Fringe

Fringe festival news, previews and reviews from Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney from team scenestr.

Pulpshow: A Wild, Dark Australia

“'Wolf Creek' meets 'Picnic At Hanging Rock'.” That's one of the ways Leah Shelton describes her dark comedy performance piece 'Pulpshow'.

Leah was inspired by the...
Chopper’s New Nation: Anzakistan

Before Eric Bana immortalised him in the classic Aussie film ‘Chopper’, Mark Read was infamous for his criminal antics: armed robbery, arson, and – when he was bored –
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Torte E Mort: The Cake Is A Lie

Although Anya Anastasia spends a large part of 'Torte e Mort' in character as the “completely mentally unstable” ghost of Marie Antoinette, she feels the satirical work
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Knee Deep With Jesse Huygh And Cystic Fibrosis

The Casus Circus Company's debut show 'Knee Deep' is in its fourth year, and one of its performers shares his journey, and the show.

'Knee Deep' is performed by the...
5 Treasures Of Adelaide's 2016 Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations

Since he was appointed CEO and Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival Centre in 2006, Douglas Gautier has successfully established the venue as a hub for Asian/Australian
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DJ Phone Home's Dancefloor Democracy

After a decade of running successful club nights, DJ, comedian and man about town Andrew McClelland is bringing his deck prowess to the Adelaide Fringe
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Open Letter From Knee Deep Natano Fa’anana

Natano Fa’anana, Casus Circus co-founder and 'Knee Deep' co-creator, reflects on the growing contemporary circus company, avoiding wankers and standing on
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Amelia Ryan's Fringe Tease @ La Boheme Review

Amelia Ryan serves up an entree to the impending Fringe cabaret feast.

Every year the Fringe programme becomes fatter, which is a blessing and a curse; more choice...
Sammy J & Randy Land: The Embezzlement

Sammy J & Randy are high on fame – they're fresh from a hit ABC TV show and have borrowed three million dollars and opened a theme park. What could possibly go
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Throwing A Gender Spanner In The Works

All you really need to know about Jessica McKerlie’s 'Gender Spanner' is that its working title was originally 'A Journey Into Gender Through the Music of Black Sabbath' (and
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Fire At Wil Anderson

In 2016, the hilarious and talented Wil Anderson bring his new show, ‘Fire At Wil’ to Adelaide and Brisbane.

Always delivering fresh and exciting material, Anderson...
Trash Test Dummies: A Truckload Of Talent

'Trash Test Dummies' are doing something you didn't realise you wanted until you heard about it – they're combining circus tricks and acrobatics with wheelie bins and
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Adelaide Fringe Festival for 2016 Highlights

Adelaide Fringe 2016 promises to be the biggest yet with more venues, more genres and a record breaking 1,100+ events from more than 5,000 artists.

The festival...
Alex Williamson Is That Guy From The Internet

With over sixty million views of his YouTube channel and one million Facebook likes, Alex Williamson is an online sensation.

Known to his YouTube fans as Shooter...
A Sneak Peek Of Summer In The Garden At Adelaide Fringe

Can you believe it’s already time to talk about Adelaide’s mad-March again? Well you better believe it because Fringe season is just around the corner, so close in fact, that
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Open Letter From Adelaide Fringe Poster Designer Stephanie Mitchell

Each year Adelaide Fringe runs a competition for artists and designers to create their annual poster image, this year Stephanie Mitchell’s design was the kaleidoscopic
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Live & Lanky With Frenchy

Ben French, aka YouTube comedian Frenchy, has been doing stand-up for seven years, collecting a slew of awards along the way.

Finalist with Triple J RAW Comedy,...
Mrs Wong's Boys @ Brisbane Fringe Festival Review

Ethnic stereotypes, bestiality and beards were some of the topics brilliantly and daringly dissected in a night of razor-sharp stand-up in the Brisbane Fringe Festival debut
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Lord Coconut's Art Of The Cuff Exhibition

Lord Coconut will draw the focus back to the humble men’s cuff in the Art Of The Cuff exhibition.

Curated by Lord Coconut, Melbourne’s only handcrafted men’s...
Dark Mofo Reveals Light In Darkness – Review 2015

The winter festival of the Museum of Old and New Art, Dark Mofo, took place 12-22 June, 2015 and revealed the light in the dark, short days of Hobart's winter.

What...

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Fringe

“'Wolf Creek' meets 'Picnic At Hanging Rock'.” That's one of the ways Leah Shelton describes her dark comedy performance piece 'Pulpshow'.

Before Eric Bana immortalised him in the classic Aussie film ‘Chopper’, Mark Read was infamous for his criminal antics: armed robbery, arson, and – when he was bored –

Although Anya Anastasia spends a large part of 'Torte e Mort' in character as the “completely mentally unstable” ghost of Marie Antoinette, she feels the satirical work

The Casus Circus Company's debut show 'Knee Deep' is in its fourth year, and one of its performers shares his journey, and the show.

Since he was appointed CEO and Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival Centre in 2006, Douglas Gautier has successfully established the venue as a hub for Asian/Australian

After a decade of running successful club nights, DJ, comedian and man about town Andrew McClelland is bringing his deck prowess to the Adelaide Fringe

Natano Fa’anana, Casus Circus co-founder and 'Knee Deep' co-creator, reflects on the growing contemporary circus company, avoiding wankers and standing on

Amelia Ryan serves up an entree to the impending Fringe cabaret feast.

Sammy J & Randy are high on fame – they're fresh from a hit ABC TV show and have borrowed three million dollars and opened a theme park. What could possibly go

All you really need to know about Jessica McKerlie’s 'Gender Spanner' is that its working title was originally 'A Journey Into Gender Through the Music of Black Sabbath' (and

In 2016, the hilarious and talented Wil Anderson bring his new show, ‘Fire At Wil’ to Adelaide and Brisbane.

'Trash Test Dummies' are doing something you didn't realise you wanted until you heard about it – they're combining circus tricks and acrobatics with wheelie bins and

Adelaide Fringe 2016 promises to be the biggest yet with more venues, more genres and a record breaking 1,100+ events from more than 5,000 artists.

With over sixty million views of his YouTube channel and one million Facebook likes, Alex Williamson is an online sensation.

Can you believe it’s already time to talk about Adelaide’s mad-March again? Well you better believe it because Fringe season is just around the corner, so close in fact, that

Each year Adelaide Fringe runs a competition for artists and designers to create their annual poster image, this year Stephanie Mitchell’s design was the kaleidoscopic

Ben French, aka YouTube comedian Frenchy, has been doing stand-up for seven years, collecting a slew of awards along the way.

Ethnic stereotypes, bestiality and beards were some of the topics brilliantly and daringly dissected in a night of razor-sharp stand-up in the Brisbane Fringe Festival debut

Lord Coconut will draw the focus back to the humble men’s cuff in the Art Of The Cuff exhibition.

The winter festival of the Museum of Old and New Art, Dark Mofo, took place 12-22 June, 2015 and revealed the light in the dark, short days of Hobart's winter.