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FRINGE 2024

MENwhoDANCE
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Feb 20th to 24th 7:30pm
Feb 25th 5pm
Feb 28th to March 2nd 7:30pm
March 3rd 5pm

MENwhoDANCE showcases Charlie, Ricky, Willian, Dhuruva, Calin, and Bailey. This high energy show features their various dance styles. Including the latest street moves, a classical story piece, and athletic sport prowess. Follow the men as they head through construction sites, Bollywood, and under the sea. They tap, sing, leap, flip, and even meet an alien.

​You can’t help but shout and laugh out loud with excitement, while these six men of dance do their thing. The show strikes the perfect balance between edge-of-your-seat dare devil action, irresistible romance, and comedy. It’s more than a dance show, it’s an experience.

ICARUS

Feb 16th to 18th 6pm

It’s Alex’s 21st birthday. He wasn't expecting to make it this far. He's struggling to stay afloat amidst a haze of drugs, summer heat and difficult decisions, and his girlfriend Soph and friends Benny and Frankie are worried. A contemporary kitchen-sink drama with aspects of surrealist physical theatre, 'ICARUS' is a reflection on today's youth.
Following a sell-out season at the Guild Theatre in Melbourne, 'ICARUS' is bursting onto the Adelaide Fringe scene filled with the passion, anger and struggle of contemporary youth. A new work written by Tulipa Rodriguez-Quin and designed and performed by a team of passionate emerging creatives, it explores what it's like to lose yourself without a lifeline.
Showing at the Star Theatres from the 16th-18th of February. 

Beauty & the Bachie

Feb 16th 7:30pm
Feb 17th 7:30pm

Join us at the bachelor pad to watch our Bachie head on multiple dates with some stereotypical beauties. One woman will be sent home after each song, narrowing down the pack to find his one true love...
A new parody musical written by Emma Knights with Samara Gill to follow up on successful productions of Laura Wiley's parody musicals Sex & The Musical and Buffy Kills Edward. If you are someone who hangs out for all the drama of reality TV dating shows then this show is for you! Featuring an all-local cast and perhaps an audience member or two, come and find out whether our Bachie will find his true love or just a bunch of roses.

OWEaDEBT

Feb 16th to 18th 9pm
Feb 19th to 21st 6pm

★★★★★ AWARD WINNING CLOWN
Do you believe in true love? Listen and play along with Odette a chain-smoking half-swan, half-human creature stuck in limbo looking for someone to give her an undying vow of love to set her free. Come to a love story you will not forget where anyone can break her curse, maybe even you… 
Special thanks to the creative team of Mump & Smoot, and Meegan Sweet.
"A HUGE TALENT" - Edmonton Journal
"SPOT ON COMEDY" - APT613

An Evening on Broadway

Feb 16th 7pm
Feb 17th 1pm and 7pm
Feb 18th 7pm

An Evening on Broadway is all ALL-NEW 2024 production featuring a full theatrical showcase of solo artists (both vocally and theatrically) and a huge belting chorus. They are accompanied by our orchestra of some of the most talented professional musicians in Adelaide to bring you a unique collaboration of new songs, sets, and performances straight from Broadway. You can expect to hear hits from: Hamilton, Annie, Mamma Mia, Six, Miss Saigon, Evita, Newsies, Phantom, Little Mermaid, the Scarlet Pimpernel, Frozen, Pippin, Fiddler, Matilda, the Addams Family & more.

'An Evening on Broadway' is where musicality and nostalgia share the limelight, creating a stunning theatrical masterpiece that pays homage to the legendary figures of Broadway: A glamorous evening that won't soon be forgotten!

Know Your Role & Our Place

Feb 17th 3pm, Feb 18th 3pm
Feb 20th 7:30pm, Feb 21st 7:30pm

Actually Acting presents 2 x one-act plays as a double bill.

'Know Your Role' written by Brandi Owensby.
No sooner do we leave the womb than we're bombarded by society's expectations about gender. Through scenes and monologues that range from hilarious to heartbreaking, this one-act explores how these expectations affect teens' daily lives. 
Winner of Best Youth Play, Best Youth Performer Male, Best Youth Performer Female and Best Director at the Seymour One-Act Play Festival (2023) 
After the interval we present Terry Gabbard's 'Our Place'.
The unassuming location of a dock extending out onto a small lake serves as the backdrop for five different stories, comedic, poignant and at times, heartbreaking. This engaging one-act play will touch you and keep you thinking for weeks to come.

'An Evening on Broadway' is where musicality and nostalgia share the limelight, creating a stunning theatrical masterpiece that pays homage to the legendary figures of Broadway: A glamorous evening that won't soon be forgotten!

