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What Connects Us?
Silkroad Ensemble, Tara Tiba and the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir on music across borders
Song of a Preacher Man
Is Reverend Billy an Elvis-impersonating televangelist, holding a political rally or forming a real church?
Dual Nature
Scottish comedian Fern Brady on her new show Power and Chaos
Peter Groom’s bittersweet tribute to Marlene Dietrich’s remarkable
Perfect Day
Exchange
Coffee
12-18 Vardon Avenue 10am
Wander to Exchange Coffee and fill yourself with halloumi, pancetta, eggs, avocado and mushrooms in a variety of delectable combinations. Prefer a sweet start to the day? Try the French toast with berries and maple syrup. Pair it with a beverage from their range of coffee, tea and juice options.
WOMADelaide
Botanic Park
11am
The most diverse party this festival season is in Botanic Park. WOMADelaide features artists and performers from every corner of the globe and showcases dance, music, art and food. Explore the Global Village, watch a band you’ve never heard of from another country, set up on the lawns, soak in some rays and live your best hippie life for a day.
Cajun Kitchen
Botanic Park 3pm
Built up an appetite from boogying along to your new favourite tunes? Head to the Cajun Kitchen for some authentic tacos, po’ boy rolls and New Orleans street food. Cajun Kitchen’s menu also covers halal, gluten free, vegetarian and vegan needs with a variety of options.
Credit: Josie Withers
Credit: Jack Fenby
Dietrich: Natural Beauty
Noel Lothian Hall, Botanic Gardens 7:45pm
Set in the battleground of 1942 Northern Africa, follow the heroic story of Marlene Dietrich as told by Peter Groom in drag. Through performance, authentic German references and smouldering looks, Groom presents Dietrich as the vibrant and valiant woman she was, while staying true to her most heartfelt moments.
Bernie Dieter’s Little Death Club
Gluttony 9.20pm
Having sold out shows across the world, Bernie Dieter is back with a vengeance this season. Having already won a Weekly Adelaide Fringe Award for Best Cabaret this season, Little Death Club is the hottest late night romp around. See burlesque, comedy, music and circus in the one tent. Bring a bottle of bubbles with you too, this show calls for celebration!
The Exeter
246 Rundle Street 11pm
Grab a jug of Cooper’s Pale, Sparkling or Dark Ales and snatch a coveted outdoor table. Full outside? Pick up some darts and challenge someone to a game of Round the World. The worse the gameplay, the better the banter.
Credit: Ayesha Hussian
What Connects Us?
We, all of us, yearn for connection. At WOMADelaide this year, the connections we share become apparent through an unlikely collision of worlds
The Silkroad Ensemble bridges borders with their music from more than 20 countries, resulting in a collaborative celebration. Iranian singer Tara Tiba takes us from the mystic sounds of Iran’s ancient Radif tradition to the passionate rhythm of Cuban music. And the pure, arid sound of the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir makes its home in towering German cathedrals. These musicians’ stories present a compelling case that each of us has a connection to each other, regardless of our culture, lived experience and national identity.
Legendary cellist Yo Yo Ma founded the Silkroad Ensemble in 1998. Company manager Eduardo A Braniff says that it was used as a way to create “a new artistic idiom, a musical language founded in difference, a metaphor for the benefits of a more connected world.” The ancient trade routes of the Silk Road network connected the east and west and likewise, the Silkroad Ensemble connects countries and fosters “productive cultural collaboration, for the exchange of ideas and tradition alongside commerce and innovation.”
Coming together through music was the obvious choice. “Music is the foundation of our model of radical cultural collaboration, a model in which each of our artists is deeply rooted in his or her own traditions,
and deeply committed to innovating new musical idioms,” says Braniff. “In this manner, the Silkroad Ensemble celebrates tradition and furthers innovation.”
Their music functions as an antidote to prejudice, racism and fear in societies that are increasingly exposed to the pressures of terrorism, protectionism and the challenge of multiculturalism. “We believe that there is more that unites us than separates us,” says Braniff. “We are committed to finding a way through challenges knowing that the work and our collective is better for having done so.” The aim of their music is simple – it is to draw people together and it uses the power and passion in each one of its members’ stories, many of whom have experienced oppression in their homelands, to do so. “We hope to convey to audiences the joy we feel in presenting our myriad cultures, experiences and instruments,” says Braniff. “We hope to inspire in them curiosity about the music, but also about someone who is different from them.”
Compositions by the Silkroad Ensemble deliberately transcend time and place, but at once evoke musical memory in all of us. It is passionate music and open for interpretation, and it draws on so many centuries of historical influence.
When asked why music makes us feel connected to one another, Tiba proffers a simple answer. “Music makes us feel connected, because it makes us
feel,” she says. Tiba was born in 1984, shortly after the 1979 Iranian revolution. Under the new Islamic theocratic-republic, most western music was outlawed, and women were banned from singing in public. When speaking about her childhood, Tiba acknowledges she was born into a line of strong women. “When I look at my mother’s journey, this has made such a difference for me and the opportunities I have had… I often think life is like a set of dominoes – the decisions we make in another place or time can have such far-reaching influence on us all.”
“Music is the foundation of our model of radical cultural collaboration”
For years, Tiba trained under a prominent Iranian vocal teacher in the classical music tradition of Radif. Radif music is composed for ancient Persian poetry and houses a very specific vocal technique known as tahrir – a unique, melismatic version of the warbling ornamentation so characteristic of Middle Eastern music. “Because we have been so isolated in Iran, [Radif] is still very much intact in its traditional sound. But I think now is the right time to take our sound to the rest of the world,” she says. Her desire to connect others with the sound
of her homeland has landed her, unexpectedly, in a band with Cuban pianist, Ivan Melon Lewis, to whom she attributes much of her recent success. This Iranian-Cuban collaboration is a forerunner for a wholly new, harmonic sound – until now, Iranian music has remained entirely monophonic. Tiba, who feels a unique connection with her Cuban band members, says “Cubans themselves, more than any other Latin American country, have much in common with Iran… It is felt in the culture, the way we talk, the way we cook, the way we feel… You would never think an Islamic revolutionist country and a post-Communist country would have much in common… But we do,” Tiba laughs. “Perhaps we both know what it feels like to be oppressed and then to find freedom again through our music.”
In 2006, music director Morris Stuart began recruiting members for a choir in Alice Springs. “While I was doing that,” says Stuart, “a young Aboriginal woman bailed me up in the street and said, ‘Oh, you’re teaching all those white fellas all those African songs, you should come and teach us as well’.” Thus began a journey which would have the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir touring Australia and eventually, Germany. The choir have unravelled and revived a 140-year-old tradition of choral hymn composition, translated into local Pitjantjatjara and West Arrernte languages
Credit: Jack Fenby
by early German missionaries, which attests to the kindliness and unique respect with which Aboriginal people were treated by such mission groups. “The conjunction of Aboriginal languages and their tonality with German theology, sacred poetry and music from the early Romantic and Baroque periods or even earlier… is nothing short of remarkable and totally idiosyncratic,” says Stuart. The sound produced by the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir is at once familiar and totally unfamiliar, raw, joyful and deeply moving in its three-part harmonic depth. The choir is comprised of several groups from remote communities in central Australia.
In 2017, the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir toured Germany, singing their traditional songs in Lutheran cathedrals, some of which would have housed the people who taught these hymns to their communities generations ago. They received standing ovations wherever they went. “It forged a connection,” says Stuart. “Traditionally, both
German and Aboriginal people translated their wisdom or knowledge through song… It was like a boomerang… The ladies were saying ‘you’ve brought something to us and we are bringing it back to you.
“They’re building a bridge with non-Aboriginal Australians as well,’ says Stuart. “They are saying, ‘we can connect, we can conquer this divide,’ and it makes non-Aboriginal Australians think ‘maybe it’s not hopeless, maybe we can connect somehow’.”
Put simply, each of us aches for belonging, but too often belonging is needlessly fractured by power, politics and otherness. This year, Tara Tiba, the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir and the Silkroad Ensemble remind us that we all belong to the same humanity, and that this connection cannot be stifled. / Emma Heidenreich and Laura Desmond
VENUE: WOMADelaide, Botanic Park [Adelaide Festival] TIME: 8–11 Mar
TICKETS: $387
Jack Fenby
Halls of Empowerment
The Noel Lothian Hall votes for women with a series of productions celebrating a special anniversary
In 1894 the South Australian government passed a bill which granted women the right to vote and stand for parliament. The Noel Lothian Hall, in the Botanic Gardens, is marking the 125th anniversary of the bill by hosting a series of shows which focus on the theme of women’s emancipation and empowerment.
That Daring Australian Girl is based on the true story of Muriel Matters, a South Australian who became a leading agitator in the UK’s suffragette movement. Writer-performer Joanne Hartstone plays Matters, who chained herself to the British House of Commons, in a show that has collected an impressive number of five-star reviews for its commanding performance.
Dietrich: Natural Duty, another piece of biographical theatre, is performed in drag by Peter Groom about Marlene Dietrich – the German Hollywood icon who threw herself behind the allied war effort and raised funds to help Jews escape Nazi Germany. Groom has received a lot of positive attention for the authenticity of his performance, especially Dietrich’s accent and mannerisms, in a cabaret event that is sure to be brimming with glam and sequins.
A retelling of the beloved adventure Gulliver’s Travels, which famously satirised 18th Century English society, brings new life to the story with a female protagonist and a cast of Lilliputian puppets. Developed specifically for the Noel Lothian Hall, this performance promises a reimagining that will delight audiences with its fresh insights on the scathing critique and for the ingenuity of its Gilliam-like production.
The Noel Lothian Hall is also offering a number of shows that don’t quite fit the suffragette theme. A cast of recent WAAPA graduates perform Cookies and Cream, which asks exactly how you’re meant
to go about reconciling the misinformation and bad advice you receive in high-school sex-ed with your sexual experiences as an adult.
jden redden’s The Expert at the Card Table has shown at past festivals, but with its transition to the Noel Lothian Hall it features better projection equipment which could be a game changer for the show. Dealing with the most pragmatic of magical disciplines, it offers an intimate demonstration of all the necessary sleight of hand required to cheat at cards. This is the best chance you’ll get to see someone deal from the bottom of the deck, or load their hand with aces, without actually losing your trousers in the process. / Justin Boden
SHOW: That Daring Australian Girl
TIME: times vary, various dates between 26 Feb and 17 Mar
TICKETS: $20 – $28
SHOW: Dietrich: Natural Duty
TIME: times vary, 15 Feb – 17 Mar, not 18, 25 Feb, 4 Mar
TICKETS: $22 – $30
SHOW: Cookies and Cream
TIME: 6pm, 5–10 Mar
TICKETS: $20 – $25
SHOW: jden redden: The Expert at the Card Table
TIME: times vary, 15 Feb – 3 Mar, not 18 Feb, 25 Feb
TICKETS: $20 – $29
SHOW: Gulliver’s Travels
TIME: times vary, 15 Feb – 3 Mar, not 18, 25 Feb
TICKETS: $20 – $26
Gulliver's Travels
Musical Notes
Josh Belperio on his loving tribute to his nonna
The Fringe is a place where artists can experiment and further explore their passion for various disciplines. And Adelaide in particular has always welcomed new and adventurous ideas.
Fitting in with the best of the Fringe’s traditions is Josh Belperio’s 30,000 Notes. His new show is an innovative tribute to his beloved nonna, their shared note-taking habits and his classical music training.
Known for his theatre work Scarred for Life, produced with partner Matthew Briggs, Belperio now puts his talents as a composer to use.
With aims to make classical music accessible to a wider audience, Belperio intends to overlay the music with his nonna’s old videos. The show is a unique celebration of their relationship and her lasting influence on Belperio’s life.
“We’re doing all this music to try to contextualise it,” he says.
While much of his work tends towards a blend
of comedy and drama, 30,000 Notes is a more serious work encompassing grief, falling in love and coming out.
