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

LA Foale, a male presenting person wearing a towel and a beret and holding a paintbrush and palette in each hand. They have an incredulous look on their face. The background is a cream colour with warm toned diamonds across the bottom half. Text reads "I AM A?TISTIC" with LA's head covering the letter in place of the question mark.
LA Foale, a male presenting person wearing a towel and an Elizabethan neck ruffle and holding a script in one hand. They have an incredulous look on their face. The background is a cream colour with warm toned diamonds across the bottom half. Text reads "I AM A?TISTIC" with LA's head covering the letter in place of the question mark.
LA Foale, a male presenting person wearing a towel and holding a crudely made clay sculpture of a bird. They have an incredulous look on their face. The background is a cream colour with warm toned diamonds across the bottom half. Text reads "I AM A?TISTIC" with LA's head covering the letter in place of the question mark.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

They Weren't Saying Artistic

A Neurodivergent Cabaret.

Luke is a thirty-something who seemingly has it all: a well paying job, a loving partner, and a relentlessly forgiving support network. All they need to do is get up and shower - so what's stopping them? (Spoiler Alert: it's their brain.)

LA Foale, local improviser and actor (‘Chronically Ill-Prepared’, ‘Late Night Knife Fight’, ‘Querencia Calling’) uses the skills they have mastered performing across Australia and overseas to skillfully guide you through this immersive AuDHD experience.

Featuring showtunes, awkward anecdotes, and endless doomscrolling (everything except f**king showering!) there's bound to be something for everyone*!

*If by 'everyone' you mean 'people who like niche millennial references from a queer, radical left-leaning musical theatre fan...

Presented by: LA Foale

LA Foale (they/them) is an improviser, actor and producer based in Tarndanya/Adelaide. They have performed on stages across Australia and New Zealand and have been performing at the Adelaide Fringe since 2022 in such shows as 'Maestro' - On The Fly Impro, 'Chronically Ill-Prepared' - Unscripted and Unmasked and 'Ikea Wars' - Social Club Productions. In 2025 they produced, directed and hosted their first show, the sold out improv variety show 'Late Night Knife Fight.' The same year they also turned to scripted performance, appearing as Simon in Pitchwhite Productions' 'Querencia Calling' and as Jack Merriwell in 'Adrift in New York' by the Adelaide Repertory Theatre.
Cabaret • Neurodiversity Led
South Australia • World Premiere
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: MA15+
Coarse Language: Occasional, Strong
Nudity Level: Occasional, Strong
Mental Health

Accessibility

 
High audio content

Presenter

Presented by: LA Foale

LA Foale (they/them) is an improviser, actor and producer based in Tarndanya/Adelaide. They have performed on stages across Australia and New Zealand and have been performing at the Adelaide Fringe since 2022 in such shows as 'Maestro' - On The Fly Impro, 'Chronically Ill-Prepared' - Unscripted and Unmasked and 'Ikea Wars' - Social Club Productions. In 2025 they produced, directed and hosted their first show, the sold out improv variety show 'Late Night Knife Fight.' The same year they also turned to scripted performance, appearing as Simon in Pitchwhite Productions' 'Querencia Calling' and as Jack Merriwell in 'Adrift in New York' by the Adelaide Repertory Theatre.