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

A woman in white (Britt) is surrounded by smoke and flying bananas.
A woman (Britt) in a wedding dress, lying on the floor surrounded by bananas and smoke.
A woman (Britt) walking on a mission in the Courtyard with a wedding dress in hand.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

FOOL'S PARADISE: A Comedy of Cross-Continental Courting, Clowns and Catastrophes

You’re cordially invited to the wedding of the year!

Britt Plummer’s bittersweet long-distance love story is a “delectable and thought-provoking” ★★★★ (Edinburgh Festivals Magazine), heartbreakingly hilarious show that fuses storytelling, puppetry and clowning into a modern-day rom-com.

★★★★ “An exuberantly executed hour.” — The List
★★★★ “May do for hand sanitisers what Ghost did for pottery.” — EventAdelaide
★★★★ ½ “A brilliant clown. Plummer’s physical comedy is impeccable.” — Guy in the Foyer
“A virtuoso at delivering focus, expressive physicality and nuanced acting.” — Theatre Travels
“Clowning brilliance.” — InReview

Winner: Adelaide Fringe Awards 2023 & 2024, Brighton Fringe & Pebble Trust International Award
Nominee: The List Edinburgh Festival Award & Overall Best Theatre, FRINGE WORLD

Presented by: FRANK. Theatre and Richard Jordan Productions in association with Pleasance.

Richard Jordan is an Olivier, TONY, EMMY, and Dora award-winning artistic producer based in London, England. Britt Plummer is a Gaulier-trained clown, South Australian actor, theatre-maker, and director of FRANK. Theatre. Previous FRANK. shows include: 'Chameleon', 'The Baroque', 'Nella' by Julia Mayer (Producer) and roving act The Explorers with Paul Westbrook (Rouge). 'Fool's Paradise' premiered at Adelaide Fringe '23, and has since toured to Berlin, Latitude, Brighton Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe (Summerhall and Pleasance), Fringe World, Adelaide Fringe '24, Gluttony Winter Arts Festival and Oslo Fringe. In 2026, FRANK. also presents 'RATTLE & REVERIE: A Late-Night Yurt Rump' as well as an Artist Workshop Series at The Courtyard of Curiosities where Britt also curates the lineup each year
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Comedy
South Australia
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
Reviews

Suitability & warnings

Content rating: MA15+
Smoke Effects
Sexual References: Occasional, Strong

Accessibility

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

Presenter

Presented by: FRANK. Theatre and Richard Jordan Productions in association with Pleasance.

Richard Jordan is an Olivier, TONY, EMMY, and Dora award-winning artistic producer based in London, England. Britt Plummer is a Gaulier-trained clown, South Australian actor, theatre-maker, and director of FRANK. Theatre. Previous FRANK. shows include: 'Chameleon', 'The Baroque', 'Nella' by Julia Mayer (Producer) and roving act The Explorers with Paul Westbrook (Rouge). 'Fool's Paradise' premiered at Adelaide Fringe '23, and has since toured to Berlin, Latitude, Brighton Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe (Summerhall and Pleasance), Fringe World, Adelaide Fringe '24, Gluttony Winter Arts Festival and Oslo Fringe. In 2026, FRANK. also presents 'RATTLE & REVERIE: A Late-Night Yurt Rump' as well as an Artist Workshop Series at The Courtyard of Curiosities where Britt also curates the lineup each year