Naturally such a show must also be technically sophisticated, and this one incorporates both classical music and a virtual choir. “The music was recorded in a special way which was basically binaural audio,” he says. “Instead of it being stereo, which most music is, it was recorded in this way where it actually sounds like you are in the room.”
The resulting product is an immersive mixture of a play and a concert which envelopes the audience. “We used four microphones and created digital ears which colour the sound and then gives you the sense that the music is all around you.” / Kayla Gaskell
VENUE: nthspace Adelaide
TIME: 9pm, various dates between 19 Feb and 16 Mar
TICKETS: $20 – $30
Credit: Wilson and Lewis Photography
Bridge of Clay
Marcus Zusak will feature in Writers’ Week with his new much anticipated release, Bridge of Clay
Bridge of Clay is the long-awaited new release by Sydney author Markus Zusak. 13 years in the making, the novel follows the story of five brothers, their tumultuous relationship and their absent father.
“[I] had written four books that meant something, but the fifth book meant everything”
Best known for 2005’s The Book Thief, the success of that title has naturally put pressure on the author. “It played more of a part than I thought,” he says. Although, in other ways, it has been a blessing to Zusak. Previously, he says he “had written four books that meant something, but the fifth book meant everything.” In other words, Zusak does not believe in half-measures, which explains the many discarded copies that have gone into writing Bridge of Clay.
“When I was a kid I lost a race that I was sure I’d won. After the race I complained to my dad who said
he was sure I’d won too. But then he told me I just didn’t win by enough, you’ve got to win by enough that no-one can dispute it. Writing is kind of like that.”
On writing Bridge of Clay he adds was like a “world championship of myself,” and one which entirely immerses him. One of the things Zusak loves about writing fiction is even though you know it’s not real, “you believe it when you’re in it.”
Asked if he had anything to say to any readers who might find his new book challenging he says, “I don’t make any apologies for anything in the book. Everything is exactly as I wanted it to be. It’s okay if you don’t read it. But if you hang in, you’ll be richly rewarded.” Bridge of Clay is written as if it were a combination of memories, exactly as it was intended. As Zusak says “books are one of the final frontiers – they ask patience of people.”
/ Kayla Gaskell
SHOW: Adelaide Writers’ Week
VENUE: Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden [Adelaide Festival]
TIME: 5pm, 4 Mar
TICKETS: FREE
Credit: Hugh Stewart
The National Wine Centre | Hackney Rd & Botanic Rd
Science Shows of Wonder
There are plenty of shows to make you laugh or cry and some that will zap, whizz and pop with scientific knowledge
Sir David and his Animals (all ages)
A real life nature documentary, Jess Clough-MacRae and Jonathan Tilley present animals from the Amazon to the Arctic in hilarious physical displays. Having studied at Lecoq theatre school in France, Clough-Macrae and Tilley will have you roaring and learning at the same time. Bakehouse Theatre, 9-16 Mar, 4pm
The Nature of Things (all ages)
Visual art has often drawn inspiration from the natural world, echoing textures, colours and shapes found in plants, stars and science. This exhibition includes a wide range of media including paintings and drawings, textiles, sculptures and woodwork. Over 30 artists’ work will be exhibited in a celebration of nature.
Pepper Street Arts Centre, 28 Feb-16 Mar (not Sun, Mon), 12pm
Escape Room: The Deadly Discovery (yrs 7+)
South Australian scientist Howard Florey has accidentally discovered a penicillin-resistant bacteria – will the audience find the formula and destroy it in time to save the world? Solve puzzles and crack codes to escape The Deadly Discovery!
Adelaide Escape Hunt, 28 Feb-15 Mar (not Sat, Sun, Mon), times vary
Kevin Quantum: Vanishing Point (yrs 16+)
With a PhD in Physics, if anyone can find the science in the discipline of magic it’s Kevin Quantum. A member of the Scottish Magic Circle, he will confuse everything you thought you knew about the universe in a series of sci-fi inspired tricks.
The Garden of Unearthly Delights – The Factory, 28 Feb-17 Mar (not Mon), 7pm
Charlie Caper
Dinosaur Time Machine
Credit: Brig Bee
Dinosaur Time Machine (yrs 3-9)
For the little dinosaur enthusiast this show brings the audience up close and personal with a life size tyrannosaurus rex. Tactile and engaging, learn about the world as it was in the T-Rex’s time through circus, puppetry and imaginative play.
Gluttony – Ukiyo, 2-17 Mar (Sat and Sun only), 2pm
Stirling Fringe – The Pocket, 28 Feb, 4:30pm
The Alphabet of Awesome Science (yrs 6-13)
Cruise through the alphabet with professors Lexi Con and Noel Edge with new words, new experiments and new knowledge with every letter. Examine the world through exciting endeavours and learn more about how science can be found everywhere.
Gluttony – The May Worth, 2-17 Mar (Sat and Sun only), 4:30pm
Charlie Caper – Robotricks (yrs 16+)
After winning Sweden’s Got Talent, Charlie Caper is back at the Fringe presenting robots so impressive they are indistinguishable from magic. Be amazed at the artificial intelligences and abilities – where does the technology end and the magic begin?
Gluttony – Masonic Lodge, 28 Feb-17 Mar (not Mon), 8:25pm
Roaming Classroom for Rebel Girls (yrs 6-12)
Support your coding superstar in Code Like a Girl’s Roaming Classroom for Rebel Girls. In this two hour workshop, girls will get the basics of coding under their belt to make their own project or game. A creative space for young girls with STEM interests, this classroom is unlike any regular old school.
Australian Science and Mathematics School, 2-3 Mar, 10am and 1pm
Kevin Quantum
Roaming Classroom for Rebel Girls
Credit: Matt Turner
Recovery Time
Liam Withnail on sobriety, immigration and the rise of populism
“The show is set five seconds after any straight white guy watches Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette,” says Liam Withnail.
Arriving in Adelaide with his third solo show Homeboy, nominated for Amused Moose’s Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe, Withnail has grown in confidence and become more reflective as a comedian. “It’s a response to #MeToo, #TimesUp, Donald Trump and anything else that made me question my role in all of this. How can we do better? How is the modern man complicit in everyday sexism?”
Although he has not forgotten his primary purpose, it is all “with jokes, of course.”
Born in London, Withnail progressed through the open mic spots in the uncompromising Scottish bars and clubs – and all with an English accent. “Scotland is a country of comedians. Glasgow particularly has a proud storytelling heritage – in general my Englishness has only ever held me back on paper –the second my cockney accent comes out there’s an understanding of ‘Oh... he’s not posh!’
Compared to UK audiences, Withnail has found an unusual problem to solve in Australia: a complete lack of weather-beaten misery from the crowd. “It feels unnatural doing comedy in such a nice climate – audiences being warm, tanned and athletic seems strange to me. In the UK you’re cheering people up –in Oz they’re already happy!”
“In the UK you’re cheering people up – in Oz they’re already happy!”
Withnail’s career pivoted after he stopped drinking. “Recovery changed every aspect of my life, including my approach to comedy. For a start I actually write new material! When I was drinking all my life was focussed on drinking, when I don’t it gives me time and space to do everything else. The shows I’ve written since sobering up were about immigration and feminism. Both big subjects that required a lot of research, which is not possible when I’m down the pub every night.”
It has led to the mix of Withnail’s own sunny
Credit: Trudy Stade
disposition and his more outward looking material, where he can bring out complex political issues from personal stories. “My wife had to leave the UK five days after we got married, and we were separated for eight months. Why? Because some ridiculous red lines had been drawn in order to bring immigration numbers down, so that a particular party could claim to be tough on migrants and appeal to a racist portion of their base. Since that happened Trump has been inaugurated, Article 50 has been triggered, Bolsonaro won the Brazilian elections. Right-wing populism is increasing all around the world, immigrants being blamed for internal problems. The more time that elapses the more relevant it becomes – this isn’t a funny answer because I’m truly frightened about how the UK is following the US on these issues.” / Ben Venables
VENUE: Gluttony - Masonic Lodge
TIME: 6pm, 5–16 Mar, not 10, 11
TICKETS: $10 – $25
Song Of A Preacher Man
“Is this a political rally? Is this a comedy about an Elvis-impersonating televangelist? Or is it a real church?”
Reverend Billy is asking the questions, but he’s also the one who poses them with his furious, inspired call to action. Earthalujah is a work of ‘radical instability’ that he performs alongside the radically anti-consumerist Stop Shopping Choir. Sitting somewhere between activism, performance art and a flamboyant cult, he insists that “It’s all of these things at once, and when we’re really doing our best work you can’t tell.”
Taking the form of an old school Methodist preacher allows Billy to tackle weighty issues in a carnival-esque manner, raising his voice and invoking a greater power as he peppers his sermons with exclamations of “Amen” and “Earthalujah!”
But there’s no fire and brimstone here; his concern is this world, not the next. The sixth mass extinction might be upon us, yet many politicians are more concerned with securing their borders against immigrants than tackling the climate change that will wipe out the human race. These are issues that transcend national boundaries, and Billy is not coming to lecture Australians – he wants to recruit us.
Helping him in his goal is Savitri D, the director and co-founder of The Stop Shopping Choir. Fitting the more traditional image of an activist, it’s her job to occasionally rein him in and give direction to his passion. When Billy sounds the clarion, announcing
that “We are about to, as one, resist extinction by making a signal across space to each other, whether it’s the form of a hug or a language or a song,” it’s Savitri whose groan is the sonic equivalent of an eyeroll? “C’mon, a hug?”
She exhorts him to do better, and he conjures up the image of a congregation embodying the natural world, turning into a living superstorm and rising up to the 57th floor of one of New York City’s glass skyscrapers. By now Billy is directly addressing JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, whose investments in tar sands and Arctic oil exploration have led the preacher to label him “the top financier of climate change in the world.”
“Hello Jamie,” he says, his voice getting slightly hoarse as it rises in volume, “it’s the Church of Stop Shopping, we’re here to save your soul.” Next, he says, “the choir comes up with their uncanny harmonies, everybody starts getting goosebumps and we start realising what’s possible.” It’s a fantastic vision, but Billy is just beginning. “Give me a pulpit,” he booms, “I’m preaching now.”
Amen. / Alexis Buxton-Collins
VENUE: RCC Fringe
TIME: times vary, 1–10 Mar, not 4, 5
TICKETS: $33
Non-Binary Solo
Christine and the Queens confronts gender and rules at WOMADelaide
French singer-songwriter Héloïse Letissier aka Christine and the Queens, or now simply Chris, produces their own style of ‘freakpop’ in a force against gender binaries and gender expectations. “One of the first songs I wrote, built over musical loops on my computer, was a curious rhapsody on the will to be saved by my own fluids, all odorous: sweat, blood, saps, everything they carefully try to scrape off young girls’ skins,” writes Christine.
The most stinging punishment of all is to be casted out of what is fuckable”
“I’m done with assenting. I’m done with pleasing the eye,” they write. Changing the world became their motivation. “If it felt impossible to play by the rules, I’ll infect them all; my disease would became chaos, and this chaos would became highly contagious.”
Christine breaks these rules. Their open attitude and honesty starts a conversation. What is gender and why do we try to define it? “My eroticism is precisely what sets me free of those skimpy limits, this gender I’m assigned to,” they write. “I desired them all, but never with the same sex.”
This creation of gentle females, to fit inside a particular shape and become what some might argue are ‘perfect’ girls, arguably begins at youth. Mass media and its forced ideals sculpt obedient, benign beings that quietly slip into society. “Deafening angers as I was skimming through our magazines; ‘is that all that we’re destined to?’ I only saw in there some cruel manual on how to properly disappear.
“It’s inescapable: very early, words and attitudes cluster you; the female is always threatened, either by enclavement or pure dissolution,” they write. “The most stinging punishment of all is to be casted out of what is fuckable.”
Anger fuels Christine and their creation of music. “
The oppressive gaze on women rarely falters as it continues to influence so many aspects of living. “Our clothes are shaped to refrain our bodies from expanding, our pills are swallowed in the name of what must be regulated, our hygienes are yelled as necessary,” Christine writes. “As for our desires, they’re suffocated the very moment they arise – remember the insults thrown at the face of those who kissed eagerly!”
