelaide Festival, CEO of Adelaide Fringe, Executive Producer at the Adelaide Festival of Ideas. She helped make WOMAD annual and was involved with the Vibrant City program which made the micro-bars possible and activated laneway spaces.

It’s no surprise that many people involved in the arts and cultural transformation are eager to see what Verschoor will accomplish as Lord Mayor.

“It’s a bit scary!” says Verschoor, “I don’t know what it is that they think I’m going to do! But they all seem pretty excited about it.”

Does her background mean artists see something of an ally in her?

“I think it’s actually that they think that I get it.

Because artists and creative people have to spend a lot of time explaining what they do and what their value is, but they don’t have to explain that to me. They don’t have to try convincing me that their views are worth hearing, or that they’re worth listening to,” she says, adding: “I already think that they are.”

In a 2017 interview with the Adelaide Review, Verschoor expressed that there were cultural changes she still wanted to push through. But when she talks about culture she doesn’t just mean the arts, but also what it’s like to live in the city. “I still am really proud of the work that my teams did in that space while I was [in the Adelaide City Council] as a general manager, and when I was here as a councillor, because we developed a really comprehensive and aspirational cultural strategy for the city.”

She cites the concert and live music action plan she helped develop. But she uses the example of Ten Gigabyte Adelaide, which offers 10Gbps data connections to businesses in the city, as a template for how to create cultural transformation in an

urban environment. “It doesn’t matter whether [your motivation] is ‘let’s be adventurous, let’s be curious, or let’s not be afraid to be a leader in a particular space.’ We look at what we offer jointly as a city and we’ve got Ten Gigabyte, we’ve got GigCity, you’ve got free WiFi for visitors, you’ve got the the NBN rollout which is for the household: you look at all these things and you go, this is telling a pretty good story here. And we are very likely to be, in a short space of time, the most connected city in Australia.

No matter what your entry point – whether you’re a business, a cultural centre or an educational institution – whatever solution that you need, jointly we’re able to provide it.”

The change that she’s really happy with, however, emerged from the Stretch RAP (Reconciliation Action Plan). “I think the work that we’ve delivered is really excellent and the Adelaide City Council has been a real leader in this area in terms of councils. I worked with the team who looked after the Reconciliation Committee, that I now co-chair as

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Lord Mayor, and we were able to lift the celebration of NAIDOC week, do open morning teas, do public acknowledgements in the city. One of the things that I started almost immediately, when I took over as Lord Mayor, is the Acknowledgement of Country and a ‘hello’ in Kaurna language. And what I love about it is that it’s not lip service. It’s embraced by everybody and it’s something we really want to do.”

in the next few years, she doesn’t see any problems the festivals can’t manage. “Every year the festivals are trying something new or different. Art by its very nature has to continually reinvent itself, so it’s part and parcel of the industry that artists are in. You might not notice it much, because it’s so incremental and organic, and it’s such an iterative process, but the content of a theatre piece will be something that you wouldn’t have heard five or ten years ago.”

Rather than advocating for the city to save the arts, Verschoor values the contributions that artists can make to the city. “I’d love to think you could have artists as board members so that they can give you a completely different perspective to what you’re doing. I’d like all the infrastructure in the city, whether it’s a bollard or a bench or a streetlight or a bus shelter, to have an artist involved in its design so that we can integrate art into everything that we do.

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any cultures have superstitions to prevent illness or bad luck, but when Theresa O’Connor found a single child’s shoe under the foundations of a doorway in Tasmania, she was immediately intrigued.

“ Izzy thinks it’s treasure, but as soon as she takes it from its hiding place all manner of spooky things happen” “It looked like it was placed there, it didn’t look like a mistake,” says O’Connor. “I researched it and it was from a superstition where people would conceal items in what they thought were weak points of their house where spirits could get in.” Creepier still, it was “regularly the youngest member’s shoe, and only ever one.”

This superstition is the grounding for O’Connor’s pop-up book performance Inside the Walls. The tale follows heroine Izzy as she uncovers a single shoe after moving with her family. “Izzy thinks it’s treasure,” she says. “But as soon as she takes it from its hiding place all manner of spooky things happen.”

Here is where the ingenuity and intricacy of the set come to life. The beautiful set design includes the house in an easily identifiable pop-up book style, but the real magic is seen as the walls themselves become part of the story.

“I had an idea to bring the walls to life,” says O’Connor. “But I had these questions – how do I change the colour of paper? How do I do that?”

The resulting piece is a culmination of research and collaboration. After receiving the Library of Victoria’s Children’s Literature Fellowship, O’Connor set out to teach herself how to create pop-up books.

“I studied and took photographs and taught myself how to make [them]. I still pick up books and see things and think ‘I want to do that to that page’.”

To bring the story to life – literally – O’Connor has devised a series of tricks to fool audiences. As immersive as the experience is, it is also used as a learning tool after the show has ended. “I’m happy to talk about it after and have kids try to figure it out,” she says. “The kids love talking about how the shoes climb up the walls on their own!”

Incorporating these technical elements allow for a really accessible show, for a huge range of young audiences. “Crafty kids love the story, technical kids and science kids like trying to figure out how it works,” she says. “They all get different things out of it and it caters for different interests really well.”

The collaborative efforts to put together the piece have left a mark on O’Connor as a creator and performer. “It was never just a book,” she says. “It was the people I worked with discussing and choosing to make it more of an experience for everyone.” / Laura Desmond VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

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ime and clowning are two words still covered with clichés,” says Camilla Pessi, “like Marcel Marceau doing the wall pantomime with the white face, or the clown in the circus with a red nose and big pants throwing water on the audience. Our goal is to change this opinion in people’s minds. That’s why we insist that our show is not for children and we invite the grown-ups to come and discover the clown world.”

And subverting cliches is what’s part of the challenge for Pessi and Simone Fassari. As part of Switzerland’s Compagnia Baccala the pair master silent comedy and clowning as Pss Pss. Pss Pss’s influences extend back, in a sense, to the comedic beginnings of commedia dell’arte. “We personally were inspired by the first circus clowns: artists able to be actors, acrobats, musicians and jugglers at the same time.” But another influential layer are classic silent movies featuring legendary stars such as Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin.

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“They open a new era, a new way of expression that is used still on our days and will never get lost.

Chaplin is maybe more concrete, Keaton more a dreamer and extreme in his acrobatic skills, Laurel and Hardy had perfect timing playing as a duo.” For Pessi, what makes this era stand out is the character work which is brought to the role. “The power of the characters is what remains in people’s memory and hearts. The audience is touched overall by the characters, by the emotions and the deepness of the characters... We wish that silent movies could enter more in the educational system, be part of today’s culture and shown to children and young people.”

Does our focus on text and sound mean we lose something from communication?

“Today non-verbal communication falls often in the vulgar or a rude expression. Which is the easiest way to use non-verbal communication. You can find non-verbal communication entering a supermarket and watching how the products are placed, in which

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order, and how they are advertised. This is all non verbal communication. Non verbal communication has very strong ‘rules’ that has an impact on people.

That’s the same thing we have to follow when we perform on stage. Sometimes a scene can work better and provoke a laugh just by modifying a little timing or extending a second more a little pause.

Details are crucial. Details are what makes the difference. Details are what makes you crazy but are there to find and discover.”

But it goes back to character, and Pessi likes to observe all aspects of what people are communicating to fold into her onstage performance. “Life off stage is our biggest inspiration, we spend a lot of time watching people walking in the streets, ‘spying’ how people communicate with the body when they are sad or angry or happy. We try to study our own body everyday to become more and more aware about how we stand, how we move when we are happy, trying to go deeper and deeper discovering

how emotions lead to new movements.”

And it is this expression which makes clowning so impactful on an audience. “People laugh because deep inside they recognise something in the way of clowning that is deep inside them, never expressed maybe, but many times thought or imagined.

Our show is a contemporary and antique way of clowning, exploring the possibility to bring the two together through acting, miming and acrobatics: the universal language of body expression. We played our show all over the world without saying a word and every audience understands... The universal language of the body has the power to bring everybody together under the same magic.” / Ben Venables

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ill Naameh is looking forward to making his debut at Adelaide Fringe.

Though his resume includes improv training from Chicago’s legendary Second City, and he’s a co-founder of Edinburgh’s popular Men with Coconuts troupe, it’s his Australian mentor Patti Styles who taught him one of improv’s most valuable lessons. “She is one of my favourite improvisers of all time,” he says. “She’s based in Melbourne - she taught me that in improv, problems don’t have to be solved.”

Naameh had a tricky scene where he played a guy asking a father for his daughter’s hand in marriage, but instead induced a heart attack in the old man. Stiles coached Naameh not to go for the obvious improvisation, but to flesh out character.

“Instead of calling an ambulance Patti made me replay the scene, watch him die, then smile. Patti taught me that improv allows you to play twisted, dark characters - and the audience can still be on your side!”

A student of improv as well as a gifted practitioner, Naameh enjoys watching shows as much as performing. And when asked for a favourite he gives a detailed response breaking down the elements which went into making that performance work so

well. “One of the most memorable was watching Two-Man Movie in 2015. They’re a duo from New York (Anthony Atamanuik and Neil Casey) who improvise an entire film onstage, complete with descriptions of camera angles, zooms and edits, plus inhabiting multiple characters at once and flawless support from each other. Their articulacy and speed was mind-blowing - plus, their scenes were all outstandingly funny and emotional.

“The show I saw also involved one of the boldest narrative-breaking improv moves I’ve ever seen.

The entire show was building up to a dramatic body swap between the hero and the villian, but instead resulted in a body swap between the hero and a six year old girl. All dramatic tension could have been immediately sucked out the room, but their commitment to this idea was so strong that they still managed to sustain the ridiculousness alongside the emotional stakes.”

In addition to Men with Coconuts, Naameh is bringing his solo character MC Hammersmith to Adelaide. An act that sees Naameh balance his gifts for freestyle rap through the prism of his hapless MC. “MC Hammersmith will take you on a journey of breathtaking middle class-ness. These sucka MC’s

or otherwise) people can gain all sorts of benefits from improv classes. The ability to stay present and work in a team is transferrable to everyone. The only way to get through an improv scene is to collaborate with your scene partner through mutual support and listening - so you can see how improv builds trust and teamwork as a life skill.” / Ben Venables

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Men with Coconuts also pass on what they’ve learned and bring one of their improv masterclasses to the Fringe too. This class has something for everyone and is not aimed solely at artists. “Improv can help everyone! The spread of people in our classes is incredibly varied. Whatever their profession (creative

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gonna get (private) schooled,” he jokes.

The show is based on audience suggestions which “means the lyrics truly can go in any direction. As this is my debut in Australia, I’ve already been preparing rhymes for ‘boomerang’, ‘koala’ and ‘please can I move here after Brexit devastates everything I love’,” he says.

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feel like I’m in a coven of incredible witches,” says Felicity Ward about the women comics she’s surrounded with in London.

After a slow adjustment, the Aussie standup now feels a deep sense of community in the UK, both personally and professionally. “I’m surrounded by some of the most talented people in the world that are also my friends.”

To strengthen that community, a year ago Ward started a WhatsApp group that now has 65 female comics in it, which has become a place “where we workshop ideas” but also “report back experiences too, so there’s that network of support.” The group began as a way to ensure diversity on line-ups was maintained if someone was no longer available. “Often we’re the only [woman] on the bill. So if you can go back and offer a female comic who’s available and who is at a similar level to you, it maintains that community.”

Ward’s love of the comedy scene in her adopted home is more than only the people she’s surrounded by. It’s also the benefit of a large population that means more comedy clubs, more gigs, and more opportunities to do what she loves: standup.

Since 2011, Ward’s work has often explored issues around mental illness, especially in her 2015 show What If There Is No Toilet, about anxiety and irritable bowel syndrome. “I had some thoughts about my anxiety and my IBS and maybe I could make [them] funny. What was really terrifying was committing to it, and then figuring out how to make an audience comfortable enough to laugh at your mental health without feeling sorry for you.”

Her new show Busting a Nut is “a straight standup show. There’s no sound effects, there’s no story binding it all together, it’s just a well-organised hour of jokes, and hopefully people will find them funny.”

The show received standing ovations and was nominated for the Best Comedy Award at the 2018

Edinburgh Fringe, reactions that Ward finds hilarious and baffling.

“There’s a one minute performance art bit where I do an impersonation of the funniest fart sound there is,” she says. “I don’t know what this says about the award, but I think I’m bringing the tone down.”

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A four-star review from Fest is a great review. The show is excellent. Brilliantly executed and performed.

A good to very good show. Three stars from Fest is a recommendation to go and see a show. There are plenty of ideas and technical accomplishment, if not flawless.

A two-star review is for a mediocre or unremarkable show which might be dull or clichéd. It might also be a good idea that has been poorly executed.

Again, we give only a handful of these, and don’t relish handing them out. A onestar show is not just bad, it’s offensive in the wrong ways and ill-conceived.

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range sunlight on green gum at dusk, the jewel-like reflection of turquoise ocean or starlight so clear, its reflection can be seen in the river below. These are all things we may miss if we do not stop, look, breathe and feel.

In Gathering Light, Yellaka dance group and Illuminart have created an aesthetic that is welcoming, sensory and peaceful. Stand-outs include the Perkendi tappa (the immersive sound walk) and Kauwemela, depicting traditional Aboriginal dance through light refraction on water, as the scent of red gum smoke is released in the trees surrounding.

Tarndaparri, the original name for the River Torrens, is an excellent location and the Fringe’s opening ceremony is a reminder to focus. To remember that our homeland – Kaurna country – has nourished, sheltered and captivated the oldest living people group on the planet. What a glorious way to open the Fringe season with this family-friendly display of Kaurna storytelling and culture. / Emma Heidenreich

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Pat McCaffrie’s stage presence sets the room at ease. He opens the show with a relatable story about 2am burritos, demonstrating that he is an everyman more successfully than Scott Morrison ever could.

Much of the show plays on Morrison’s plight to make himself a man of the people who “eats pies with his hands”. Scotty is someone to be trusted leading the country, right?

While McCaffrie respects the position of Prime Minister, there are many things he’d rather do than get a photo with our esteemed leader. But this show isn’t only about what Scotty doesn’t know, it’s also about the strange things going on with Australian politics today.

Why is there still unequal representation in the Liberal Party?

And why are religious groups

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There are a lot of late-night shows at Adelaide Fringe, but there will only be one like A Perfect Debut: Juliet Timmerman’s ode to Letterman, Colbert, Conan and more.

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rallying for the right to expel homosexual students and teachers from their positions?

McCaffrie’s performance continues solidly, with prompt acknowledgement if a joke goes too far. Intelligent and socially

aware, he isn’t concerned solely with the issues relevant to his experience but also opens up the discussion. With an overt political angle Politics and Polar Bears is engaging and, at times, outright mocking. / Kayla Gaskell

introduction, Timmerman walks us through her show, complete with a Top Ten list, cooking segment and dance performance. The humour remains absurdly dry throughout.

Timmerman is an incredibly gifted writer who pairs her talent with an engaging delivery which is charismatic and unapologetic.

There are some dropped beats in transitions between jokes and sketches, and while the shoestring budget of the props is charming to an extent, they distract the

audience when not in use. However, with experience and direction Timmerman has the performative ability to smooth these visual elements into a truly captivating show.

A Perfect Debut is the announcement of an emerging comic on the rise. Timmerman is a brilliantly original writer who, when at her best, has exquisite comic timing and an absorbing presence on stage. It’s not quite a perfect debut, but one with a huge amount of promise. / Kylie Maslen

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Ange Lavoipierre is many things to many people, and it terrifies her. What if the truth comes out?

What if Ange’s family ever met ‘friend Ange’ and found out about all that MDMA? Lavoipierre brings a smart take to millennial angst in Final Form using the academic principle of context collapse to underly the show. The collapse is seemingly only a matter of time. Weddings are fraught, her Facebook account knows more than it should, but the

true nightmare will be her funeral where the truth will ultimately be revealed, and Lavoipierre wants to make peace with the important people in her life while she can.

She is at her strongest when talking directly to the audience.

Her standup, incorporating visual elements through her self-confessed TED Talk, are all well written

and delivered. However the musical additions and audience interaction don’t hit the mark and show an inexperience in direction, which will only improve in time.

Final Form is a smart and entertaining show from a promising new voice. Lavoipierre needs to have faith that ‘standup Ange’ can be all that she promises. /︎ Kylie Maslen

use and the fluidity of sexuality.

However, The Epicurean Shark has an unfinished feel. This is a shame as Bowden is an engaging speaker but tonight he loses the audience in places. It’s more like

simply sitting with Bowden in a pub and listening to him chat rather than an epicurean experience or going fully into rounded ideas about the value of happiness. / Kayla Gaskell

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Sam Bowden uses animalistic examples while following the premise of his show on Epicureanism.

Essentially it’s a philosophy similar to hedonism: do what makes you happy, but don’t go overboard with it.

He starts by talking about his nan and mother and slowly begins to delve into more insane life stories.

He tests the audience as he talks about racism and pro-weed rallies before moving on to his ‘crazy’ Scottish friend who knows all the best places to party in Edinburgh.

Open and honest, Bowden shares his experiences with relatability.

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Where do you draw the line between sketch comedy and friends just goofing around? Good sketch comedy can make you feel conspiratorially in on the inside jokes. But when it’s bad, it’s hard to shake the contagious embarrassment of watching good mates finding themselves hilarious at the expense of the audience.

Sydney’s Burger King Illuminati walk that tightrope with a few wobbles along the way. They’re smart lads – they know their way around a meta-joke and are joyously, explicitly aware of the technical shortcomings of their lo-fi trappings. And they start strong, immediately forced to deal

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Hot on the heels of co-creating 2018’s Holt! The Musical in his home city, inventive Sydney comedian Alexander Richmond attempts something considerably less political – but similarly bizarre – in The Marvellous Snake Boy. Adapting the Mowgli trope, Richmond is our titular Snake Boy, raised by snakes in the wild and discovered by a

with a starchy copyright lawyer who polices their use of protected IPs, something unexpectedly topical in an age of copyright claims and monetised creativity.

To their credit, it’s an altogether original hour with some clever writing. But their initial steam wanes half way through, due in part to a couple of misguided race-based skits (nobody needs to reinforce those stereotypes anymore) and a TED Talk routine that falls very flat.

And while it is often funny – and in keeping with the anarchy of cheap

props and misfiring sound cues – to have performers with less-thanstellar singing ability, there are only so many off-key musical numbers an audience can endure.

That said, it’s a musical number that saves it. ‘The Chess Musical’ is a sight to behold and arguably worth the price of entry alone.

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scientist keen to reintegrate him into society. Naturally, he elects to use Fringe audiences to teach him everything he needs to know – including standup comedy.

This is, of course, the perfect excuse to deconstruct the art form – and human behaviour – all while having some fun with the crowd.

Lightly interactive, Richmond has a knack for unthreatening participation, playfully getting us to guide his linguistic and motor skill development (“Teach him language!

Teach him arms and legs!” cries the show description). It’s a brief but heartwarming space designed to show off the comic’s improvisational talents.

This delightful device is woefully underutilised, as the show then hastily progresses through other areas of his humanising education.

The karaoke segments are fun, and again harmlessly interactive, but arguably take up space that should’ve been given to the more exciting spontaneity of an audience teaching a clueless snake-child.

(Though even the karaoke format becomes cleverly deconstructed; we won’t spoil how.)

There’s a core of something brilliant glowing here, but it’s snuffed out by a conflicted ambition. We may have taught him arms and legs, but we still have so much more to teach him. / George Sully

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Elisa Cristallo invites us to settle in for an hour of storytelling – some stories will be funny, some more serious. What follows are a series of interconnected anecdotes that tell us of Cristallo’s relation to the domestic.

We learn of her childhood home, off the grid in rural NSW in a sort of Tiny Home ahead of its time.

Cristallo then cuts back two generations to share her grandparent’s migration story, told through the voice of her Nonna, in the most heartwarming and attention-grab-

bing story and performance of the set. Finally, Cristallo and her partner navigate the rental market in modern day Western Sydney.

Each of the stories bring a light-touch to issues of race, class, migration and contemporary Australian politics. While this is reasonably well executed, the plot lines of the stories need devel-

opment and a stronger narrative.

Cristallo’s performance fails to pack the emotional punch needed to keep us glued to our seats.

These are ordinary tales from the everyday and while relatable, they are also unremarkable.

