Adelaide Fringe 2025 at Goodwood Theatre & Studios

Hart Street Art presents a world premier event with local, emerging artists Charlotte Meekins, Krystal Cave and Aggie Stav.

 

A community-focused art exhibition and interactive installations at Goodwood Theatre & Studios with a focus on inclusion and accessibility. 

The interactive elements of the artwork will blend diverse forms of media that will see three up and coming artists from three generations focus on mental health themes to re-engage community with art as mediation and mindfulness practices

Juno knows hugs. In her 30-something years she’s had everything from the truly wonderful hug right through to the truly awful hug. But can something as simple as a hug really change your life?

Blending spoken word poetry with round-the-kitchen-table style storytelling, Juno journeys through her personal hug repertoire, weaving tales of loss and love as she figures out what to do with this one glorious life. One hug at a time.

Heartwarming, poignant and captured by Sarah Peters’ trademark lyrical storytelling and warmth, 'An Incomplete Encyclopedia of Hugs' is a one-woman theatre-shaped hug for your soul.

"This South Australian play wraps the audience in its arms" - InDaily

Focused on the impossible nature of childhood career dreams, it is an epic, messy work. Ironic and physically demanding, it is a visual feast that endeavours to capture the beauty, challenges, and complexities of pursuing dreams at an age where nothing seems possible anymore.

​

“Continuously engaging, interesting, frantic and delightful.. Warm, cheery, sunny.. Whilst also having this broody undercurrent, lower layer, of dark capitalistic melancholy" Praise Dionysus!

Flick is a nurse, Mark has cancer – the kind you can’t come back from. He also happens to be the hottest cancer patient she’s ever seen – not that that’s an award anyone wants to win. He’s also super nice, humble, smart… It’s no wonder they clicked.

 

Then Mark asks Flick for a favour & it doesn’t take long for boundaries to blur & lives to intersect. 

Written & performed by award winning actor/writer, Madelaine Nunn. 

​

Shortlisted 2022 Rodney Seaborn Playwright’s Award. “One of the best single-actor shows…her comic timing is impeccable.” Theatre Travels. “Nunn is magnificent.” Stage Whispers. “Touching and effortlessly funny.” The Age “Nunn is a consummate storyteller.” Australian Arts Review

From the creator of the Edinburgh Fringe sold out
show ‘A Divination’, comes a premier show about
connections. Humans are connected by invisible
links, which might emit love, joy, solidarity, closeness.

 

But these connections could also turn into unhealthy
links, co-dependency and lack of freedom. Exploring
our invisible threads, we can recognise that we are in
it together across time and space.

 

Find out what is ‘Veza’ through Bosnian music, interactions, quasi-workshop, yarn, laughter, tears and quantum physics.
 

Tanya Gyzi is back after a sell-out Adelaide Fringe
season in 2023. You don’t want to miss out this
Adelaide Fringe!

Perfect for audiences of all backgrounds. Tanya
hilariously explores single life, family, and work,
blending Aussie and Greek humour in a way that will
have everyone in stitches.

Featuring special guests, surprises, and live filming,
this is a comedy night you won’t want to miss!

In April 1975, President Ford initiated the largest-ever
humanitarian child evacuation.  Thousands of babies
were "lifted" from war-torn Vietnam to Western countries to begin a new life. Barton Williams (aka Huynh van Cuong) was one of the children. He was adopted and raised in Adelaide.

'FRAGILE' began as a children’s book, written by Barton in 2018, called "But What Are You? In 2020, Barton wrote "Precious Cargo" a play presented as a staged reading at Rumahfest and at The London
Vaults Festival with Mohamad Faizal Abdullah.

In 2022, he co-developed "Precious Cargo" with Scottish theatre company “Sruth Mara” into a solo show which premiered at An Lanntair Theatre (Isle of Lewis), and then at Summerhall in the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe. And now, the story is coming home, to
Adelaide!

In the search for a string of pearls, a daughter travels
to her abandoned childhood home and a mother
travels from Port Pirie to Paris, without ever leaving
Australia.