Silly Little Things

Feb 22nd to 24th 7:30pm
Feb 25th 4pm
Feb 28th and 29th 7:30pm
March 1st and 2nd 9pm

★★★★½ “Brilliant from start to finish” Theatre Matters
Impeccably written theatre with a biting comedic edge; SLT is an intimate hour of storytelling from your most charming, albeit dysfunctional, friend. With her world on the brink of collapse and her best friend nowhere in sight, Rosie searches for someone to fill the void and stop her from unravelling altogether. 
If you've splurged all your cash on tequila, turned to Hinge for a hug, or struggled to mend a crumbling friendship, this show will touch your heart, make you laugh, and remind you of the beauty in life's ups and downs.
Returned from her 4 star international debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, this vibrant and heart-warming one-woman show is written and performed by Laura Knaggs. 
"Mesmerising... she was mighty" The Blurb.

Someone Else's Story

Feb 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 29th 6pm

"She’s superb” (The Barefoot Review)
“A force to be reckoned with.” (TASA Online)
Embark on an unforgettable evening of cabaret through musical theatre as Bec Pynor, rising local talent, makes her debut at Adelaide Fringe. Through a carefully curated catalogue of songs from Broadway’s finest including: Chess, Wicked, Aladdin, Company and more, Bec unfolds the remarkable story of her journey to the stage.
With powerhouse vocals, storytelling and dynamic stage presence, Bec’s performance is elevated by the live piano virtuosity of Daniel Brunner. Laugh, cry and be inspired as you witness the artistry of Bec Pynor in this enchanting and transformative musical experience

Party Girl

Feb 22nd to 25th 9pm

Fairy Sprinkles is the kids party entertainer of every gross dad’s dreams. She's a hot mess, with a strap on (unicorn horn) and she is here to entertain. In this Award Winning rock n' roll monologue from Lucy Heffernan all the glitzy hell of a kids birthday party explodes out on stage to challenge traditional feminine behaviour, and explore the impact of mental illness on family. 
A story about love and faith, don't miss this intimate, funny, and deeply moving work. 
2023 AdlFring Weekly Award Winner (Best Theatre) 
★★★★★ "This one woman show by the outstanding Lucy Heffernan is sure to be the next Fleabag" -GlamAdelaide
★★★★ 1/2 "Enthralled throughout, we joined in the songs, while in-between you could hear the glitter drop, such was the spell Lucy wove upon us all" - Clothesline Mag

Guitar Feast

March 1st and 2nd 6pm
March 3rd 12pm

Guitar Feast is back for the Adelaide Fringe Festival 2024! After sold out shows and a 5-star review in last year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide-based guitarists Caleb Lavery-Brook, Megan Robson, James Rawley and Dylan Boller come together again to perform a platter of classical guitar pieces. From solo guitar through to guitar quartet, this year’s show features an even wider range of classical guitar styles, and a new work written exclusively for Guitar Feast 2024! Showcasing the classical guitar in all its wonder, there is sure to be something for everyone in this fun and exciting classical guitar programme.

Yogambling

March 1st and 2nd 7:30pm
March 3rd 5pm
March 5th 10am
March 7th 7:30pm

Just moved in, an IT engineer must do everything to help his landlord overcome the biggest challenge of his life, in order to live in a house free from mess and it’s not just the dirty dishes and pizza boxes.  Yogambling is a comedy-drama tale of two housemates' conflicts and friendship. 

Flamencodanza

March 2nd 2pm

An elegant, dazzling and powerful Flamenco show with a contemporary flair.


“A performance packed with passion, elegance, inspiration and breathtaking beauty. The magic of the music and dance allow the audience to take a breathtaking journey.” Broadwayworld.com 

Award: “Best show of dance and physical theatre” Hollywood Fringe 2022
Flamencodanza is a duo collaboration that started five years ago at the Avignon Festival in France.  Elements of Flamenco, Brazilian music and jazz give the music a variety of colours. These elements fuse together in a unique manner producing an award-winning show with beauty and inspiration. The contemporary flamenco dance is made of strength, elegance and beauty.

The Ukulele Man

March 4th and 5th 6pm
 March 6th 3pm, 6pm
March 7th 6pm
March 8th 3pm, 6pm
March 9th 6pm

The story of the Northern English wartime entertainer and ukulele legend George Formby! With a toothy grin and a cheeky turnip face, he sang naughty songs and won the heart of the nation. From the youngest ever jockey to England’s most popular film star, and from a troubled marriage to a premature death, George Formby touched the hearts of millions… and when he died, more than 150,000 people lined the route of his funeral procession. It remains the largest funeral there has ever been for a show business personality… so it’s turned out nice again, hasn’t it?