Christine’s music is a call to arms. A direct provocation of our gender-based rules and guidelines, so strictly enforced in the subtlest of ways. “Women with a sword, women with an appetite, women with a revenge, bloody witch: everything she’s asked to buy, she just told you she doesn’t want it.”
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Laura Desmond
VENUE: WOMADelaide, Botanic Park [Adelaide Festival]
TIME: 10:20pm, 8 Mar
TICKETS: $152
#MeToo
In Rage, Rape and Revolution, panellists will take a look at #MeToo and ask, ‘Has anything really changed?’
Rage, Rape and Revolution is the first of the two Zeitgeist Series panel talks at Adelaide Writers’ Week, to be chaired by Sisonke Msimang. The panellists are writers whose collective written oeuvre targets violence against women. They are Sohaila Abdulali, Soraya Chemaly, Lucia Osborne-Crowley and Dr Clare Wright. They will be asked to discuss how the #MeToo movement has brought sexual gendered violence to the forefront of our cultural conversation.
#MeToo is a feminist movement which was officially created in 2006 by activist Tarana Burke. Burke developed it as a way of reaching out to sexual assault survivors, particularly survivors of colour and survivors from low socio-economic backgrounds. These women could connect with each other via tweets, through using the hashtag #MeToo. The aim of the movement as it was then, was to provide these survivors with an easily-accessible support network, information toolkits, advice and assistance.
The movement has mutated somewhat since 2006. In 2017, after The New York Times and The New Yorker published reports alleging that prominent film producer Harvey Weinstein had sexually harassed and assaulted multiple women, actor Alyssa Milano wrote a tweet saying: “If you have been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” The tweet went viral, and in its
wake there was an outpouring of sexual abuse and assault allegations in the media against a number of different influential men.
You could certainly make the argument that, despite all the media furore, not much has changed. How, for example, is the movement faring in achieving its initial goals of educating and supporting people of colour and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds, now that a lot of the most vocal spokespeople for the movement are wealthy and white? Have many of the accused men actually faced consequences for their actions? These are just some of the kinds of questions the panellists might be asked. It will be particularly interesting to hear Soraya Chemaly’s insights on the effectiveness of the movement, given her activism work. She is the director of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project, an organisation which campaigns for women’s rights through a number of different channels, including social media.
Rage, Rape and Revolution will be rewarding for anyone who is interested in the phenomenon of #MeToo and the movement’s potential to revolutionise societal attitudes towards sexual violence against women. / Emma O’Connell-Doherty
VENUE: Elder Hall
TIME: 6:30pm, 6 Mar
TICKETS: $25
Domestic Bliss
Susie McCabe on good housekeeping and toxic feminism
Nine years ago, Susie McCabe told the teacher of a standup comedy course, “I don’t think I’ve ever spoken into a microphone.”
Nine years later she’s a Scottish Comedy Award winner, has sold out at both the Glasgow Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe, and is a regular headliner and MC at Glasgow’s comedy clubs.
After touring Domestic Disaster all over Scotland she brings it to Adelaide. McCabe’s excitement to be here for the first time is effervescent. “My promoter had been asking me for a few years to come out, but circumstances wouldn’t allow it,” she says. “Then last year I took a sabbatical off work, dipped my toe in the water with Perth [Fringe], and had a great time.” She adds that “being on the other side of the world” is helping her develop her craft. “I had to change certain points of reference – it’s how you do that and how you learn to do that. And your diction has to be better because I have a broad Glaswegian accent.”
It was being out of her comfort zone that spurred Domestic Disaster into being. After a marriage breakdown, McCabe found herself moving back in with her parents before meeting her new partner, Nicola. “The
difference between when you’re dating in that beautiful rainbows, hearts and bubble of dating and then you move in with them – it all changes. The things that you don’t notice when you’re dating and they don’t notice about you. There were a few disasters along the way.”
While McCabe is willing to poke fun at herself, her show has a deeper meaning. “Both my mum and Nicola came to me and said ‘you’re terrible at this [housekeeping] for a woman’ and I said ‘that’s massively sexist’.”
McCabe dives into toxic feminism and the internalised misogyny that sees women criticising other women rather than being kind and supporting each other. She promises audiences can expect “an hour of laughs, storytelling and fun. But they will walk away thinking, ‘I’ve done that, and I’ve watched that.’ … It’s not a monologue, it’s an hour of funny stories that you can relate to.” / Kylie Maslen
SHOW: The Austral Hotel
TIME: 6:15pm, 18 Feb – 17 Mar, not 20, 27 Feb, 6, 13 Mar
TICKETS: $15 – $25
Dual Nature
As Fern Brady’s reputation hurtles ever upward, we find her as downto-earth and herself as usual
Success isn’t going to Fern Brady’s head. “People have started coming to see me deliberately,” she says.
After winning many new fans at Melbourne International Comedy Festival last year, Brady now returns to Australia to premiere Power and Chaos. And after her set on the UK’s Live at the Apollo –she’s the first Scottish female to appear on the TV standup show – it has only increased her popularity.
“I’m a bit nervous it has given me a false confidence,” she says of people making the choice to see her. “It’s really different when people are on your side from the very start.”
“People have started coming to see me deliberately”
Brady had an unusual start in standup. As a critic for this very magazine in Edinburgh she wrote a feature where she swapped her seat on the back row with a notepad for an open-mic spot. It might have ended there, but Brady launched herself into the tough circuit gigs in Manchester: “I just thought I better get better at comedy.”
If anyone can jump the critic and artist divide, it’s Brady. She likes to tread along neat categorical lines, a theme she explores in her new show. “I couldn’t sleep last night because I was thinking I should have given it a different title. I should have called it Gemini. It’s about duality.”
One area of duality Brady has been cautious about is bisexuality. But she’s been partly inspired by the openess of a new generation of comics. “I briefly mentioned being bi in my second show but I didn’t feel comfortable talking about it onstage. But now the younger comics are talking about it – and I saw a really great Aussie, Laura Davis, talking about it. Then I did stuff about it on Apollo... the amount of engagement I’ve got from just mentioning it has encouraged me to talk about it a lot more.
“I’m just really basically interested in identity.” She adds, “I think national identity is really silly. I get told a lot of stuff about the nature of being Scottish by English people, which is something they can’t seem to help.”
And since the Brexit referendum, these attitudes have worsened. “We did a run through for a panel show and an English comic said, ‘Fern, do you have schools in Scotland?’ I was so angry that I didn’t speak for the rest of the thing. If I react aggressively then that plays into the idea that that’s what we’re all like… so that’s still a thing, and certain English people who would say things like that anyway are getting more like that now Brexit is happening.”
This isn’t something she’ll miss in Adelaide or Melbourne. “I’ve had some of the best shows of my life in Australia. You get taken a different way. Because I’m Scottish, people in England think I’m more working class than I am, and it comes with the assumptions that I’m drunk onstage or something. But gigging in Australia there’s none of that baggage.”
/ Ben Venables
SHOW: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
TIME: 9:30pm, 4–17 Mar, not 13
TICKETS: $25 – $34
Adelaide Launch Party 2019
It’s our second year in Adelaide and we were thrilled to have our annual launch party in The Attic at RCC Fringe. A sultry space tucked away at the top of a University of Adelaide building, it was the perfect late-night spot for our showcase event.
Blessed by the glittery vinyl stylings of The Dollar Bin Darlings DJing before the acts, we’re then greeted by the “wet and dishevelled” Jack Tucker, our inappropriate and frankly terrible standup MC (Zach Zucker may be responsible for this). He guided us through the night’s musical and circus fayre. First up, Laurie Black and her trusty keyboard smashed out a punkish opening set, followed by goofball duo The Two Little Dickheads shining bright like diamonds.
Next we were treated with Cirque Alfonse doing
an eye-popping beer keg routine from Barbu, before Leah Shelton – fresh from Bernie Dieter’s Little Death Club but also a visceral solo performer in her own right – appeared dressed as a living sex doll for a confronting bit from Bitch On Heat. To close, Alex Rossi & Friends presented a taste of their own After Party show with a storming Minneapolis blues & funk set. Finally, inheriting the DJ mantle was Irish jockeying duo Lords of Strut, filling the room with ample bangers.
And all lubricated by local brewers and social change champions Sparkke, the night’s drinks sponsor. Now it’s time for us to make our final print issue – watch the streets and box offices on 12 March for Fest Review Issue #3.
Photos by: Elliot Oakes
Cirque Alfonse
Leah Shelton
Cirque Alfonse
Lords of Strut
Alex Rossi & Friends
Judith Lucy vs Men
HHHH
VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
TIME: 7pm, 15 Feb – 3 Mar, not 18 Feb, 25 Feb
TICKETS: $38 – $49
Judith Lucy has had enough. After endless heartbreak and relation ship disasters she has recently found herself single at the age of 50. In front of a packed Vagabond theatre she holds the audience in the palm of her hand as she recalls how she got here.
“Straight men aren’t buying what I’m selling” says Lucy. So should she just hang up her vagina for good? Despite the show title and premise, this is not a mere ‘men are from Mars, women are from Venus’ tale. While drawn from Lucy’s own experience in heterosexual relationships, there are references to intersectionality and an avoid-
Dreamgun: Film Reads HHHH
VENUE: Gluttony - Masonic Lodge
TIME: run ended
INT. MASONIC LODGE – NIGHT.
Four mics, half a dozen chairs and a stool adorn the stage. A small but enthused audience sit keenly in the dark. A NARRATOR appears, clutching a doodled-upon script, followed by TEAMMATES and several BEMUSED COMEDIANS.
It’s time for Dublin’s own Dreamgun: Film Reads, where cult films are digested and regurgitated
ance of stereotypes with the focus on universal themes of love and relationships. Lucy deliberately places herself in the line of fire and in doing so creates a welcoming place for her entire audience.
Judith Lucy vs Men has Lucy at the top of her game. The show is into hour-long wads of unrehearsed comic brilliance by a crack team of podcast-recording writers. Chunks of iconic lines and scenes remain intact, but within the pulp there are reinterpretations, misinterpretations and flashes of absurdity. And with a changing cast of comedians and actors sourced from the festival who haven’t read the script before marching onstage, it’s excellent when they nail it and even better when they don’t.
This Fringe they’re tackling films like Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and Back to the Future. Tonight it’s 1999 sci-fi classic The Matrix, supported by John Robles, Clare Cavanagh, Ele Stankiewicz and The Bear Pack’s Carlo Ritchie. An inevitable
sharply scripted, at times almost to a fault when the performance becomes a little stilted. But overall this is a strong performance and incredibly funny. By telling a warts-and-all personal story Lucy has created a show with her broad appeal. / Kylie Maslen lampooning of the movie’s “cool” cyberpunk aesthetic, mind-bending narrative and po-faced philosophy ensues, deftly steered by narrator Ronan Carey’s dry Irish brogue.
This is not a staged performance – the title is accurate, they’re just reading out a script, but this only helps amplify just how bloody funny the writing is. Wry, arch asides (“I still don’t know why he’s set his alarm to be late for work”) and hilarious caricaturing (Neo, a hacker, struggles with the concept of artificial intelligence) elevate the show to premium parody, while the unprepared comics’ earnest commitment to their roles makes Dreamgun a wholesome late-night riot. / George Sully
No Flirting HHH
VENUE: Rhino Room TIME: run ended
Alex Ward has no ability to flirt, so thankfully she’s in a long-term relationship. But when her girlfriend borrows her phone and forgets to log-out of Facebook, mysterious messages begin to appear. Who is Jordan? Why does he keep saying
A Very Fancy Dinner Party HHH
VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
TIME: 9:30pm, 15 Feb – 3 Mar, not, 25 Feb
TICKETS: $25 – $32
The Double Denim girls have made it to the big time: they’re contestants on a reality cooking program, The Hungry Games. They’re out to impress and show just how grown up they are. But can Cheezels really impress the judges when they’re expecting a gourmet cheese plate? Michelle Brasier and Laura Frew have worked incredibly hard over the last few years and their rise through the festival comedy scene has seen them build loyal audiences and reap notable awards. A Very Fancy Dinner Party sees them reprise some of their most-loved characters with the high-energy pop style and charismatic stage presence they’re known for. But while each sketch shows great ideas, and we can see Brasier and Frew working towards another hit, there are kinks still being worked
sweety [sic]? Are they really just someone Alex’s girlfriend is trying to sell an old TV to on Facebook Marketplace?
