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INFERNO | Adelaide Fringe 2025

Prepare to feel the burn and bear witness to a performance that’s well and truly “lit” at INFERNO: the hottest fire and burlesque variety extravaganza to ever scorch the stage at Adelaide Fringe. Held every Friday and Saturday night under the May Wirth big top at Gluttony, this sizzling 60-minute showcase promises an electrifying fusion of fire flow and seductive dance that will leave you burning and yearning for more. With a cast of blazing talents who turn fire, passion, and skill into a spectacle hotter than a summer heatwave, this show is guaranteed to light up your night in ways you never expected.

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ARCANA: Wheel of Fortune | Adelaide Fringe 2025

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What happens when the Devil gets her own game show? Find out at ARCANA: Wheel of Fortune, where the stakes are high, souls are on the line, and every spin of the wheel could either save a life… or send someone straight to Hell! Currently entertaining audiences at this year’s Adelaide Fringe, this isn’t your average game show—this is a tarot-inspired, burlesque-bathed, high-stakes extravaganza where performers spin the wheel of fate and dance to save their souls. Produced and hosted by none other than the fabulously fiery Whisky A'More as The Devil and featuring an all-star cast of burlesque and cabaret wonders, this devilishly fun game show at Gluttony is a guaranteed win for anyone looking for thrills, laughs, and jaw-dropping talent. Will these talented “contestants” be lucky enough to save their souls, or will they be condemned to the fiery depths of Hell? There’s only one way to find out…

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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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SMUT, The Show | Adelaide Fringe 2025

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After a sold-out 2024 season, SMUT The Show makes its triumphant return to Adelaide Fringe, delivering an ultra-risque, adults-only spectacle perfect for those looking for some daring and debaucherous late-night entertainment. Hosted at Fool's Paradise, this R-rated romp is a bold celebration of the SWER (sex worker) community, weaving together strip-club performances, burlesque, circus, and sideshow in a performance that feels like a deliciously deviant protest.

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The Vintage Showgirl | Adelaide Fringe 2025

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Get ready to shimmy and shake your way through the decades of burlesque history at The Vintage Showgirl: a seductive stroll through time that celebrates a sold-out run at this year’s Adelaide Fringe Festival. Step into a glittering time machine that takes you through the many eras and iterations of burlesque, from the flirty flappers of the Roaring '20s to the bodacious showgirls of the psychedelic '70s. Set amongst the antiquated halls of heritage mansion Ayers House, The Vintage Showgirl is created and hosted by the whimsical Viola Verve of Viola Verve Productions, who has curated a stellar cast of both seasoned burlesque icons and emerging stars. Prepare to be dazzled, darlings: there’s a reason The Vintage Showgirl has sold out both shows, proving that burlesque is forever and the art of the tease never goes out of style.

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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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Something Wicked – A Bewitching Burlesque | Adelaide Fringe 2024

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Prepare for an enchanting evening of devilish decadence with ‘Something Wicked - A Bewitching Burlesque’: an after-dark cabaret that is currently casting its spell on audiences at this year’s Adelaide Fringe.

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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.