A Sunday Story has its moments, but remains a working draft. /︎ Kylie Maslen

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Garry Starr has already performed everything and now it’s time to see if he can conquer Troy. On night two of a show still in development there are some rough elements in the execution, although this is easily made up for by Starr’s witty humor and interconnected sketches.

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that this production lacks the maturity to recognise that its themes are more than just concepts but lived experience.

Blackrock is a solid play that could benefit from being updated and reinterpreted for the current era. There are some questionable choices in the script, notably the absence of Tracy while her story is told only by the men who assaulted and murdered her. This is an extremely fast-paced production with little time to feel anything,

which trivialises its complexity into empty melodrama.

The level of physical violence depicted is unnecessary and sets the tone of an insensitive production that fails to care for its audience or performers. It is refreshing to see young adults played by actors the right age, and the performances are adequate, but the direction seems to have absorbed the narrative that all the female characters are either nagging, fawning, or lecturing. / Jess Martin

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Written and set in 90s small town Australia, Blackrock is an established play that deals with extremely confronting content in a nuanced way. Writer Nick Enright tackles the worst toxicity of male relationships without othering the people who are guilty or complicit.

This production by Glassroom Theatre Company and director Jack Cummins follows up on their previous success, Clanstow, which also centres around the murder of a teenage girl. It is unfortunate

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Winner of the Holden Street Theatres’ 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Award, Build a Rocket is the triumphant struggle of a young woman against all odds.

This is a love story as old as time: naive, teen girl with alcoholic mother falls pregnant and is abandoned by the emotionally unavailable, ‘artistic’, dropkick father of her unborn kid.

OK, maybe categorically not a love story, but the story is as old as time, and we’ve heard it before.

What we haven’t heard is Christopher York’s version which is an upbeat modernisation of an urban

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This forensic examination vividly recreates the intimate details that marked the lives of an elderly couple who grew up down the street from Molly Taylor.

She has a gift for capturing the things that make important moments stand out, like the creamy yellow tiles of a jaundiced bathroom, hosting a shattering intimacy, and the strange, meaty smell of cat food that sets off her childhood memories.

lexicon, and we definitely haven’t experienced the hijacking of these words by Serena Manteghi to give way to a formidable, committed and infectious one-woman performance.

Manteghi takes to the stage as Yas: a fountain of curls herded by a hair-tie, lad tracksuit pants, lace bra, gold chains, crop top. She morphs from Yas’ alcoholic, neglectful mother to Yas’ archetypal shithead friends; from Danny the father to Jack the son. Manteghi’s the only person on stage but a whole world manifests out of her shifting impersonations.

This could be a coming-of-age tale about the resilience of a young woman breaking from a cycle of generational disadvantage. But at its heart is the relationship between mother and son, which develops a little late and is skimmed over too quickly, and yet it’s here we can categorically say there is a love story. / Edwina Sleigh

But this is not just the story of one couple, it is the story of a town divided by race riots and united in the love of a football club. Though she tells the story from the living room of Alton and Evie, Taylor makes the entire city breathe as she brings it to life.

She is a wonderful writer with memorable turn of phrase, and her delivery brings the characters of her street to life. She convincingly conveys the joy, sadness and the strange emptiness they leave behind when they’re gone as she intersperses these vignettes with her own story. Extinguished Things masterfully jumps between the lives of Alton and Evie and her own, using the first as a lens through which to view the home town of Liverpool and her upbringing. / Alexis Buxton-Collins

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Set in a parlour crowded with books, trinkets and vintage couches, The Archive of Educated Hearts is an intimate exploration of love and the fleeting nature of our time on earth.

Casey Jay Andrews declares that “tragedy is a fault line”, dividing the world into an oblivious before and an irrevocably changed after. In her family’s case, that tragedy takes the form of cancer.

Through voice recordings, photographs and her own musings she shows the impact the disease has had on her loved ones.

Andrews claims that she has an inarticulate heart, one that is incapable of expressing the fear or love that strikes us when we find

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RCC Fringe 9pm, 15–23 Feb, not 18 $20 – $45

Over the course of 90 minutes Penny Arcade excoriates the political correctness movement that she feels has overtaken the community that raised her. She laments the loss of that queer culture with misty-eyed recollections while also regularly

ourselves on that fault line. But in this performance she is insightful and compassionate as she brings to life an entire world.

She suggests that rather than ruining our lives, such a diagnosis can prompt us to prioritise the things that are truly important and

this theme resonates throughout.

At 40 minutes, The Archive of Educated Hearts flies by but the ideas brought up in this touching performance, which are suffused with kindness, gentleness and humour, linger long after the show has finished. / Alexis Buxton-Collins

courting controversy through her language. She revels in offence, both real and staged, and declares at the start of the show, “This is not a safe space.” That much is evident when a heckler interrupts her closing monologue and she rounds on him with righteous fury.

Her passion is never in doubt, though at times her extended monologues are undercut by false equivalencies or an insistence on lecturing about the right to take offence with absolute authority.

But she offers many salient points about the way we treat ourselves, and the way we allow ourselves to be treated by society. In between,

she shares the stage with seven erotic dancers (many drawn from Hindley Street) who are the living embodiment of the freedom of expression that she’s defending. They take the stage half an hour before the ticketed opening time, and show off moves as impressive as any of the acrobats at this Fringe.

Though the show is 25 years old, many of the concepts are still frighteningly relevant and it now contains some updated references to the Trump era. The result is a passionate, if sometimes flawed, defence of free speech by a performer who lives as she preaches. /︎ Alexis Buxton-Collins

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Scott Wings, a Melbourne-based spoken word performer, has won awards for his previous show Icarus Falling. And it is easy to see why – he uses no props, and his show is entirely without ornament save for some musical interludes and basic lighting changes. Yet for much of his show he has the audience transfixed.

He delivers the material with a Jim Carrey-esque knack for physical comedy. Given his extreme physicality as a performer, it makes sense that in the first portion of the show he takes a look at the body and its processes. Each body part is its own character. Think Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out if the protagonist was a 35-year-old man haunted by bad relationships and

Umbrella Man HHHH

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23 Feb

Umbrella Man is one-man spoken theatre, brought to us by writer and performer Colin Bramwell, whose company Teuchter Theatre aims to develop original, inclusive and multicultural works.Through the show Bramwell recreates the experience of encountering that rambling, spirited, wayward soul you’re likely

life choices. A segment towards the end of the show, in which Wings takes aim at the deluge of pointless information on social media, is another highlight.

Wings’ rich use of language and his raucously foul comedic sensibility gives balance to his self-help-style material. Material

to encounter in every hostel on the Indochinese Peninsula. He warmly engages the audience, as if they are an old friend, and relays us with the story of how he came to find himself as a wandering tour guide.

With musical and poetical asides, Bramwell allows us a glimpse into his worldview, which features illuminati conspiracies and flat-earth delusions, but which is also marked by loss, disappointment and heartbreak. Umbrella Man draws you in like a conversation and wraps you up like a warm blanket. The performance is rich and memorable, but it’s the layered storytelling that leaves a lasting impression. / Justin Boden

that could, in other hands, be a load of saccharine new-age codswallop laden with well-worn platitudes about finding yourself and following your heart, ad nauseam. But here it manages to be raw and irreverently funny – a rare treat for the genre. / Emma O’Connell-Doherty

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As humans, we crave intimacy, but with intimacy comes an uncomfortable vulnerability. Searching for a reliable confidant can be a lifelong process. Often we find that an unknown person can be the best one to divulge to, knowing you may never see them again.

Such is the premise of Naked Truth, an experience rather than a show. Vendetta Vain can be naked for the entirety of the piece (at the participant’s discretion, along with one’s own nudity).

As both sit unclothed the experience truly begins with one minute of unbroken eye contact; a hugely personal and internal moment.

Thoughts of what it means to be intimate and where that intimacy comes from in life dominates the sixty seconds, over in this extended blink of an eye.

The conversation details past loves, one night stands and Fringe flings. How does a single person fulfill their need for intimacy? Why can it be so hard to discuss with a person close to us?

As the conversation is driven by the audience member, this show will never be the same twice. It will, however, give that audience member a distinct space to explore their understanding of their relationship with others and how they perceive their own need for intimacy. / Laura Desmond

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Before the show commences, we receive boarding passes that intentionally split existing groups up.

Then we enter the container.

The interior looks very much like a passenger airline, complete with uncomfortable seats that don’t quite have enough legroom. It’s fair to say that this is not the only discomfort we’ll experience during the journey.

Everything starts on a conventional note with a safety announcement before things begin to turn a little strange. As well as turbulence in which the ‘plane’

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judders convincingly, there are a number of unexpected twists. The use of headphones with binaural technology allows each passenger to have a voice speaking directly into their ear while they sit in complete darkness, ensuring that every passenger is isolated from those around them and has a unique, immersive experience.

This show positions the audience as Schrödinger’s passengers, a group that has entered a temporary limbo. Giving much more away

is difficult because it is designed to be disorienting. So at times it’s hard to follow what’s going on, and the story, minimal as it is, leaves a lot to the imagination. Once the lights go out, time is suspended and this adds to the sense of disorientation – though beyond this general unease there seems to be little substance to the show. The use of technology is innovative and the idea interesting, but ultimately the experience of this flight is unsatisfying. /︎ Alexis Buxton-Collins

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An ode to “wild women and fierce femmes”, Fringe Wives Club have produced yet another must-see show. Glittergrass is a musical parody imbued with hilariously delivered pop ballads, served with their signature slice of provocative vivacity. Giving a feminist makeover to the male ego-fluffing country and folk narrative, the Fringe Wives seek to rewrite “herstory” in this jaunty new comedic cabaret.

Debuting as a quintet, new members Laura Frew and Sharnema Nougar blend seamlessly into the established chemistry of core members Victoria Falconer, Rowena Hutson, and Tessa Waters.

Nougar and Frew bring to the table their respective talents of witty delivery and slapstick comedy, bouncing off one another to create a performance of kinetic joy that

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Death comes for us all. For all their glittered outfits and impeccable makeup, Bourgeois & Maurice are haunted by it, morosely sauntering onto the stage for tonight’s perfor-

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extends to the audience.

Despite needing further development to smoothly segue between numbers, the laughs and high-cal-

ibre performance of all five women makes their latest performance requisite Fringe viewing. / Letti K-Ewing

mance. A sullen Maurice takes her place at the piano as Bourgeois takes a stool and begins to discuss life and death.

Their dilemma, it seems, stems from the somewhat new-found knowledge that death is inevitable.

Bourgeois has a stage presence to die for and a voice like honey, which fills the room as he sings through the plethora of ways to die.

Maurice’s fingers fly across the keys as she pipes in with harmonies throughout. But for a cabaret duo of such repute, there’s a forced nature to this morbid introduction.

Nevertheless, these quicktongued cabaret queens remain a versatile pair; they flit easily from a great lesson on Brexit to an upbeat disco number. Their songs’ lyricism pairs nicely with Bourgeois’ vocal timbre (although the harmonies are shaky at times).

And while the show’s lethargic beginning felt insincere, by the end that is forgotten. This on-stage power couple brings together social satire and sequins in a witty and upbeat celebration of all things death. / Laura Desmond

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Exquisite (An Evening with Mama Alto) HHHH

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Transcending the modern era, Mama Alto’s voice seems to exist in all times and places. At moments it’s hard to believe the performance is staged in Adelaide’s converted Freemason’s Hall and not a Downtown New York jazz club.

A vocal doppelgänger of Billie Holiday, Alto similarly employs instrumental vocal gestures and improvisational reprisals of some of Lady Day’s most notable works.

Between Holiday, Mathis, and Monk, Alto delights the crowd with light-hearted banter and boastful anecdotes about her life and the legacy of her idols, which she delivers with absolute charm.

Reminding the audience of the multidimentiality of divas and their

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As a girl growing up, Amity Dry wanted nothing more than to be a real life princess – marry her prince, build her castle and live happily ever after. Her fairytale, however, wasn’t so simple. Following a public

ability to evoke innumerable sensations and feelings, Alto’s history lesson on the power of femme performers is an important one.

The audience is utterly hers and the only downside is there is only an hour to experience such musical prowess. / Letti K-Ewing

divorce from her husband, Dry is a voice for married women in unhappy unions. The metaphorical princess story is well suited to her Disney princess-like vocal ability, with clear high notes and classic ballads throughout the piece.

The obligatory Tinder banter makes an appearance with the usual cynicism, although some of her comedic timing is slow paced and misses the mark. A yoga mat makes for an unnecessary prop which could easily be done without.

It is her closing remarks which make a poignant statement. Dry clearly recognises and acknowl-

edges her privilege and her ability to ‘easily’ walk away from her marriage with her children. Many women are not so lucky. Domestic violence, emotional abuse and financial dependency are just some of the reasons Dry recognises as barriers for leaving relationships.

Dry has quite a narrow audience diversity and the cabaret structure is anything but groundbreaking, but her reflections of social pressures on straight women are important.

Although it misses some of the marks, FORTIFIED is an uplifting and hopeful piece with a solid social message. / Laura Desmond

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An unlikely pairing, singer songwriter Jamie MacDowell and beatboxer Tom Thum still make for one of the most impressive live music duos. These two have a relaxed chemistry – for so early in the season, they laugh at a ‘flaccid’ mic stand and the restart of the opening song. Hitches aside, it is an absolute pleasure to watch as Thum layers drum beats with a full brass section without touching anything but a microphone. MacDowell brings clear syncopated

guitar strums with assonance-rich lyricism, which pairs beautifully with his voice.

The two work as well solo as together, and they each highlight their own skills, while explaining how looping pedals and recording tech boards are used to further layer and build. MacDowell invites UK singer Billy Boothroyd on stage for

a tear-jerking performance of their song ‘Brother’, and Alex Rossi and Reed Grimm make an appearance to bring the funk.

There are some teething issues being the opening weekend, but this charismatic duo are infectious, and their collaborative style of music-making is ever impressive and enjoyable. / Laura Desmond

Nights’ from her eponymous debut album, Vandal proves there is a lot more room within the punk scene for her energised brand of hardcore.

Opening the night are the comparatively pared back and heavily percussive Melbourne band, New War. Sonic and instrumental, lead singer Chris Pugmire treats

his vocals as the band’s fourth instrument, surging his vocals against bass, drum, and keys, into a chaos that teeters on the edge of cataclysmic.

This is a stellar homegrown pairing, and adds much needed musical diversity to the RCC Fringe line up. / Letti K-Ewing

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RCC Fringe 8pm, 16 Feb $35

Ecca Vandal quite literally leaps into her set at RCC’s The Attic, warming up the small crowd with a fiery opener, not once letting her flame falter. That enigmatic, nu-metal sound is entirely Vandal’s and, along with her soaring vocals, elevates the standard of metal’s new wave.

It is a testament to Vandal’s showmanship that she keeps the crowd alive and it is hard for an audience not to emulate the raucousness of Vandal and her band. This is especially when metal is performed so passionately. Ending her set on the crashing ballad ‘Broke Days, Party

The Garden Sessions HHHH

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Kicking back in the shade at The Garden of Unearthly Delights on the first Saturday afternoon of the Fringe, the vibe is an easy, gentle calm – almost a deliberate pause before the nightly colour and fairground mayhem kicks off again. As if purposely amplifying this feeling, a lone guitarist has found cover in the shade on the other edge of the clearing, gently playing, almost to herself. Undaunted by the distance between performer and the audience, she continues to entertain and as the set rolls on a decent crowd is drawn to her confidently relaxed, understated performance.

It’s the perfect antidote after a big opening night, and a welcome change of pace. But on a hot afternoon, with the audience

Wet Sounds HHH VENUE: TIME:

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A picture may paint a thousand words, but music – specifically music in water – travels 4.5 times faster and is perceived through your bones. Yes, your bones, not your ears. Imagine what that would

seeking shady spots to listen, you can’t escape the feeling that this lone acoustic artist would have benefited from a more defined performance space.

Hannah Yates’ fine acoustic set is the first of the Garden’s summer sessions. These are part of the venue’s commendable long-standing commitment to promoting contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander artists. Yates in particular is committed to preserving the Kaurna language in her work, and while this isn’t immediately apparent in her set this afternoon – due partly to a focus on a more 70s revival style of play, partly to sheer venue layout – it’s still great that these artists are given such a space to engage with festival audiences. / Joe Hay

feel like. Well, you need not bother because as the title suggests, Wet Sounds is bringing you the goodness of sound in a wet environment: the Adelaide Aquatic Centre.

This is a communal experience as you float harmoniously above and below the water, with 50-odd strangers clinging to noodles. This may sound strange but it’s therapeutic in its hypnosis as the lights colour the pool from electric blues to ominous reds. Unfortunately, the props and underwater performers are an underwhelming aspect of the

experience, leaving room for improvement visually and interactively. But we are ultimately there for the music, and the deeper we dive the clearer and closer it becomes, giving each individual swimmer total control over their own watery electronic soundtrack.

So slip on your toggs and snatch up a snorkel, because this 40-minute underwater exploration is a refreshing immersion into a world of sound we rarely get the privilege to access. / Edwina Sleigh

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Ah, femininity – to embrace, or conceal? A friend, or foe? A social construction, or biologically inevitable?These are the questions former model and business woman Erin Fowler is asking in her new solo theatrical dance performance Femme.

From inside a glowing bohemian Bell Tent, Fowler repeatedly emerges onto a neon-lit catwalk to try on different stages of femininity. Like a real runway, the audience is seated in chairs on either side.

Here, they witness three things: through the partially opened tent, a female body in private snapshots,

outside the male gaze; the same female body on the catwalk, physically constructing a self to be validated within the male gaze; and the gaze of other audience members.

There’s no hiding in this show, for anyone. The viewer isn’t just watching Fowler’s deeply erotic lap dance or intimate and damaged relationship with food; they’re watching the people who are watching her. They are, in a sense, watching themselves watch.

This is a performance that’s emotionally and sexually charged. Fowler does put herself in a precarious

situation: she asks the audience to tear apart the male gaze, despite her many years as a model.

At times, sadly, this makes empathy difficult. It’s layered with overt but relatable audio snippets of other people struggling to conform to gender stereotypes.The show isn’t presenting avant-garde material: boys are active and strong, while girls are passive and weak. Boys look, and girls are to be looked at. But Fowler does create a unique space in which to consider the role of the female body, regardless of whether or not you have one. / Edwina Sleigh

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FINALE HHHHH VENUE: TIME:

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Berlin is an exuberant city. It’s fitting, then, that the German capital’s latest circus export – FINALE by ANALOG the company – should be so full of riotous vim.

A dynamic, showstopping carnival, it’s everything a tentpole production like this should be: packed with lively and likeable characters, eye-widening feats and a musical score that’s both rousing and integrated into the performance.

And it doesn’t let up. The show’s title alludes to it presenting finale after finale, though that’s less

of a strict brief and more of a philosophy. Each cast member is boundlessly energetic, possessing unique skills and enough confetti to make even the slightest gesture a grand triumph. They share a genuinely funny chemistry that the kids in the audience enjoy as much as the grown-ups, evoking the most playful of street buskers despite the show’s high-spec staging.

A judicious use of light and smoke – often handheld by teammates – gives it a thrillingly tangible FX experience. Bit blends into bit as live drums and vocals performed by the cast themselves (Ena Wild,

charming host and vocalist, is a marvel) motor the production along.

In short, it’s circus 101, done spectacularly enough that even those who’ve seen their fair share of Cyr wheels, Chinese poles and hoop-jumping will be transfixed.

Honourable mentions go to a hand-balancing skit with a great twist, and the slickest bounce juggling routine you’ll see this year, guaranteed.

While not saying anything particularly profound, as a coherent gem of entertainment FINALE is a refreshing hour-long party-popper. / George Sully

kicking in the process.

Chasing Smoke is performed by the country’s only Indigenous circus troupe. Tonight we have five of the listed six (Lara Croydon, Pearl Thompson, Dylan Singh, Harley Mann and Ally Humphris) and each is given the space to explore what it means, to them, to be Aboriginal today. And this is what makes the show excel: it is both deeply personal and fiercely uncompromising. There is no homogenising: individuality is celebrated. From light-hearted skits about commodifying palatable stereotypes,

to a blistering costume-changing dance routine mocking the vapid identities foisted upon Australians, the show’s pacing is electric.

On a technical level, the circus skills are solid and competent (though Mann’s diabolo routine is near-flawless); perhaps not entirely novel, but that’s not the point here.

