In keeping with the Adelaide Fringe’s open-access approach, The Mill housed another un-curated season in 2020. Our venue was made available to artists from any discipline to present work of any genre.
Our program consisted of 90 shows from 16 local, national and international companies.
Venue hire was kept as low as possible in order to minimise risk for artists trying something new, and 100% off door sales went directly to performers.
Abattoir Noir
Theatre
A wildly entertaining cabaret-style expose of the cruel practices inherent in the meat industry.
"Infuriating, sad, numbing, funny, shocking... ethically confronting but doesn't ever forget to entertain" - Bendigo Courier.
"A strong, DIY aesthetic meets true artistic commitment and the highest levels of technical expertise" - Jane Crawley, Creative Victoria.
Theatre
Winner of the Adelaide Fringe Sustainability Award presented by Visualcom.
The apocalypse is over. The last woman alive has been rescued by unknown alien benefactors. But she has no way of explaining to them that if they want her to survive, they're going to have to feed her.
A new one-woman show about what will be left, after.
The Bakers
Circus and Physical Theatre
Three bakers, one bakery! Dough up the walls, flour in your eyes. Join The Latebloomers, award winning creators of 'Scotland!', for another dose of the ridiculous and the sublime.
★★★★ "This is top drawer slapstick that will leave you wanting an encore" The Advertiser.
★★★★★ "Truly perfect comedic timing" FringeFeed.
Winner Best Comedy weekly award Adelaide Fringe 2019.
Theatre
Aggy & Frederick may be self-loathing, socially anxious and addicted to food, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. With Aggy once again falling for the wrong guy and Frederick's most fulfilling connection being with his internet provider, they review the best (and worst) moments of their past relationships. 'Boys Taste Better with Nutella' uses comedic storytelling, kitsch dance moves & hazelnut spread to explore relationships and self-worth.
Awarded FRINGE WORLD 2019 Weekly Award for BEST THEATRE.
Theatre
Locked in a room for nine months in a house she once called her home. A poignant ode to Ireland's hidden past, the audience is invited to witness and journey with this forsaken Daughter of Ireland.
This work was developed through research about church and state-sanctioned abuse against women in Ireland over the last 100 years. It is an experimental and challenging performance, which hopes to give a voice to those silenced.
Comedy
iPhone Addictions Meet Sci-Fi Predictions!
The year is 2020 - the human race is almost completely extinct, robots now rule Earth, controlling our every move. One man was too lazy to ever catch up with technology, could he be our only hope? Could he be the one to accidentally start the resistance?
Join Eddie Ray on this part cabaret, part action movie adventure.
HarleQueen
Comedy
Winner of the Adelaide Fringe Emerging Artist Award.
A vaudevillian-style, one-woman celebration of female fools. Join the 'HarleQueen' on a journey through the history of women who blazed a trail in comedy!
"The breath of fresh air that we didn't even know we needed" - Art Murmurs.
"Our indisputable Queen of Fools" - Theatreview.
WINNER: Best Comedy Dunedin Fringe, Adelaide Tour Ready Award NZ Fringe.
Lenka
Music
Lenka is an Australian singer/songwriter, formerly of the band 'Decoder Ring', who has been releasing solo albums and touring worldwide. In 2019 Lenka visited Adelaide as part of the Pub Choir phenomenon on tour with Ben Lee.
2020 will see Lenka release 'twin' EPs, one with covers and one with originals and embark on an Australian tour.
Lucy & Me
Comedy
Sphenn and Lucy (his red bicycle) are the bestest of buddies. They do everything together from brushing their teeth to yoga, but after Sphenn loses his job in an unavoidable accident, these two need a job and fast! Luckily they're very inventive...This show is the sweetest of love stories, all rolled up in outrageous comedy.
"What a delight. The world building is so impressive, the comedy so well
thrown, this piece pelts along like no-hands down a hill." - Sydney Arts Guide
The Monster
Music
Exclusive invitation to be part of Phillip Lee Curtis' live listening party where you get to play a part in the making of an album! An interactive night of original songs and stories.
Winner 2019 Adelaide Fringe Emerging Artist Weekly Award.
"A powerful beyond belief performance" StageWhispers.
"A masterful performer" Australian Arts Review.
Moof’s Adventures
Theatre
Moof is fairly regular. It might be the prune juice. He, and his life, are perfectly ordinary. But he can't help but ask himself... is this all there is?
Back Porch Theatre is proud to present this absurd, joyous and abstract ode to courage in its world premier from Adelaide theatremaker and clown, Lochy Maybury.
Comedy
This is the story of Nunny. Nunny loves plastic more than her mum and her future husband combined. She lives a life of plastic wrapped bananas, triple bagged groceries and her ultimate dream is to become a top of the line Tupperware lady.
'Plastica Fantastica' is a ridiculous award-winning one woman show performed by Jennifer Laycock.
Theatre
It is a time of extremes... An immersive prologue reveals a dark and disturbing world not so far from our own. May is a photographer who must document dissenters who have 'rebelled' against the Organisation, an authoritarian regime.
This is the South Australian premiere of this award-winning play inspired by the history of Cambodia's S-21 prison.
Theatre
Kristen's been having nightmares. This place is burning and it's all her fault. Best that she hijack her friend's dream and journey through the womb for answers! How to exist as a person born of a culture that profits from the denying of another? How do we go home when the house is a stolen one? Rip it up. Rip up everything we think we know.
Voices of Joan
Theatre
Now more than ever we need to draw inspiration from the galvanising wisdom of rebels; the people who are not afraid to speak truth to power and have the courage to take action.
In this intimate solo performance, actor and theatre maker Janie Gibson delves into the past to invoke the spirit of Joan of Arc and unearth the damning voices of her oppressors in a spell to dissolve the patriarchy.
Theatre
A "beautifully vulnerable" semi-autobiographical verbatim play examining social justice through the lens of fatism, fatphobia, and discrimination. "Inspiring, brave, authentic, educational and confronting", 'Wellness' aims to open up taboo conversations and question well-meaning motives around us.
Written by Ella Arendelle, we touch on sensitive subject matter and deeply personal stories. Verbatim theatre has a sting that can't be matched.
The WFT?! Show
Comedy
According to the Guinness book of facts, falsehoods and frivolities, Milton White, JNewtz & Mick Moore provoke you to look at things a little differently in our crazy 1st-world-problem "I'm Offended" lives.
They're not looking to educate, exploit or offend however if they do, you only have yourself to blame for going!
Being offended is a part of life. Being dead, is part of being dead. So enjoy being offended to know you're still alive.