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

A white woman in a denim jumpsuit wears bright yellow boxing gloves. She is propping her face up with her right gloved hand, giving the camera and exacerbated smirk.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

Millicent Sarre is Too Tired To Smash (Patriarchy)

The cost of living crisis rages. Our devices rule our existence. We’re days away from selling a vital organ to afford to enter the housing market, and we still have to decide what to eat for dinner every single night. Being a human in 2026 can be exhausting.

We’re all a little burnt out, and in this fresh new musical comedy, award-winning cabaret artist, singer-songwriter, and professional feminist Millicent Sarre seeks to understand why. Blending her signature wit, unforgettable original music, powerhouse vocals, and poignant social commentary, this World Premiere promises an hour-long antidote to our collective weariness.

"Millicent Sarre is Exceptional" Theatre Travels
"Audiences will leave invigorated" Binge Fringe
"Funny, controversial, and indubitably correct" Stage Whispers

Presented by: Millicent Sarre

Millicent Sarre is a cabaret artist, composer & lyricist, musical theatre actor, and performing arts mentor, brought up and working on Kaurna Land. Millicent has toured her original cabaret works Australia-wide. Her most recent solo show 'Millicent Sarre is Opinionated' won ‘Best Cabaret’ of Adelaide Fringe 2023, and she is one-third of the award-winning comedy-cabaret trio 'Bisexual Intellectuals'. With co-writer Joseph Simons, she is currently writing music and lyrics for the new musical 'PRIMETIME', most recently featured as Adelaide Cabaret Festival's 2025 Musical-in-Development. Millicent has been a mentor of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s Class of Cabaret program since 2024, and made her professional theatre debut in 2025 in the Australian premiere of 'Kimberly Akimbo'.
Cabaret • Music
South Australia • World Premiere
 
Previous Award Winner
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
Reviews
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    ‘Funny, furious and quietly tender…the show for anyone who cares deeply and is absolutely exhausted by it. - Lia Cox, Lia Loves

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    A genius collective reprieve for audiences also feeling the weight of the world at the moment. - Sophie Tsoulos, Theatre Diaries

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    Her intellect is as sharp as her songwriting…the audience is transformed. - Scott Sharrad, A Thousand Words

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    Funny, furious and deeply humane…blending razor-sharp comedy, original music and compassionate insight - Rachael Mead, InReview

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    A must-see this Adelaide Fringe…clever, self-aware, and kind in a way that might just help to heal a bit of that burnout. - Kristin Stefanoff, Glam Adelaide

Suitability & warnings

Content rating: M
Target audience: High School (15-17)
Mental Health
Sexual References: Occasional, Mild
Coarse Language: Occasional, Strong

Accessibility

 
High audio content
 
Audience members interact from the seated or standing area

Presenter

Presented by: Millicent Sarre

Millicent Sarre is a cabaret artist, composer & lyricist, musical theatre actor, and performing arts mentor, brought up and working on Kaurna Land. Millicent has toured her original cabaret works Australia-wide. Her most recent solo show 'Millicent Sarre is Opinionated' won ‘Best Cabaret’ of Adelaide Fringe 2023, and she is one-third of the award-winning comedy-cabaret trio 'Bisexual Intellectuals'. With co-writer Joseph Simons, she is currently writing music and lyrics for the new musical 'PRIMETIME', most recently featured as Adelaide Cabaret Festival's 2025 Musical-in-Development. Millicent has been a mentor of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival’s Class of Cabaret program since 2024, and made her professional theatre debut in 2025 in the Australian premiere of 'Kimberly Akimbo'.