This prodigal quintet are so fired up by the stories they’re telling – equal parts fun and poignant – that the energy is infectious. We’re on our feet by the end, moved by the invigorating bravery of reclaimed identities. / George Sully

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‘Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport’

by Rolf Harris was the number one song in the 1960 Australian music charts. To many outside of the country – and in it – it has been clumsily representative of Australian culture for decades.

Along with didgeridoos, cork hats and the institutionalised erasure of Indigenous culture, it’s part of a dated pastiche that is long overdue a shake-up. Trailblazing company Casus Circus present a new show that is unflinching in its quest to reclaim this culture in its myriad forms, giving Mr. Harris a good

By a Thread HHHH VENUE: TIME:

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$20 – $35

Presented by Melbourne circus company One Fell Swoop, By a Thread is a testament to the

strength of the human body.

Composed of seven acrobats, the show explores the importance of trust and play. Having toured this production for a couple of years, the troupe perform with a practised and professional feel but the joy they share in doing so is clear to see.

With acrobats and a long rope suspended through pulley sheaves, these performers seem to have endless tricks and ideas, clearly revelling on the rope and in the

success of their friend’s tricks. The strength of each is never in question and their confidence in their tricks never wavers as they perform almost flawlessly.

One of the most impressive things is the synchronicity each bring to the group, which they do with trust and confidence. They remain comfortable, and most of all supportive, even during the choreographed chaos of the second act. / Kayla Gaskell

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Pss Pss HHH VENUE: TIME:

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Staging a mime show during the Fringe presents a number of challenges. Short attention spans are easily overcome, but the sound bleed from neighbouring tents is trickier. Though the two (mostly mute) mimes in Pss Pss can’t drown out their neighbours, they are able to incorporate them into their whimsical tribute to classic mime.

Their impressive shows of athleticism place a surprising amount of trust in audience members (to great effect). In between, they adapt their dance steps to the sounds of other shows coming through the tent walls and manage to poke fun at the traditional mime of Marcel Marceau. With minimal props, they rely on physical comedy and an incredible athleticism to keep the audience entertained, and the gasps and laughs are evenly spread out.

There’s no narrative in Pss Pss, but echoes of the duo’s body

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movements and exaggerated facial expressions resonate throughout. These recurring gestures and sounds give shape to their personalities, and as the show progresses they become emboldened to engage the audience more and escalate the difficulty of their

acrobatic feats.

This gentle show pokes fun at the performers and audience as well as the traditions of clowning, and while it occasionally goes for the easy laughs, the accompanying routines are anything but. / Alexis Buxton-Collins

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DIRTY TATTOOED CIRCUS BASTARDS HHH TIME:

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Many modern circus shows verge on egotistical with moody gazes and sultry stares. DIRTY TATTOOED CIRCUS BASTARDS is anything but conceited. It’s not even particularly clear whether these two are circus trained. What results, however, is a highly enjoyable piss take with naturalistic banter, audience engagement, and denim shorts that are somehow both too tight and too loose at the same time.

Catering to an Australian audience, beer, Bunnings and butts all make an appearance with laughs and averted gazes from the audience. Their repartee comes thick and fast, and there’s barely a moment that one or both of them aren’t in riots of laughter.

There isn’t a lot of technical

Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams HHH VENUE: TIME:

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The idea behind Circus Abyssinia has lovely potential: on a darkened stage enter Bibi and Bichu, two

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work in this show, and nothing new in the circus world, save for the shattering finale. It is, however, a very enjoyable show filled with

laughs. These two clearly don’t take themselves too seriously which is refreshing for the genre. / Laura Desmond

brothers growing up in Ethiopia who dream of joining the circus.

Unfortunately, this is about as much of the storyline that makes sense.

The routines, however captivating, do not follow a clear trajectory and the spoken word is unamplified.

Redemptively, the cast appear on stage clad in traditional, colourful fabrics, beaming smiles and a soundtrack replete with infectiously joyful beats. Raw energy and dynamism flow from the male performers, especially in their acrobatic and Chinese

pole routines and the poised, impossibly gelatinous movements of the female floorwork resemble something reptilian.

In essence, Circus Abyssinia are very entertaining, but at times the group choreography lacks synchronicity, strength and technical excellence. Endearingly, they work to disguise any fumbles and chorus each other on despite them. Ethiopian Dreams has all the makings of a great production that has not quite arrived. / Emma Heidenreich

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11:00 Damian Callinan: The Merger Holden Street Theatres, 20 Feb, $28 Good Morning Comedy Mercury Cinema, 20 Feb, 27 Feb, 6 Mar, 13 Mar, $12

12:00 Magical Mystery Comedy Coach Tour The Austral Hotel, 11 Mar, $60

13:00 Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist Beehive, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Adelaide Comedy Gala Arkaba Hotel, 24 Feb, $45

13:15 Kevin, King of Egypt Live From Tandanya, 23 Feb, $25

13:30 Living in a Rich Naberhood The Fam Pirie, 10 Mar, $20

13:45 15th Theatresports(TM) Clash of the Titans Live From Tandanya, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $35

14:00 Total Mind Control Hypnosis Show Arkaba Hotel, 3 Mar, $20

JUSTIN HAMILTON – THE BALLAD OF JOHN TILT ANIMUS: THREE DANCES Rhino Room, 23–24 Feb, $25–$50 The Love Frequency Experiment Star Theatres, 23 Feb, $25

14:30 Men with Coconuts Stirling Fringe, 1–2 Mar, $28

14:45 Late Night Party Boyz - Rebel Without Applause Live From Tandanya, 16–17 Mar, $20

15:00 The Ashes: Comedy Showdown Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, $25 Tea and Scones with MAVIS. The Girls Place, 3 Mar, $35 Fringe @ Molly’s Mollydooker Wines, 23 Feb, $55

15:15 JUSTIN HAMILTON – THE BALLAD OF JOHN TILT ANIMUS: THREE DANCES Rhino Room, 23–24 Feb, $25

15:30 Cherry Farrow Comedy Hypnosis “100% Chicken Free” Live From Tandanya, 23–24 Feb, $25 Kai Humphries: Punch Drunk Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 23 Feb, 3 Mar, $25

16:00 Nothing But Dad Jokes Rob Roy Hotel, 10 Mar, $15 My Grandmother’s M.A.I.D. BASEM3NT Studios, 21–23 Feb, $20 Peter Powers - UK’s Most Outrageous Hypnotist The National Wine Centre, 16 Mar, $30 Sir David and his Animals Bakehouse Theatre, 9–16 Mar, $20–$25 Deadly FunnyDesert Fringe Institute Theatre, 1 Mar, FREE CLASS CLOWNS Adelaide Heat/SA State Final Rhino Room, 2 Mar, $10 Daniel Connell: Piece of Piss Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 16 Mar, $24 Super Woman Money Program Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $20–$27

16:15 Kevin, King of Egypt Live From Tandanya, 2–3 Mar, $25 Improv Attacks Humanity Live From Tandanya, 9–10 Mar, $20

16:30 Best of Edinburgh Comedy The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Choir Boys Live From Tandanya, 23–24 Feb, $28 Damian Callinan: The Merger Holden Street Theatres, 23 Feb, $28 Nik Coppin: Shark The Griffins Hotel, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, $10

JUSTIN HAMILTON – THE BALLAD OF JOHN TILT ANIMUS: THREE DANCES Rhino Room, 23–24 Feb, $25 Get Sweatier with Cheryl and Chardee The National Wine Centre, 24 Feb, $20

Mick Neven: Charm Offensive Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 16 Mar, $20 Just for funny: A festival showcase Hotel Richmond, 24 Feb, $5

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Cherry Farrow Comedy Hypnosis “100% Chicken Free” Live From Tandanya, 22 Feb, $25

Eve Ellenbogen - Too Much Rhino Room, 2 Mar, $25

17:00 JooYung Roberts - The Ballad of JooYung Roberts Ancient World, 6 Mar, $12 Mickey D : CAN DO! Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $20 Grown Ass Woman and Peter the Sober Vampire Live From Tandanya, 10 Mar, $20 Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $25 Murder Mystery Death by Dating The Parks Theatres, 23 Feb, $40 Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist Beehive, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 26 Feb, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, $20–$25 Darius Davies: Persian of Interest The Austral Hotel, 20 Feb–17 Mar, $15–$25 DAVE HUGHES HAIRY The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $40 Improv Attacks Humanity Live From Tandanya, 16–17 Mar, $20

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BASEM3NT Studios, 28 Feb–2 Mar, $10 Damian Callinan: The Merger Stirling Fringe, 24 Feb, $30 Jimeoin - Result!

Arts Theatre, 10 Mar, 17 Mar, $44 ANNE EDMONDS – WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU? The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 16–17 Mar, $35

17:45 Right-Wing Comedian The Austral Hotel, 20 Feb–17 Mar, $20

18:00 BEN KNIGHT: Back Too School The National Wine Centre, 10–17 Mar, $20 Grammar Don’t Matter on a SECOND Date The Griffins Hotel, 20–24 Feb, $25 Clare Cavanagh: Literally The National Wine Centre, 20–22 Feb, $22 Obsessive.

Compulsive.

Disordered.

Ancient World, 23 Feb, $20

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Best In Comedy Chat & Stand-Up Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $14–$23 Nick O’Connell - The Pinnacle of Average The Howling Owl, 12–16 Mar, $10–$15 I Got Bit By A Monkey Once…

Hotel Richmond, 24 Feb, $20 Boys Rhino Room, 20 Feb–2 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, $15–$20 Showko - Absolutely Normal The National Wine Centre, 8–17 Mar, not 14, $20–$25 Alice Springs Comedy Showcase The Griffins Hotel, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $15–$20 Amy Hetherington: Where They Hide The Crazy The National Wine Centre, 24 Feb–1 Mar, $15–$20 Ladylike: A Modern Guide to Etiquette Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $23–$26 David Woodhead: Thank Me Later Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 20–23 Feb, $20 Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist Beehive, 26 Feb–17 Mar, not 27 Feb, 28 Feb, 4 Mar, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 11 Mar, 13 Mar, 14 Mar, $18–$25 Girl, Schminterschmupted The National Wine Centre, 22 Feb–1 Mar, $15–$20 Juggling and other acts of seduction The Howling Owl, 5–9 Mar, $18 Ambispectrous Ayers House Events, 5 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 12 Mar, 15 Mar, $20

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Circle of Wife Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar, $20 2100: a Space Novelty Bakehouse Theatre, 20 Feb–2 Mar, not 24 Feb, $20–$25 Fringe of the Fringe Comedy Show Hilton Hotel, 22 Feb, 8 Mar, FREE Deviant Women: Lady Pirates Give No F*cks The Jade, 20–22 Feb, $25 Maddie HW: Let’s Get Loud The Howling Owl, 20–23 Feb, $15–$25 Liam Withnail: Homeboy Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–16 Mar, not 10, 11, $10–$25 2 Animals {that don’t traditionally get along} The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 2 Mar to 8 Mar, $15–$20 Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year The National Wine Centre, 2–17 Mar, not 4, 11, $16–$20 Emma Hogan & Gene Louis - Lady and the Scamp Rhino Room, 5–10 Mar, $14–$18 The Wine Science Show The National Wine Centre, 20 Feb, $20

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Chris Henry : Around the World in 80 Dates Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $20–$25 Dusty Rich is Hosting the Greatest Showcase Show at Adelaide Fringe (at 6:10pm in Piglet) in 2019!

Gluttony, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $15

Living on a prayer A Club Adelaide, 7–9 Mar, $17 1000 Rhymes Per Hour - MC Hammersmith’s Magical Freestyle Factory!

A Club Adelaide, 20–24 Feb, $15

Adeladies - Best of The Fringe’s Funny Women The Griffins Hotel, 5–10 Mar, $14–$23 Battle of the Superheroes: The Great Superhero Debate The Griffins Hotel, 12–17 Mar, $14–$23 Comedy Tasting at the Wine Centre The National Wine Centre, 20–22 Feb, $16 Geeks, Stand Up! The Griffins Hotel, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $14–$23 Jeromaia Detto: Canapes & Cocktails Live From Tandanya, 13–17 Mar, $13–$20 Domestic Disaster The Austral Hotel, 21 Feb–17 Mar, not 27 Feb, 6 Mar, 13 Mar, $15–$25 Garry Starr Performs Everything Stirling Fringe, 28 Feb–1 Mar, $28 Best Of Fringe: Early Show Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 20 Feb–17 Mar, $10–$15 Kevin, King of Egypt Live From Tandanya, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, 26 Feb, $25 Comedy World of Sports The Griffins Hotel, 20–24 Feb, $19–$23

Cristina Lark: Caution Deadline Ahead (A Comedy About Procrastination) A Club Adelaide, 27 Feb–3 Mar, $15 A Bedtime Story with DPR A Club Adelaide, 10 Mar, $20

18:30 25 Years Of Stand-Up The Griffins Hotel, 20–24 Feb, $19–$23 Carey Marx: Grumpy Pom The Griffins Hotel, 26 Feb–10 Mar, not 4 Mar, $15–$25 Séayoncé Stirling Fringe, 2–3 Mar, $28 Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist Beehive, 22–24 Feb, $25 AdeLOL - A ‘Heaps Good History’ Live Podcast The Crown and Sceptre Hotel, 21 Feb, 22 Feb, 16 Mar, $15 Card Ninja The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–3 Mar, $21–$26 ELEANOR CONWAY: Walk Of Shame 2 (Reality Bites) Stirling Fringe, 23 Feb, $28 Sammy J’s Major Party Royalty Theatre, 12 Jul, $47.95 Sense & Spontaneity South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 8–10 Mar, $25

18:45 Best of Adelaide Fringe: The International Comedy Show The Historian Hotel, Various dates from 21 Feb to 16 Mar, $19–$23 Adelaide Comedy Podcast Live Rhino Room, 26–27 Feb, $10–$20 Grown Ass Woman and Peter the Sober Vampire Live From Tandanya, 13–17 Mar, $20 Gameshow of Thrones Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 12–16 Mar, $25–$28 Friendlyjordies presents - Why John Howard REALLY sucked Rhino Room, 28 Feb–2 Mar, $35 LANO & WOODLEY - FLY The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $48–$55 Maddie HW: Let’s Get Loud Live From Tandanya, 6–10 Mar, $25

19:00 Two Little Dickheads The National Wine Centre, 24 Feb–1 Mar, $15–$25 Baby Wants Candy, The Completely Improvised Full Band Musical The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $30–$38 JUDITH LUCY VS MEN The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $38–$49

4th Maestro Improvised National Games The Duke of Brunswick Hotel, 22 Feb, 23 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, $25 Anya Anastasia: The Show Stirling Fringe, 23–24 Feb, $30 Tinkerings broadcast bar, 7 Mar, $20 Ting and Erin’s Awesome Comedy Show Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $15–$22 If You Laugh It’s Comedy And If You Don’t Laugh It’s Art Nineteen Ten, Various dates from 1 Mar to 16 Mar, $20 Obsessive.

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Ancient World, 22 Feb, $20 1900-Lisa-Skye The National Wine Centre, 20–22 Feb, $25 Dirty Diana Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 7–9 Mar, $15–$30 Stephen K Amos The Story So Far...

Arts Theatre, 10 Mar, $38 Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 27 Feb, $20–$26 I Got Bit By A Monkey Once…

Hotel Richmond, 20 Feb, $15 Peter James: Word Person.

BASEM3NT Studios, 7–9 Mar, $15–$20 Paul Savage Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 28 Feb–6 Mar, $15

Sleeping Trees: World Tour The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $25–$32 CAL WILSON - GIFTED UNDERACHIEVER The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 25 Feb–6 Mar, $25–$35 Suren Jayemanne: I’m Here, All Weak The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 10 Mar to 17 Mar, $15–$18 Nick Cody - Old Mate Rhino Room, 20–23 Feb, $25 James Clark Women Problems Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 1–2 Mar, $20 Eric’s Tales of the Sea - A Submariner’s Yarn Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 11–16 Mar, $17–$20 A Battle of The Comic Sexes M vs F Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 22 Feb, $29.99 Neel Kolhatkar: Live Rhino Room, 5–16 Mar, not 11, $20–$32 Age of Wonder BASEM3NT Studios, Various dates from 21 Feb to 2 Mar, $23 SA VS VIC Comedy Showdown Live At The Cumby, 27 Feb–1 Mar, $12–$20 Joanne McNally: Wine Tamer The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 3 Mar, $25 Deadly FunnyDesert Fringe Institute Theatre, 1 Mar, FREE Jimeoin - Result!

Arts Theatre, Various dates from 7 Mar to 16 Mar, $44–$49 Comedy Pub Crawl The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 21 Feb to 16 Mar, $20–$35

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DAVE THORNTON LEAN INTO IT The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 7–17 Mar, not 11, 15, $25–$35 tim&TIM! Life Show La Bohème, 22–23 Feb, $15 A African American & Asian Comedy Tour “U White People Are Funny # 2” Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 23 Feb, $35 Tom GK: Hearing Loss, The Musical!

Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 20–24 Feb, $27 Daniel Connell: Piece of Piss Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 12–16 Mar, $24 ANNE EDMONDS – WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU? The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 15 Mar, $35 Cabaret Pub Crawl Sugar, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $35 Tales from a Comedian Astor Hotel, Various dates from 21 Feb to 16 Mar, $12–$15 Chalk & Cheese Live At The Cumby, 7 Mar, 14 Mar, $20 Super Woman Money Program Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–9 Mar, $24–$27 Arj Barker - We Need To Talk Arts Theatre, 1–2 Mar, $45 10 Comics for $12 Bucks Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 21 Feb, $15 GREG BYRON in POETIC LICENCE Treasury 1860, 2–3 Mar, $15

19:10 Becky Lucas - ‘Um, support me?!’

Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–10 Mar, $20–$28

19:15 A Booklovers Comedy Show The National Wine Centre, 20 Feb–2 Mar, not 21 Feb, $18–$22 Scotland!

The National Wine Centre, 4–17 Mar, not 9, $20–$25 Comedy Pub Crawl Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $35 Jeff Green: Letters Home The Howling Owl, 20–23 Feb, $20–$29.50 If You Can’t Train It, Eat It The Howling Owl, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $18–$25 Aborigi-LOL - 100% Aussie Laughs The National Wine Centre, 1–17 Mar, not 7, 14, $20–$25 Greek Comedian of The Year The Howling Owl, 5–16 Mar, not 10, 11, $15–$25 Anna Nicholson: Woman of the Year The National Wine Centre, 22–27 Feb, $16–$20 Lewis Garnham: You Can’t Always Get What You Want Rhino Room, 5–10 Mar, $15–$20 Adelaide Comedy’s Next Generation Rhino Room, 20 Feb–2 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, $15–$20 Jacob Jackman Needs Work Rhino Room, 5–16 Mar, not 11, $10–$20

Aaaaaaaargh! It’s The Best of Fringe Comedy From The UK! The Griffins Hotel, Various dates from 21 Feb to 17 Mar, $14–$23 Pat McCaffrie: Politics and Polar Bears (There Will Be No Polar Bears)

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Rhino Room, 20 Feb–2 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, $15–$20 LUKE HEGGIE - HAVE THAT Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar, $20–$28

19:20 BOO DWYER : GINVINCIBLE Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $15–$25 Michael Shafar 50/50 Gluttony, 20–24 Feb, $25

19:30 Adventures of the Improvised Sherlock Holmes The National Wine Centre, 20–22 Feb, $29 JooYung Roberts - The Ballad of JooYung Roberts Ancient World, Various dates from 1 Mar to 9 Mar, $10–$15 Quest Time!