 

Family relics abound: ashtrays, a Princess Diana jigsaw, a commode used as a coffee table.

Memories are ignited then questioned. And still, the
pearls cannot be found. Family fractures deepen until
finally a heartbreaking, but healing truth is revealed.

★★★★★ "Tracy Crisp takes storytelling to new
heights with this poignant solo performance ... with
nothing but her memories and warm-hearted charm,
Crisp keeps the audience spellbound for the entire 50-minute performance" InDaily

Returning the spotlight to the points of origin, Mari-
Trees embarks upon a sonic mission to restore
recognition. Presenting music of the trailblazing
women who pioneered the blues, conceived rock &
pop, and were then - promptly forgotten!

 

Music from the Mississippi Delta - to the clubs of Harlem - to your local Petrol Station. Enraged by erasure and colonial continuity, this one-woman-warrior determined to dismantle the shelves of history, revealing the genesis of rock music in the legacy of these early blues women.

​

Featuring Mari-Trees on all instruments. Tap, clap, hum & sing along!

It's the annual stitch-and-b**ch competition. After
years of coming second (plus the indignity of being
banned from the craft section of the Royal Show),
Tracy is determined that this year she will win. The
only problem? She's in a creative slump and all out of
new ideas.

 

Then, with only an hour to go, genius strikes! Will it be enough to save her dignity and take home the trophy?

 

A mostly true, slightly made-up story about women's friendships, middle age, and the way we piece our lives together bit by bit. 

★★★★★ "A consummate writer and solo performer"

Niusia was a Holocaust survivor. Her granddaughter,
Beth, only remembers an angry, dying woman. She’s
ready to learn her stories, but what she discovers is
all the questions she didn’t know existed and wasn’t
allowed to ask.

 

Through NIUSIA, Beth weaves together memories, handed-down stories, and interviews to examine the precarity of identity, and the haphazard cultural legacy second, third, and fourth generation immigrants are handed. 

Discovering what happens when aspiration becomes
assimilation after fleeing war and devastation for
belonging and safety, NIUSIA asks: "What does remembrance look like when all I remember is the space where questions should go?”

F**kboi George is your normal, everyday, average,
sexually magnetic, syphilis defying guy. Except he's a
drag king who only comes to life when some sad
woman draws a moustache on her face. Apart from
that he has the rock-hard desire to be the best
feminist and ally to women everywhere. The only
problem is... He's not exactly sure what a woman is?

He's certainly read all the literature (ZOO Magazine)
and watched a LOT of fascinating documentaries
(Girls Gone Wild) but he's still not quite sure.

Thankfully, YOU the audience can teach George
what's what! Brought to you by an all femme team
(don't tell!) this is a show about feminism for the modern man!

​

Set sail in 1700 on a thrilling adventure with John
Husk, torn between duty and desire in the perilous
seas. Forced to leave England, his journey takes a
dangerous turn when pirates attack.

 

Driven by a life-or-death choice, John joins the pirates, guided by the enigmatic Barbary pirate Badas and under the command of a ruthless Captain. The Captain’s wife, Eliza Power, is driven by hidden motives, and when she uncovers John and Henry’s romance, she seizes her chance at freedom by inciting a mutiny.

 

Will Badas and John’s love survive the ultimate test of
loyalty, or will they be torn apart by fate’s merciless
tides? Follow John, Badas, and Eliza on a heart-stopping journey of love, betrayal, and redemption across pirate ships and Caribbean ports, where every choice is life or death.

Join Mike Blaha on his global travels in search of the
best joke in the world.

 

On the way, have a good laugh with him (or at him - hey, a laugh's a laugh) as he avoids getting murdered in Sarajevo, gets mocked by a monkey in Bali, and gets mugged on the Paris Metro… all in the name of comedy.

​

After an unexpected call from a library derails the
headliner of a drag reading hour, Goody Prostate
must scramble together a new act for a crowd of unruly children and their parents.

But as they race against the clock to pull off a new
number in time, they spiral into a chaotic interrogation
of childhood, memory, and an overdue examination of
what it means to "grow up"

The library is open. So sit down, be quiet, and listen
up; there’s a new story to check out. Because sometimes, reading is what? Fundamentalist.