Despite the awkward behaviour recalled in her standup, onstage Ward is a confident performer. She shows genuine delight in the ridiculousness of everyday life, from the language used in dog ownership to parents talking to their kids about drugs. Woven through her standup material is the hunt to find the real story behind Jordan’s messages,
and her screenshots offer a great prompt to probe at online culture.
No Flirting is not quite a complete show, and Ward admits to us that she’s still trying new things, but there is plenty of good stuff that keeps the audience chuckling throughout. Ward’s notoriety has been building behind the scenes through her work on The Project and Tonightly (among others) and she’s carefully forging a path towards headline status. / Kylie Maslen
out and the narrative needs polish and cohesion.
Despite this, A Very Fancy Dinner Party displays a chemistry between Brasier and Frew that’s playful and
which takes the audience along with them through every step. It’s always a joy to see a Double Denim show, even when it’s a little undercooked. / Kylie Maslen
Obsessive. Compulsive. Disordered.
HHH
VENUE: Ancient World
TIME: 6pm, 22–23 Feb TICKETS: $20
Charlie Kay needs you to know that you don’t have OCD just because you like a hygienic kitchen. In her debut solo show, Obsessive. Compulsive. Disordered., Kay aims
to put to rest many misunderstandings of the condition by sharing stories from her own life.
From key advice to others with mental illness (don’t make jokes with your doctors – they’ll just make you see more doctors), to highlighting the negative impact of Freud’s theories, to how to make-believe you’re God, Kay is charming throughout.
all comedians have to take the leap sometime and Kay opens herself up to her audience with a sincere vulnerability and grace. Obsessive. Compulsive. Disordered. is a raw unpolished gem. While she is clearly nervous onstage and refers to her notes she strikes on something that shows real promise. With the ability to continue to hone her craft, Kay could adorn comedy stages both locally and further afield for years to come. / Kylie Maslen
starts as Starr loses her place. It’s a real shame as there are periods of great laughter that lose momentum when she needs to check her notes once again, or is unsure of her own
A young local comic, Kay is clearly more used to doing club spots rather than a full-length show. But transitions.
Big Lez has some solid moments, and makes some important points
about queer representation, but is ultimately let down by an under-rehearsed performance. / Kylie Maslen
The Musical Parody HHHH
VENUE: Gluttony
TIME: 9:30pm, 15 Feb – 17 Mar, not 18, 25 Feb, 4, 11 Mar
TICKETS: $30 – $45
Hilarious and, at times, shocking, Thrones! The Musical Parody returns to Adelaide for the second year running.
The Baby Wants Candy team keep the audience engaged throughout the show’s full 75 minutes by paying tribute to more than Game of Thrones. The concept is to explain HBO’s fantasy drama to someone who has never watched it, including spoilers.
With improvised costumes six actors come together to play out all six of the broadcast seasons. There is no romanticising of the
ugly parts which make GoT so compelling (aka Ned’s beheading, Tommen’s end, The Red Wedding, etc.). And much like in the series, The Red Wedding scene is uncomfortable to watch – but in tonight’s version it is at least accompanied by a fun, if slightly disturbing, rap.
The performance isn’t just a summation of the series. It also discusses fandom culture and how
shows such as Game of Thrones can help you through your own problems, not by presenting an idealised world but one where, like in reality, the characters struggle to reach their goals with a message that you are not alone.
Ultimately enthralling, the show has many twists and turns and, naturally, leaves you wondering how will it all end. / Kayla Gaskell
10 Things I Hate About The Taming of the Shrew HHH
VENUE: Gluttony
TIME: 9:30pm, 19 Feb – 3 Mar, not 25 Feb
TICKETS: $20 – $30
An outdated mass-content producing sellout: Shakespeare wrote to get paid, and so used his work to fuel the intentions and the values of those doing the paying. Including writing female characters as possessions of men to be treated as they saw fit.
Gillian English is an angry woman, and has every right to be. Shakespeare is so revered in
society but, as English argues, this mindless reverence is prohibiting new stories from being told and preventing traditionally oppressed voices from speaking up. No one is safe from her fervid rampage –Disney, Weinstein, the man who physically blocked her on the footpath because he wanted to touch her breasts.
English is passionate and commanding as she runs through her 10 reasons why The Taming of the Shrew should be put to bed. What element of this story is relevant to our culture and society? How does such an archaic tale move discourse forward toward equality? The relatability of English’s stories is what is so endearing, she draws the women
of the room in with her personality, and she rocks and startles the men with her brutal honesty.
Growing up, English was taught by her father how to physically defend herself, working from the feet up to the throat. In her twenties, she was taught by another woman how to grab and rip a man’s dick off. She was promised it would ‘pop right outta there’. In a world where women still need to walk home with keys between their fingers, English makes a strong argument to leave this story in the past. Some of English’s points can feel a little disconnected from Shakespeare and her original argument at times, but her gusto and persona are captivating. / Laura Desmond
Susie McCabe HHH
VENUE: The Austral Hotel
TIME: 6:15pm, 18 Feb – 17 Mar, not 20, 27 Feb, 6, 13 Mar
TICKETS: $15 – $25
Susie McCabe found herself single and moving back in with her parents while nearing 40. Her mum thinks she’s hopeless, her dad is just glad to have someone averting the critical gaze, and Susie didn’t realise she needed to tell her parents every time she has a date.
Domestic Disaster sees McCabe laugh at the everyday through her own experiences, such as her inability to separate laundry and breaking the iron by not filling it
Let’s Get Loud HHHH
VENUE: various venues
TIME: times vary, various dates between 19 Feb and 10 Mar
TICKETS: $25
Maddie HW has a pretty normal, relatable life: she works in a call centre, she’s trying to find the perfect sharehouse, she has an irrepressible wish to nail a backflip. But somehow in the hands of this charming and vivacious comic, everyday life becomes hilarious and a little absurd.
She uses her physical comedy talents to cover every inch of the stage and to push every punchline to its full potential. Her ability to interweave musical comedy, clowning and sketch into standup is not only admirable but the deftness in which she succeeds shows a maturity and handle on form beyond
be builds the audience’s trust, she brings us to her central narrative: that the expectations we have of men and women need to change. She argues we need to stop focussing our anger on straight men and learn to deal with toxic femininity and internalised misogyny. While there are certainly relatable
it fails to stir the passion in the audience McCabe is aiming for. McCabe is an engaging standup who shows genuine care and connection. Her anecdotes are witty and well-crafted, and while it fails to pack a knockout emotional punch, Domestic Disaster is a joy. / Kylie Maslen
her years.
Whether introducing older members of the audience to garage band loop bangers, or bringing back the refrains of Bonnie Tyler,
with her entire audience.
Let’s Get Loud is a perfect party starter: it’ll get you singing, dancing and laughing. / Kylie Maslen
Stamptown Comedy Night
VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
TIME: 11pm, 21 Feb, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 14 Mar
TICKETS: $20
An onlooker would usually be right to be sceptical of a Thursday-only late night variety show. However, they would be missing out on one of the best curated and enjoyable experiences at the Fringe.
Stamptown provides a snapshot of great and different acts from all across their roster of talents and friends. And delivers them gathered together in a single tent.
Hosted by the Zach Zucker and Josh Glanc (who tonight fills in for Zucker’s usual comedy partner Viggo Venn), the pair expertly keep the hype going in between the acts. Containing something for everyone, there is the more traditional
killer standup from Ange Lavoipierre, high energy sketches from Double Denim and Garry Starr, and even room to fit in acrobatics and circus from Basketball Man and Cirque Alfonse – with the truly absurd styling from Belinda Anderson-Hunt and Cal Harris.
Matt Vesely And George
The Robot Perform a Very Normal Stand Up Routine HHH
VENUE: The National Wine Centre
TIME: run ended
Comics have tried all sorts of things to innovate standup over the years: music, props, running on a treadmill, performing only in Mandarin, etc. And it’s tricky to make it an intrinsic part of the show rather than just a gimmick. Here, George the Robot is both the comedian and the innovation: he’s a sentient machine that operates in a convenience store with
dreams of being on stage.
At least, that’s the premise. This is of course the product of an entirely human brain, Adelaide-based comedian and George’s ‘support act’ Matt Vesely. The Robot is – for want of a better expression – a device used to explore the relationship between comedy and the human condition, with Vesely soon roped in to coach the struggling machine in standup.
Vesely was also one of the writers on ABC’s hit series Fucking Adelaide, a TV show not without its own flashes of surreal humour. It’s his eye for the surreal in the everyday that keeps us engaged with the ‘duo’ for much of the hour, despite it just being a man talking
Through tight and polished performances it is clear that every act tonight is bringing their A-Game. The night is testament to the quality Stamptown bring to the Fringe and makes Thursday nights feel like the weekend. / Connor Jervis-Hay
to a blinking HAL-9000-a-like with a synthesised recorded voice. But the script does meander and, if this is in an effort to simulate spontaneity, tests our patience. Vesely ably milks the straight man-comic dynamic thanks to George’s unavoidably literal and robotic perspective, but if there’s a solid spine behind the gags it often doesn’t show.
It’s ultimately a bold exploration of mental health, but Vesely’s skill with funny repartee ensures the show isn’t a total downer. He also doesn’t trivialise the issue. With a tighter structure, A Very Normal Stand Up Comedy Routine could achieve the quality its concept deserves. / George Sully
Busting a Nut
VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
TIME: run ended
The frivolous premise of Busting a Nut means this, on paper, shouldn’t be the best show Ward has ever done – or indeed perhaps the best standup performance of this festival – but it is.
From the moment Ward walks on stage she confidently holds the audience captive. She remarks several times how happy she is to be back in Australia to tour this show and she appears relaxed and
Two Little Dickheads HHHH
VENUE: The National Wine Centre
TIME: times vary, 24 Feb – 2 Mar
TICKETS: $15 – $25
Two Little Dickheads is a colour ful goofball fest by comedians Sharnema Nougar and David Tieck. Directed by the amazing clowning powerhouse Tessa Waters of the Fringe Wives Club, this sweeping dramatic tale about the final day be fore earth is destroyed by a diamond encrusted meteorite is cringey, ridiculous and gratingly fun.
Apart from the meteorite, these sparkly dickheads are committed to making zero impact – it’s bio-glit ter! Somehow this show just works even though it has no budget and only the most fleeting glimpses of sincerity. These little dickheads are smug and exasperating but they are also determined that everyone will have a happy ending.
at ease. With material ranging from relationship and family dynamics, to the perfect fart noise, Ward’s delivery is pitch-perfect. Her ability to weave one-liners effortlessly through narrative segments has the audience in stitches from beginning to end, and Ward’s assuredness in her body and the material sees her pushing her physical comedy abilities to new heights.
In the last few years Ward has focussed much of her material around mental health issues, and her emotional maturity from this work shines through. Busting a Nut is standup at its best: effortlessly delivered and sneakily thought-provoking, leaving the audience crying with laughter. / Kylie Maslen
be a joy to spend the last hours with these lovely dickheads. This jovial, trivial, troublesome pair clearly have a good time when they are on a rampage together.