The Duke of Brunswick Hotel, 20 Feb, 21 Feb, 26 Feb, 27 Feb, 28 Feb, $15 2 ENGLISHMEN AND AN AUSSIE The Griffins Hotel, 20–24 Feb, $20 #AMNDrink - A Midsummer Night’s Drink The Bunker Sports Bar and Grill, 20–23 Feb, $27

Christian Elderfield: Suited and Rooted The Griffins Hotel, 26 Feb–17 Mar, not 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $12–$20 Aaaaaaaargh! It’s The Best of Fringe Comedy From The UK! The Griffins Hotel, 5 Mar, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, $14–$23 Soft Butch Show Queen Bakehouse Theatre, 4–9 Mar, $20–$24.50 Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, Various dates from 21 Feb to 17 Mar, $15–$20 Tim Ferguson: A Fast Life On Wheels The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 10 Mar to 17 Mar, $28–$32 The Adelaide International Comedy Gala Thebarton Theatre, 23 Feb, $20 Matt Byrne’s Married At First Fight Maxim’s Wine Bar, Various dates from 20 Feb to 16 Mar, $18–$28 Joanne McNally: Wine Tamer The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 1–2 Mar, $25 Alex Williamson: Sin On My Face Arkaba Hotel, 14–15 Mar, $34.90 The Human Show Seven Stars Hotel, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, $20 GRANNY FLAPS These Lips Don’t Lie The Hotel Metropolitan, 20 Feb, 27 Feb, 6 Mar, 13 Mar, $25 Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist Beehive, 1–17 Mar, not 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, $25

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

The Alternative Comedy Festival Sparkke at The Whitmore, 6–8 Mar, $30 The Love Frequency Experiment Marion Cultural Centre, 5 Mar, $30 Get Sweatier with Cheryl and Chardee various venues, 23 Feb, 1 Mar, $20 Lindsay Webb “Good Plan” Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, Various dates from 20 Feb to 13 Mar, $25

19:40 Pity Party!

A Club Adelaide, 25 Feb–3 Mar, $15–$22.50 Cristina Lark: Caution Deadline Ahead (A Comedy About Procrastination) A Club Adelaide, 6–16 Mar, not 11, $10–$15 My Grandmother’s M.A.I.D. A Club Adelaide, 20 Feb, $20

19:45 Background Lad The Griffins Hotel, 5–10 Mar, $10–$15 Andrew Lee and Sandeep Totlani Are Here for the Privilege The Griffins Hotel, 12–17 Mar, $10–$19 Late Night Party Boyz - Rebel Without Applause Live From Tandanya, 13–17 Mar, $23 John Robles: Gay and Stupid Live From Tandanya, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, 26 Feb, $22–$24 SAM SIMMONS - 26 THINGS YOU’VE BEEN DOING WRONG WITH SAN SIMMONS The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $28–$42

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Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist Beehive, Various dates from 20 Feb to 14 Mar, $20 Shad Wicka: Not Great (But Not Sh*t) Hotel Richmond, 3–17 Mar, not 4, 11, $12–$20 Josh Glanc: Glance you for having me The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 5–17 Mar, $21–$29 The 13th Best Amateur Sketch Comedy Troupe of 2039!

La Bohème, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, $15 Ben Kochan in Nice Boy Seeks Kind Audience The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 2 Mar to 9 Mar, $7–$15 Wendy And The Lost Boys Hotel Richmond, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $15–$20 Big Girls Donut Cry Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 20–23 Feb, $18 Joshua Warrior Comedy Show The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 8 Mar, $20 NIKKI BRITTON ONCE BITTEN The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $22–$28 Paul McDermott and Steven Gates The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 1–10 Mar, $38–$45 Welcome to the Mystic Hole A presentation about being in your body and in other people’s.

Nexus Arts, 1–2 Mar, $20

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Ollie Horn: Pig in Japan The Griffins Hotel, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $10–$25

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Best of Edinburgh Comedy The Austral Hotel, 20 Feb–17 Mar, $15–$25 Marc Ryan The Beautiful Bogan in Honey; I Shrunk The Bogan various venues, 20 Feb, 23 Feb, 26 Feb, 5 Mar, $15–$29 Rhys Nicholson - Nice People Nice Things Nice Situations Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 12–16 Mar, $22–$30 So Aussie, It’s Irish!

Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–16 Mar, not 10, 11, $13–$23 All the Best from Edinburgh... To Adelaide The Historian Hotel, Various dates from 21 Feb to 16 Mar, $19–$23 Lords Of Strut: Release The Freak Stirling Fringe, 27 Feb, $28 Tinkerings broadcast bar, 21 Feb, 27 Feb, $20 Mambo Jambo Distill Cocktail Bar, 15 Mar, $17 Best of the Adelaide Fringe Comedy:The Fringe Arts Centre Port Noarlunga, 16 Mar, $25 Joshua Warrior Comedy Show Prince Albert, 6 Mar, $20 GRANNY FLAPS These Lips Don’t Lie various venues, 22 Feb, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $25

Law Without Order Cafe Outside The Square, 25 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, $15 Living in a Rich Naberhood various venues, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $20 Homegrown SA Comedy Showcase Marion Cultural Centre, 12 Mar, $29 Choir Boys Live From Tandanya, 20–24 Feb, $28 Amos Gill: Almost Famos Rhino Room, 20 Feb–16 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $20–$29.90 CAL WILSON - GIFTED UNDERACHIEVER Stirling Fringe, 23–24 Feb, $35 Boogie Shoes Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist Beehive, 22–24 Feb, $25 Peter Powers - UK’s Most Outrageous Hypnotist Star Theatres, 15 Mar, $33 Jack Gramenz: Best Newcomer Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 20–23 Feb, $20 Fiona O’Loughlin Gap Year Thebarton Theatre, 1 Mar, $55 Becky Lucas - ‘Um, support me?!’

Stirling Fringe, 2–3 Mar, $28 #bunnypastards Hardly Trivial Trivia South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 14–15 Mar, $28 Adelaide Fringe Comedy Gala: Bringing the Best of The Fringe to Marion Marion Cultural Centre, 1 Mar, $33

Ross Noble Humournoid Thebarton Theatre, 12 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, $42–$45 Improvised Improv La Bohème, 21 Feb, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 14 Mar, $20 Ange Lavoipierre: Final Form HHH The National Wine Centre, 20–22 Feb, $20 Matt Stewart - Bone Dry The National Wine Centre, 2–17 Mar, not 4, 11, $18–$25 Atten-borrow, the lecture tour Ayers House Events, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $15–$25 Bogan Bingo - Back in Dacks!

Rob Roy Hotel, 26 Feb, 5 Mar, 12 Mar, $16 MJ Wong: In the Wong Family Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $15–$20 Giggles at Ancient World: Comedy Mayhem Ancient World, 20 Feb, 27 Feb, 13 Mar, $10 Open Platform Open Mic @ The British Hotel The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 21 Feb, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 9 Mar, $10 GREG BYRON in POETIC LICENCE Treasury 1860, 4–17 Mar, not 8, 15, $20–$25 Pricasso The Libertine by Louis, 9–10 Mar, $20 Margot Marmot presents Fifty Shades of Batch Brew Ambassadors Hotel, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, $7–$12

Arj Barker - We Need To Talk Arts Theatre, 20–23 Feb, $38–$45

20:10 Kathy Lette’s Big Night Out Gluttony, 5–16 Mar, not 11, $25–$38

20:15 Paul Foot - Image Conscious The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 11–17 Mar, $31–$39 NAZEEM HUSSAIN BASIC IDIOT The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 4–10 Mar, $22–$38 Stephen K Amos The Story So Far...

Arts Theatre, 1–16 Mar, not 3, 4, 10, 11, $35–$45 Heath Franklin’s Chopper - The Line Up The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 22 Feb, $42 Miles Munn - i love comedy Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 5–16 Mar, $25 Simon Taylor - Right Now The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $30 JAMES HANCOX: SPORTS FOR THE UNSPORTY The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $25–$30 Strassman: The Chocolate Diet The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 4–17 Mar, $39–$45 COREY WHITE X-RAY The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $22–$28

DAVE HUGHES HAIRY The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 20 Feb to 2 Mar, $37–$45 Two Sharp Teeth The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 4–17 Mar, not 6, 13, $20–$30 Best of the Edinburgh Fest The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $26–$35 NATH VALVO - I’M HAPPY FOR YOU The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $25–$35 Nurse Georgie Carroll: Treat Yourself The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 4–17 Mar, $25–$35 Paul Savage Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 20–27 Feb, $15 JOHN SAFRAN – JEW DETECTIVE: SARCASM IS NOT A CRIME The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 25 Feb–3 Mar, $30–$42 Ivan Aristeguieta The Fourth Floor The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $25–$35 Oliver Coleman: Poolside Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 20 Feb–3 Mar, $15–$20 TOMMY LITTLE SELF-DIAGNOSED GENIUS The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 5–16 Mar, not 10, 11, $28–$39 Garry Starr Performs Everything The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–3 Mar, $22–$33

DAMIEN POWER - MAN PUTS HIS DREAMS IN A SOCK The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $24–$32 Maddie HW: Let’s Get Loud Live From Tandanya, 27 Feb–3 Mar, $25 Love/Hate Actually Live From Tandanya, 20–24 Feb, $28 Clare Morgan and Richo Hotel Richmond, 8–17 Mar, not 11, $10–$20

20:30 Kel Balnaves - You Bewdy The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 20 Feb to 6 Mar, $15–$24 Jon Brooks: The Evil Dad Rhino Room, 5–16 Mar, not 11, $20 I have a show! Come see me!

BASEM3NT Studios, 7–9 Mar, $15 Jarred Fell “Hack” The Howling Owl, 20 Feb–16 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $18–$25 Tahir - You Had ONE job!

Arts Theatre, 10 Mar, $39 Séayoncé The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 11 Mar, $28 Time Out with Ross Voss Astor Hotel, Various dates from 21 Feb to 16 Mar, $12–$15 Benny Darsow Ad Lib The National Wine Centre, 8–17 Mar, not 11, 14, $25 Men with Coconuts The National Wine Centre, 20 Feb–1 Mar, not 21 Feb, $16–$23

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Felicity Ward Busting a Nut The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 24 Feb, $38 All Around The World: The International Comedy Show The Griffins Hotel, 21 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 27 Feb, 4 Mar, 6 Mar, 11 Mar, 13 Mar, $14–$23 Rowan Thambar - 23 and disappointed.

Rhino Room, 2 Mar, $23 Michael Hing - Lies I’ve Told My Therapist And Other Professionals Rhino Room, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $19–$25 #01 The Boy Loves Adelaide Hotel Richmond, 20 Feb–7 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $10–$16 Dusty Rich: The Lying King Gluttony, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $25 Danny Bhoy - Age Of Fools Royalty Theatre, 12–17 Mar, $49.90 ADELAIDE FRINGE COMEDY SHOW CASE The Vines Golf Club of Reynella, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $30 Jason Pestell: Kmart is Life Gluttony, 20–24 Feb, $25 Matt Vesely And George The Robot Perform A Very Normal Stand Up Comedy Routine The National Wine Centre, 22–27 Feb, $15–$20 Rose Callaghan “12 Rules for Life” Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar, $20–$27 GRANNY FLAPS These Lips Don’t Lie various venues, 1 Mar, 9 Mar, $25–$26

Bogan Bingo - Back in Dacks!

Rob Roy Hotel, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $21 LEIGH QURBAN NOT ENOUGH CHILL LEIGH Rhino Room, 20 Feb–1 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, $17–$23 Thomas Green: BOOM Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $20–$25 Cam Knight - Get Rich or Die Crying Rhino Room, 5–10 Mar, $13–$20 The Establishment: Le Bureau de Strange The National Wine Centre, 2–17 Mar, not 3, 9, $22–$26 Alex Ward - No Flirting Rhino Room, 20–23 Feb, $25

20:40 The Stevenson Experience: Takes One To Know One Gluttony, 7–17 Mar, not 10, 11, $20–$30 Comedians Against Humanity, hosted by Yianni Agisilaou Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $18–$25 10 Comics for $12 Bucks Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 21 Feb, $15

20:45 Dazza and Keif Go Viral The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 2 Mar to 8 Mar, $20–$26 ELEANOR CONWAY: Walk Of Shame 2 (Reality Bites) The Griffins Hotel, 26 Feb–17 Mar, not 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $18–$28 The Best of the School of Hard Knock Knocks The Historian Hotel, 25–27 Feb, $20

A Battle of The Comic Sexes M vs F Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 22 Feb, $29.99 GLORIA’S G-SPOT GAMESHOW The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 10 Mar to 17 Mar, $18–$25 Sam Garlepp: Pretty/Funny The National Wine Centre, 20–22 Feb, $18 Stephen Buchanan’s Purpleberry : BBC Comedy Award Winner 2018 The Austral Hotel, 21 Feb–10 Mar, not 27 Feb, 6 Mar, $10–$20 A African American & Asian Comedy Tour “U White People Are Funny # 2” Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 23 Feb, $35 Best Of British Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 20 Feb–17 Mar, $15–$25

21:00 Brett Blake: Bogan Genius The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 2 Mar to 9 Mar, $15–$20 #AMNDrink - A Midsummer Night’s Drink The Bunker Sports Bar and Grill, 22–23 Feb, $27 Mambo Jambo Distill Cocktail Bar, 7–8 Mar, $15–$17 Completely CANdid Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 12–16 Mar, FREE Kuah Jenhan Electric Butterflies The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 10 Mar to 17 Mar, $20–$25

Nick Capper - Pig In The City Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 20–23 Feb, $15 Joanne McNally: Wine Tamer The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 24 Feb, $25 Aidan ‘Taco’ Jones 52 Days The National Wine Centre, 24 Feb–1 Mar, $20–$24 Dark Whisky Presents: Some Gods Ride Mice Twice Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–9 Mar, $12–$22.50 Damian Callinan: The Merger Holden Street Theatres, 20–24 Feb, $28 ABANDOMAN PIRATE RADIO The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $30–$35 tim&TIM! Life Show La Bohème, 2 Mar, $15 Peter James: Word Person.

Bakehouse Theatre, 11–16 Mar, $15–$20 Fabien Clark - Footy Dad Fabs The National Wine Centre, 20–22 Feb, $20 Shayne Hunter: The Cognitive Dissident Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $15–$20 Giggles at Ancient World: Comedy Mayhem Ancient World, 7 Mar, $10 A Complete Waste of Time A Club Adelaide, 20–24 Feb, $20

21:15 Shaggers The Historian Hotel, Various dates from 21 Feb to 16 Mar, $19–$23 Cardinal Sins ‘Court out!’

The Griffins Hotel, 20–24 Feb, $25 Sleeping Trees: World Tour Stirling Fringe, 23 Feb, 1 Mar, $28 10,000 Decisions The Griffins Hotel, 5–17 Mar, $10–$20 BOO DWYER : GINVINCIBLE Stirling Fringe, 2 Mar, $28 Dave Callan in: A Little More Action Rhino Room, 20 Feb–2 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, $20–$29.50 Lords Of Strut: Release The Freak Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–16 Mar, not 11, $20–$28 Vicarious Cabaret Live From Tandanya, 6–10 Mar, $25

21:30 The Dr and the Chef The Stag Public House, Various dates from 22 Feb to 10 Mar, $30 Thrones! The Musical Parody Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $30–$45 10 Things I Hate About Taming of the Shrew Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $20–$30 Lords Of Strut: Release The Freak Stirling Fringe, 28 Feb–1 Mar, $28 Big Lez Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 21–23 Feb, $20

Double Denim: A Very Fancy Dinner Party The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $25–$32 Séayoncé The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $25–$32 Eddie Ifft - Walking On Eggshells The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 11 Mar, $26–$35 Jack Tucker: Comedy Standup Hour The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 4–17 Mar, $20–$26 Tahir - You Had ONE job!

Arts Theatre, 23 Feb, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, $39 Scientology The Musical Live From Tandanya, 13–17 Mar, $25–$30 Shit-Faced Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $25–$34.90 Joanne McNally: Wine Tamer The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 22–23 Feb, $25 Demi Lardner - Ditch Witch 800 various venues, 2–16 Mar, not 3, 4, 11, $20–$28 Fern Brady - Power and Chaos The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 4–17 Mar, not 13, $25–$34 Alex Williamson: Sin On My Face Arkaba Hotel, 14–15 Mar, $34.90

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21:40 Marc Ryan The Beautiful Bogan in Honey; I Shrunk The Bogan Gluttony, 12–17 Mar, $18–$29 Jon Bennett: How I Learned to Hug Gluttony, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $13–$25

Silence of the Labia Gluttony, 5–10 Mar, $29 Nikki Osborne - Bad Barbie Gluttony, 20–24 Feb, $25–$29

21:45 Oliver Coleman: Poolside The National Wine Centre, 22–27 Feb, $15–$20 Girls Night The Howling Owl, 5–16 Mar, not 10, 11, $20–$25 Alan McElroy Is Sh*t @Twitter The Howling Owl, 20–23 Feb, $17 I Got Bit By A Monkey Once…

Hotel Richmond, 21–23 Feb, $20 James Donald Forbes McCann: Devil’s Advocate Rhino Room, 20–23 Feb, $18–$27.50 The Marvellous Snake Boy HHH Live From Tandanya, 20–24 Feb, $10 Arielle Conversi and Mariam T’s Big Obnoxious Variety Show The National Wine Centre, 2–17 Mar, not 3, 9, $15–$20 MANXIETY Hotel Richmond, 1–2 Mar, $15 Best of Edinburgh Comedy Late Show The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 20 Feb to 17 Mar, $18 Rowan Thambar - 23 and disappointed.

Rhino Room, 26 Feb–1 Mar, $15–$23 Improv Attacks Humanity Live From Tandanya, 13–17 Mar, $28 Odette: Baby Daddy!

The National Wine Centre, 1–17 Mar, not 7, 14, $15–$21

A Perfect Debut

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The National Wine Centre, 20 Feb, $15 Danielle Andrews Limb Windmill Hotel Richmond, 24–28 Feb, $15 Best of Adelaide Fringe: The Late Show The Griffins Hotel, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $23 Zach Watson - The Zachelor Rhino Room, 20–23 Feb, $15 Nick Skeer in “SKEEZUS” Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar, $15–$18 Eve Ellenbogen - Too Much Rhino Room, 26 Feb–1 Mar, $25 Tom Cashman - XYZ Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar, $15–$20 CANCELLED The Yonder The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 20 Feb to 27 Feb, $18–$28

21:55 Rob Kemp: The Elvis Dead The National Wine Centre, 2–17 Mar, not 4, 9, 11, $20–$28 The Great British Hate Off Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, 21 Feb, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 14 Mar, $12 Improv Allstars Up Late The National Wine Centre, 20–22 Feb, $25

22:00 Late Night Comedy Astor Hotel, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $20 ADELAIDE FRINGE COMEDY SHOW CASE The Griffins Hotel, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $20

Best of the Best Comedy The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $10–$20 Sam Bowden: The Epicurean Shark

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Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 20–23 Feb, $20 Jacob Lingard: The Worrier King Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $15–$20 _Cancelled_ #01 International Comedy Stars Biggies at Bertram, Various dates from 21 Feb to 2 Mar, $20 Mick Neven: Charm Offensive Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 12–16 Mar, $14–$20 Bent Out of Shape Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–9 Mar, $10–$13 GLORIA’S G-SPOT GAMESHOW The Griffins Hotel, 6–9 Mar, $18–$25 Eve Ellenbogen - Too Much BASEM3NT Studios, 21–23 Feb, $20

22:40 Isabella Valette: How Far I’ll Go Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 12–16 Mar, $25 Dreamgun: Film Reads Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 20–24 Feb, $25

22:45 The Great British Hate Off Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $15 Best of the Edinburgh Fest The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $25 Zach & Viggo: Thunderflop The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 15–17 Mar, $35 Improv Attacks Humanity Live From Tandanya, 9–10 Mar, $28

22:50 [Late Night] Panel Show Gluttony, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $18–$25

22:20 A Bedtime Story with DPR A Club Adelaide, Various dates from 8 Mar to 16 Mar, $15–$20

22:30 Adelaide Comedy Podcast Live Rhino Room, 6 Mar, 13 Mar, $20 Rhino Room Late Show Rhino Room, Various dates from 21 Feb to 16 Mar, $20–$28 Anya Anastasia: The Show Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–16 Mar, not 6, 11, 13, $20–$30

David Woodhead: Thank Me Later Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 22 Feb, $20 Late Night Comedy at The Wine Centre The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $20 MANXIETY Hotel Richmond, 28 Feb, $10 Best of Edinburgh Comedy Late Show The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $20 Two Little Dickheads The National Wine Centre, 1–2 Mar, $25 Shayne Hunter: The Cognitive Dissident Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 2 Mar, $20 MJ Wong: In the Wong Family Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 1 Mar, $20

23:05 ASMR Live The National Wine Centre, 22 Feb, $20

23:15 Eurowision The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 10 Mar, $29

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Stamptown Comedy Night The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 21 Feb, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 14 Mar, $20 Completely CANdid Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 15–16 Mar, FREE THE STAND UP SHOW The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $25 Nick Capper - Pig In The City Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 23 Feb, $15

CANCELLED_Rufus & Vendetta’s Never Have I Ever Gluttony, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $25

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23:30 George Glass Proves The Existence of God Gluttony, Various dates from 21 Feb to 16 Mar, $26–$28 Phatcave - Late Night Stand Up Gluttony, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $26

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Standup SMACKDOWN Gluttony, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $15–$20 Daniel Sloss - X Gluttony, 15–16 Mar, $37 #01 The Boy Loves Adelaide Hotel Richmond, 8–17 Mar, not 11, $10–$16 Joel Creasey - Drink.

