Hold on to your high ponies, because here come Mel O’Brien and Samantha Andrews. Billed as a look into their ‘craniums,’ High Pony is a high energy variety show full of sketches, impressions, and all-original songs which belong equally in the club, at netball training, and at the afterparty of an amateur musical production. Performing in a near-full tent on a scorching Adelaide day is no mean feat; Mel and Sam make it look like light work. From the first showstopping number, a pop ode to netball (the gayest straight sport), to the encore mash-up, High Pony leaps from hit to hit at an unrelenting pace with the audience entirely on board. A few minor tech and prop malfunctions are played off smoothly, offering some excellent unplanned moments of crowd work while the tech crew quickly problem solve. Gloriously queer, horny, and silly, the audience eat up every morsel of madness that High Pony offers, and asks for more. With their polished melodies, chaotic energy, infectious stage presence, and an incredibly accurate pterodactyl impression, Mel and Sam are a picture of unhinged brilliance that has well and truly brought cabaret to Gen Z.