In "Solo", Australia’s burlesque poet Ember Flame explores her longing for connection – and equal fear of it – at a time when human connection may be all that can save us. 

Expect comic storytelling, seductive micro-
movements and poignant poetry. Ember draws on all
her talents and attachment traumas in a show that will
make you laugh, think, possibly cry – and hopefully
feel less alone.

Fresh from a sell-out season at Sydney Fringe. "A
brilliant show that stitches vastly different characters together seamlessly, with cinematic prose, razor sharp wit and even sharper dance moves. All the feels a human can feel in one entertaining hour." Sydney Star Observer

The Story of Vulcan is one of determination and
redemption. After being cast aside for being born
imperfect, Vulcan is raised on Earth to become a great
artist and blacksmith whilst living with a physical
disability.

 

The cast is made up of fine Tasmanian actors with intellectual and physical disabilities who have devised this play about their identity as Tasmanians and Australians.

 

As representatives of the younger generation, they give voice to issues of bushfire prevention and conservation, global warming, disability rights and self-determination.

​

Combining theatre, puppetry, music and projection, our players will inspire you and call you into action no matter your age, gender or ability.

 

Directed By Gerard Lane.
Starring Nicole Pirlot, George Van Dijk, Sarah Squires and Julian Pavy.

She might be a vegetarian, but she's also the Gen-X
meat in the inter-generational sandwich of the modern workplace.

 

A mostly true, slightly made-up tale of thwarted ambition, underachievement, and a funeral
in a library.

 

A meditation on reading and an ode to life
before the device.

"The booming laughter is a testament to Crisp's unique craft" The Advertiser

★★★★★Glam Adelaide

Alone in a new city, her last bottle of wine nearly
empty, a woman drinks but can never forget.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, her
grandfather wanders the past fighting to remember.

And in between, there are memories of birth and
death, childhood and adolescence. A profound story
about a woman's identity, family memory and ageing.

​

If we don't remember who we were, then who do we become?

​

★★★★★ "Tracy Crisp's stories of memory and family are so vivid and affecting in The Forgettory they stay with you long after the theatre lights fade"

 

The Advertiser

Seamas is confused. He’s watched gentrification
sweep through his rural hometown. There’s nowhere
to live, yet second homes stand empty. He wishes his
Cornish home in the UK was more welcoming and
inclusive, but watches “up country” money sow
division and suspicion.

All the way from Cornwall, UK, Seamas Carey
presents the controversial, sell-out comedy show on
identity, second homes, xenophobia and bagpipes.

“Thoughtful, nuanced and entertaining” The Times 

★★★★ "A clever, well-crafted and intriguing piece of
comic theatre” All Edinburgh Theatre ★★★★

​

"Layered examination of nationalism"TheStage

‘Bloom’ is a celebration of life’s continuous cycle of
growth and renewal, expressed through the timeless
art of ballet.

 

This gala show features Adelaide’s
finest dancers and international guests performing a
range of repertoires. Acts include variations of the
Walpurgich Night and Sleeping Beauty, as well as
original neo-classical works, with the experience
beautifully enhanced by the presence of live
musicians.

Join us as we weave together an enchanting
experience, with each performance adding its own

unique colour and fragrance to build an artistic bouquet for the senses.

A teenage go-go dancer lost in the mayhem of a
world on fire as Nixon and Kissinger carpet bomb
Vietnam and chants of Make Love Not War mix with
calls for Revolution, Susan is easy prey for the
manipulative charms of Charlie Manson and his
Apocalyptic vision.

 

A one-woman show featuring a tour de force performance by one of Australia's best known actors, Helen O'Connor (Crownies, Packed to the Rafters, Rake), "Partying with Manson" is a horrifyingly hilarious look at murderous cults and the
people drawn into them.

 

People just like you. It's True Crime a go- go, and it's wild.

The world’s first biomusical comedy. The Adamson
family are trying to get on with their day (and lives)
when Eugene bursts in to tell them they’re doing it all
wrong. Listen to him, he’s been getting it right for
years.