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The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 5–10 Mar, $25–$38 SAM TAUNTON STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $22–$28 TOM WALKER - VERY VERY The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $24–$30 TOM GLEESON - JOY The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 26 Feb–17 Mar, not 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $30–$45 AKMAL - Open for Renovations The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $30–$39 Kentucky Fried God Murder broadcast bar, 9–17 Mar, $10–$20 Tom Skelton’s Macbeth Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 20–24 Feb, $27

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10:30 Connected - The Rock Musical Nexus Arts, 7–8 Mar, $18

10:45 Games by Henry Naylor Holden Street Theatres, 13–14 Mar, $28

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Area 53 Pickup Point, 24 Feb, $25 The Promise Holden Street Theatres, 8 Mar, $10 Adelaide International Youth Film Festival Preview Program RCC Fringe, 27 Feb–9 Mar, not 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, $20 Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 14 Mar, $40 Kokoda Star Theatres, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, $19.50–$24.50 A Man of Good Hope Royalty Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 7 Mar, $35 OLIVER! Norwood Concert Hall, 9 Mar, $23 A Thousand Cranes The Parks Theatres, 9–11 Mar, $24

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HHHH Holden Street Theatres, 7 Mar, $28

Ignition Point Live From Tandanya, 1 Mar, $12

12:00 Area 53 Pickup Point, 24 Feb, $25 Eleanor’s Story: Home Is The Stranger Live From Tandanya, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $32 All the lovely Magdalenes Bakehouse Theatre, 4–9 Mar, $15–$20 The Boy, George Holden Street Theatres, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 17 Mar, $25 OLD JACK meets Banjo Paterson Cafe Outside The Square, 9 Mar, $25 Eleanor’s Story: American Girl In Hitler’s Germany Live From Tandanya, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $32

12:30 After You Live From Tandanya, 16 Mar, $24 Matriarch Live From Tandanya, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, $25

13:00 Naked Truth Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Barnum Goodwood Institute Theatre, 17 Mar, $20 Area 53 Pickup Point, 23–24 Feb, $25

Faulty Towers The Dining Experience Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, FREE Macbeth in space! (and two other locations....)

Bakehouse Theatre, 4–9 Mar, $15–$20 Eleanor’s Story: Home Is The Stranger Live From Tandanya, 1 Mar, $32 Games by Henry Naylor Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $28 Adelaide International Youth Film Festival Preview Program RCC Fringe, 27 Feb–9 Mar, not 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, $20 Matriarch Live From Tandanya, 21–22 Feb, $25 Connected - The Rock Musical Nexus Arts, 7–8 Mar, $18 Worldline Corporations BASEM3NT Studios, 23 Feb, $20 Manus AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $35 Counting and Cracking Ridley Centre, Showgrounds [Adelaide Festival], 6 Mar, 9 Mar, $45 A Man of Good Hope Royalty Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $35

‘Flood’ by Chris Isaacs Noel Lothian Hall - Adelaide Botanic Garden, 2–3 Mar, $20–$26

13:30 Naked Truth Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 The Poet’s Guide to Science: A sceptic think tank Rob Roy Hotel, 16–17 Mar, $25 ¤ Build a Rocket

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Holden Street Theatres, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $28 Eleanor’s Story: Home Is The Stranger Live From Tandanya, 22 Feb, $32 Bin Laden: The One Man Show Holden Street Theatres, 9–10 Mar, $28 Ignition Point Live From Tandanya, 23 Feb, $12 Extinguished Things Holden Street Theatres, 24 Feb, $28 Palmyra AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 3 Mar, $25 Green Tea Live From Tandanya, 9–10 Mar, $25 A Thousand Cranes The Parks Theatres, 9–11 Mar, $24

13:45 Squeeze My Cans Live From Tandanya, 23–24 Feb, $21

14:00 Naked Truth Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Barnum Goodwood Institute Theatre, 16 Mar, $20 Area 53 Pickup Point, 23–24 Feb, $25 Goose!

The Mill, 23–24 Feb, $23 Blaas Thomas Edmonds Opera Studio, Showgrounds [Adelaide Festival], 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, $25 Judge Jackie: Disorder in the Court The Parks Theatres, 2 Mar, $35 Great Detectives 2!

South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $28 Orpheus Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $25 ‘Teechers’ by John Godber Australian Education Union South Australia, 9–10 Mar, $25 Connected - The Rock Musical Nexus Arts, 9 Mar, $18 The Other Side of 25 A Club Adelaide, 23–24 Feb, $15

because there was fire by Jamie Hornsby The Mill, 16 Mar, $26

By Heart Odeon Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 7 Mar, 9 Mar, $30 Two Jews Walk into a Theatre Odeon Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 8 Mar, 10 Mar, $30 Inner Journey State Library of South Australia, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, 17 Mar, FREE Crikey!

Australian Conspiracy Theories!

Burnside Ballroom, 17 Mar, FREE La Reprise Space Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 6 Mar, $40

14:30 Naked Truth Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Galactic Trek : The Search for Zork Rob Roy Hotel, 9 Mar, $20 Dietrich: Natural Duty Stirling Fringe, 28 Feb, $30 Gulliver’s Travels Noel Lothian Hall - Adelaide Botanic Garden, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, $26 B.O.B. : Battery Operated Boyfriend Rob Roy Hotel, 23 Feb, $20

14:45 Table for Two? Live From Tandanya, 23–24 Feb, $20 Gravity Guts Live From Tandanya, 9 Mar, $25 Theatre for the time poor Live From Tandanya, 10 Mar, $25

15:00 Millennial Pink Poppies Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 3 Mar, $20 Area 53 Pickup Point, 23–24 Feb, $25 ¤ Build a Rocket

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Holden Street Theatres, 24 Feb, 9 Mar, $28 Eleanor’s Story: Home Is The Stranger Live From Tandanya, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $32 Bin Laden: The One Man Show Holden Street Theatres, 16–17 Mar, $28

After You Live From Tandanya, 9 Mar, $24 Squeeze My Cans Live From Tandanya, 10 Mar, $25 Naked Truth Gluttony, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $20 Extinguished Things Holden Street Theatres, 2–3 Mar, $28 The Forgettory Bakehouse Theatre, 23 Feb, $25 The Cocoon Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 16–17 Mar, $30 That Bastard Brecht Star Theatres, 10 Mar, $20 CANCELLEDDeep Shit Star Theatres, 9 Mar, $20 Elizabethan South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $35

15:15 OLD JACK meets Banjo Paterson various venues, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, 17 Mar, $25 OLIVER! Norwood Concert Hall, 9 Mar, $23

15:30 ¤ The Archive of Educated Hearts HHHH Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $23

Monsieur Bunbury: A Tale of Two Men in Earnest Live From Tandanya, 2–3 Mar, $20 Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorised Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $33 Naked Truth Gluttony, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $20

16:00 Uncle Vanya The Cedars [Adelaide Festival], Various dates from 1 Mar to 15 Mar, $90 Naked Truth Gluttony, Various dates from 22 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are

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The Mill, 16 Mar, $20 Area 53 Pickup Point, 23 Feb, $25 Highly Flammable Love The John Bray Centre for Performing Arts, 23 Feb, $20 Your Bard The Fam Pirie, 3 Mar, $25 OLD JACK meets Banjo Paterson The Rising Sun Hotel, 23 Feb, $25 Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 16 Mar, $40

Manus AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $35 ‘Flood’ by Chris Isaacs Noel Lothian Hall - Adelaide Botanic Garden, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $26 A Thousand Cranes The Parks Theatres, 9–11 Mar, $24 The Second Woman Space Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 10–11 Mar, $30

16:30 Naked Truth Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 26 Feb, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, $20 ¤ The Archive of Educated Hearts HHHH Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $23 Squeeze My Cans Live From Tandanya, 9 Mar, $25 The Boy, George Holden Street Theatres, 16 Mar, $25

16:45 Peter Goers in ‘Look Ma, No Hans!’

Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20

17:00 Naked Truth Gluttony, Various dates from 20 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 HOMER’S ODYSSEY THE MUSICAL Hilton Hotel, 15–16 Mar, $25 Area 53 Pickup Point, 23 Feb, $25 Blaas Thomas Edmonds Opera Studio, Showgrounds [Adelaide Festival], 2–10 Mar, not 5, $25 A GREEK TRAGEDY ‘OEDIPUS REX - THE KING’ THE MUSICAL Hilton Hotel, 17 Mar, $25 A Solo Commedia dell’ Arte Show The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 2 Mar to 17 Mar, $20 Daze to Thirty Treasury 1860, 3 Mar, $24 SÉANCE The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 22 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Pirates of Penzance MV Dolphin Explorer, 17 Mar, $35 Squeeze My Cans Live From Tandanya, 2–3 Mar, $25 The Invisible City Various sites around Adelaide, 8–10 Mar, $20

Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 17 Mar, $40 Dietrich: Natural Duty Stirling Fringe, 2–3 Mar, $30 Kokoda Star Theatres, Various dates from 23 Feb to 11 Mar, $24.50 Palmyra AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 2–3 Mar, $25 Green Tea Live From Tandanya, 1 Mar, $20 Counting and Cracking Ridley Centre, Showgrounds [Adelaide Festival], 3 Mar, $45 A Man of Good Hope Royalty Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 10–11 Mar, $35 Party Snake Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 16–17 Mar, $30 The Marvelous Mechanical Musical Maiden La Bohème, 22–24 Feb, $25 Temporary A Club Adelaide, 24 Feb, $18

17:15 Kokoda Star Theatres, 24 Feb, $24.50

17:30 Naked Truth Gluttony, Various dates from 20 Feb to 17 Mar, $20

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For Unto Y’all - The Very First Christmas in the Wild West Goodwood Institute Theatre, 2–3 Mar, $25 OLIVER! Norwood Concert Hall, 10 Mar, $23 Box and Cox: Married and Settled!

Norwood Concert Hall, 22–23 Feb, $17–$20 Grounded Holden Street Theatres, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, $28

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¤ The Archive of Educated Hearts HHHH Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $23 The HandleBards: Twelfth Night Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, $20–$30 Worldline Corporations BASEM3NT Studios, 22–23 Feb, $23

18:00 That Daring Australian Girl Noel Lothian Hall - Adelaide Botanic Garden, 11–17 Mar, $20–$26 Barnum Goodwood Institute Theatre, 17 Mar, $20 Area 53 Pickup Point, 22 Feb, $25 FLIGHT The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $25 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are

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The Mill, 14–15 Mar, $20 Goose!

The Mill, 20–22 Feb, $23 Doubt: A Parable Nexus Arts, 21–23 Feb, $28 FLAWED____ like a b_y Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–10 Mar, $9–$22 Talofa Papa The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 20 Feb to 27 Feb, $20–$25

Benchmarks The Mill, Various dates from 23 Feb to 2 Mar, $10–$15 ¤ Build a Rocket

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Holden Street Theatres, 26 Feb–17 Mar, not 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $20–$28 Bin Laden: The One Man Show Holden Street Theatres, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, $20–$28 Last Year’s Eve Bakehouse Theatre, 11–16 Mar, $15–$25 HOMER’S ODYSSEY THE MUSICAL various venues, Various dates from 22 Feb to 11 Mar, $25 SÉANCE The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Oysters Bakehouse Theatre, 20 Feb–16 Mar, not 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $20–$25 Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorised Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 28 Feb, $33 Final Placement Bakehouse Theatre, 4–9 Mar, $21–$23

Gulliver’s Travels Noel Lothian Hall - Adelaide Botanic Garden, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $20–$26 Naked Truth Gluttony, Various dates from 20 Feb to 15 Mar, $20 Pirates of Penzance various venues, 28 Feb, 6 Mar, 8 Mar, $35–$95 Extinguished Things Holden Street Theatres, 20–24 Feb, $28 Archetype MakeSpace, 15–16 Mar, $20 The Silent House The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 28 Feb–2 Mar, $28 Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 15 Mar, $40 Cookies and Cream Noel Lothian Hall - Adelaide Botanic Garden, 5–10 Mar, $20–$25

By Heart Odeon Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 6–9 Mar, $30 Two Jews Walk into a Theatre Odeon Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $30 A Man of Good Hope Royalty Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 6 Mar, $35 socially [un] acceptable Gluttony, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $18–$25

Elizabethan South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 22 Feb, $35 A GREEK TRAGEDY ‘OEDIPUS REX - THE KING’ THE MUSICAL The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 23 Feb, $25

18:15 ¤ The Archive of Educated Hearts HHHH Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 20 Feb to 15 Mar, $18–$23 Tragedy! (A New Comedy) The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 10 Mar to 17 Mar, $15–$25 The Poet’s Guide to Science: A sceptic think tank Rob Roy Hotel, 15–16 Mar, $25 Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir: EARTHALUJAH! RCC Fringe, Various dates from 1 Mar to 10 Mar, $33 That Daring Australian Girl Stirling Fringe, 27 Feb, $28 Gravity Guts Live From Tandanya, 6–10 Mar, $25

18:30 Grounded Holden Street Theatres, 5–10 Mar, $20–$28 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are

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The Mill, 9 Mar, $20

Which-craft?

Holden Street Theatres, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $18–$27 Games by Henry Naylor Holden Street Theatres, 12–16 Mar, $20–$28 FLIGHT The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 20 Feb to 15 Mar, $25 Elizabethan South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 23 Feb, $35 Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorised Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, Various dates from 20 Feb to 1 Mar, $29.70–$33 Broadway Sessions Does Disney (Again) Norwood Hotel, 24 Feb, $22 Out To Lunch MixedCreative, 13 Mar, 14 Mar, 16 Mar, $20 Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir: EARTHALUJAH! RCC Fringe, 7 Mar, $33 The Long Pigs Live From Tandanya, 13–17 Mar, $30 Naked Truth Gluttony, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 15 Mar, $20 The Island of Doctor Moron Mercury Cinema, 25 Feb, $15

Blackrock Holden Street Theatres, 20–24 Feb, $22 Goddess on a Highway Live From Tandanya, 6–10 Mar, $18–$33

By Heart Odeon Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 5 Mar, $30 The Kanziss Trials Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide, 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $23

18:40 SÉANCE The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 20 Feb to 15 Mar, $20

18:45 Monsieur Bunbury: A Tale of Two Men in Earnest Live From Tandanya, 27 Feb–3 Mar, $23–$25 Galactic Trek : The Search for Zork Rob Roy Hotel, 5 Mar, $20

19:00 FLIGHT The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $25 Barnum Goodwood Institute Theatre, 14–16 Mar, $20 Nikola and I Dream Well, 20 Feb–15 Mar, weekdays only, $13–$25

1984 Salisbury Institute, 28 Feb, $15 The Cocoon Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 13–16 Mar, $30 Chameleon MakeSpace, Various dates from 20 Feb to 1 Mar, $20–$25 Hugh Hughes presents Shôn Dale-Jones in THE LADDER RCC Fringe, 12–17 Mar, $25 Manus AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 7 Mar, $35 CANCELLED- 1 Night broadcast bar, 1 Mar, 15 Mar, $20 Counting and Cracking Ridley Centre, Showgrounds [Adelaide Festival], Various dates from 2 Mar to 9 Mar, $45 Joyous Depression Cafe Outside The Square, 15 Mar, $28 Hugh Hughes presents Shôn Dale-Jones in THE DUKE RCC Fringe, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $33 A Man of Good Hope Royalty Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $35 A Thousand Cranes The Parks Theatres, 5 Mar, $19 Illuminated MakeSpace, 7–8 Mar, $15–$20 Salisbury Secret Garden - Are we There Yet? Jack Young Centre, 9 Mar, $10

19:15 ¤ The Archive

of Educated Hearts HHHH Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 20 Feb to 15 Mar, $18–$23 Effing Robots: How I Taught AI to Stop Worrying and Love Humans Rob Roy Hotel, 20 Feb, $25 Galactic Trek : The Search for Zork Rob Roy Hotel, 6–10 Mar, $20–$25 ¤ Whiplash

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The National Wine Centre, 20 Feb, $25 B.O.B. : Battery Operated Boyfriend Rob Roy Hotel, 21–24 Feb, $25

19:30 Millennial Pink Poppies Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, $20 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are

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The Mill, 8 Mar, $20 Naked Truth Gluttony, Various dates from 20 Feb to 15 Mar, $20 The Mark Drama St Barnabas Croydon, 16–17 Mar, $15 Judge Jackie: Disorder in the Court The Parks Theatres, 20 Feb–2 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, $35

Great Detectives 2!

South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, Various dates from 22 Feb to 3 Mar, $28 After Life: Conversations From A Hospital Waiting Room Finsart Studio, 5–10 Mar, $15–$20 Kreepy Kensington Streets and Parks of Kensington, 21 Feb, 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 27 Feb, $20 ¤ Build a Rocket

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Holden Street Theatres, 20–24 Feb, $28 Greg Fleet: This is not a love song The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 7 Mar, 9 Mar, $35 SEPTEM Bakehouse Theatre, 11–16 Mar, $20 Living Between The Lines Show Finsart Studio, 20 Feb, $25 The Measure of a Man Bakehouse Theatre, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $10–$20 Bin Laden: The One Man Show Holden Street Theatres, Various dates from 8 Mar to 17 Mar, $20–$28 Murder at the Juice Joint The Girls Place, 9 Mar, $58 Shakespeare:for dummies Forge Theatre, 7–8 Mar, $10

The Boy, George Holden Street Theatres, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, $20–$25 Kokoda Stirling Community Theatre, 14–16 Mar, $24.50 Tosca The Spire Community, 21 Feb, 23 Feb, $40 It’s Not Too Late (until you’re dead) Star Theatres, 14–16 Mar, $25 Extinguished Things Holden Street Theatres, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $20–$28 The Forgettory Bakehouse Theatre, 20–23 Feb, $27 Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 13 Mar, $40 The Maze CBD Location TBA, Various dates from 8 Mar to 16 Mar, $25 because there was fire by Jamie Hornsby The Mill, 12 Mar, $15 Chameleon MakeSpace, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $25 Warhol: Bullet Karma Treasury 1860, 20 Feb–10 Mar, not 25 Feb, 1 Mar, 4 Mar, 8 Mar, $15–$25 That Bastard Brecht Star Theatres, 8–9 Mar, $20 All Change Bakehouse Theatre, 20 Feb–2 Mar, not 24 Feb, $25

Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 9 Mar, $24 Pamela’s Palace A Club Adelaide, 1–16 Mar, not 4, 11, $20–$25 Joyous Depression Cafe Outside The Square, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, 14 Mar, 16 Mar, $23–$28 The Runner Up Distill Cocktail Bar, 6–9 Mar, $32 OLIVER! Norwood Concert Hall, 8–10 Mar, $23 JUDAS Bakehouse Theatre, 4–16 Mar, not 10, $20–$25 CANCELLEDDeep Shit Star Theatres, 10 Mar, $20 Box and Cox: Married and Settled!

Norwood Concert Hall, 21–22 Feb, $20 Illuminated MakeSpace, 9 Mar, $20

19:40 The Other Side of 25 A Club Adelaide, 21–24 Feb, $20

19:45 Dietrich: Natural Duty Noel Lothian Hall - Adelaide Botanic Garden, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $22–$28 Theatre for the time poor Live From Tandanya, 6–10 Mar, $25

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FLIGHT The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $25 Grounded Holden Street Theatres, 12–16 Mar, $20–$28 Doubt: A Parable Nexus Arts, 26 Feb, 7 Mar, $25–$28 The Best Show The Mill, Various dates from 20 Feb to 9 Mar, $28 Blaas Thomas Edmonds Opera Studio, Showgrounds [Adelaide Festival], 4 Mar, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, $25 Highly Flammable Love The John Bray Centre for Performing Arts, 21–23 Feb, $20 Inspector Cluedo & the Curse of the Darjeeling Diamond Irish Club, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $25 Archetype Adelaide Botanic Garden, Various dates from 21 Feb to 2 Mar, $30 Daze to Thirty Treasury 1860, Various dates from 20 Feb to 1 Mar, $15–$24 Which-craft?