If the world were ending, it would
They weren’t aiming for genuine insight with this show, which is
good, because it certainly isn’t where they ended up. It is pretty loosely performed but its strength is really in how tenuously thought out it is. Even at the end of the world there’s always time for some pegging. / Jess Martin
Credit: Nick Doolan
Credit: Philip Gatward
Dietrich –Natural Duty HHHHH
VENUE: various venues
TIME: times vary, 15 Feb – 17 Mar, not 18, 25 Feb, 4 Mar
TICKETS: $22 – $30
Marlene Dietrich, Berlin born, became a Hollywood star when she was cast as ‘naughty Lola’ in The Blue Angel (1930). Renouncing her German citizenship when the Nazis took power, she enthusiastically threw herself behind the American war effort. When asked what motivated her to risk her life performing to soldiers on the front line, she said that she did so ‘out of decency’. It is this sense of decency which permeates Natural Duty. Show creator Peter Groom plays Dietrich in drag, in which he offers a measured portrayal of the jaded, enigmatic performer, frequently breaking into German to bring authenticity to the role. Dressed in a glimmering, floor-length gown, and impeccably made-up, he brings ferocious dignity to her commen-
Goose! HHH
VENUE: The Mill
TIME: run ended
River is a goose. Well, she’s a person, but then she’s also a goose. She’s not sure why, and her parents won’t accept it, but then you can’t really help the way you are, can you? Her best friend, Charlie,
thinks you can. So she invents a time machine to go back into the past, find what made River a goose, and stop it. But things go awry when Charlie’s cousin, Chelsea, fidgets with the controls, and hijinks ensue. Goose! is, in many ways, an impressive production. River, Charlie and Chelsea are realised with confident performances, the story has some novel turns and the commitment to such a weird conceit is refreshing.
Writer Stephanie Francis elected
her distinctive voice – as she would
not to make explicit what it means to be a goose, which was a wise choice. Is the show about being gay? Is it about being trans? Or just a bit unconventional? Any interpretation throws up difficult implications – not least of which is why River’s parents and friends are so uncomfortable with her assertion.
Part coming-of-age story, part coming-out story, Goose! makes for fun theatre. If its message is a little confusing it is still one of acceptance. / Justin Boden
Area 53 HHHH
VENUE: Pickup Point
TIME: run ended
Scepticism isn’t any fun. Area 53 takes us on an unauthorised tour of the secret facility that has been keeping aliens under wraps in Adelaide’s industrial inner-west. Area 53 achieves in under an hour what the X-Files couldn’t do in 11
30,000 Notes HHHH
VENUE: nthspace Adelaide
TIME: 9pm, various dates between 19 Feb and 16 Mar
TICKETS: $20 – $30
30,000 Notes is an intense, intimate, and compelling experience. Josh Belperio’s new show invites you into the gallery, and his life, with walls covered with the notes and music he’s made since his early childhood. A classical composer and com pulsive note-taker, these papers range from drawings of mermaids and shopping lists to the real-life monsters in his head.
Belperio takes the audience through some of his most impor tant notes. He tells us about the relationship he had with this nonna, his struggle with his sexuality, the first boy he fell in love with (who didn’t love him back), and the man who helped bring this show, and others, to life.
seasons: make us believe that aliens are real.
This immersive theatre production joins all the dots – government cover-ups, missing townsfolk, child labour and tin foil hats. Our tour guide Eric is an endearing weirdo whose off-the-wall conspiracy theories manage to charm the audience, even if his personal hygiene doesn’t. This oddball group of young scientists are inventive and abrasive as they show off their bizarre findings. The crew from D’Faces of Youth Arts in Whyalla
clearly love putting so much attention to detail into their sprawling set of ‘evidence’.
Between the momentum of the show and the surly cleaning staff, the audience is quite literally swept along through Area 53. This show is zany fun that proves child scientists are just as likely to be dissecting aliens as anyone else. And what would be the point of believing in aliens if you don’t get to run screaming as they break out of a government research facility? / Jess Martin
Credit: Wilson and Lewis Photography
Interspersed with these stories, Belperio shares with the audience four of his compositions, showing us how beauty and pain can
be represented through music. Each choral piece was recorded binaurally and the effect, played through surround sound, is that the music seems to embrace us. As the notes wash over it is to be adrift in a sea of Belperio’s memories: his nonna’s home videos projected onto the wall before you. Undoubtedly talented as a
composer and writer, 30,000 Notes is brave. Belperio bares himself discussing not just the confusion of a period with no notes, but also his fear, repressed sexuality, and depth of emotion associated with his coming out narrative.
Poetic, powerful, and highly visual, Belperio’s show is an invitation into his world. / Kayla Gaskell
Chameleon HHHH
VENUE: MakeSpace
TIME: times vary, 20 Feb – 2 Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 26 Feb
TICKETS: $25
Trigger warning for sexual assault survivors
Britt Plummer sparks hope in the face of our monstrous society. Her one-woman show, Chameleon, tackles the ever-relevant issue of sexual assault with both sincerity and humour.
Bitch On Heat HHHH
VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
TIME: 11pm, various dates between 15 Feb and 16 Mar
TICKETS: $25
Self-confessed ‘psycho-siren’ Leah Shelton drags the audience kicking and screaming through the patri archy. Lip-synching as a range of characters, Shelton is mesmerising as she challenges the social pres sures felt by women. Her seamless drifting in and out of characters including men and women of a va riety of ages is impressive, and the accompanying physicality shifts are tight and succinct.
Plummer details personal accounts of sexual assault and critiques generalised ideations of femininity in a captivating sequence of vignettes. A staged caricature of femininity with deliberately overdrawn eyebrows and lips, Plummer is a serious purveyor of social change intent on achieving her goal with perfected physical comedy. There’s an outrageous personification of ‘female hysteria’ and an improvisational band practice with fun audience participation. While her personal accounts of assault are confronting to hear, she has created a safe space by prefacing that anyone can leave anytime
during the performance.
Plummer delivers a forthright monologue that neatly packages feminist history and gender inequality 101 making her show wonderfully accessible. She doesn’t seek to hold intellectual superiority over her audience, so no matter what stage of their feminist journey someone is on, they feel included in the conversation.
Chameleon is imbued with silliness and play that never detracts from the gravity of her topic. Instead Plummer promotes an important reminder that women like her are surviving – and so can you. / Letti K-Ewing
For a show with no real dialogue, Shelton’s message comes across loud and clear. She is a spectacle to watch as she becomes ‘perfect’ women, voices of oppressors and obedient bitches. Sexuality is called into question by her costuming which generally looks uncomfortable and restrictive. Not
unlike many of women’s fashions, these costumes hold Shelton in, they bind to her form and mould her into new shapes.
Bitch On Heat is a passionate provocation which is as engaging as it is enraging. In the final minutes, the tension is held impec-
cably as Shelton connects with every audience member directly and individually, challenging each member to rise up and join her. This visceral display of womanhood is inspiring and Shelton is incredibly commanding throughout. / Laura Desmond
Credit: Sarah Walker
Eleanor’s Story: American Girl
In Hitler’s Germany HHHH
VENUE: Live From Tandanya
TIME: 12pm, 2 Mar
TICKETS: $32
A pale, poised Ingrid Garner takes to the stage in a buttoned blue dress. Two wooden chairs and a trunk complete the onstage set. Garner’s come to tell a story – the story of her grandmother, Eleanor,
The Forgettory HHH
VENUE: Bakehouse Theatre
TIME: run ended
Tracey Crisp bookmarks her show with four themes: insomnia, birth, death and dementia. Each theme has a corresponding symbolic prop which Crisp unpacks from a cardboard box. In the insomnia section she downs glasses of wine in Abu Dhabi to cope with her grief-induced sleeplessness. She sits in an armchair with an unopened bottle of riesling and a glass on the table next to her. This staging feels a little static; Crisp doesn’t directly interact with the wine on the table which adds to the disconnection.
Crisp is also a funeral celebrant, and the delivery style she uses for much of the show is reminiscent of the flat public speaking which comes with the role. Here it does her written words a disservice though, because it detracts from the candid emotional vulnerability of what is being said.
who spent seven years as an American youth living in Nazi Germany during WWII.
While others prepare to flee Hitler’s dictatorship, Eleanor and her family are just arriving in Germany, fresh faced off the boat with their American accents and trunks of clothes.
In a compelling and nuanced performance, Garner’s mesmerising transitions into different characters bloom across the stage, instantly bringing her grandmother’s life hauntingly into focus. As bombs descend on Berlin, she’s faced with the atrocities and chal-
lenges that go hand in hand with surviving in a war-torn city.
The incorporation of multimedia, particularly the archival footage of Berlin pre- and post-war projected on the back wall, adds depth to the realness of this gripping family saga. The end of the play may be slightly drawn out, but it’s generous with the time it leaves for reflection on something from so long ago which Ingrid brings so unbelievably close.
It’s also worth noting that this is in fact a story with a sequel: look out for Home Is The Stranger also being performed at Live From Tandanya this Fringe. / Edwina Sleigh
Adelaide Techno Convention
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VENUE: various venues
TIME: run ended
Tucked away in what feels like a quiet corner of the Fringe, the Adelaide Techno Convention has curated three days and nights of performances showcasing the best of local electronic music. This, the first night, plays host to an ambient introspective of trance music and screen at RCC’s Union Cinema.
Ella Hooper HHH
VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
TIME: run ended
Friendly, welcoming banter and a set packed with favourites and Australian premieres, there is no way Ella Hooper is ever going to disappoint her fans.
The group in front of us are committed fans sporting old tour t-shirts and loving the intimate setting. Looking around the room you quickly get the feeling that they are not alone. The music is a catchy blend of Americana, 70s alt rock and 80s party that manages to lift and change direction every time you think you know where it’s going. This effect and Hooper’s genuine desire to connect keep the audience captivated throughout the performance.
The Spiegeltent is a great place to escape the heat and see a band, though tight scheduling means that 60 minutes comes and goes far too
Adelaide has always had a strong roster of globally recognised DJs and this really shows in the two extraordinary performances by Pallasites and Anthony Coppens.
For the first session two large gongs are suspended and play centre stage, enhancing the ethereal rhythms generated by a performer behind a wall of electronic equipment. Supporting both acts is a big screen montage of stock film, graphic art and classic movies compiled by visual artist Tangent 23. Impossible to fault, Pallasites’ performance is mesmerising.
Only when the visuals employ a few well known classic sci-fi clips
is the dream state ever threatened with a sense of the familiar. There is a strong sense of calm surrounding audience members as they file out between the two meditative sets and conversations are gentle and considered.
Leaving the ambient calm behind, the Adelaide Techno Convention will now bring the levels and beats back up and take the party to venues across the city including Cry Baby, Lotus Lounge and RCC’s Attic. Based on the quality on show tonight, the event should grow and receive the attention it deserves. / Joe Hay
quickly. Both band and audience alike would have enjoyed the whole experience more if the crowd didn’t have to be seated. The feeling that the audience wants to get up and dance is palpable and more than once you can see Hooper and the band pick up on this frustration.
Anyone less professional might be thrown, but Hooper continues to delight in sharing intimate and funny moments of her life between songs, and closes with a number of new tracks that spark the crowd and bring home the energy and momentum. / Joe Hay
Aloe Blacc @ Dusk till Dawn
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VENUE: RCC Fringe
TIME: 9pm, various dates between 15 Feb and 17 Mar
TIME: FREE
Impressively hemmed in by red brick buildings and a giant mirrored wall, the Adelaide University Math Lawns have been temporarily transformed into Adelaide’s largest night club. Dusk till Dawn is the RCC Fringe’s late night club program and boasts a strong line-up of acts including Riton and Lah-Lo, Remi, The Presets and Motz. Tonight it’s Grammy-nominated American soul singer Aloe Blacc.There’s nothing like
an outdoor venue during festival season, and tonight the place is set to party as revellers mix and dance in the warm Adelaide air. With the audience this primed for a party, taking them to the next level should be a walk in the park.
Unfortunately, with the exception of occasional flurries of keyboard and vocal brilliance that you would
expect from R ’n’ B royalty, the performers struggle to really take off –especially in comparison to energy and mood of the crowd.Tonight’s performance aside, the venue and audience are something to behold. It will be a hard place to beat for those looking to get out, dance and enjoy the warm summer nights this festival season. / Joe Hay
Solid soul jams featuring special Fringe guests!
