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

An absurd drag king cyclist character grimmaces as he leans on the cracked windshield of a car, a drip of blood coming from below his helmet.
Drag king character The Cycling Man squints into the distance holding a tiny coffee and a copy of the Financial Times.
Drag king character The Cycling Man on stage, miming cycling with bulging thighs.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

Kathy Maniura: The Cycling Man

One of the best reviewed shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 comes to Adelaide. Middle-aged and newly single, The Cycling Man has spent the salary of a nurse on lycra and he's on the verge of a breakdown. Get to know this absurd and deeply flawed man as he gets to know himself. 

Goofy drag king show from award-winning British character comedian Kathy Maniura, BBC New Comedian shortlisted, 2023 and Sketch Off winner, 2020.

“Simply genius” ★★★★★ EdFringe Review 

“A masterclass in character comedy” ★★★★ The Skinny 

“A brilliant, side-splitting parody” ★★★★ Broadway Baby 

“A cracking ride” ★★★★ Fest Mag 

“A complete gem of a show” ★★★★ One4Review 

Directed by Cecily Nash.

Presented by: Kathy Maniura

Kathy Maniura is an award-winning queer writer and performer from the UK known for her charming, offbeat creations and viral online sketches. Her 2023 Fringe debut Objectified – which brought to life a series of surreal objects including a wine bottle and a paper straw – earned multiple five-star reviews, four award nominations, and a successful UK tour. The Scotsman called it “an exquisitely realised, understated delight,” and The Guardian praised her “charming” performance. A rising star of alternative comedy, Kathy was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2023, is the Sketch Off Winner 2020 and a So You Think You’re Funny? Finalist 2021. She was also a finalist in Man Up 2023, Europe’s biggest drag king competition, performing as her alter ego The Cycling Man.
Comedy • Drag
United Kingdom (England) • Australian Premiere
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: M
Coarse Language: Frequent, Strong
Sexual References: Occasional, Mild
Strobe Lighting

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Includes audience interaction

Accessibility

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

Presenter

Presented by: Kathy Maniura

Kathy Maniura is an award-winning queer writer and performer from the UK known for her charming, offbeat creations and viral online sketches. Her 2023 Fringe debut Objectified – which brought to life a series of surreal objects including a wine bottle and a paper straw – earned multiple five-star reviews, four award nominations, and a successful UK tour. The Scotsman called it “an exquisitely realised, understated delight,” and The Guardian praised her “charming” performance. A rising star of alternative comedy, Kathy was shortlisted for the BBC New Comedy Awards 2023, is the Sketch Off Winner 2020 and a So You Think You’re Funny? Finalist 2021. She was also a finalist in Man Up 2023, Europe’s biggest drag king competition, performing as her alter ego The Cycling Man.

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