Holden Street Theatres, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $27 Games by Henry Naylor Holden Street Theatres, 20 Feb–9 Mar, not 25 Feb, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, $20–$28 #nofilter Marion Cultural Centre, 15–16 Mar, $33

Chekhov at the Pub Kings Head Hotel, Various dates from 5 Mar to 14 Mar, $15–$20 SÉANCE The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $20 A Total Cop Out The Duke of Brunswick Hotel, Various dates from 9 Mar to 17 Mar, $18 Portraits in Motion RCC Fringe, 6–17 Mar, not 11, $20–$33 Sailing South The Tower Arts Centre, 21–23 Feb, $25 That Daring Australian Girl Stirling Fringe, 26 Feb, $28 Pirates of Penzance Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 8 Mar, $35 The Invisible City Various sites around Adelaide, 8–9 Mar, $20 A GREEK TRAGEDY ‘OEDIPUS REX - THE KING’ THE MUSICAL various venues, Various dates from 1 Mar to 11 Mar, $25 Honest Treasury 1860, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 22 Feb, 25 Feb, 1 Mar, $20–$25 Gnomes Vs The Easter Bunny Fly Bird Fly Studio, 5–9 Mar, $20

For Unto Y’all - The Very First Christmas in the Wild West Goodwood Institute Theatre, 28 Feb–2 Mar, $25 Manus AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 8 Mar, $35 PUSSY RIOT: RIOT DAYS RCC Fringe, 27 Feb–3 Mar, $49 The Kanziss Trials Hotel Grand Chancellor Adelaide, 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $23 A Man of Good Hope Royalty Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 5 Mar, 8 Mar, $35 La Reprise Space Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 4 Mar, $40

20:15 After You Live From Tandanya, 6–17 Mar, not 11, 12, $15–$24 Safety Banana Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 4–16 Mar, $15–$24 The Sorry Mum Project Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 28 Feb–2 Mar, $22 Pirates of Penzance Hains & Co., 6 Mar, $35

20:30 CANCELLED Cepacia: Love Takes His Breath Away South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 14–15 Mar, $30

Orpheus Holden Street Theatres, 20 Feb–10 Mar, not 25 Feb, 26 Feb, 27 Feb, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, $20–$25 The Poet’s Guide to Science: A sceptic think tank Rob Roy Hotel, 14 Mar, $25 Jane Austen: Private Eye South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 8–10 Mar, $25 Alison Paradoxx presents Floral Peroxide The Libertine

by Louis, 23–24 Feb, $27 Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorised Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 23 Feb, 27 Feb, 28 Feb, 2 Mar, $33 Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 14 Mar, $40 Temporary BASEM3NT Studios, 21–23 Feb, $20 Eurydice Holden Street Theatres, 26 Feb–16 Mar, not 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $20–$25 The Maze CBD Location TBA, Various dates from 8 Mar to 16 Mar, $25

La Reprise Space Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 5–7 Mar, $40

20:40 Don’t Do it, Don’t do it, Do it!

Gluttony, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 10 Mar, $25

20:45 CANCELLED Cepacia: Love Takes His Breath Away South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 13 Mar, $30 After Life: Conversations From A Hospital Waiting Room Finsart Studio, 8–10 Mar, $20

21:00 FLIGHT The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $25 The Professor Bakehouse Theatre, 20 Feb–2 Mar, not 24 Feb, $18–$20 Penny Arcade: BITCH!DYKE!FAGHAG!WHORE! RCC Fringe, 20–23 Feb, $45 Greg Fleet: This is not a love song The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 3 Mar, $35 ¤ Build a Rocket

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Holden Street Theatres, 5–9 Mar, $20–$28 Cockroach Bakehouse Theatre, 4–9 Mar, $20–$26

SÉANCE The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $20 Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $24 The Boy, George Holden Street Theatres, 12–17 Mar, $20–$25 1984 Finsart Studio, 1–2 Mar, $25 Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorised Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, $33 The Tiger Lillies present Edgar Allan Poe’s Haunted Palace RCC Fringe, 26 Feb–10 Mar, not 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, $30–$59

By Heart Odeon Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 8 Mar, 10 Mar, $30 Two Jews Walk into a Theatre Odeon Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 6 Mar, 7 Mar, 9 Mar, $30 30,000 Notes nthspace Adelaide, 20 Feb–16 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $20–$30 Manus AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $35

21:30 Millennial Pink Poppies Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $20 Sex & The Musical South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 23 Feb, 28 Feb, $30 Greg Fleet: This is not a love song The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 8 Mar, $35 Daze to Thirty Treasury 1860, 22 Feb, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $24 Table for Two? Holden Street Theatres, 20–24 Feb, $20 Which-craft?

Holden Street Theatres, 5–9 Mar, $18–$27 The Long Pigs Live From Tandanya, 6–10 Mar, $25–$30

The Tiger Lillies present Edgar Allan Poe’s Haunted Palace RCC Fringe, 5–7 Mar, $30–$59 Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 16 Mar, $40 The Works of William Shakespeare by Chicks Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 2–16 Mar, not 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, $15–$30 The Maze CBD Location TBA, Various dates from 8 Mar to 16 Mar, $25 The Riddalin Brothers Pty Ltd, Present: Vol 3 Part 5 The Beginning of the End of Times New Romantic The Mill, 20 Feb, 21 Feb, 24 Feb, $25 Warhol: Bullet Karma Treasury 1860, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, $25 Palmyra AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 1 Mar, $25 Undertow Holden Street Theatres, 12–16 Mar, $15–$20

21:45 Squeeze My Cans Live From Tandanya, 6–10 Mar, $25 Matriarch Live From Tandanya, 27 Feb–3 Mar, $25 ¤ Whiplash

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The National Wine Centre, 22 Feb–1 Mar, $18–$25

22:00 FLIGHT The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $25 Sex & The Musical South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $30 Buffy Kills Edward South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 20–22 Feb, $32 Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 9 Mar, $24 SÉANCE The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $20 ¤ Umbrella Man HHHH The National Wine Centre, 20 Feb–1 Mar, not 23 Feb, $15–$25 because there was fire by Jamie Hornsby The Mill, 13–14 Mar, $26 Dr Selflove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Thighs The National Wine Centre, 2–17 Mar, not 4, 11, $15–$18

22:30 The Best Show The Mill, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, $28

Living Between The Lines Show Finsart Studio, 22–23 Feb, $25 because there was fire by Jamie Hornsby The Mill, 15–16 Mar, $26

23:00 FLIGHT The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $25 SÉANCE The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $20 Bitch On Heat The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $25

23:59 DAVID FINCHER @ 24fps Hotel Richmond, 8–9 Mar, FREE

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Palmyra AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 4–5 Mar, $25 Party Snake Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 13–16 Mar, $30 The Marvelous Mechanical Musical Maiden La Bohème, 20–21 Feb, $25 2b theatre company – OLD STOCK: A REFUGEE LOVE STORY RCC Fringe, 20–23 Feb, $40 Temporary A Club Adelaide, 25–26 Feb, $15–$18

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09:30 Kids Day Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden [Adelaide Festival], 2 Mar, FREE

10:00 1st Kilkenny Scout group, Family fun day - Community festival! 2019 Challa Gardens Primary School, 23 Feb, FREE Opera Mouse South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $24 YA Day Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden [Adelaide Festival], 3 Mar, FREE Wriggle Around the World Burnside Library, 14 Mar, $20 Fairy Picnic The Moseley Beach Club, 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $25 Baba Yaga Queen’s Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 27 Feb, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, $29 Meg in the Magic Toyshop Mount Barker Town Hall, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $10

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Multicultural Storytime various venues, 26 Feb, 28 Feb, 2 Mar, FREE MR BADGER tells the story of “The Wind in the Willows” various venues, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 9 Mar, $12–$15

Cosmo The Clown Comedy Magic Show Marion Cultural Centre, 2 Mar, $15 Wild Rumpus Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 2–3 Mar, $15

10:45 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $7.50 Amelia Ryan’s 80’s Baby!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $20

11:00 Auslan Games and Storytime with Deaf Can:Do The National Wine Centre, 24 Feb, $30 Bubble Show: Milkshake and the Winter Bubble The Jade, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $18 MR BADGER tells the story of “The Wind in the Willows” South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $15 Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco Dance Hall The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $17 Silly Galahs various venues, 3 Mar, 17 Mar, $20

Big Tops & Tiny Tots Circus Show Stirling Fringe, 2 Mar, $20 Wriggle Around the World Norwood Concert Hall, 13 Mar, 15 Mar, $20 Amazing Drumming Monkeys The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $18 _cancelled_The Famous Five South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 20 Feb, 21 Feb, 27 Feb, 28 Feb, $30 Aaaand Now For MORE Kiddo Kaos!

Stirling Fringe, 23–24 Feb, $20 The Great Australian Snail Race Holden Street Theatres, 3 Mar, FREE _cancelled_The Tales of Beatrix Potter South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, Various dates from 24 Feb to 13 Mar, $28 Inside the Walls: A Giant Pop-Up Book Ghost Story Gluttony, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $19 WISH- Bullying No Way! various venues, 3 Mar, 5 Mar, 9 Mar, 12 Mar, $8–$13 Foehn AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 13 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $25

Cosmo The Clown Comedy Magic Show Nexus Arts, 24 Feb, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, $15

11:30 Wriggle Around the World Gluttony, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $20 Balloonatics 2: Get Pumped Stirling Fringe, 2–3 Mar, $20 The Circus Firemen Stirling Fringe, 23–24 Feb, $20 This Show is NOT Rubbish!

Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $18 Splash Test Dummies The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $25 Get Ready For This Marion Cultural Centre, 23–24 Feb, $13

11:45 _cancelled_The Tales of Beatrix Potter South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar, $28

12:00 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $7.50 Grumpy Pants Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $18

CANCELLED Haydn Seek South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 3 Mar, $15 Cinderella - the Untold Story Live From Tandanya, 16–17 Mar, $20 Tribute to Rock Star Academy, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $25 MR BADGER tells the story of “The Wind in the Willows” various venues, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 9 Mar, $12–$15 Salisbury Secret Garden - Family Fun Day Salisbury Secret Garden - Pitman Park, 24 Feb, FREE

12:30 Wriggle Around the World Gluttony, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $20 Bubble Show: Milkshake and the Winter Bubble The Jade, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $18 FunnyHappyStuff presents; Stringy Thingy Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $17 Cosmo The Clown Comedy Magic Show Marion Cultural Centre, 2 Mar, $15

12:45 Humphrey South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $18

BOXING - By Fraser Hooper Stirling Fringe, 2–3 Mar, $20 Children are Stinky The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 3 Mar, 9 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, $15–$24

13:00 The Funny Fish Show The Parks Theatres, 23 Feb, $16 Opera Mouse South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 13 Mar, $24 3 Speed Crunch Box Rebooted The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8 Mar, $25 Let’s Get Wild Stirling Fringe, 23–24 Feb, $20 _cancelled_The Famous Five South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $30 Mickster’s Magic Gadgets Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $25 Wriggle Around the World Burnside Library, 14 Mar, $20 Baba Yaga Queen’s Theatre [Adelaide Festival], Various dates from 26 Feb to 6 Mar, $29 _cancelled_The Tales of Beatrix Potter South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 20 Feb, 6 Mar, $28

Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $7.50 Captain Cauliflower and Marvin The Mischievous Moose The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 2 Mar to 17 Mar, $15–$20

13:30 Grossed Out Game Show Gluttony, 16–17 Mar, $20 Wriggle Around the World Gluttony, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $20 Escape From Trash Mountain Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 11 Mar, $19.50 Big Tops & Tiny Tots Circus Show Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $19

14:00 Cinderella - the Untold Story Live From Tandanya, 16–17 Mar, $20 Aaaand Now For MORE Kiddo Kaos!

The National Wine Centre, 23–24 Feb, $20 The Scientific Bubble Show Burnside Community Centre, 16 Mar, $18

Amazing Drumming Monkeys The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $18 Dinosaur Time Machine Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $26 Wriggle Around the World Holden Street Theatres, 13 Mar, 15 Mar, $20 Able Mable Stirling Fringe, 2 Mar, $20 Foehn AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 16–17 Mar, $25 Fringe Fun In The Hills Mount Barker Town Hall, 23 Feb, 9 Mar, $25 Baba Yaga Queen’s Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 2–3 Mar, $29 Marmalade Five: All Nite Cheese!

Stirling Fringe, 3 Mar, $20 Mr Snot bottom’s Horrible Terrible Really Really Bad Bad Show The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 The Adventure Party Woodville Town Hall, 16 Mar, $17 Opera Mouse South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $24

14:15 Able Mable Stirling Fringe, 24 Feb, $20 Marmalade Five: All Nite Cheese!

Stirling Fringe, 23 Feb, $20

14:30 Royal Tea Party South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $20 A Frayed Knot Stirling Fringe, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $20 JELLY OR JAM RCC Fringe, Various dates from 23 Feb to 10 Mar, $20 Science Magic Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $16 Peter Combe in Live It Up and Fry An Egg On a Slippery Dip!!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $24 Silly Galahs Mitcham Cultural Village Community Centre, 2 Mar, $20 Best Of Kids Fringe Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $18

15:00 Balloonatics 2: Get Pumped Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $17 Brat Kids Carnival RCC Fringe, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, $20

Bubblegum Cabaret The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, $25 The Circus Firemen Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 _cancelled_The Famous Five South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 3 Mar, $30

15:15 Best of Edinburgh Kids Comedy The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $13 Amelia Ryan’s 80’s Baby!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, $20 3 Speed Crunch Box Rebooted The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9–11 Mar, $25 A Day at the Zoo Burnside Community Centre, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $20 Huggers - The Best of Adelaide Fringe Kids & Family Selection The Griffins Hotel, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $19 Let’s Get Wild The National Wine Centre, 2–3 Mar, $28

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15:20 Did you Hear what I Saw? The National Wine Centre, 24 Feb, $25

15:30 The Disney Diaries: A Comic Princess Tribute Live From Tandanya, 16–17 Mar, $27 Le Petit Circus Gluttony, Various dates from 22 Feb to 17 Mar, $19–$26 The Best Worst Kids Birthday Party!

The Griffins Hotel, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20

15:45 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $7.50

16:00 Meg in the Magic Toyshop Burnside Library, 28 Feb–1 Mar, $10 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $7.50 Game On 2.0 Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $18 Tribute to Rock Star Academy, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $25 Tessa Waters - HOW TO BE A ROCKSTAR Stirling Fringe, 23–24 Feb, $20 _cancelled_The Famous Five South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 21 Feb, $30

Peter Combe in Live It Up and Fry An Egg On a Slippery Dip!!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $24 SeaStar Rock The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23–24 Feb, $17

16:15 Amazing Drumming Monkeys The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $18

16:30 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 20 Feb to 14 Mar, $7.50 Mr Snot Bottom’s Stinky Silly Show Stirling Fringe, 2–3 Mar, $20 Comedians Against Humanity (FAMILY EDITION) Hosted by Yianni Agisilaou Gluttony, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, $15 The Circus Firemen Stirling Fringe, 26 Feb, $20 Tessa Waters - HOW TO BE A ROCKSTAR Stirling Fringe, 27 Feb, $20 Children are Stinky Stirling Fringe, 23–24 Feb, $20 More Boogers, Books and Big Bottom Burps!

The Griffins Hotel, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, $18

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The Alphabet of Awesome Science Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Dinosaur Time Machine Stirling Fringe, 28 Feb, $20 Silly Galahs Mitcham Cultural Village Community Centre, 2 Mar, $20

16:45 Fart Lab 3: Following Through The Griffins Hotel, 23–24 Feb, $25

17:00 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $7.50 Particle B RCC Fringe, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $20 Foehn AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 16–17 Mar, $25 _cancelled_The Tales of Beatrix Potter South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 8 Mar, $28 Baba Yaga Queen’s Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 2–3 Mar, $29

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Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $7.50

17:30 Children are Stinky The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 3–17 Mar, not 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, $15–$24 _cancelled_The Tales of Beatrix Potter South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, $28 Splash Test Dummies The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 21 Feb to 2 Mar, $25

18:00 Children are Stinky - Desert Fringe Institute Theatre, 2 Mar, $10 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 20 Feb to 14 Mar, $7.50 The Disney Diaries: A Comic Princess Tribute The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 5 Mar, $23 Royale Dance Battle South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $20 _cancelled_The Tales of Beatrix Potter South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 20 Feb, 26 Feb, 27 Feb, 28 Feb, $28

_cancelled_The Famous Five South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 6–7 Mar, $30

18:15 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $7.50 Let’s Get Wild The National Wine Centre, 25 Feb–8 Mar, not 4 Mar, $20–$28

18:30 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $7.50 Tribute to Rock Star Academy, 22 Feb, 23 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, $25 Splash Test Dummies The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 6–17 Mar, not 11, 12, $25 _cancelled_The Famous Five South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 23 Feb, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar, $30 Foehn AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 13 Mar, 15 Mar, $25 _cancelled_The Tales of Beatrix Potter South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 2 Mar, $28 Baba Yaga Queen’s Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 1 Mar, $29

19:00 Poetry From The Garden Burnside Library, 7 Mar, FREE _cancelled_The Famous Five South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 9 Mar, $30

19:30 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $7.50 _cancelled_The Famous Five South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 8 Mar, 10 Mar, $30

20:00 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $7.50

20:30 National Geographic Symphony for Our World Elder Park [Adelaide Festival], 2 Mar, FREE _cancelled_The Famous Five South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 2 Mar, $30

20:45 Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $7.50

12:00

LITTLE SYLVIE Flashmob Acapella!

Online Only, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, FREE WOMADelaide Botanic Park [Adelaide Festival], 8–11 Mar, $387

Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie Experience Hilton Hotel, 10 Mar, $30

10:00 The Port Rocks various venues, 24 Feb, FREE

10:30 The John Dory Nexus Arts, 28 Feb–1 Mar, $20

11:00 Shake, Rattle & Roll Marion Cultural Centre, 12 Mar, $18 CANCELLED Bach’s Coffee Cantata various venues, 14–16 Mar, $30 Dogapalooza Orphanage Park, 17 Mar, $18 Gawler Caravans “Willaston on the Green” Country Music Spectacular Willaston Oval & Clubrooms, 2 Mar, $30

11:30 Arrows of Time Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $149 Enlightenment Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 11 Mar, $149 New Ancient Songs Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $149

12:30 The Piano Men South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 7 Mar, $25

13:00 AMBIENT ORCHESTRA Presents David Bowie’s BLACKSTAR FEATURING MAYA BEISER/EVAN ZIPORYN RCC Fringe, 17 Mar, $55 Pipe Organ recitals - free lunch time concerts St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, 20 Feb, 27 Feb, 13 Mar, FREE A Stitch In Time: A Knitting Cabaret South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 14 Mar, $32 The Port Rocks The Dockside Tavern, 24 Feb, FREE An Andrews Sisters Tribute Norwood Concert Hall, 24 Feb, $44 Big Fish Little Fish Gluttony, 23 Feb, 16 Mar, $30 The John Dory Nexus Arts, 28 Feb–1 Mar, $20 Ingrid James - Jazz Singers Workshop and Jam The Gilbert Street Hotel, 16 Mar, $45

13:30 All Of These Lines.....

Fly Bird Fly Studio, 16 Mar, $24

War of the Surf & Rock Guitars THE FORT, 24 Feb, $55 Bublé Arkaba Hotel, 17 Mar, $45 Beatles Vs Stones The Gov, 3 Mar, $42.50

14:00 Karkoo Jungle Jams Karkoo Nursery, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, FREE Breaker Morant’s Life ... Poems, Songs & Stories Riverbend Cottage Gazebo Clarendon, 24 Feb, FREE A Class of Brass live with Bill Broughton Burnside Ballroom, 10 Mar, $20 A Juke Box Journey - The Golden Era various venues, 24 Feb, 10 Mar, $20 Piaf & Brel: The Impossible Concert South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 15 Mar, $32 AN AFTERNOON OF WINE, WOMAN AND SONG Sinclair’s Gully Winery, 3 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar, $19.50 The Choir of Man Gluttony, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar, $40–$45 The Port Rocks various venues, 24 Feb, FREE Jason Stacey and the Moonlight Shadows The Gov, 23 Feb, $20 An Andrews Sisters Tribute Norwood Concert Hall, 23 Feb, $44

Music of the 1930’s & 40’s various venues, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $23–$25 Sretensky Monastery Choir Adelaide Town Hall [Adelaide Festival], 3 Mar, $40 Absolute Brass On The Fringe St Peters Town Hall, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $28 Picaresque Banquet Room [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $30 MC ME - My Inner Monoloop Nexus Arts, 16 Mar, $20 Jazz High Tea Stirling Fringe, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $70 AMVC Sings G&S Unley Town Hall, 2 Mar, $25

14:30 Johnny Cash Tribute Show The Kentish Hotel, 3 Mar, $38 España El Vito - The Spirit of Spain The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 24 Feb, $33 The Port Rocks Michonne Wine Bar, 24 Feb, FREE Aquilonis Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $149 A NIGHT IN PARIS Stirling Fringe, 27 Feb, $28 Orpheus with his Lute Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 11 Mar, $149 Remembrance of Times Past Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $149

Rendezvous Goodwood Institute Theatre, 23–24 Feb, $28 All Of These Lines.....

