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

A simplified icon of a robot vacuum cleaner with a knife strapped to it alongside text in a sleek futuristic font that reads, "Robot Vacuum Fight Club"
A robot vacuum is held up to the camera by several people. It has been customised with craft materials including colourful straws, sticks, stickers and craft paper, as well as many pointy cocktail sticks
Several robot vacuums are in a wooden arena. The robot vacuum have been customised with lots of craft paper, straws, cocktail sticks and other craft materials. The scene is lit with a red light
Adelaide Fringe 2026

Robot Vacuum Fight Club

Form a team, select a knockoff Roomba, customise it, then pit it against a dozen rivals in a series of knockout competitions that test speed, agility and suction power. The winning team receives honour, glory and maybe a free pint if we've sold enough tickets. This is an anarchic, fully-interactive gameshow put together on an extremely tight budget with dodgy home appliances we bought off Temu. If you like Robot Wars... this is nothing like it, but you should come along anyhow.

"What a wonderfully daft idea..." The Telegraph

"We missed first place by only 0.5 points, but still had an incredible time!!!" Fringesider

"Exactly what the Fringe is about..." Audience Review

Presented by: International Ghost Society

The International Ghost Society is a creative studio based in Edinburgh, Scotland. We design immersive events here and elsewhere. You might know us because of our semi-regular Robot Vacuum Fight Club, or our Post-Apocalyptic Christmas Party in a nuclear bunker. Or you might have met us when we hosted an interactive Valentine’s Day gameshow, an Exorcism in a Coffee Shop, or an Edinburgh Fringe show about history’s most infamous episode of Come Dine With Me.
Interactive • Game Show
United Kingdom • Australian Premiere

Suitability & warnings

Content rating: M
Coarse Language: Occasional, Mild
Loud Noises

Accessibility

 
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: International Ghost Society

The International Ghost Society is a creative studio based in Edinburgh, Scotland. We design immersive events here and elsewhere. You might know us because of our semi-regular Robot Vacuum Fight Club, or our Post-Apocalyptic Christmas Party in a nuclear bunker. Or you might have met us when we hosted an interactive Valentine’s Day gameshow, an Exorcism in a Coffee Shop, or an Edinburgh Fringe show about history’s most infamous episode of Come Dine With Me.