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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2026 season. This season is now over.

The image shows a performer dressed in an elaborate pink and silver 18th-century–style costume, complete with a powdered wig, white stockings, and dramatic stage makeup, posing joyfully against a pastel purple background.
The image shows a performer dressed in an elaborate pink and silver 18th-century–style costume, complete with a powdered wig, white stockings, and dramatic stage makeup, posing joyfully against a pastel purple background.
The image shows a performer dressed in an elaborate pink and silver 18th-century–style costume, complete with a powdered wig, white stockings, and dramatic stage makeup, posing joyfully against a pastel purple background.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

Adore Händel’s Cautionary Tales

Everyone’s favourite pansexual, time-travelling songbird returns with a cabaret steeped in desire, decadence, and delicious disaster. Adore Händel revisits centuries of passion — the fleeting glances, the grand gestures, and the glorious mistakes that make history blush. Blending operatic splendour with pop seduction, they weave a glittering tapestry of love, lust, and lingering regret — all delivered with wicked wit and a velvet voice made for sin.

★★★★★ “Formidable, fabulous and fearless” Lilithia Reviews
Best in Cabaret Nominee – Melbourne Fringe

Presented by: Adore Händel

Luke Belle is the classically trained baritone behind the acclaimed drag persona Adore Handel, blending opera, comedy, and drag artistry as both performer and trivia host. Adore Handel has performed across Australia's festival circuit, including FRINGE WORLD, Melbourne Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Feast Festival, and Melt. In Naarm (Melbourne), catch Adore at regular spots like Speakeasy and the 86. This creative vision is brought to life by a collaborative team: Hannah Belle (script writing), Will Toft (original compositions), Drew Johnstone and Jutta Schmitz (hair artistry), and Maddy Connellan complete the ensemble that makes Adore Handel a standout act celebrating both classical tradition and contemporary drag culture.
Cabaret • Drag
Victoria • SA Premiere
 
Previous Award Winner
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: MA15+
Coarse Language: Occasional, Mild
Sexual References: Occasional, Strong

Accessibility

 
High audio content
 
High visual content
 
Audience members have the opportunity to interact or join artist on stage
 
Suitable for audiences who may not have a comprehensive understanding of the English language

Presenter

Presented by: Adore Händel

Luke Belle is the classically trained baritone behind the acclaimed drag persona Adore Handel, blending opera, comedy, and drag artistry as both performer and trivia host. Adore Handel has performed across Australia's festival circuit, including FRINGE WORLD, Melbourne Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Feast Festival, and Melt. In Naarm (Melbourne), catch Adore at regular spots like Speakeasy and the 86. This creative vision is brought to life by a collaborative team: Hannah Belle (script writing), Will Toft (original compositions), Drew Johnstone and Jutta Schmitz (hair artistry), and Maddy Connellan complete the ensemble that makes Adore Handel a standout act celebrating both classical tradition and contemporary drag culture.

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