Fly Bird Fly Studio, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $24 “Root Position” Selby & Friends Elder Hall, 24 Feb, $69 Broadway - Up In Lights Adelaide Festival Centre, 23 Feb, $20 “PRELUDE” Chopin, Debussy, Jazz with pianist Tim Barton Burnside Library, 10 Mar, $22 “Rhapsody in Chicago Blues” with Pianist Tim Barton The Jade, 24 Feb, $22

15:00 Storyteller The Jade, 10 Mar, $20 Ukulele Blues Explosion The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 24 Feb, $20 All Together Now! with The LadyBeatles The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 3 Mar, $20 HIPLIFE GHANA Ancient World, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $25 The Port Rocks Commercial Hotel, 24 Feb, FREE Mahler Chamber Orchestra Adelaide Town Hall [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $60 Once and Future: The Myth and Music of Albion St Paul’s Anglican Church, 3 Mar, $28 The Life and Songs of Paul Robeson Anglican Church of St Peters, 10 Mar, $20

Around the World and Beyond...

Barr Smith Library, 24 Feb, $28 Music with Motion Marion Cultural Centre, 3 Mar, $20 Swampy Blues & Swingin’ Cats The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 17 Mar, $25 1 Way to sing easy 5 Wassail Wine Bar, 24 Feb, $30

15:15 Singin’ ‘Bout A Revolution The National Wine Centre, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $20

15:30 The Magnets Naked 80s Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $40 Marvellous Music at Mary Mags St Mary Magdalene’s Anglican Church, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $23 Louise Adams Unplugged Gluttony, 17 Mar, $30

16:00 Adelaide Techno Convention 2019 (ATC2019) RCC Fringe, 23 Feb, $35 TRACY CHAPMAN TRIBUTE The Mill, 24 Feb, $27.50 The Captain & Friends present A Journey Through Sound 55ml Bar, 24 Feb, FREE Jackson Vs Jackson Gluttony, 10 Mar, 17 Mar, $45 Ted Nettelbeck: Jazz piano reflections Nexus Arts, 12 Mar, $20

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It doesn't STOP

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In Transience Elder Conservatorium, 16 Mar, $20 Back on Board!

A Smooth Music Experience at the Thebarton Marina The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 10 Mar, $26 Rock N Roll Orgy The Hotel Metropolitan, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $20 Ukulele Death Squad - “Fifty Shades of Uke” Regal Theatre, 16 Mar, $25 Pleasure and Pain!

Nexus Arts, 16–17 Mar, $28 The John Dory Nexus Arts, 2 Mar, $20 GLOW The Lion, 16 Mar, $35

16:15 Vincent van Hessen The Traveling Troubadour aka VVHTTT Live From Tandanya, 23–24 Feb, FREE

Music

16:30 Salisbury Secret Garden - Showcase Salisbury Secret Garden - Pitman Park, 22 Feb, FREE Sax to the Max The Spire Community, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $15 Janis - The Life and Soul of a Rock Legend The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 2 Mar, $35 Salisbury Secret Garden - Sounds In the Garden Salisbury Secret Garden - Pitman Park, 23 Feb, FREE From A Distance, The Glory Of Bette Norwood Hotel, 3 Mar, $30

Mike & Dave do Cash & Dylan Hotel Richmond, 3 Mar, $20

17:00 Trafalgar Plays Classic Bee Gees Grace Emily Hotel, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $15 ME ‘N ME MATES Goodwood Institute Theatre, 2–3 Mar, $20 Sycamore Road - A Night with the Jacobites Scots Church Adelaide, 3 Mar, $20 #Retro Refit various venues, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 17 Mar, $25–$28 Floating Melodies MV Dolphin Explorer, 3 Mar, $46 An Andrews Sisters Tribute Norwood Concert Hall, 24 Feb, $44 Soul Mates Hungarian Club of SA, 23 Feb, $20 Susan Graham Adelaide Town Hall [Adelaide Festival], 17 Mar, $35 Picaresque Banquet Room [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $30 My Dad Brainwashed Me with 60s Music!!

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb, $25 The Greatest Show Tunes: A Massaoke Sing-Along Spectacular The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 9–10 Mar, $27 Piaf & Brel: The Impossible Concert South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $32

17:15 Rimur Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $149 DYLANesque presents - the Bob Dylan Tom Petty show - True Confessions Revisited The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 16–17 Mar, $35

17:30 TRACY CHAPMAN TRIBUTE Stirling Fringe, 23 Feb, $28 Stories for Ocean Shells Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $149 A Stitch In Time: A Knitting Cabaret South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 14 Mar, $32 Nocturnal Fever; Women of Sin Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 28 Feb–3 Mar, $32 A History of Early Blues The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 24 Feb, $25 Ceberano + Co. The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 17 Mar, $55 Picaresque Banquet Room [Adelaide Festival], 16 Mar, $30 The Thin White Ukes: A Bowie Odyssey The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb, $30 A Cappella Around The World MakeSpace, 20–22 Feb, $15

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“PRELUDE” Chopin, Debussy, Jazz with pianist Tim Barton The Jade, 15 Mar, $22 Underground Overtones Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 22 Feb, 24 Feb, $20

18:00 The Carole King Story The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 6–9 Mar, $35 TRACY CHAPMAN TRIBUTE various venues, 5 Mar, 8 Mar, $22–$27.50 Ballads By Candlelight 10th Anniversary St Peter’s Cathedral, 23 Feb, $36 1968: THE BIRTH OF AMERICANA...?

The Jade, 27 Feb, 6 Mar, 7 Mar, $25 AMVC Sings G&S Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1 Mar, $25 Wild Night in Australia Marion Cultural Centre, 23 Feb, $33 Storyteller The Jade, 13 Mar, $20 All Together Now! with The LadyBeatles The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 3 Mar, $20 Twilight Sessions Prospect Memorial Gardens, 22 Feb, FREE A Brief History of Time Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 11 Mar, $149 A Tribute To Michael Nexus Arts, 2 Mar, 17 Mar, $30 Adelaide Songs La Bohème, 28 Feb–3 Mar, $27

Koto Music Concert - “Shiki” The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 21–23 Feb, $28 Amped Up Sunset Sessions Rotary Park, 1 Mar, FREE Big Smoke Fauna La Bohème, 10 Mar, $20 A NIGHT IN PARIS various venues, 24 Feb, 28 Feb, $32 Janis - The Life and Soul of a Rock Legend The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 27 Feb, $35 JACOB CHRIS ROCK DRUMS Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 12 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $18–$28 Picaresque Banquet Room [Adelaide Festival], 12 Mar, 14 Mar, $30 Eclectic Stirling Community Theatre, 10 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, $25 More Than A Woman South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 15 Mar, $30 Adelaide Techno Convention 2019 (ATC2019) Crybaby Bar, 22 Feb, FREE A Cappella Around The World MakeSpace, 23 Feb, $20 Eva Cassidy Tribute; A Soulful Journey La Bohème, 14 Mar, $26 Around the World and Beyond...

Barr Smith Library, 23 Feb, $28

The Sound Ceremony The Jade, 12 Mar, 14 Mar, $26 Swampy Blues & Swingin’ Cats The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 17 Mar, $25 Sufi Music Party - Farhan Shah & Brothers Church of the Trinity, 24 Feb, $30 Delia Olam and Eagleheart Nexus Arts, 10 Mar, $35

18:30 Jay Hoad Barossa Valley Brewing, 15 Mar, FREE A NIGHT IN PARIS Stirling Fringe, 26 Feb, $28 FFashionablyLate Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 25 Feb, 26 Feb, 27 Feb, 10 Mar, $20 Brenton Darvill One On The Inside The Gov, 10 Mar, $15

18:45 Shania Choir Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $23–$28

19:00 The Carole King Story The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 12–16 Mar, $25–$35 “VIVIR” Flamenco Guitar & Dance The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 20 Feb, $30 19ADELE25 The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 1 Mar, $35 ME ‘N ME MATES Goodwood Institute Theatre, 1 Mar, $20

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12th –28th July 2019

It doesn't STOP

Bond.....James Bond Hilton Hotel, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $20 JAY - LARYEA AND THE LEOPARD HUNTERS The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 13 Mar, $20 ORBITAL + SEVERED HEADS RCC Fringe, 3 Mar, $49 Mambo Italiano B. Social Restaurant, 16 Mar, $59 My Leonard Cohen The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 15–16 Mar, $59 Hundred Thousand: a collaborative arts festival Marion Cultural Centre, 22 Feb, $20 Music with Motion Woodville Town Hall, 8–9 Mar, $6.50–$20 Conversessions Goodwood Institute Theatre, 21–22 Feb, $36 The Vinyl Club: Remastered & Re-released Second Floor Lounge, 22 Feb, $18 Go Your Own Way The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb, $35 AUC Like An Egyptian Latvian Hall, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $30 Picaresque Banquet Room [Adelaide Festival], 17 Mar, $30 Once and Future: The Myth and Music of Albion St Paul’s Anglican Church, 2 Mar, $28 Turn Up Your Radio - Rock Arena The Alley, 17 Mar, $39.50 Shelter & Rain Grace Emily Hotel, 20 Feb, $15

Choosing Sides with supporting SA artists Marion Cultural Centre, 28 Feb, $12 Elton Show: Your Song - A Love Story The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 17 Mar, $35 Brian Cadd The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 28 Feb, $45 The Sisters of Invention meet The Hackkets Hall of Possibility, 15–16 Mar, $25 The 60 Four Institute Theatre, 3 Mar, $35 Inspired Hotel Richmond, 25 Feb, $25 TRACY CHAPMAN TRIBUTE Boomers On The Beach, 3 Mar, $27.50 MICK THOMAS & THE ROVING COMMISSION - “COLDWATER (DFU)” ALBUM LAUNCH The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 15 Mar, $35 A Night in New Orleans NOLA Adelaide, 7 Mar, 14 Mar, FREE Z-STAR DELTA (UK) EP LAUNCH The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb, $35.95 Wallis Bird in Concert (IRE) The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 13 Mar, $25 Adam Page and Tim Bennett The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 27 Feb, 6 Mar, 13 Mar, $20 Ella Hooper The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 22 Feb, $40

American Classic Rock Show The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 2 Mar, $35 Lord of the Strings!

Best guitar solos The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 23 Feb, $35 Underground Overtones Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 22 Feb, 24 Feb, $20 FFashionablyLate Ambassadors Hotel, 28 Feb–1 Mar, $20 Mary Coughlan (Ireland) The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 24 Feb, $50 Honky Tonk Heaven Grace Emily Hotel, 2 Mar, $25 Moving Forward: Take a Step Back Sarah’s Sister’s Sustainable Cafe, 21–22 Feb, $29 Renée Geyer The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 16 Mar, $50

19:10 The James Taylor Story The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 6–9 Mar, $35

19:15 Sunset: A Guided Experience Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $149 Vincent van Hessen The Traveling Troubadour aka VVHTTT Once & Again Book Cafe, 22 Feb, FREE

19:30 “VIVIR” Flamenco Guitar & Dance The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $25–$30 Ralph McTell Church of the Trinity, 13–14 Mar, $55 The 60 Four various venues, Various dates from 22 Feb to 30 Mar, $35–$54.95 España El Vito - The Spirit of Spain The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 21–22 Feb, $20–$33 Ingrid James Quartet - Love and other fiascos The Gilbert Street Hotel, 15 Mar, $27.50 Jason Stacey and the Moonlight Shadows Ancient World, 16 Mar, $20 The Honey-Bees South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 8 Mar, $35 Jabberwolfy: Peter and the Wolf with Graham Abbott Kenan Henderson Art Gallery of South Australia, 21–23 Feb, $33 Piaf & Brel: The Impossible Concert South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 15 Mar, $32 Andy Seymour Standards - Cool Jazz and Smooth Soul The Gilbert Street Hotel, 9 Mar, $27.50 Whole Lotta Zepp The Music of Led Zeppelin Marion Cultural Centre, 8 Mar, $33

The Expanding Universe Ukaria Cultural Centre [Adelaide Festival], 8 Mar, $149 All Of These Lines.....

Fly Bird Fly Studio, 23 Feb, 15 Mar, $24 Bennett, Bowtell and Urquhart Church of the Trinity, 22 Feb, $30 Aretha - RESPECT The Gov, 14 Mar, $38 Sound & Silence The Mill, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 15 Mar, $15 THE WHEATSHEAF UKULELE COLLECTIVE presents: UKE-A-LADIES! The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Various dates from 21 Feb to 16 Mar, $25 Edge of Seventeen: A Tribute to Stevie Nicks South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 28 Feb, $28 A Creedence Revival Hotel Victor, 10 Mar, $30 In Transience Elder Conservatorium, 14 Mar, $20 Our family and other animals Grace Emily Hotel, 6–7 Mar, $20 Ukulele Death Squad - “Fifty Shades of Uke” Regal Theatre, 16 Mar, $25 Rock Orchestra The Best Of Elton John The HWY, 1–2 Mar, $28 Big Band Swing Entertainer Boomers On The Beach, 24 Feb, $10 Blockbusters Concordia College Chapel, 22–23 Feb, $30

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12th –28th July 2019

It doesn't STOP

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ABBA GOLD The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 24 Feb, $35 España El Vito - The Spirit of Spain The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 24 Feb, $33 Pussy Riot Live & Special Guests RCC Fringe, 7 Mar, $59 Sycamore Road - A Night with the Jacobites Scots Church Adelaide, 15 Mar, $20 Gaby Moreno The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 12 Mar, $45 Stardust: The Songs of Willie Nelson Performed

by Linda Bull with special guest Sime Nugent The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 25–26 Feb, $58 The Black Sorrows The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 21 Feb, $50 Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie Experience The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 8 Mar, $35 Mike & Dave do Cash & Dylan The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 20 Feb, $20 Kate Wadey’s - A Hundred Years from Today St Mary’s College, 7 Mar, $20 Russell Morris The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 14 Mar, $50 KaraokME Distill Cocktail Bar, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $25 Vincent van Hessen The Traveling Troubadour aka VVHTTT The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 1 Mar, FREE

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Music

ELSKA: The Heart + Harp Tour The Mill, 24 Feb, 26 Feb, $17–$20 “PRELUDE” Chopin, Debussy, Jazz with pianist Tim Barton Urrbrae House, 8 Mar, $22 ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER. PHANTOM IN THE FOREST Sinclair’s Gully Winery, 2 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, $27.50 Sound Bath - Plant Song Black Diamond Gallery, 15–16 Mar, $33 Natalie Clein &KatyaApekisheva Adelaide Town Hall [Adelaide Festival], 7 Mar, $40 Thirteen Ways to Look at Birds Adelaide Town Hall [Adelaide Festival], 1–2 Mar, $25 “Rhapsody in Chicago Blues” with Pianist Tim Barton Flinders St Baptist Church, 2 Mar, $22 Turn Up Your Radio - Rock Arena The Alley, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, $39.50 From A Distance, The Glory Of Bette Norwood Hotel, 3 Mar, $30 Louise Blackwell and the French Set The Gilbert Street Hotel, 8 Mar, $27.50 The James Taylor Story The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 5 Mar, $25 Ingrid James - Jazz Singers Workshop and Jam The Gilbert Street Hotel, 16 Mar, $27.50 Kelly’s Wayke Arkaba Hotel, 7 Mar, $30

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“Come Sail Your Ships” - A Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tribute Grace Emily Hotel, 12–14 Mar, $30 Nic Jeffries The Gilbert Street Hotel, 1–2 Mar, $27.50 Musical Moments South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 20 Feb, 26 Feb, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, $28 Mike & Dave do Cash & Dylan The Joiners, 7 Mar, $20 Beach House RCC Fringe, 6 Mar, $59

19:50 The Magnets Naked 80s Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $30–$45

20:00 “VIVIR” Flamenco Guitar & Dance The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 21–23 Feb, $30 Cash Savage and the Last Drinks RCC Fringe, 7–8 Mar, $35 AMBIENT ORCHESTRA Presents David Bowie’s BLACKSTAR FEATURING MAYA BEISER/EVAN ZIPORYN RCC Fringe, 16 Mar, $55 Augie March The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 13 Mar, $59 Camille O’Sullivan The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 15–16 Mar, $59

Emma Donovan & The Putbacks The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 14 Mar, $49 J Mascis The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 11 Mar, $49 Rhye The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $49 Sarah Blasko The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 7 Mar, $49 The Others The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $69 The Paper Kites The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 8 Mar, $39 They Might Be Giants The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 3 Mar, $69 Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. RCC Fringe, 10 Mar, $35 All Together Now! with The LadyBeatles The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 1–2 Mar, $20 Jackson Vs Jackson Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $35–$45 LARAAJI RCC Fringe, 17 Mar, $50 LUV Parade The Little Red Door, 2 Mar, $60 Rohan & Polly Present South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 8 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, $30 A Stitch In Time: A Knitting Cabaret South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 9 Mar, $32 Moves Like Jagger The Barker Hotel, 2 Mar, $39.50

Big Smoke Fauna La Bohème, 20 Feb, 1 Mar, $20 OMG! Neil Diamond Sounds Like Me.......I Am I SAID various venues, 23 Feb, 1 Mar, 9 Mar, $38 The Sheridan Show The Oxford Hotel, 15 Mar, 22 Mar, $20 Natural Woman Classics of the 50’s, 60’s, & 70’s Cafe Outside The Square, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $25 Once and Future: The Myth and Music of Albion St Peter’s Cathedral, 1 Mar, $28 What’s going on?

Marion Cultural Centre, 7 Mar, $33 The Revolution ‘Drive that Funky Soul’ Marion Cultural Centre, 2 Mar, $33 An Andrews Sisters Tribute Norwood Concert Hall, 23 Feb, $44 Ted Nettelbeck: Jazz piano reflections Nexus Arts, 13 Mar, $20 Nirvana Nevermind the Singer Crown and Anchor Hotel, 23 Feb, $25 AMBIENT ORCHESTRA Presents FRIPP/ ENO, LARAAJI & SATIE: AN AMBIENT PRIMER RCC Fringe, 15 Mar, $55 Totally TOTO Norwood Hotel, 13 Mar, $35 A NIGHT IN PARIS Nexus Arts, 20 Feb, $32

In Retrospect Glorious: A Charles Jenkins showcase of career highlights.

Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 20–23 Feb, $20 Back on Board!

A Smooth Music Experience at the Thebarton Marina The Wheatsheaf Hotel, 7–9 Mar, $26 Forces of Nature Adelaide Town Hall [Adelaide Festival], 12 Mar, $40 Mahler Chamber Orchestra Adelaide Town Hall [Adelaide Festival], 8–9 Mar, $60 Sretensky Monastery Choir Adelaide Town Hall [Adelaide Festival], 3–4 Mar, $40 Keith Alan Hall Blues Band, New Album launch “ FIVE YEARS GONE “ Nexus Arts, 27 Feb, $33 Bocelli - My Tribute Bebe’s Room, 2 Mar, $35 Jason Stacey and the Moonlight Shadows Nexus Arts, 14 Mar, $20 Encore - Songs of Stage and Screen Bebe’s Room, 1 Mar, $35 MC ME - My Inner Monoloop Nexus Arts, 10 Mar, 17 Mar, $30 Rumours - The Fleetwood Mac Show The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 7 Mar, $35 Bublé Arkaba Hotel, 16 Mar, $45 The James Taylor Story The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 12–16 Mar, $25–$35

Acoustic Open Mic The Rising Sun Hotel, 23 Feb, FREE The Vulnerable Interpreters The Kentish Hotel, 9–10 Mar, $25 Eva Cassidy Tribute; A Soulful Journey La Bohème, 9 Mar, $26 An Evening Under the Stars Unley Soldiers Memorial Garden, 23 Feb, FREE POPKORN - The Ultimate 80s Show!

