![Smiling Through the Human - Three people standing on the stage, each with lamp shade over their head](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/3a376257-11e8-4462-bba2-23aedf135c03/user_crop_Fringe_Hero_2024.png?ts=1707100454)
Smiling Through the Human
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
A CABARET ABOUT LIFE AS A NEURODIVERGENT AND MENTALLY ILL YOUNG PERSON, WHICH IS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN WITH STIRRING MUSIC AND BOTH FUNNY AND MOVING LYRICS. GRACE IS A (SELF-PROCLAIMED) AWKWARD BUT ALSO AMAZING PERFORMER, WITH A STUNNING VOICE AND QUIRKY PHYSICALITY. I PARTICULARLY LOVED THE VERY INTENSE BUT ACCURATE DEPICTION OF ANXIETY/ PANIC ATTACK WHEN TRYING TO ANSWER A PHONE.
![Christopher Hall: Self Helpless - Chris Hall hand on lips](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/5c283f19-c826-4d60-abaf-3b57d1496d20/user_crop_Chris_Hall_Pink_Picture_34_.jpg?ts=1698116370)
Christopher Hall: Self Helpless
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
THE QUEER BRITISH TIK-TOK CONTENT CREATOR HAS BROUGHT HIS STAND-UP SHOW TO INTERNATIONAL SHORES FOR THIS FIRST TIME HERE IN ADELAIDE - AND DELIVERED IT WITH VERY IMPRESSIVE ENERGY DESPITE IT BEING BOILING HOT EVEN FOR US AUSSIE AUDIENCES. IT'S A HILARIOUS HOUR THAT ACTUALLY FOLLOWED THE THEME ADVERTISE (THAT SOME COMEDIANS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS YEAR).
![HIGH PONY - Mel & Sam smize down the barrel of the camera. They are dressed in Marie Antoinette-esque garb, with neck ruffles and opulent jewellery. They each sport a ridiculously long high pony tail on their heads and have coral and blue graphic eyeliner on.](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/9c71e83d-fa9d-424a-8988-7abcea82133f/user_crop_HIGH_PONY_HERO_IMAGE__Mauve_-2.jpg?ts=1697629724)
HIGH PONY
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
A SKETCH MUSICAL COMEDY SHOW FROM TWO OF TIK TOK'S BEST CONTENT CREATORS THAT IS SO HIGH ENERGY, "HIGH ART, HIGH CONCEPT, HIGH PONY". THE CONTENT IS QUEER AF BUT ALSO ALWAYS RELATABLE TO EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF SEXUALITY, TAPPING INTO SHARED EXPERIENCES FROM NETBALL, TO WHERE'S WALLY. IT IS SO SO FUNNY AND COOKED. A CLASSIC FRINGE SHOW.
![WET - Wet poster with stars on purple background.](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/35db58cb-b9eb-4fe1-af3b-ecc1a369d062/user_crop_WET_Adeliade_Landscape.jpg?ts=1709776682)
WET
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
THIS SHOW BY THE HAIRY GODMOTHER'S IS A BIT LESS UPBEAT TO THEIR OTHERS, EXAMINING THE FEMALE EXPERIENCE FROM OUR SEXUAL ORGANS TO BODY IMAGE TO MOTHERHOOD, THROUGH DANCE, SKITS.
POETRY, AND SONG. IT WAS SO EMPOWERING TO WATCH ON IWD!
![Close - Two characters are back to back, one dressed in white the other in black, between them in the background a women stares through an open window.](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/4f716d89-a753-40c4-8b5e-0b03f2d1396a/user_crop_all3_funkierstill_refined__1_.png?ts=1697426843)
Close
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
A GREAT QUALITY THEATRE PRODUCTION FOR A COMPANY MADE UP OF INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLERS - IT IS A COMBINATION OF TWO PLAYS ABOUT CONTROL AND OPPRESSION OF WOMEN BY ELDER GENERATIONS (TIMELY CONSIDERING IT WAS IWD WHEN I TOOK MY ALL GIRLS CLASS TO SEE IT. TOLD IN DUAL LANGUAGES OF ENGLISH AND CHINESE, AND USING PHYSICAL THEATRE AND EXPRESSIONISM TO STYLISE IT. THE PERFORMANCES WERE SOLID AND PRODUCTION VALUE WAS STRONG!
![Distopia - A man and a woman stand close together looking like they've been in a fight recently (covered with wounds and bruises). The man is holding a hockey stick, and the woman is holding up a shovel. They both look ready to fight zombies.](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/226f22d5-742a-414f-97a2-32fde4d02df6/user_crop_Distopia_Fringe24_1200x600_TEXT.jpg?ts=1696566796)
Distopia
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
A MAGICAL AND MANIACAL PIECE OF (MUSICAL THEATRE.
WITH A VERY COOL CONCEPT AT ITS CORE. THE SCRIPT IS HILARIOUS, SMATTERED WITH CLEVER REFERENCES TO DISNEY, AND THE SONGS ARE BOTH ORIGINAL AND WELL KNOWN FROM DISNEY. THIS SHOW ABOUT FRIENDSHIP IS AMAZINGLY PERFORMED, PROBABLY BECAUSE IT IS PERFORMED BY THE TWO BEST FRIENDS WHO WROTE IT...