11PM TIL LATE THURS-SUN & MON 11 15 FEB - 17 MAR
THE GARDEN OF UNEARTHLY DELIGHTS
Alex Rossi & Friends
LIFE – the show HHHH
VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
TIME: times vary, 15 Feb – 17 Mar, not 18, 25 Feb, 4, 11 Mar
TICKETS: $35
Strut & Fret’s latest production features an international cast of acrobats, musicians and clowns all at the top of their game.
Goos Meeuwsen and Helena Bittencourt are our centrepiece clowning couple, going through the motions of love, sex and birth. Aer ialist and ‘banana boy’ Tim Kriegler is enthralling. An impeccable and improbable routine is carried out with the most graceful of efforts, and the strongest of thighs. A hoop routine by Yammel Rodriguez is unwavering and beautiful to watch.
The live music comes and goes throughout the performance and features a high-flying saxophone
solo. Dancers Hilton Denis and Rechelle Mansour are great at what they do, even if the role of a tap dance in the story is unclear. At times LIFE – the show does lack consistency, especially as it
REBEL
HHH
VENUE: Gluttony
TIME: 6:30pm, 15 Feb – 17 Mar, not 18, 25 Feb, 4 Mar
TICKETS: $28 – $39
2016 was a tough year for celebrity deaths. Top of that list, for many, was the Thin White Duke himself, David Bowie. A Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Bowie was a falling star whose brightness seared permanently on the public consciousness. The creative community has been in mourning since, and it’s perhaps inevitable that this grieving process is now manifesting in live
performance. Just this Fringe there are four Bowie-inspired shows. One of the more unique offerings is Gluttony’s own circus-cum-music extravaganza REBEL
It’s important to note that despite the show’s primary category being Circus, the focus here is very much on the music. It’s essentially a live Bowie tribute band accompanied by acrobatics, and taken on that basis they have nailed the brief. The band is tight, our glam and cocksure host Stewart Reeve’s vocal is a convincing impression, and the circus routines are a polished, day-glo party.
And, mostly, the marriage to circus not only works but is sometimes beautifully poignant. There’s a cosmic silks stunt to
progresses towards its second act and the thin narrative is lost to costumes and glitter. But this can’t derail impressive duets and aerial displays which form a truly hedonistic production. / Laura Desmond ‘Space Oddity’, and a frankly jaw-dropping Chinese pole number to ‘Lazarus’, where the pole isn’t fixed to the floor (making it behave more like a trapeze). But several songs have no accompaniment, while one (‘Cat People’) puts one cast member simply buzz-sawing a metal groin-plate to make sparks. Throw in some deep dives into more niche Bowie content to disrupt the pacing, and REBEL starts alienating the more casual fans in the audience.
This may be a visual feast – the costumes are on point for the glam rock pioneer – and a decent Bowie covers gig, but the energy stutters too much for a show with such incendiary source material. / George Sully
RAILED HHHH
VENUE: Gluttony
TIME: 9:30pm, 15 Feb – 17 Mar, not 4, 11 Mar
TICKETS: $30 – $39
Head First Acrobats won the Ade laide Fringe Award in 2018 for Best Circus, and RAILED to live up to expectations. Loosely hinged together by a train holdup narrative, these boys shock and seduce everyone in the audience. Tom Gorham plays a very con vincing drunk after a little bit too much celebrating, and becomes the butt of all juggling jokes, which held up the pace of the acts a number of times. A moveable bar becomes the centrepiece of the first half – a suitable and wellused piece of hardware.
The regular circus acts are there with a Western edge, but something new for Head First Acrobats is Adam O’Connor-McMahon, who chooses one lucky member of the audience to ride off into the spotlight-glare with him after a
surprisingly sexy diablo routine. Equine romance is hilariously highlighted through clown, dance and a sleek straps routine by Harley Timmermans.
Although the storyline really only
Le Aerial HHH
VENUE: Adelaide Convention Centre
TIME: times vary, 22–24 Feb
TICKETS: $35
The performers of Aerial Artists Adelaide showcase all the poise and strength expected of a largescale act like Le Aerial, but as a whole the production fails to entirely captivate its audience. Awkwardly placed stage lighting
prevents audience visibility of one aerialist. A few songs into the pop renditions by the night’s compere and a child a few rows behind says, “I hope he doesn’t come back.” Harsh but not unfair. it would take a professional to distract from this tone. Luckily, there are professionals a-plenty.
There is no doubt that the women of Le Aerial hold this show together. A duo ascends in an aerial apparatus metres above the stage, one taking the full weight of
/ Laura Desmond
the other by linking only their feet. Another aerialist wraps herself up in chains before tumbling back towards the ground in what looks to be both a painful and dangerous achievement. The performances are fearfully breathtaking. They range from pure grace to pure shock-value. It’s just as maniacal as circus is meant to be and it’s every bit as entertaining. However, it slips into the kind of staginess that distracts from what should a celebration of raw human strength. / Letti K-Ewing presents itself at the beginning and end, the sheer eroticism expressed by these boys is astounding. Grab your chaps and your neckties but leave the kids at home.
Tokyo Electrock Stairs
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VENUE: Space Theatre
TIME: run ended
It’s understood that dance takes over where language cannot, but Tokyo Electrock Stairs break this convention in their Adelaide debut performance Twilight Suddenly. It’s an interpretive theatre dance piece unbound by the usual conventions of dance by incorporating acting and spoken word, which immediately calls to mind the work of Pina Bausch – if a little more upbeat.
Set mostly to an uptempo electro soundtrack, the four dancers perform a contained fusion of contemporary and hip-hop, and while the overall performance is deliberately
shines through. Dance numbers are episodically cut by an actor who delivers a dramatic, lovelorn monologue about loss and memory. It’s bizarre and at times incongruous, periodically losing the audience. Although the actor’s conviction in his delivery is commendable.
The clear standout is the penultimate solo hip-hop performance by choreographer KENTARO!!,
a skilful illusion of effortlessness. It’s this expertise that draws eyes to him even with the four other dancers on stage.
Tokyo Electrock Stairs have created a restrained, interpretive dance piece that’s absurdist for the sake of being absurd. It mostly resists fixity, and it’s admirable for that.
/ Letti K-Ewing
Bernie Dieter’s Little Death Club
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VENUE:
TIME:
TICKETS:
Accompanied by a Weimar punkjazz band, Kabarett queen Bernie Dieter cuts an impressive figure in sequins, feathers and
approach soon cast a spell on her audience. Tonight, Club aerial talents of contortionist Beau Sargent, a 7ft Gingzilla, a real-life sex doll (Leah Shelton), and the (literal) smoking titty action of fire-eater Kitty Bang Bang Bang.
does an element of danger: no one is safe from stroking a stranger’s thigh or stealing a kiss. Despite this, the show makes you comforta ble and at ease, inviting the release of preconceptions.
With a glamorous mix of circus, drag and fire-eating the night is one that leaves your face in pain from laughing. But also one where
Dieter and her dysfunctional family of misfit guests pay homage to Weimar Kabarett’s philosophy and
Baby Bi Bi Bi HHHH
VENUE: The Crown and Sceptre Hotel
TIME: 9pm, 22 Feb – 2 Mar
TICKETS: $15 – $25
Baby Bi Bi Bi is dedicated to all the questions bisexual women ask themselves and all the questions they wish they didn’t get asked.
With original songs including ‘Do I Wanna Be You (Or Do I Wanna Fuck You)’ and ‘Salad with the Girls, But in a Gay Way’ it’s a fun hour that is sharply directed and choreographed.
Annabel Larcombe, Erin Pattison and Samantha Andrew show an emotional range and affecting performances. Their anger, awkwardness, grief and pain hit the crowd hard. In a piece about coming out to their families the audience remains
defiance – a gloriously seductive celebration of difference.
/ Kayla Gaskell
pin-drop quiet throughout. But Baby Bi Bi Bi strikes a perfect balance between the sincere and the ridiculous – after the tears are wiped away comes the screaming laughter. This is a slick performance with a fun, bright and cohesive cast. Baby Bi Bi Bi is a brilliantly-written snapshot of queer culture post-plebiscite: still raw but unapologetically out and proud.
/ Kylie Maslen
Credit: Ayesha Hussian
Mr Snot Bottom’s Horrible Terrible
Really Really Bad Bad Show
Mr Snot Bottom shows how hard it can be to get a show off the ground. With the help of his techninial... his tenanacia... his technician, Mr Snot Bottom celebrates the differences in others. Miranda (age 10) and Harriet (age seven) help Fest understand what is really really bad in this world
Did you like the show?
Miranda: “It was bad. It was really really bad. Well, I mean it was actually really really funny.”
Harriet: “It was really funny but it was also kinda serious.”
Miranda: “Seriously bad!”
Harriet: “The other man [the technician], he was kinda serious but then he liked Disney, so that was kinda funny!”
Miranda: “When they were serious it was like, ‘Why are you doing this?’ You can’t stay serious for that long without cracking up laughing.”
What were your favourite parts?
Harriet: “I like the start when he was like ‘What’s that? What’s that?’ [while trying to get dressed]”
Miranda: “I liked the quarantine.”
Harriet: “What’s a quarantine? I liked it when he was getting dressed.”
Would you recommend this show to your friends?
Miranda: “Yeah, I have a friend I would definitely recommend it to but she left the school!”
Why would you recommend it?
Miranda: “Because it’s funny. It’s seriously funny. Him trying to be funny is funny, he did a pretty good job.”
How would you describe the show in five words?
Miranda: “Stupid, funny, seriously bad – which is one word – and terrible.”
Harriet: “Really, really... Wait – is greatness a word? Greatness, great and good.”
/ Laura Desmond with Miranda and Harriet Hay
VENUE: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
TIME: 2pm, various dates between 16 Feb and 17 Mar
TICKETS: $20
TRUTHMACHINE
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VENUE: RCC Fringe
TIME: times vary, 19 Feb – 3 Mar
TICKETS: $10 – $15
For as long as humans have existed they have thirsted for truth, and there’s an undeniable appeal to a machine that offers the ability to look into another’s soul. That appeal is why more than two and a half million lie detector tests were conducted in the US last year alone. Unfortunately, those tests
Who Gives a Crap? HH
VENUE: nthspace Adelaide
TIME: 1pm, various dates between 22 Feb and 16 Mar
TICKETS: FREE
Where would art be without the dunny? Afterall, it was Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain – a readymade urinal he selected from a plumbing store in 1917 and submitted to an exhibition in New York – that was voted the most influential artwork of the 20th century. Picasso came in second, and Andy Warhol third.
So there’s no reason why photographer Susan Belperio should not return to the toilet to ask some questions of her own. Perhaps not as philosophical or ideologically disruptive as Duchamp’s, but genuine and intimate within the context of her own life.
After retiring as an anaesthetist at 60 years old, Belperio wants to know if anyone gives a crap about her artwork. Or if anyone really gives a crap about photography.
have been largely discredited by the scientific community.
Billed as a ‘dubious scientific experiment’, TRUTHMACHINE explains the science and pseudoscience behind polygraph tests and how they can be subverted. It also subjects one random audience member to a lie detector test while others watch.
Biometric sensors are strapped to the chosen participant, who is given a series of innocuous calibration questions before the real interrogation starts. The test, it turns out, is how easily embarrassed they
are. They are subjected to a series of intimate questions about their past (some unnecessarily crass in an attempt to induce embarrassment) and at times it’s enough to make even the onlookers squirm. When every question is answered truthfully, even the potentially embarrassing ones, it feels as if the questioners are disappointed at the lack of shame and the show wraps up soon after. At just 20 minutes, the level of investment is low but it feels unneccesarily exploitative and the reward is commensurate. / Alexis Buxton-Collins
Hence the toilet paper stamped invitations telling people to come to her exhibition held in a functioning toilet.
Unfortunately, these are questions made difficult to answer. For over thirty years, Belperio has taken photographs of toilets. For her exhibition, she’s selected a few and printed them on the end of toilet rolls and hung them in the bathroom. The image quality is poor and it’s hard to give a crap
about something you can’t really see. It’s a shame the actual photos don’t appear framed on the toilet walls as well.
