We’re heading into the very last weekend of Adelaide Fringe 2026 and Joel and I have officially hit 39 shows (surely we can push it past 40!).

In this episode we wrap up the season with reviews of Tragic Tales: West Terrace Cemetery by Night (a lantern-lit ghost tour fun), Full of Grace (Father Andrea’s hilarious, physical clown “service” with audience participation), Alakazam (non-verbal wizard clown chaos), Joni: Play Like a Man (Finnish hockey character comedy), and George Glass & The Boys’ Dial M for Mushroom (wildly silly satire).

I also share my final Fringe recommendations: The Paper Boys Paradox, Greg (Vidia Rajan & Mel McGlensey, Alakazam, Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over for an Hour, Vagina: The Visitor’s Guide, and Sexy Ghost Boy - plus a shoutout to our sponsor Spruik and the P.Zinner Network.

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We've got a week and a bit left of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe! In this episode, I share with you a cool documentary by Christian Best, how the State Library is calling for ephemera, Joel and I chat through shows like Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, Giuseppe's Love Quest and Obituary WIP, and I let you into a secret Fringe show, Naked Cabaret.

We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.

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We are well and truly in Fringe time!

This week we chat the different ways that we've seen AI at the Fringe (some cool, some maybe not so much), we reflect on shows we've seen including: sh!tfaced shakespeare, Club Doggo, Mel McGlensey Is Normal, and PUSS PUSS, with a special podcast feature from my (Emma's) very own Mum.

The wet weather has seen a downturn in Fringe ticket sales, so make sure you head out this long weekend and support a show or two! (or three! or four! or five!).

We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Another interview coming at'cha! 🌈🌈🌈 Today we're sitting down with Tara to hear all about her fantastic dance show, Time Goes By!

Step into a high energy, feel-good blast from the past! ‘Time Goes By’ takes you on a spectacular journey through iconic decades of music, fashion and dance.

Packed with nostalgia, impressive moves and exciting visuals, this dazzling production celebrates the music and memories that shaped generations. 

Audiences will not be able to stop singing with hits from Elvis, The Beatles, Irene Cara, Michael Jackson, Shania Twain, Britney Spears, NYSNC, Lewis Capaldi and more!  

Experience a timeless blend of history and vibrant energy that captivates every generation. 

Iconic music. Unforgettable moves. One fabulous time-travelling dance party!

We've officially made it to week 2 ya'll!

In this episode we chat through the Fringe Ambassadors... or lack thereof, a serendipitous moment where a Fringe show and superstar collided, hear some on the ground reporting from Club Curious, and we recap a bunch of shows including: Dropped In: Crime Scene Improvisation (way funnier than I expected), Sinatra e De Maria, a late-night “best of” comedy showcase at Laneway Social, the brilliant non-verbal CHIMP at the Courtyard of Curiosities, and powerful reviews of Meteors and Good Man.

Show shoutouts:

✨ ⁠Adelaide Mail Week In Review

✨ ByrneDance

✨ Dropped In It: Crime Scene Improvisation

✨ Club Curious

✨⁠ The Best Of Fringe: Comedy Show

✨⁠ Chimp⁠

✨⁠⁠ The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum

✨⁠⁠ Meteors

✨⁠⁠ Good Man

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Another interview coming at'cha! 🌈🌈🌈 Today we're sitting down with writer and performer, Melissa Pullinger and Director, Connor Reidy, to hear all about their show 'Meteors'.

Grief isn’t part of the conversation. Especially not as a young person. No one knows what to say, so it’s simply left unsaid.

This premiere work from The CRAM Collective explores the complex impact of the immediate and lingering effects of grief on young people. Melissa tells the story of the death of her mother, too many lasagnes brought over by neighbours and the continual search for something or someone out in the sky.

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IT’S FRINGE!!! ✨✨✨ Yes, you heard that right. Today is the very start of the Adelaide Fringe. In this episode we chat through sneaking into the Garden Soiree, the launch of La Ronde, meeting, Cam Poter (@camonclown), the Gluttony VIP Gala (shows below!), and a very cool Fringe show our Fringe friends let us know about where you’re invited directly into someone's kitchen for a show like you’ve never experienced before.

Show shoutouts:

✨ Just To Be Close To You

✨ Twenty Sixteen

✨ GASHA | Adelaide Fringe

✨ History of House: Greatest Hits

✨ Long Way To The Top

✨ Shake It

✨ The Shamrocks

✨ Fibres

✨...Earnest?

✨ Gluttony Sculpture Walk

✨ Ăn cơm

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It's artist interview time, ya'll! 🌈🌈🌈 Today we're sitting down with Emma from Sinatra e De Maria to hear which pays homage to the incredible Frank & Nancy Sinatra through her favourite jazz standards and elements of dance. With soaring vocals, witty and unique family stories, and an important nod to mental health awareness, audiences will be left entertained and understood in this elegant, heart-warming cabaret.

SHOW SHOUTOUTS!!!

✨ Charlee Watt: Beating Up The Beatles

✨ All Grown Up (but not really) by Billie-Rose Russell

✨ Georgia Bell - dress artist

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The Adelaide Fringe is back, we're brighter and better than ever, and with one week out we are chatting through what's been going on, what you need to know and what's the go for the very first night of Fringe next Friday.

We chat about some new venues that are happening around the East End, including Mimmo, The Glasshouse and the return of The Champagne Bar.

There are two fringe drinks that you'll see out and about this year, including the Flagship Distillery Gin and The Garden Draught.

We get you in the loop on how you need to spend your first Fringe night, including getting yourself to Plus 82 Gogi (one of our valued Season Partners), then book yourself in to see...

✨ East End Unleashed (event down Rundle Street)

✨ What to Watch (Hymm Bar, CBD)

✨ The Sumo Show HIRAKUZA (The Garden)

✨ Guru Dudu's Silent Disco Walking Tours (CBD)

✨ PARTY BOAT (On the Popeye, CBD)

✨ The Racist Immigrants (Majestic Rooftop Garden, CBD)

✨ Comedy Pub Crawl (The Richmond (CBD)

✨ Millicent Sarre is Too Tired To Smash (Patriarchy) (Gluttony, CBD)

✨ Dropped In It: Crime Scene Improvisation (Gluttony, CBD)

✨ Twilight Sessions (Prospect Memorial Gardens, Prospect)

✨ Salisbury Fringe Carnival (Carasbrooke Park, Salisbury)

We also highlight the new Acting Adelaide Fringe CEO - Tara McLeod!

Follow us on ⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠

We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.

We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠here now⁠.

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Back and better than ever! Ready for Adelaide Fringe 2026! 😍

Heaps good, Fringe Benefits is curated goodness for each Friday to ready up shows reviews, events you need to check out, behind the scenes insights and more! Let's do it again! x

We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.

We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠here now⁠.