![Chris Turner: Childish - Chris Turner wearing a shiny blue suit and multi coloured sneakers, leans back at an improbably angle, one hand behind his head, eyes fixed on the camera with an eyebrow raised.](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/7547829d-896a-442f-900c-3c4868289365/user_crop_STDFbubMeUyBmMnVZI6YCoyTBa2x8NpCmw.jpg?ts=1700001405)
Chris Turner: Childish
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
A SHOW BY A MUSICAL COMEDIAN WHO GREW UP TO BECOME EXACTLY WHAT HE DREAMED OF BEING AS A KID. FULL OF ORIGINAL SONGS OF VARYING GENRES AND IMPRESSIVE IMPROVISED RAPS, THIS COMEDY SHOW WAS FUNNY BUT ALSO SURPRISINGLY TOUCHING, WITH A NICE MESSAGE FOR AUDIENCES AT THE END.
![Lost in Translation - Cartoon character versions of famous characters from films. Rocky from Chicken Run, Harry Potter, Jack Sparrow and someone in a cardboard box painted to look like the Titanic.](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/16e791b2-e242-4ca1-bbe3-8430807c8a48/user_crop_1200x600_Hero_Image.png?ts=1696413893)
Lost in Translation
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
ANOTHER CLASSIC FROM THE LIT TEAM, WHO CONTINUE TO PRESENT REWRITTEN SCRIPTS VIA ONLINE TRANSLATIONS FULL OF SEXUAL INNUENDO, PROFANITY AND INSANITY. ON THIS NIGHT, I SAW THE ADAPTATION OF THE THIRD FILM IN THE HARRY POTTER SERIES - DEMENTORS BECOME DEMENTIA, AZKABAN BECOMES ALCATRAZ... GET ALONG IF YOU LOVE HP, THEY ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB WITH THIS SERIES!
![VILLAINS: A Dizney in Drag Parody - Event image](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/791b186e-a70a-4b78-a9d4-6e4395490d5d/user_crop_VILLAINS_1200x600_web_omage_for_Adelaide_Fringe_goodone.jpg?ts=1701662990)
VILLAINS: A Dizney in Drag Parody
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
ANOTHER INSTALLMENT IN THE HAIRY GODMOTHER'S UNIVERSE THAT FOLLOWS THEIR (AND DISNEY'S) USUAL FORMULA - A PLOT FOLLOWING ONE CHARACTER ON A JOURNEY OF SELF DISCOVERY WITH IMPORTANT MESSAGES FOR AUDIENCES THROUGHOUT. THE COMPANY ONCE AGAIN CLEVERLY REWRITES DISNEY SONGS, USES MAGNIFICENT COSTUMES AND LIGHTING, AND ENSURES THERE'S PLENTY OF LAUGHS. THERE WAS SOME TIGHTENING TO BE DONE HOWEVER, WITH ONE PERFORMER FORGETTING THE WORDS TO THEIR SONG.
![Josh Thomas - Let's Tidy Up - Josh is wearing a stripy top that is purple, orange and maroon. He is in a bathroom and looking into a mirror. The background is a pale blue.](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/3d3ca9ba-8c27-4d36-8b9e-be85d415c199/user_crop_JOS24_AFF_1200x600.png?ts=1697687344)
Josh Thomas - Let's Tidy Up
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
AUSTRALIA'S FAVE NEURODIVERGENT QUEER COMEDIAN HAS RETURNED TO ADELAIDE FOR HIS INTERNATIONAL TOUR. THE SHOW IS FUNNY AS HELL WITH HIS TRADEMARK AWKWARD DELIVERY, WITH ONE CORE STORY TYING MANY DIFFERENT COMEDIC ANECDOTES AND OBSERVATIONS TOGETHER. ALSO, PROPS TO THE COOL SYMBOLIC SET!
![Long Drive Together by Neptune Henriksen - image of New South Wales boarder by highway, distorted with colours oversatrdated](https://d19r1twe1senfi.cloudfront.net/uploads/avr/image_event_online/image/1b73ee35-84cc-47a2-8c0b-c54509677d01/user_crop_1200-by-600-long-drive00.jpg?ts=1697191714)
Long Drive Together by Neptune Henriksen
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
A PIECE OF THEATRE WITH A SAD PREMISE, BUT COMEDIC GENUINE DIALOGUE TO EASE AUDIENCES IN, AND FAMILIAR SONG AND DANCE AS STORYTELLING TOOLS. MANY INTERSECTIONAL EXPERIENCES ARE WORKED INTO THE NARRATIVE, WHICH IS ACTED WITH RESTRAINT AND RAWNESS BY THE PAIR OF ACTORS.
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Lien
26 March 2024 - Georgia B.
A BRIEF BUT BEAUTIFUL ONE-ON-ONE
EXPERIENCE SHARED WITH A LONE ARTIST, STARTING WITH A HONEST AND DEEP CONVERSATION THAT INFORMS AN IMPROVISED SHORT CONTEMPORARY DANCE PIECE BY THE PERFORMER NEVER TO BE REPEATED.