The photographs themselves seem quite generic but there’s something vulnerable and inspiring about Belperio's plight to become an artist later in life. Belperio clearly does give a crap about her photography so perhaps it doesn’t really matter whether or not anybody else does. / Edwina Sleigh
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Adelaide Town Hall
Art Gallery of South Australia
Elder Park
Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden
The Palais
Queen’s Theatre
Scott Theatre - used by RCC Fringe and Adelaide Festival
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Her Majesty’s Secret Circus Show
Online Only, 24 Feb–17 Mar, not 26 Feb, 5 Mar, 12 Mar, FREE
11:00
Good Morning Comedy Mercury Cinema, 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, 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
16:45
Eve EllenbogenToo 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
Murder MysteryDeath by Dating
The Parks Theatres, 23 Feb, $40
Australia: A Whinging Poms Guide
Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $25
Darius Davies: Persian of Interest
The Austral Hotel, 23 Feb–17 Mar, $15–$25
Boogie Shoes
Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist Beehive, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 26 Feb, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, $20–$25
DAVE HUGHESHAIRY
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $40
Improv Attacks Humanity
Live From Tandanya, 16–17 Mar, $20
Mick Neven: Charm Offensive
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 16 Mar, $20
Just for funny: A festival showcase
Hotel Richmond, 24 Feb, $5
17:30
Now We’re Cooking!
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, 23 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, 23–24 Feb, $25 Obsessive. Compulsive. Disordered. HHH
Ancient World, 23 Feb, $20
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, Various dates from 23 Feb to 2 Mar, $15–$20
ShowkoAbsolutely 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, 23 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $23–$26
David Woodhead: Thank Me Later
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 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, 23 Feb–1 Mar, $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
Circle of Wife
Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar, $20
2100: a Space Novelty
Bakehouse Theatre, Various dates from 23 Feb to 2 Mar, $20–$25
Fringe of the Fringe Comedy Show
Hilton Hotel, 8 Mar, FREE
Liam Withnail: Homeboy
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–16 Mar, not 10, 11, $10–$25
Maddie HW: Let’s Get Loud
The Howling Owl, 23 Feb, $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
18:10
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, 23 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $15
18:15
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
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 HHH
The Austral Hotel, 23 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’, 23 Feb–17 Mar, $10–$15
Kevin, King of Egypt
Live From Tandanya, Various dates from 23 Feb to 3 Mar, $25
Comedy World of Sports
The Griffins Hotel, 23–24 Feb, $19–$23
18:20
Living on a prayer
A Club Adelaide, 7–9 Mar, $17
1000 Rhymes Per Hour - MC Hammersmith’s Magical Freestyle Factory!
A Club Adelaide, 23–24 Feb, $15
Cristina Lark: CautionDeadline 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, 23–24 Feb, $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, 23–24 Feb, $25
AdeLOL - A ‘Heaps Good History’ Live Podcast
The Crown and Sceptre Hotel, 16 Mar, $15
Card Ninja
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 8–10 Mar, $25
18:45
Adelaide Comedy Podcast Live Rhino Room, 26–27 Feb, $10–$20
Best of Adelaide Fringe: The International Comedy Show
The Historian Hotel, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $19–$23
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, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $30–$38
¤ JUDITH LUCY VS MEN HHHH
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $38–$49 4th Maestro Improvised National Games
The Duke of Brunswick Hotel, 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
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, 23 Feb–3 Mar, not 27 Feb, $20–$26
Peter James: Word Person.
BASEM3NT Studios, 7–9 Mar, $15–$20
Paul Savage Tuxedo Cat @ Arthur’s Place, 28 Feb–6 Mar, $15
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
Sleeping Trees: World Tour
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $25–$32
Nick Cody - Old Mate Rhino Room, 23 Feb, $25
James ClarkWomen 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
Neel Kolhatkar: Live Rhino Room, 5–16 Mar, not 11, $20–$32
Age of Wonder
BASEM3NT Studios, 23 Feb, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 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 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $20–$35
Shad Wicka: Not Great (But Not Sh*t)
Hotel Richmond, 3–17 Mar, not 4, 11, $12–$20
Boogie Shoes
Silent Disco Walking Tour With a Scottish Twist Beehive, Various dates from 27 Feb to 14 Mar, $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
I Got Bit By A Monkey Once… Hotel Richmond, 23 Feb, $20
James Donald Forbes McCann: Devil’s Advocate Rhino Room, 23 Feb, $27.50
The Marvellous Snake Boy HHH
Live From Tandanya, 23–24 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, 24 Feb–17 Mar, not 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 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
Danielle Andrews Limb Windmill
Hotel Richmond, 24–28 Feb, $15
Best of Adelaide Fringe: The Late Show
The Griffins Hotel, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $23
Nick Skeer in “SKEEZUS”
Rhino Room, 12–16 Mar, $15–$18
Zach Watson - The Zachelor
Rhino Room, 23 Feb, $15
Eve EllenbogenToo 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, 23–27 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’, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 14 Mar, $12
22:00
Late Night Comedy
Astor Hotel, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $20
ADELAIDE FRINGE COMEDY SHOW CASE
The Griffins Hotel, 23 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 15 Mar, 16 Mar, $20 Best of the Best Comedy
The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $10–$20
Sam Bowden: The Epicurean Shark HH
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 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, 23 Feb, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 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 EllenbogenToo Much
BASEM3NT Studios, 23 Feb, $20
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 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $20–$28
Anya Anastasia: The Show
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–16 Mar, not 6, 11, 13, $20–$30
22:40
Isabella Valette: How Far I’ll Go Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 12–16 Mar, $25
¤ Dreamgun: Film Reads HHHH
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 23–24 Feb, $25
22:45
The Great British Hate Off Belgian Beer Cafe ‘Oostende’, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $15
Best of the Edinburgh Fest
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 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 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $18–$25
23:00
Stamptown Comedy Night
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 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 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $25
Nick Capper - Pig In The City
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 23 Feb, $15
Late Night Comedy at The Wine Centre
The National Wine Centre, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $20
MANXIETY
Hotel Richmond, 28 Feb, $10
Best of Edinburgh Comedy Late Show
The Austral Hotel, Various dates from 23 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
23:15
Eurowision
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 10 Mar, $29
23:20
CANCELLED_Rufus & Vendetta’s Never Have I Ever Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $25
23:30
George Glass
Proves The Existence of God
Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $26–$28
Phatcave - Late Night Stand Up Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $26
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
11:00
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, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, $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
11:30
¤ Build a Rocket 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 HHH
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
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 HHH
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 HHHH
Holden Street
Theatres, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 16 Mar, 17 Mar, $28
Bin Laden: The One Man Show
Holden Street
Theatres, 9–10 Mar, $28
Ignition Point
Live From Tandanya, 23 Feb, $12
¤ Extinguished Things HHHH
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 HHH
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! HHH
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 ClubMorphettville 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 HHH
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 HHHHH
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
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, 23 Feb, $20
Grounded
Holden Street
Theatres, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 16 Mar, $28
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 HHHH
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
¤ Extinguished Things HHHH
Holden Street Theatres, 2–3 Mar, $28
The Forgettory HH
Bakehouse Theatre, 23 Feb, $25
Naked Truth HHH
Gluttony, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $20
The Cocoon
Adina Apartment
Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 16–17 Mar, $30
That Bastard Brecht
Star Theatres, 10 Mar, $20
CANCELLED- Deep Shit
Star Theatres, 9 Mar, $20
Elizabethan
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $33
Naked Truth HHH
Gluttony, 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 HHH
Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are HHH
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
HHH
Gluttony, 23 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
HHH
Gluttony, Various dates from 23 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 23 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 HHHHH
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, 23–24 Feb, $25
Temporary
A Club Adelaide, 24 Feb, $18
17:15
Kokoda
Star Theatres, 24 Feb, $24.50
17:30
Naked Truth HHH
Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20
¤ 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, 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
FLIGHT HH
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $25
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are HHH
The Mill, 14–15 Mar, $20
Doubt: A Parable Nexus Arts, 23 Feb, $28
FLAWED____ like a b_y
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 5–10 Mar, $9–$22
Talofa Papa
The National Wine Centre, 23–27 Feb, $20–$25
Benchmarks
The Mill, Various dates from 23 Feb to 2 Mar, $10–$15
¤ Build a Rocket HHHH
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
SÉANCE
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $20
Oysters
Bakehouse Theatre, 23 Feb–16 Mar, not 24 Feb, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $20–$25
Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorised Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville
Racecourse, 28 Feb, $33
Final Placement
Bakehouse Theatre, 4–9 Mar, $21–$23
Gulliver’s Travels
Noel Lothian Hall
- Adelaide Botanic Garden, 23 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $20–$26
Pirates of Penzance
various venues, 28 Feb, 6 Mar, 8 Mar, $35–$95
¤ Extinguished Things HHHH Holden Street Theatres, 23–24 Feb, $28
Archetype
MakeSpace, 15–16 Mar, $20
HOMER’S ODYSSEY THE MUSICAL
various venues, Various dates from 1 Mar to 11 Mar, $25
The Silent House
The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 28 Feb–2 Mar, $28
Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 15 Mar, $40
Naked Truth HHH
Gluttony, 27 Feb–15 Mar, not 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, $20
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, 23 Feb–3 Mar, not 25 Feb, $18–$25
A GREEK TRAGEDY ‘OEDIPUS REX - THE KING’ THE MUSICAL
The British Hotel Port Adelaide, 23 Feb, $25
18:15
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
¤ The Archive of Educated Hearts
HHHH
Holden Street Theatres, 26 Feb–15 Mar, not 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $18–$23
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 HHH
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 HH
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 26 Feb–15 Mar, not 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $25
Elizabethan
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 23 Feb, $35
Broadway Sessions Does Disney (Again) Norwood Hotel, 24 Feb, $22
Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorised Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, 26 Feb, 1 Mar, $29.70–$33
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
The Island of Doctor Moron Mercury Cinema, 25 Feb, $15
Naked Truth
HHH
Gluttony, 1 Mar, 15 Mar, $20
Blackrock HH
Holden Street Theatres, 23–24 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, 26 Feb–15 Mar, not 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 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 HH
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $25
Barnum
Goodwood Institute Theatre, 14–16 Mar, $20
Nikola and I
Dream Well, 25 Feb–15 Mar, weekdays only, $13–$25
Faulty Towers The Dining Experience
Stamford Plaza Adelaide, 23 Feb–3 Mar, not 27 Feb, $0–$104
Hugh Hughes presents Shôn Dale-Jones in ME & ROBIN HOOD
RCC Fringe, 5–10 Mar, $33
Kreepy Kensington Streets and Parks of Kensington, 1–14 Mar, not 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, $20
Greg Fleet: This is not a love song
The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 10 Mar, $35 post: ICH NIBBER DIBBER
RCC Fringe, 12–17 Mar, $20–$40
Kokoda
The Parks
Theatres, 27 Feb–1 Mar, $24.50
#nofilter
Marion Cultural Centre, 14 Mar, $63
‘Teechers’ by John Godber
Australian Education Union South Australia, 7–9 Mar, $15–$25
SÉANCE
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $20
Raw & Reel
The Libertine by Louis, Various dates from 26 Feb to 13 Mar, $40
1984
Salisbury Institute, 28 Feb, $15
Naked Truth HHH
Gluttony, 27 Feb–15 Mar, not 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, $20
The Cocoon Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 13–16 Mar, $30
Chameleon
MakeSpace, 27 Feb–1 Mar, $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
Tommy Lit tle Self-Diagnosed Genius
5 - 16 March, 8 :15pm Garden of Unearthly Delights
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, 26 Feb–15 Mar, not 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, $18–$23
Galactic Trek : The Search for Zork
Rob Roy Hotel, 6–10 Mar, $20–$25
B.O.B. : Battery Operated Boyfriend
Rob Roy Hotel, 23–24 Feb, $25
19:30
Millennial Pink Poppies
Adina Apartment
Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, $20
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are HHH
The Mill, 8 Mar, $20
The Mark Drama St Barnabas Croydon, 16–17 Mar, $15
Judge Jackie: Disorder in the Court
The Parks Theatres, Various dates from 23 Feb to 2 Mar, $35
Great Detectives 2!
