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

A clown with black and white face and glittering costume holding some big tissue like fabric wrapped around like a scarf. Looking to the distance with melancholic longing with a pale lilac background.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

Crying Contralto

When a clown cries, they fill up a room with teardrops... and tissues.

Chanteuse. Clown. Crier. Alison Eaton, sings crying songs... or songs crying. Fusing jazz standards, vintage pop, antics and tissues in a cabaret for all the criers out there. Beautiful, surprising, hilarious – it will have you cry ‘til you laugh or laugh ‘til you cry!

If you watch sad movies and don't keep that lump in your throat prisoner. If you cry in public. If you cry when you are sad or happy, cry at beauty, cry for any occasion or cry in the mirror just because... this show is for you. BYO hanky.

Weekly shortlist for 'Best in Cabaret & Musical Theatre' at Sydney Fringe Festival 2025.

"A stand out" – Sydney Arts Guide

Presented by: Alison Eaton

Alison Eaton is an actor, clown, singer and street performer from Sydney. Alison works as a therapeutic clown, and is one of a small number of performers in Australia who specialise in the context of dementia and aged care. On occasion you may also find her mischievous foolery and antics in the midway at Luna Park Sydney. Over the years she has performed in over 40 productions and comedy shows both online and in theatres. Recent roles include, Miss Flannery in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' and the Sergeant of Police in 'The Pirates of Penzance'. Alison graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore, with an honours degree in Musical Theatre. She later trained at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France.
Cabaret • Clown
New South Wales
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: PG
Family friendly: No

Accessibility

 
Audience members have the opportunity to interact or join artist on stage

Presenter

Presented by: Alison Eaton

Alison Eaton is an actor, clown, singer and street performer from Sydney. Alison works as a therapeutic clown, and is one of a small number of performers in Australia who specialise in the context of dementia and aged care. On occasion you may also find her mischievous foolery and antics in the midway at Luna Park Sydney. Over the years she has performed in over 40 productions and comedy shows both online and in theatres. Recent roles include, Miss Flannery in 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' and the Sergeant of Police in 'The Pirates of Penzance'. Alison graduated from LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore, with an honours degree in Musical Theatre. She later trained at Ecole Philippe Gaulier in France.

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