Comedy
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Performance review: Hypnotist Matt Hale: Top Fun! 80's Spectacular
An energetic and hilarious evening of comedy, music and air guitar solos.
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Performance review: Mr Snotbottom, FRINGE WORLD
Marketed as a comedian for kids, Mr Snotbottom’s show is weird, silly, gross and full of slapstick toilet humour.
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Theatre Review: Lemon Tree on Dreg Street
It's impossible not to fall in love with this madcap, queer and colourful ensemble comedy about the inevitability of change.
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Performance review: Strictly Barking
This uplifting children’s comedy show features dancing and innocent humour.
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Performance review: The Listies Make Some Noise
High-quality children’s entertainment, burps included.
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Experience the unmissable Adelaide Fringe
Tickets are now on sale for more than 1200 shows from around Australia and the world at this year’s Adelaide…
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Theatre reviews: The Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies, ASC
Three family-friendly shows presented by the Australian Shakespeare Company.
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A summer festival sampler to whet your arts appetite
Performing Arts Editor Richard Watts selects 10 intriguing summer festival productions to include in your 2023 arts calendar.
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Fringe benefits: does playing Edinburgh really help your career?
Four Australian artists reflect on their trip to the world’s biggest arts festival and consider whether the benefits of attending…
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Circus Review: On by Circa
Circa’s splendidly realised On by Circa both delighted and questioned in a thought-provoking and brilliantly conceived adult show.