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 23 Feb, 24 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 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, 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 27 Feb, $20
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
¤ Build a Rocket HHHH
Holden Street
Theatres, 23–24 Feb, $28
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, 23 Feb, $40
It’s Not Too Late (until you’re dead) Star Theatres, 14–16 Mar, $25
¤ Extinguished Things HHHH
Holden Street Theatres, 26 Feb–3
Mar, $20–$28
The Forgettory HH
Bakehouse Theatre, 23 Feb, $27
Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 13 Mar, $40
Naked Truth HHH
Gluttony, 27 Feb–15 Mar, not 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 5 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 Mar, 12 Mar, $20
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, 23 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, Various dates from 23 Feb to 2 Mar, $25
Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville 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
CANCELLED- Deep
Shit
Star Theatres, 10 Mar, $20
Illuminated MakeSpace, 9 Mar, $20
19:40
The Other Side of 25
A Club Adelaide, 23–24 Feb, $20
19:45
¤ Dietrich: Natural Duty HHHHH
Noel Lothian Hall - Adelaide Botanic Garden, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $22–$28 Theatre for the time poor
Live From Tandanya, 6–10 Mar, $25
20:00
FLIGHT HH
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 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 23 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, 23 Feb, $20
Inspector Cluedo & the Curse of the Darjeeling Diamond
Irish Club, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, 9 Mar, $25
Archetype
Adelaide Botanic Garden, 23 Feb, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, $30
Daze to Thirty Treasury 1860, 24 Feb, 27 Feb, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, $24
Which-craft?
Holden Street
Theatres, 3 Mar, 10 Mar, $27
Games by Henry Naylor Holden Street
Theatres, 23 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
A Total Cop Out
The Duke of Brunswick Hotel, Various dates from 9 Mar to 17 Mar, $18
SÉANCE
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $20
Portraits in Motion
RCC Fringe, 6–17 Mar, not 11, $20–$33
Sailing South
The Tower Arts Centre, 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, Various dates from 23 Feb to 3 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 14–15 Mar, $30
Orpheus Holden Street Theatres, 23 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 ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 23 Feb, 27 Feb, 28 Feb, 2 Mar, $33
Ulster American Dunstan Playhouse [Adelaide Festival], 14 Mar, $40
Temporary BASEM3NT Studios, 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 13 Mar, $30
After Life: Conversations
From A Hospital Waiting Room Finsart Studio, 8–10 Mar, $20
21:00
FLIGHT HH
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $25
The Professor Bakehouse Theatre, Various dates from 23 Feb to 2 Mar, $18–$20
Penny Arcade: BITCH!DYKE!FAGHAG!WHORE! HHH
RCC Fringe, 23 Feb, $45
Greg Fleet: This is not a love song
The GC - Grand Central on Angas Street, 3 Mar, $35
¤ Build a Rocket HHHH
Holden Street
Theatres, 5–9 Mar, $20–$28
Cockroach Bakehouse Theatre, 4–9 Mar, $20–$26
Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $24
The Boy, George Holden Street Theatres, 12–17 Mar, $20–$25
1984
Finsart Studio, 1–2 Mar, $25
SÉANCE
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, $20
Ministers of Grace: The Unauthorised Shakespearean Parody of Ghostbusters
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 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
HHHH
nthspace Adelaide, 23 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
Palmyra
AC Arts [Adelaide Festival], 4–5 Mar, $25
Party Snake
Adina Apartment
Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 13–16
Mar, $30
¤ 2b theatre company – OLD STOCK: A REFUGEE LOVE STORY HHHH
RCC Fringe, 23 Feb, $40
Temporary A Club Adelaide, 25–26 Feb, $15–$18
21:30
Millennial Pink Poppies
Adina Apartment
Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $20
Sex & The Musical
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville 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, 23 Feb, 2 Mar, $24
Table for Two?
Holden Street Theatres, 23–24 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, 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 HHHH
The National Wine Centre, 23 Feb–1 Mar, $18–$25
22:00
FLIGHT HH
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $25
Sex & The Musical
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 10 Mar, $30
Appropriate Kissing for All Occasions
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 9 Mar, $24
SÉANCE
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $20
¤ Umbrella Man HHHH
The National Wine Centre, 24 Feb–1 Mar, $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, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, $28
Living Between The Lines Show
Finsart Studio, 23 Feb, $25 because there was fire by Jamie Hornsby
The Mill, 15–16 Mar, $26
23:00
FLIGHT HH
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $25
SÉANCE
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $20
Bitch On Heat
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $25
23:59
DAVID FINCHER @ 24fps
Hotel Richmond, 8–9 Mar, FREE
09:30
Kids Day
Pioneer Women’s Memorial Garden [Adelaide Festival], 2 Mar, FREE
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville 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
10:30
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 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $18
MR BADGER tells the story of “The Wind in the Willows”
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 27–28 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 ClubMorphettville
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 ClubMorphettville 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
CANCELLEDHaydn Seek
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 6 Mar, $28
13:15
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 ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville 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
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 23 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, 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
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, 26 Feb–14 Mar, not 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 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
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, 23 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 8 Mar, $28
Baba Yaga Queen’s Theatre [Adelaide Festival], 2–3 Mar, $29
17:15
Mythic Mermaids Gluttony, 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
Splash Test
Dummies
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, $25
_cancelled_The Tales of Beatrix Potter
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 1 Mar, $28
18:00
Children are Stinky - Desert Fringe Institute Theatre, 2 Mar, $10
Mythic
Mermaids
Gluttony, 26 Feb–14 Mar, not 1 Mar, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, 10 Mar, 11 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 24 Feb, $20
_cancelled_The Tales of Beatrix
Potter
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 26–28 Feb, $28
_cancelled_The Famous Five
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville 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, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 15 Mar, $7.50
Tribute to Rock Star Academy, 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 ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 8 Mar, 10 Mar, $30
20:00
Mythic
Mermaids
Gluttony, 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 2 Mar, $30
20:45
Mythic
Mermaids
Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 17 Mar, $7.50
00:00
LITTLE SYLVIE Flashmob Acapella! Online Only, 24 Feb, 2 Mar, 3 Mar, FREE
WOMADelaide
Botanic Park [Adelaide Festival], 8–11 Mar, $387
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
CANCELLEDBach’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
12:00
Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie Experience Hilton Hotel, 10 Mar, $30
12:30
The Piano Men South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville 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, 27 Feb, 13 Mar, FREE
A Stitch In Time: A Knitting Cabaret
South Australian Jockey ClubMorphettville 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 ClubMorphettville 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, 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 MagnetsNaked 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
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 Tan-
danya, 23–24 Feb, FREE
16:30
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 ClubMorphettville
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 ClubMorphettville
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
“PRELUDE”
Chopin, Debussy, Jazz with pianist
Tim Barton
The Jade, 15 Mar, $22
Underground Overtones
Adina Apartment Hotel Adelaide Treasury, 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
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, 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 ClubMorphettville Racecourse, 15 Mar, $30
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb–17 Mar, not 25 Feb, 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $30–$38
Just Desserts - Adults
Only Tasting
Treasury 1860, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, 9 Mar, $47
21:35
Fringe Wives Club: Glittery Clittery
The Garden of Unearthly Delights, 23 Feb–3 Mar, $22–$30
21:45
LOVECRAFT (Not the Sex shop in Cardiff)
The Howling Owl, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $20–$30
22:00
Bubble Show for Adults Only
Gluttony, 23 Feb–16
Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 27 Feb, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 6 Mar, 11 Mar, 13 Mar, $15–$25
Club Justice: The Brave and The Brazen Nexus Arts, 15–16 Mar, $24
A Burlesque Revue: Deco Dolls
Nexus Arts, 1–2 Mar, $29
Just Desserts - Adults Only Tasting Treasury 1860, 2 Mar, $47
Laurie Black: Space Cadette
Gluttony, 5–17 Mar, not 11, $13–$20
Pop Party Throwdown
Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 3 Mar, $15–$22
Club Gotham: Villains of Vaudeville Nexus Arts, 23 Feb, $24
THE LIPSINKERS
RCC Fringe, 28 Feb–17
Mar, not 4 Mar, 11 Mar, $30
SHAKE IT
Gluttony, 23 Feb–16
Mar, not 24 Feb, 25 Feb, 27 Feb, 3 Mar, 4 Mar, 6 Mar, 11 Mar, 13 Mar, $18–$27
A Tim Burton Tribute: Once Upon a Teaser Nexus Arts, 8–9 Mar, $29
22:30
Red Light Confidential
A Club Adelaide, 28 Feb, 7 Mar, 14 Mar, $20
Bite Me But Smile
La Bohème, 15 Mar, $20
CANCELLED- Russian
Roulette
Fat Controller, 25–28 Feb, $27
22:40
Gorelesque
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 23 Feb, $33
Sinsational: Rita and Mae
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 26 Feb–2 Mar, $30–$35
After Hours Cabaret Club
Gluttony, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $32
22:50
Gorelesque
Gluttony - Masonic Lodge, 7–10 Mar, $33
23:00
Red Light Confidential
A Club Adelaide, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $20
Death And Other Things
The National Wine Centre, 8–10 Mar, $25
Queen Of The F*cking World
La Bohème, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 8 Mar, $25
Mr Minsky’s Rooftop Cabaret
Nineteen Ten, Various dates from 23 Feb to 16 Mar, $35
Serpent Dancer & The She Devils
Stirling Fringe, 2 Mar, $33
23:30
Cut-throat Cabaret Gluttony, 23 Feb, $28
The Redhead Cabaret: Carrot Tops (+ bottoms)
Gluttony, Various dates from 1 Mar to 16 Mar, $34
23:55
¤ Fringe Wives
Club: Glittergrass
HHHH
Gluttony, 23 Feb, 28 Feb, 1 Mar, 2 Mar, $28
23:59
.CHURCH.
Gluttony, 10 Mar, $35
hour-by-hour
Dear Future Jack
Jack Tucker wasn’t always a bad standup, his nine year old self writes in...
It’s me, you, Jack Tucker at a young age. I don’t know if you remember writing this but I can’t fall asleep and I don’t know what else to do. There’s so much about the world and our future that I want to know and I figured the best thing to do was write a letter to you. I know only nerds write out their feelings but my body is changing, my mind is racing and I just found out I’m a virgin.
I’m nine years old right now and I’m super horny and buff and confused. I can’t imagine what it’s like being any stronger, yet here I am, getting bigger and beefier every day. I’m horny and buff and dumb as a rock but I know it gets better when I get older. I wanna be famous so badly. That’s all I want. I would die to be famous. Because if I was famous then for sure Jessica would like me. I look at her every day in class and my body becomes warm and my pants hurt really bad.
I didn’t make the basketball team because coach says I’m a liability so I started taking acting class downtown. I think I have what it takes to make it. I’m gonna be a star, Jack. You’ll see. Don’t ruin this one for me – I really need this. If I become super rich and famous then for sure Jessica will let me touch her butt and I can meet my hero: Daryl Strawberry. A lot of people said his career would never be the same after doing all those drugs but who’s laughing now. I
really wanna touch Jessica’s butt.
I’m so sweaty all the time. Does that stop? I hope that stops. Do you have any friends? I don’t have any friends. Do you still like hot dogs? Mom won’t let me have any but they sound really fun. Was 9/11 real? Felt like a dream.
“I'm gonna be a star, Jack. You'll see”
I’m having a hard time making friends but mom says that’s because I’m too mature for my own age. But I don’t believe her. Women, amiright? Haha. I hope you laughed at that as much as I did. Anyways, you should invest in Apple stock. I’ve got a really good feeling about this.
I can’t wait to be you and be famous, and funny and strong. I’m gonna make you proud, just you wait and see!