The Shoemaker Of Havana
March 8th 9pm
March 9th 3pm, 9pm
March 10th 3pm

Alvaro Garcia is 72 years of age. He has made shoes for six decades. Alvaro has made shoes for Fidel Castro, Raul Castro and Che Guevara; shoes that helped the architects of the Revolution samba and tango their way through The Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sixty years on and the Revolution has stalled. 
Che is dead, Fidel is dead, Raul has stepped aside.
Alvaro has made a decision. He must leave Cuba. Why? Because he must take his shoes to the world before he too dies.
With a cast of characters including the Shoemaker, his wife Eva, John Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Barbara Walters, Nikita Khrushchev, Marita Lorenz, Alina Fernandez and Lisa Howard, telling it as it was. In the style of ‘BELFAST’ (Best Theatre and Physical Theatre Weekly Award 2022).

A Girl
March 8th and 9th 7:30 pm
March 10th 5pm
March 12th 10am

A woman’s life changes after the news of her pregnancy and she must choose to remain a wife, a daughter-in-law or to be a mother.  'A Girl' is a show about women empowerment and equality. 

Illusions - a French Cabaret
March 10th, 11th, 15th and 16th all 7:30pm

From Follie and Faux pas, denial and finally, redemption, we are transported to the vibrant Cabaret era of 1930's Paris. In this onewoman show, 'ILLUSIONS-a French Cabaret', written and performed by Chanteuse, Anne Millar with Vincent Cologiuri on piano, "Millar weaves the tale through superlative acting and her sublime mezzo soprano voice.. she knows how to inhabit a character so that you in the audience forget.. and are there with her" (Bruce Mutard - Fringe Feed)
Through the lost songs of original 20' and 30's Parisien Cabaret Divas; and icons Piaf, Dietrich and Eartha Kitt, we evoke the unique visual and musical intensity of the era., where with wicked, dark humour and raw, cruel anguish, she moves through the pain of self-delusion, out of the dark, into mastery of self, life and love.

One Punch Wonder
March 15th to 17th at 6pm

How much damage does one punch really do? 'One Punch Wonder pulls out the page and puts the culture of toxic masculinity under a microscope, looking into the cowafd's punch from al angles. Asking us: how are we raising our boys?  20 years after an out-of-control violent night that changed the lives of hundreds of people forever, four men meet to question masculinity and make a strong statement against violence in Australia. Moving from a pud-side view of a confronting wolrd of matship, booze and violence to experiencing loss through the eyes of the grief-stricken, One Punche Wonder puts the culture of toxic masculinity under a microsope.

'CINDERELLA - THE UNTOLD STORY'
March 16th and 17th, 2pm and 4pm

This is a fun quirky version of the fairy tale of Cinderella.  The ballet, choreographed by Csaba Buday, will take you on a journey throuigh a madly ingenious and zany world.  Watch what happens to the infamous shoe and see the turn around of events at the wedding.
A narrated story which will delight audiences of any age.

Most Human Post-Human
March 20th to 26th 7:30pm

In a daring fusion of music, movement and mind manipulation, "Most Human Post-Human" unravels the clash between our Stone Age instincts and our tech-dominated world. This avant-garde production explores Evolutionary Psychology, revealing how our primal minds grapple with modern chaos and distraction. As technology threatens our ability to connect on a human level, a rebellion fuelled by our current mismatched state emerges though music and movement, urging us to reclaim our tribal humanity. Prepare for a thought-provoking journey, where magic meets meaning in a battle for our future. Don't miss this fringe festival sensation challenging the future direction of human existence!

2024

MAMMA’S NOT HAPPY!
James Liotta’s debut solo stand up comedy show!

Saturday 6 July 2024 8:00 PM

For over 25 years, Comedian and Performer, James Liotta, has been touring Australia with highly acclaimed, sold out collaborative comedy shows, playing at some of the biggest and best venues around the nation, bringing to the stage the humorous relatable observations of growing up in an Italian household with humbleness and passion. He has toured with and opened for legendry comedians such as: Joe Avati, George Kapiniaris, Tahir, Gab Rossi and alongside Piero Viavattene in 5 star reviewed seasons of their Pippo and Pasquale shows!
He has appeared on TV in numerous roles, including: Thank God You’re Here and Utopia (original seasons) Upper Middle Bogan, Prank Patrol, Underbelly Squizzy, Planet Unearth (co-host) as well as most recently on the new seasons of Fat Pizza/Housos with the
supporting role of Lino, in the company of Logie winner, Paul Fenech. James has also had success online through his comedy sketches featuring parodies of his Italian family and relatable scenarios, which have attracted a viral viewership. This is James Liotta’s very first national solo stand up comedy tour with a beloved special guest! Do not miss this talent live on stage with his own unique take on ‘ethnic humour’ as we find out together why “Mamma’s Not Happy.”
The ‘Back 2 Back Short Show Festival’ is SA’s purely local performers/producers Theatre Festival, hosted at the home of live local theatre, Star Theatres One and Two.
Come and see your favourite performers
​and some you’ve never heard of!
Featuring cabaret acts, plays, dance and musical theatre. You can come for one show, or stay for more!

Each show is 1 hour (approx), so have a snack and a drink between shows and make a night of it!

Last 2 Weeks of October
"It'll be our 9th year!"

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