Norwood Hotel, 9 Mar, $28 A Creedence Revival Arkaba Hotel, 8 Mar, $30 The Clare Valley Concert Band do the Blues Brothers The Rising Sun Hotel, 16 Mar, $25 CANCELLED - Tea for Two: An Evening Tea Party South Australian Jockey Club Morphettville Racecourse, 22 Feb, 13 Mar, $28 A Juke Box Journey - The Golden Era Adelaide Royal Coach, 8 Mar, $20 GLOW The Lion, 13–16 Mar, $35–$38 Harmonica history pub sing along The Gov, 27 Feb, 7 Mar, $15 MICK HARVEY: “INTOXICATED MAN” - Presenting the Songs of Serge Gainsbourg RCC Fringe, 14 Mar, $49 Johnny sings Johnny Cash & The Shambolics Double bill!

The Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Mar, $19

presents

12th –28th July 2019

It doesn't STOP

20:10 The Choir of Man Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $32–$45

20:15 ❤ Jamie MacDowell & Tom Thum

HHHH

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20–24 Feb, $35–$40

20:30 100% Pure 90s Happy Sally, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $35 ELSKA: The Heart + Harp Tour MixedCreative, 21 Feb, $20 Johnny Cash Tribute Show The Kentish Hotel, 1–2 Mar, $38 Trafalgar Plays Classic Bee Gees Grace Emily Hotel, 23 Feb, $15 Ella at Zardi’s The Jade, 12–14 Mar, $31 An Evening with Beeb Birtles of Zoot, Mississippi & LRB The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 22 Feb, $69 For Your Love 60s BRiTiSH ROCK show The Gov, 2 Mar, $35 Jay Hoad various venues, 22–23 Feb, FREE

Natural Woman Classics of the 50’s, 60’s, & 70’s Cafe Outside The Square, 16 Mar, $25 Jason Stacey and the Moonlight Shadows various venues, 22 Feb, 6 Mar, $20 1965 Masters Apprentices Hands Of Time The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 14 Mar, $35 Go Your Own Way Murray Bridge Town Hall, 23 Feb, $32 Germein The Gov, 28 Feb, $25 Kosher Salami plays ‘It’s Alive’ Ramones Tribute Grace Emily Hotel, 8 Mar, $20 Boogie on down to SOUL TRAIN Arkaba Hotel, 23 Feb, $40 1965 Masters Apprentices at McCracken McCracken Country Club, 16 Mar, $35 Ceberano + Co. The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 17 Mar, $55 Alice In Chains MTV Unplugged The Parks Theatres, 9 Mar, $33 Just Floyd Clovercrest Hotel, 22 Feb, $20 Get Rocked! w/ Les Gock & Rick Lum (HUSH) + Mark Gable (Choirboys) The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 21 Feb, $55 So Many Nights Grace Emily Hotel, 22 Feb, $25 Gamelan Orchestra with Traditional Indonesian Dances from Mataram The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 7–8 Mar, $20

Nirvana MTV Unplugged The Parks Theatres, 15–16 Mar, $33 The Strokes - Is This It Grace Emily Hotel, 21 Feb, 28 Feb, $20 The Motown Story The Gov, 9 Mar, $40 The Original West Enders Live At The Cumby, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $15

21:00 ONLY GIRL (IN THE WORLD) - RIHANNA TRIBUTE SHOW Arkaba Hotel, 9 Mar, $28 BACK IN BLACK AND EAST LIVE The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 15 Mar, $30 RCC Fringe: Dusk till Dawn RCC Fringe, Various dates from 22 Feb to 17 Mar, FREE Chunky Custard - Countdown Classics Arkaba Hotel, 1 Mar, $27 Luke Swinburne Treasury 1860, 2 Mar, 16 Mar, $16 Sound & Silence The Mill, 22 Feb, 1 Mar, 15 Mar, $15 Maison De Danse The Hindley, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $25 Jukebox Revolution - every record tells a story!

The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 1–2 Mar, $35 Rotten Apples - A Smashing Pumpkins Tribute Show Grace Emily Hotel, 1 Mar, 16 Mar, $23 Rock N Roll Orgy The Hotel Metropolitan, Various dates from 22 Feb to 9 Mar, $20

Vintage Modern The Soul Rhythm Spectacular The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 8–9 Mar, $33 Janis - The Life and Soul of a Rock Legend The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 1 Mar, $35 That 90’s Show The HWY, 16 Mar, $25 Basket Case - The Australian GREEN DAY show presents DOOKIE Live Arkaba Hotel, 10 Mar, $24 The Rocky Horror Tribute Show Science Fiction Double Feature The Libertine by Louis, 1–2 Mar, $30 Finger Bun “Makes America Great Again” Norwood Hotel, 23 Feb, $25 Devine Alls and More P!nk LIVE The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 23 Feb, $25 She’ll be Right!

The Mill, 8 Mar, $28 Trio Mediaeval St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral [Adelaide Festival], 6 Mar, $30

21:15 The Vinyl Club: Remastered & Re-released Second Floor Lounge, 22 Feb, $18

21:30 Ingrid James Quartet - Love and other fiascos The Gilbert Street Hotel, 15 Mar, $27.50 Andy Seymour Standards - Cool Jazz and Smooth Soul The Gilbert Street Hotel, 9 Mar, $27.50

Rock Orchestra The Best Of Elton John The HWY, 1–2 Mar, $28 Picaresque Banquet Room [Adelaide Festival], 8 Mar, $30 Louise Blackwell and the French Set The Gilbert Street Hotel, 8 Mar, $27.50 ONE HIT WONDERLAND Norwood Hotel, 15 Mar, $25 Super Jazz Bros.

The Mill, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, $18 Nic Jeffries The Gilbert Street Hotel, 1 Mar, $27.50 She’ll be Right!

The Mill, 23 Feb, $28 Cat, Neil and Captain Fantastic The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 15–16 Mar, $28

21:50 HOUSE 5 Gluttony, 22 Feb, 23 Feb, 10 Mar, $30

22:00 Hippo Campus The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 8 Mar, $49 The Necks The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $39 Big Smoke Fauna La Bohème, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, $20 Picaresque Banquet Room [Adelaide Festival], 15 Mar, $30 The Tears of Saint Peter St Peter’s Cathedral [Adelaide Festival], 15 Mar, $30

Washington The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 15 Mar, $39 Nocturnal Fever; Women of Sin Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 1–2 Mar, $32 As Yet Unheard The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 8–10 Mar, $28

22:45 The Sex Cult Cousins LIVE! LIVE! LIVE! The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 28 Feb–16 Mar, not 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, $20–$25

23:00 Alex Rossi & Friends: The After Party The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 21 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 26 Feb, 27 Feb, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, $20–$25 Massaoke Mixtape The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $27 Adelaide Techno Convention 2019 (ATC2019) Lotus Lounge, 23 Feb, $13

23:30 Adelaide Techno Convention 2019 (ATC2019) RCC Fringe, 21 Feb, $13

22:30 Rolling Blackout Coastal Fever The Palais [Adelaide Festival], 16 Mar, $39

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The Neil Diamond Experience Bebe’s Room, 9 Mar, $35 Songs of the Divas Bebe’s Room, 8 Mar, $35 Mike & Dave do Cash & Dylan The Joiners, 8 Mar, $20 The Tears of Saint Peter St Peter’s Cathedral [Adelaide Festival], 13 Mar, $30

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00:00 Tianna the Traveller: Adventure stunt show Online Only, Various dates from 22 Feb to 17 Mar, FREE

09:30 Adelaide Spectacular Ballroom Dance Championship 2019 Wonderland Ballroom, 17 Mar, $55

10:00 Life on the Line Adelaide Botanic Garden, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 17 Mar, FREE

11:00 Music Box Circus CircoBats, 21–22 Feb, $15 Un Poyo Rojo AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 28 Feb, $25 Out of Chaos...

Scott Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 28 Feb, $30

11:30 ALMA Latin Dance Festival South Australian Jockey Club - Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $10 Zizanie Space Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 15 Mar, $25

12:00 SPIRIT Live From Tandanya, 10 Mar, $20

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“Here, Elsewhere” An Interactive Art Installation Holden Street Theatres, 20–24 Feb, FREE

ALMA Latin Dance Festival South Australian Jockey Club - Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $10

13:00 Rip Drag & Ruminate 2019 Adelaide College of the Arts, 1–2 Mar, $25 LIFTEN Brighton Performing Arts Centre, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, $20 SPIRIT Live From Tandanya, 8 Mar, $18

13:30 SPIRIT Live From Tandanya, 9 Mar, $20 EBONY CIRQUE AFRICA BIG TOP, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $39 Ballroom Dance Workshops Greenwith Community Centre, 23 Feb, 9 Mar, $35 Bollywood Flashmob at the Fringe Roxy Centre, 23–24 Feb, $22 ALMA Latin Dance Festival South Australian Jockey Club - Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $10 DNA Live From Tandanya, 2 Mar, $32 Un Poyo Rojo AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 2 Mar, $25

14:00 I Am Basketball Man Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20 Life on the Line Adelaide Botanic Garden, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $15

TOXIC - Britney Spears Dance Workshop The Parks Theatres, 3 Mar, $12 Swan Lake REMiXED South Australian Jockey Club - Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $16 Abyss Goodwood Institute Theatre, 9 Mar, $25 Man with the Iron Neck Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 11 Mar, $25 Recuerdos Nexus Arts, 2 Mar, $35 Carmen Festival Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 9 Mar, $35 Grand Finale Festival Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 17 Mar, $35 FEMME HHH The Mill, 13–14 Mar, $25 Retro Dance Workshop The Parks Theatres, 17 Mar, $12 Out of Chaos...

Scott Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 3 Mar, $30 Zizanie Space Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 16 Mar, $25

14:30 ALMA Latin Dance Festival South Australian Jockey Club - Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $10

15:00 A Supposed Truth St Mary’s Hall, 24 Feb, $30 Le Aerial Adelaide Convention Centre, 24 Feb, $35

¤ FINALE HHHHH Gluttony, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, $35 Cabin Fever Adelaide Caravan Park, 21–22 Feb, $23 CIRQUE AFRICA CIRQUE AFRICA BIG TOP, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $39 BOSS SQUAD Live From Tandanya, 9 Mar, $24 Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams

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Gluttony, 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 17 Mar, $35 LIFE - the show The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $35 Out of Chaos...

Scott Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 2 Mar, $30

15:30 Evangeline (Or, the grief that does not speak whispers the o’erfraught heart, and bids it break) The Mill, 2 Mar, $32 ALMA Latin Dance Festival South Australian Jockey Club - Morphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $10 Man with the Iron Neck Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $25 Zizanie Space Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 17 Mar, $25

16:00 Life on the Line Adelaide Botanic Garden, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $15 Music Box Circus CircoBats, 23–24 Feb, $15

BOUNCE IN Payneham Youth Centre, 16 Mar, $15 360 ALLSTARS Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $35 Two Feet Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 3 Mar, $45

Under the Covers Volume 3: Unplugged Gluttony, 2–3 Mar, $30 Swan Lake REMiXED South Australian Jockey Club - Morphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $16 CIRQUE AFRICA CIRQUE AFRICA BIG TOP, 11 Mar, $39

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EBONY CIRQUE AFRICA BIG TOP, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $39 SPIRIT Live From Tandanya, 9–10 Mar, $20 ¤ By a Thread

I Am Basketball Man Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 21 Feb, 22 Feb, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, $20 Music Box Circus CircoBats, 21–22 Feb, $15 Casting Off Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, not 13, $15–$25 ¤ Chasing Smoke

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Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $35 Isolate & Izolál Holden Street Theatres, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $28 Back Left Live From Tandanya, 2–3 Mar, $24 Idris Stanton - WHAM GLAM CIRCUS MAN! Gluttony, 10 Mar, 17 Mar, $22 Act Natural Gluttony, Various dates from 22 Feb to 3 Mar, $23

17:00 Cabin Fever Adelaide Caravan Park, 20–22 Feb, $23 Rouge Gluttony, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, 16 Mar, $39 Back Left Live From Tandanya, 1 Mar, $24 SPIRIT Live From Tandanya, 8 Mar, $18

17:30 Life on the Line Adelaide Botanic Garden, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 16 Mar, $15

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Gluttony, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $25–$32 Rich Mix Odeon Theatre, 24 Feb, $30 “Here, Elsewhere” An Interactive Art Installation Holden Street Theatres, 20–24 Feb, $15 A’Harem Hafla Belly Dance Academy of Adelaide, 3 Mar, $17 Seasons of Love Gluttony, 13 Mar, $25.50 Mutating Roots Gluttony, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $18.50–$25 CIRQUE AFRICA CIRQUE AFRICA BIG TOP, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $39 Recuerdos Nexus Arts, 1 Mar, 3 Mar, $35 Isolate & Izolál Holden Street Theatres, 8 Mar, $28 Social Staples Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $18–$25 Un Poyo Rojo AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 1–5 Mar, weekdays only, $25

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EBONY CIRQUE AFRICA BIG TOP, 20 Feb–15 Mar, not 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, $26–$39 BOUNCE IN Payneham Youth Centre, 16 Mar, $25 Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams

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Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $29–$39 Tokyo Electrock Stairs Adelaide Festival Centre, 21–22 Feb, FREE 360 ALLSTARS Gluttony, 21 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 27 Feb, 4 Mar, 6 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, $29–$35 & I’ll Cry If I Want To Live From Tandanya, 27 Feb–3 Mar, $25 Guru Dudu’s Silent Disco Walking Tours Mall’s Balls, 28 Feb–17 Mar, not 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 6 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, 13 Mar, $24 Back Left Live From Tandanya, 20–24 Feb, $24 Rebel Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $28–$39

18:45 The Man In The Mail Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–10 Mar, $15–$24

19:00 I Am Basketball Man Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 7 Mar, 8 Mar, 14 Mar, 15 Mar, $20 Rich Mix Odeon Theatre, 23 Feb, $30

Free Come and Try Class Estonian Hall, 25–28 Feb, FREE Epilogue Odeon Theatre, 2 Mar, $30 Cabin Fever Adelaide Caravan Park, 20–22 Feb, $23 Abyss Goodwood Institute Theatre, 8–10 Mar, $25 Hand in Hand Gluttony, 1–17 Mar, not 4, 11, $18–$25 Rip Drag & Ruminate 2019 Adelaide College of the Arts, 1–2 Mar, $25 Carmen Festival Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 8–10 Mar, $35 Grand Finale Festival Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 16 Mar, $35 Djuki Mala The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $35–$45 Swan Lake The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 21–23 Feb, $28 Peer Rope Adelaide Spectacular Port Adelaide Masonic Hall, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 8 Mar, $25 FEMME HHH The Mill, 16 Mar, $25 Out of Chaos...

Scott Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 27 Feb, 1 Mar, 3 Mar, $30 Zizanie Space Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 14 Mar, $25

19:20 You & I Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $22–$28 Bent Bollywood Gluttony, 20–24 Feb, $27

Pss Pss Gluttony, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $17–$27 Idris Stanton - WHAM GLAM CIRCUS MAN! Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $20–$25

19:30 Dancing Sutra Marion Cultural Centre, 4 Mar, $28 Rich Mix Odeon Theatre, 24 Feb, $30 Le Aerial Adelaide Convention Centre, 22–23 Feb, $35 LIFTEN Brighton Performing Arts Centre, 22 Feb, 23 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, $20 Out of Chaos...

Scott Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 5–6 Mar, $30 Zizanie Space Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 15–16 Mar, $25

19:45 Cirque Alfonse: TABARNAK RCC Fringe, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $28–$55 Cirque Alfonse: BARBU RCC Fringe, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $40–$55

20:00 SINNERS Ambassadors Hotel, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $30

¤ FINALE HHHHH Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $29–$48 CIRQUE AFRICA CIRQUE AFRICA BIG TOP, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $26–$39

YUCK Circus Live From Tandanya, 27 Feb–3 Mar, $18–$20 BOSS SQUAD Live From Tandanya, 6–17 Mar, not 11, 12, $20–$24 Rouge Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $35–$46 Two Feet Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 5 Mar, $45 Grand Finale Festival Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 15 Mar, $35 Guru Dudu’s Silent Disco Walking Tours Mall’s Balls, 1–17 Mar, not 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, $24 ALMA Latin Dance Festival South Australian Jockey Club - Morphettville Racecourse, 23 Feb, $20 FEMME HHH The Mill, 13–14 Mar, $25

20:10 RETOX Gluttony, 20–24 Feb, $25

20:30 A Supposed Truth St Mary’s Hall, 20 Feb, 21 Feb, 23 Feb, $30 Rich Mix Odeon Theatre, 23 Feb, $30 Fuego Carnal Gluttony, 1–17 Mar, not 4, 11, $35–$55 LIFE - the show The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–16 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $35 Man with the Iron Neck Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 10 Mar, $25

20:40 Totally Plucked Gluttony, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $15–$25 F**K MY LIFE The Show Gluttony, 26 Feb–3 Mar, $18–$28

21:00 Evangeline (Or, the grief that does not speak whispers the o’erfraught heart, and bids it break) The Mill, 26 Feb, $25 Dangerously obsolete the sequel Vintage Vulture, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 15 Mar, $12–$15 Crystal Club Bakehouse Theatre, Various dates from 20 Feb to 16 Mar, $25 Man with the Iron Neck Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 8–9 Mar, $25 FEMME HHH The Mill, 16 Mar, $25 The Talents of Darkness A Club Adelaide, 27 Feb–3 Mar, $20.50

21:30 Lovefool Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 24 Feb–16 Mar, $10–$20 Evangeline (Or, the grief that does not speak whispers the o’erfraught heart, and bids it break) The Mill, 27 Feb, 2 Mar, $32 QUALITY NOVELTY RCC Fringe, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $55 RAILED Gluttony, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $30–$39 ¤ By a Thread

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DNA Live From Tandanya, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, 26 Feb, $32 Laser Kiwi The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $20–$32 Briefs: Close Encounters RCC Fringe, 5–16 Mar, not 11, $55 CLUB BRIEFS RCC Fringe, 17 Mar, $40 Aerial Unleashed Adelaide Convention Centre, 23 Feb, $20

21:50 Fuego Carnal Gluttony, 1–16 Mar, not 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, $35–$55

22:00 DIRTY TATTOOED CIRCUS BASTARDS

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Gluttony, 21 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 27 Feb, 4 Mar, 6 Mar, 11 Mar, 13 Mar, $23

22:15 NEON The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 20 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $35–$39

23:00 Circus’Cision Gluttony, Various dates from 22 Feb to 16 Mar, $35 Decadence and Debauchery La Bohème, 22–23 Feb, $21

23:20 Under the Covers Volume 3: Unplugged Gluttony, 1–2 Mar, $30 The Otherworld Gluttony, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, $25

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Celebrating Weimar’s Centenary Let’s raise a gin to Weimar, darlings!

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eimar Kabarett was born exactly 100 years ago, just after the first world war, when the Kaiser was kicked out of Germany and the Weimar Republic was formed.

After living under an extremely controlling, authoritarian government for so long the people were liberated by a new democracy. Censorship laws were lifted and kabarett was a celebration of their new found freedom. Satirical, edgy and full of social commentary, it pushed the boundaries of what was considered the ‘norm’.

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“ It is time to rise up, stroke a strangers thigh, and make real human connections” Weimar Kabarett celebrated all genders, all sexual orientations and allowed people to be whoever they wanted to be. It was dominated by two main themes – sex and politics. While some other forms

of kabarett were a form of escapism – decadent, lavish soirees full of beauty and glitz – Weimar Kabarett was a down and dirty celebration of the seedy underbelly of society. Defiantly looking at it head-on and exposing it in all it’s ugly, complicated glory.

History always finds ways to repeat itself and we are living in a time again now where we are being told that difference is something that we should be afraid of. But, what in fact we should be doing is celebrating it. We should be craving it, embracing it, rather than ignoring the huge cracks that are developing again in society while we are all staring at our tiny little screens (Netflix is the opiate of the masses).

It is time to rise up, stroke a stranger's thigh, and make real human connections. Make as many as you can. Laugh with your friends, make some new friends, go home with Beardy. Grab a shot of something strong and come and play at the Little Death Club, the darkest, funniest most debauched kabarett club in town. / Bernie Dieter VENUE: TIME: TICKETS:

Gluttony 9:20pm, 15 Feb – 17 Mar, not 18, 25 Feb, 4, 11 Mar $25 – $42