Can Daniel save his company and marriage? How
can Eve give her kidneys to both her brother and her
son? Will Alison choose the right mating strategy?
And why is Gregory so keen to go to war?

 

Driven on by Eugene, they are led down conflicting and destructive paths. Can they rebel and save the day?

I want to be a strong, and unquestioned leader. I want
to be the assumed first string of my touch team and
while I’m there, I want to ‘one up’ the boys. I want to
be uncompromising, but entirely forgiven because of
my exuberant charisma.

 

I want to kick around the
house in my boxer shorts while I sip on a cup of strooooong dark-roast coffee (and pretend it tastes
exactly how I like it). I want to take my whiskey neat
and my marriage on the rocks (to justify my affairs).

 

I want to be the hero and feel proud. I want to be the
villain and feel proud. I Wanna be Mark Wahlberg.

“A parody of performing gender while locked in a binary”- Pantograph-punch

A show not nearly so much better than ever.

The influence of this show is such that no one has had
more than this opportunity. A show more than ever a
description of happiness and as you were.

 

A show which makes the end come just as soon as it
is intended. A show which standardises requests and
announcements. A show and often added. Added to
that. A show of artists invented for the sake of
themselves. A show and a show store. A show for
them. Will they be in it. A show where nearly
everything is prepared. A show which shows that as it is nearly equally best to say so, as they say and say so.

 

The next show to appear is the one in which more emphasis will be given to numbers of them. A show which when you go to it attracts attention by
the undoubted denial of photography as an art.

An off-beat, family comedy where an inept wizard
teaches troubled teens "cosmic lessons" in digital worlds from Minecraft to Hogwarts.

 

Hopefully, the kids survive the ride, even if the lessons don’t.

Be prepared for "3 beers and the truth" Australian songs & yarns, country/folk, songs old and new, spoken word humorous sketches, engaging, strong energy & audience connection, g-rated, relaxed friendly atmosphere, down to earth, uniquely Australian experience includes works by Banjo Paterson, Henry Lawson and contemporary songs and yarns.

 

With Miranda Pike (guitar/vocals), Eddie Morrison (double bass/vocals), Jake Morrison (guitar/banjo/vocals), Chris John (percussion/harmonica/vocals) and Bluey (steadying influence). This group couldn't have come from anywhere else in the world

This work highlights women’s struggles in contemporary Iran and other societies where their rights are neglected.

 

Despite progress, gender equality remains a distant ideal in many places, with women burdened by patriarchal pressures that alienate them from society.

 

Women, essential to our humanity, walk alongside men as equals in life. This company, with experience in Iran and abroad, explores themes of societal transition—from tradition to a future embracing women's independence, individual rights, and freedom of expression through contemporary dance, performance, and cinema.

A love letter to the nervous system.

​

Mentally ill (and won’t shut up about it) Isobel Pitt takes you to the place where memories are stored, emotions are processed, and anxiety is waiting to welcome you with open arms.

​

Hopeful, heartfelt, and occasionally humorous, this multidisciplinary show sheds light on what is really at play during a panic attack. 

Death of a Salesman meets Mr. Bean... Join a lonely office worker on their quest for connection and fulfillment in Joylyn Secunda’s solo physical comedy, The Routine.

 

The mundane becomes extraordinary as each vignette and dance takes you deeper into a whimsical world of illusion. The Routine will leave yo

 

u in stitches and remind you of the magic within.

★★★★★ “...one of the best of the 2019 Fringe.” — Edmonton Journal, 2019

 

“An overall rollicking good time.” — Broadway World, 2019 “Secunda has great comedic timing and fantastic physicality that really shines” — Mooney on Theatre, 2017

 

“If Jim Carrey is the male rubberface, Secunda might just be the female equivalent.” — Forget the Box, 2019

A tale of sprites gone awry. Through the use of custom-built puppets and props, costumes and a full cast of Melbourne actors, comedians and improvisers, comes this Shakespearean retelling of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators.

