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Tahir’s Insane Night of Stand Up, S#!t Magic and Spontaneous Comedy | Adelaide Fringe 2025

If you’re in need of a night full of belly laughs, surprises, and a little bit of magic (of the questionable variety), look no further than Tahir’s Insane Night of Stand Up, S#!t Magic and Spontaneous Comedy at the Adelaide Fringe Festival. The one and only legend of Aussie comedy Tahir Bilgiç is back, and he’s bringing his signature style of comedy that’s part stand-up, part sketch, part improv, and, yes, part magic. And it’s all packed into a ridiculously fun hour that flies by faster than you can say “fully sick!”

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Nikki Justice: 1 & a Half Weddings & a Funeral | Adelaide Fringe 2025

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Bibles, bikies, and bad decisions: this isn’t your typical origin story. Welcome to the wildly chaotic life of Nikki Justice: ex-stripper turned stand up comedian who has swapped the stripper pole for a microphone. In her Adelaide Fringe solo "hour of power" comedy debut Nikki Justice: 1 & a Half Weddings & a Funeral, Nikki takes us through the tumultuous ups and downs of the rollercoaster that is her life: from church pews to circus tents, strip clubs to school runs, to navigating life as a newly divorced mum of three. Strap in for an unrestrained and uncensored ride where religion, crime, love, and chaos collide in a story that’s as unpredictable as it is hilarious.

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Pop Culture Cabaret | Adelaide Fringe 2025

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Grab your popcorn, hold onto your seats and prepare for the ultimate pop culture showdown! Pop Culture Cabaret has landed at Adelaide Fringe Festival, bringing with it a whirlwind of glitter, fire, and all the iconic movie and TV characters you know and love—reimagined in the most outrageous, hilarious, and spicy ways possible. From Austin Powers to Top Gun, this show is like binge-watching your favourite cult classics, only with more pole spins, jaw-dropping aerials, and way less plot. Produced by the mischievous minds of Lucas Andrews and Daphne Delphine from Agent Pickle Productions, this variety cabaret is an unhinged mash-up of circus, fire, burlesque, and comedy that’s so much more than your average night at the theatre—it’s a pop culture fever dream you won’t forget!

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DIZNEY Debauched | Adelaide Fringe 2025

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Prepare to be enchanted by an adults-only spectacle that takes your favorite Disney classics and gives them a devilishly wicked makeover! Welcome to Dizney Debauched, where nostalgia meets seduction in a performance as daring as a ride on Space Mountain. Brought to you at this year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival by the mischievous minds at Ardent Artiste Productions, this burlesque extravaganza reimagines all your beloved (or hated) Disney characters in the most debauched and seductive ways possible. Whether it's villains, protagonists, or sidekicks, prepare to be left questioning everything you thought you knew about fairy tales. So, if you think you’ve seen it all in the House of Mouse, get ready for the happily ever after you never saw coming.

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Star Warz Denude | Adelaide Fringe 2025

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, burlesque collided with the Force, unleashing an intergalactic spectacle of sass, spice, and spectacular seduction to create Star Warz Denude. Landing at The Lab at Fool’s Paradise for the opening weekend of the Adelaide Fringe Festival, this tantalising show is a burlesque parody of the Star Wars universe that will have you laughing, blushing, and maybe even rethinking where your allegiance lies. Whether you're a Jedi, a Sith, or somewhere in between, this show takes everyone’s beloved (or hated) Star Wars characters and makes them sexier (or in some cases, sexier) through the art of the tease, creating a spectacle that’s truly out of this world.

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Catch Jazida

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Lock up your expectations and throw away the key: Catch Jazida is about to steal the show in more ways than one. This burlesque production is a high-stakes performance that commits the perfect crime of entertainment, seamlessly blending theatre, comedy and burlesque to create an interactive, laugh-out-loud adventure that is part detective story, part cabaret, and entirely electrifying.

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Strong Female Character | Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival 2024

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For a showcase of homegrown talent, award-winning icons, and feminism at its finest, look no further than Strong Female Character: an ode to badass fictional females throughout pop culture and history that is currently playing at this year’s Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival.

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Kyle Dolan: No Place Like Home | Adelaide Fringe 2024

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Looking for a decent laugh at this year's Adelaide Fringe Festival? Then look no further than 'Kyle Dolan - No Place Like Home', a deeply personal yet relatable stand-up comedy show that is currently playing at Gluttony.

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The Fringe Files 2019

March 31, 2019July 25, 2024by TaylaLeave a Comment

Welcome to 'The Fringe Files': what will be an annual series recapping all of the shows I saw and reviews I wrote for the Adelaide Fringe Festival. Keep on reading to take a peek behind the curtain and get an inside look into the 2019 Fringe that was.

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Ladylike: A Modern Guide to Etiquette

February 19, 2019February 19, 2019by Tayla1 Comment

Haven't quite mastered the art of being an attractive, not too intelligent, yet simultaneously well-rounded "lady" in today's age of Tinder, appetite suppressant gummi bears and Instagram models? Well have no fear, Louise Beuvink is here to save the day! After educating the Scots with a string of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, Beuvink has brought her pearls of wisdom on the art of femininity to the Adelaide Fringe to share with one and all at Ladylike: A Modern Guide to Etiquette.