​

Written by Toronto based improv/sketch group The Coincidence Men. Directed by Rob Lloyd (Shakespeare Aliens, Thank God You're Here).

​

★★★★.5 "The cast of this production are all incredible in their respective roles" - Lilithia Reviews

​

★★★★ "The ensemble cast works well and are equally adept at physical comedy and line delivery, with the production enhanced by excellent puppetry" – ArtsHub

Bold, raw and painfully funny, So Come Home follows Cassie, an actor returning to her childhood home, wrestling with her grandmother’s haunting presence and the weight of unfulfilled dreams.

​

Cassie, an actor whose life has spiralled out of control returns to her childhood home only to find it cluttered with boxes—and the haunting presence of her dead grandmother’s unfinished story.

 

Between existential crises, disastrous auditions, and drunken 3AM confrontations, Cassie wrestles with the weight of her family’s unspoken history, her own unfulfilled dreams, and the terrifying question: how do you make peace with yourself when you feel like a stranger in your own skin? 

​

"Casmira Lorien is as vital and radiant an onstage presence as one could imagine" - Stage Whispers

Immerse yourself to interreact with 'A Convict Named Phoebe'. 15 year old Phoebe Flaraty will share events from being accused for a crime which lead to her unpleasant arrival to the New South Wales Penal Colony.

 

Her story has a strong connection towards the struggles and adventures that convict women formed Australia’s modern identity.

 

This topic of strength and will power of this particular character will be presented through projections, shadow work and a mixture of surrealism and active responsiveness of the natural and social roles and positions of historical and current situations.

Women in developing societies are perpetually subjected to various pressures from a patriarchal society and endure abuse in multiple ways: sexual, physical and psychological abuse.

 

Autocratic governments are deploying every possible stratagem to destroy the personality of women and deprive them of their basic freedoms, even the freedom to choose what they wear.

 

Over the past year, the free women of Iran have decided to stand up against this destructive power and to regain part of their freedoms. It is with immense pride and a heart filled with love and tenderness that we dedicate this piece to the free women of Iran.

Migration is very difficult, those who go to other countries by sea go for a better life and to escape from the problems of their country.

​

Iran has experienced one of the highest figures in immigration in the past years. And many of my compatriots have been killed in this way.

 

Our show is about a woman, a migrant deaf woman in the middle east.

 

A story about a woman who goes through this path to find a better life for herself and escape the problems of her home country.

Midnight in the kitchen. With her youngest child about to turn 18, a mother faces her greatest challenge yet: one final chance to make a Women's Weekly birthday cake look like the picture. But as she turns the cookbook's pages and her memories are stirred, she uncovers a truth she knows she can't hide from her child. 

​

"Very funny ... very moving ... a wonderful piece of theatre" Jude Hines, Stage Whispers

​

(This year Tracy is presenting all 6 of her shows. Tix to each sold separately, but buy tix to 2 shows in the same transaction for a discounted

She's on the trip of a lifetime: middle-aged, menopausal and forgotten to buy her own ticket.

​

Sitting in the station cafeteria drinking over-brewed tea and stale croissants, a stranger asks: 'Do I know you?' This simple question will change the course of her life forever.

​

In this hilarious, but profound and touching show, Tracy Crisp asks: What if you could meet all the people you might have been?

In Session is an improvised therapy performance, developed and produced by Clinical Psychologists Xi Liu and Saria Green. Blending their expertise in Schema Therapy and creative arts, Saria and Xi devised this show to dismantle the traditional frame of psychotherapy by placing it on the stage. In doing so, they demystify the therapeutic process and create a space for vicarious healing. 

​

Each night will feature Saria and Xi taking turns to play therapist and client, allowing the audience to witness the unfolding of one's innermost self and the healing that follows.

 

The 60-minute improvised performance will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A. 

Not your typical Cabaret!

​

A former international student finds her true passion in Australia. A journey of two cultures and reflection on the shared experience of tears and laughter.

 

Join Qian’s inspiring journey of self-discovery through music, from traditional Chinese to Western, from pop, folk, jazz and even opera — an unusual and must-see cabaret!

Floopy is a frazzled little monster with big emotions!

Sometimes fueled by fantastic feels, other times flooded with frenzies of fiery frustration, Floopy is confused… He’s been told he has big feelings, but he can’t see them anywhere?

​

Performed by Mparntwe Alice Springs-based artists Jasmine Story and Felicia Gomez, this show is educationally targeted to the social and emotional learning of 4-7 year olds and people who know them.

In an interactive, multi-sensory journey, audiences will help Floopy to unfuzzle himself, and learn age-appropriate ways of discussing big feelings with little people, discovering all kinds of strategies to help recognise and manage them.

 

★★★★★ "A hugely needed must see. Learning about feelings is important for everyone, especially parents". - Parent 

For one night only, the Hot Sauce Hotties will entertain you with their special brand of heat. Direct from solo development at Hot Sauce Burlesque, performers will grace the stage at Goodwood Theatre & Studios in an array of feathers, sparkles and sass.

 

The 'Hotties' have been working hard to launch their solos and they are SPICY! A mix of traditional/neo/comedy burlesque and cabaret - hosted by Lyra la Belle with special guests from the Fringe, this is a mid-week treat not to miss.

 

SOLD OUT 2019-2024.
 

The HR Department has been murdered. Or at least, that's what we think happened. We're not sure, as no one's found the body yet...

​

Sergeant Melpo and his easily distracted sidekick Officer Thalia, are on the case. But all they have is a hunch, a series of unreliable witnesses, and a lie detector kit that thinks it knows best. 

 

Brought to you by the team that watched "Knives Out" in cinemas and read a few Agatha Christie novels in high school. It's fun, fast-paced, and will keep you guessing right up to the final moments. It's set in a workplace, so bring your work buddies.

 

Hopefully this side-splitting play will inspire you not to kill your HR rep. Or at least, to hide the body properly.

Winner of Best Spoken Word & Ideas Award, Darwin Fringe Festival 2024. Pip has years of experience telling people what would make them orgasm, and they take it very seriously. 

​

This is a hilarious, educational, steamy night for everyone: the ignorant, the bold, the nervous, the highly experienced, and those who just want a good laugh and a blush. Every gender or lack of, and every age (over 18, that is)!

​

You will be told all: stories of the horrors of having to convince people to use lube, advice on how to buy a toy you might actually like, the dark secrets of the sex toy industry, and just how little common sense some people have.

 

Questions will be answered, curiosities will be satisfied and you will get a good time— don’t get too excited, we just mean the show.

They are wet with excitement to tour their comedy cabaret again, after the success of Melbourne's 40th Fringe Festival and three sold out years at Perth Fringe World.

​

Audiences keep coming back for more. Luscious innuendo, sexual storytelling, party games and flickers of burlesque will make the ladies gush and the others blush. Madame Lush and Miss Webster tease and titillate, the audience into a quiver of laughter as they talk about female masturbation and all things taboo.

​

Are you ready for a night of self-pleasure?

It's a time warp as Hot Sauce Burlesque students perform group acts with a nod to decades past. Vintage vixens, medieval knights and maidens, 60s GoGo, 70s Disco, 80s pop and even a nod to the future (sexy aliens anyone?).

 

Hot Sauce Burlesque School invites you to celebrate all that is past, present and future with a mix of iconic decades, songs and fashions - all will be REVEALED - in the sexiest way possible.

 

This show boasts acts and routines constructed and coordinated by Adelaide's best in the biz. Two nights only!

Europe, and supports underprivileged people in creativity. Mala Majo leads drumming and dance workshops in schools and colleges and performs regularly in community, corporate events and festivals. Mala Majo promotes important issues such as Preserving, Empowering, Sharing and Uplifting our Traditions. Becoming one with nature in the realm of connecting through the powerful sounds of the traditional African drums and have a connection with your innermost and your spiritual world.

Traditional and Cultural Entertainment Non- for-profit Organization based in Accra Ghana. Mala Majo performs with higher energy and facilitates annual cultural exchange tours to Ghana, hosting students from Australia, America and Human Rights, Peace and Multiculturalism through traditional and cultural music.