We’re back with a jam-packed season for Adelaide Fringe 2025!
Expect everything from theatre to spoken word, comedy, music, cabaret, exhibitions and workshops. This year, our intimate black-box theatre, The Breakout, will play host to shows from 13 incredible companies.
Make sure to throw your support behind these acts and grab your tickets!
Accessibility
The Mill has two entrances, the main entrance on the corner of Angas and Gunson Street and an accessible entrance further down Angas Street.
Both doors are locked from the outside, there is a doorbell on the main door that will alert The Mill team. They will meet you at the accessible entrance to welcome you into the building.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
The God Between Life and Death, Conductor of Souls, Usher of Oblivion, is visiting living souls for the first time through the vessel of a lowly mortal - Poppy! Existential as heck, real Stygian energy, a divine exploration of the meaning human beings bring to their own precious, fleeting existence.
With the support of The Mill, Poppy has enlisted a dream team of local Adelaide theatre-makers, artists and Intense Characters to bring the full production of PSYCHOPOMP screamingly to life. Audiences can expect bodily functions, games, storytelling, all through the eyes of an insensitive, arrogant god and a upsettingly human intermediary.
“Dear Lover”, she begins to speak, unseen, her disembodied consciousness extending an invite into a world of creation. The music plays, each string and key carefully woven as the words are truthfully spoken…”no longer just an incarnation, I am the threads in words that spell out the birth of Nubian Queen”.
Curious? Come and see Praise Mangena in a collaborative project of music, movement and spoken word poetry.
One courier. One impossible delivery. How far will he go to complete his order?
Written & performed by Piers MacKenzie, fresh off his starring role as Daniel Radcliffe in Edinburgh Fringe 2024’s most talked-about show, TERF. This dark comedy, inspired by his time as a Deliveroo cyclist, dives into a fractured mind where reality and imagination collide as the brakes come off.
Strap on your helmets and grip those handlebars tight—this ride is full of sharp twists, sudden turns, and plenty of bumps along the way.
A one-person darkly comedic play about growing up autistic (and not knowing it).
Stumbling into a therapist’s office with a stack of paperwork, (and stories to match) Addy recounts what it was like to grow up in a small town catholic school. Through vignettes from Addy’s life, we come to realise the impact your environment can have on coming to accept who you are. We experience how someone may learn to abandon their childhood curiosity and natural expression in favour of an exterior mask: the polar opposite of the internal world.
Administration welcomes you into a space where we can come together and laugh at some shared experiences.
Get ready for a wild ride this Adelaide Fringe! Cast List: A Theatre Kids Cabaretis here, and it’s bursting with the incredible stories of talented teens in the performing arts scene.
Join us for a night of unforgettable performances by seven young artists from the AK Creative Scholarship Program! This amazing program empowers local youth creatives to explore their talents and produce their own cabaret. You’ll experience a journey filled with laughter, passion, and a sprinkle of teenage drama—think powerful monologues, catchy original songs, and dazzling dance numbers!
Don’t miss your chance to witness the next generation of stars shine bright on stage. Bring your friends and come support our local youth as they share their dreams and challenges in this one-of-a-kind cabaret experience!
Join Part of Things and regional storytellers from Port Lincoln, Mount Gambier and the Riverland for a behind the scenes sharing of new works in development.
This will be the first sharing of work in development through the Part of Fringe x Playwright Pals program developed and presented by Part of Things in collaboration with Adelaide Fringe.
Part of Fringe x Playwright Pals is a three-year strategy to build the skills, confidence, networks, and capacity of regional storytellers to develop, create, and present new original performance work.
A man fights for each breath, determined to make it home to Dot. In his isolated, morphine-fuelled delirium, we witness a frail man reliving his fragmented past: a boxer, a soldier, a boilermaker, a miner—dancing with Lady Luck as he battles to win. But is it fate, or sheer will to survive that determines when we return to dust?
Dust is one man’s unforgettable journey, examining generational trauma, resilience, and survival against the backdrop of post-World War II England. Dust is dedicated to the servicemen who fought for their country, the seven men who tragically lost their lives in the 1973 Lofthouse Colliery disaster, and to every miner who lived their lives in darkness, so we could live in the light. Based on a true story.
Uma Dobia is your game show host for the evening as we spin the wheel, shake our maracas and ding our dong. Spotify playlists collide in Popera with questions such as "Why did Trevor leave? What’s cockrockera? And, who will win the air fryer?". Directed by Bronny Lane, get ready for opera, original pop songs, video and on-stage chaos coated in pop culture. If you love your cabaret dirty with an intellectual twist thrown you will definitely want to play POPERA: Sex, Death & Politics as we stomp on the patriarchy and ageism in a pair of red knee-high sparkly boots.
Get ready to spin the wheel, shake your maracas and ding your dong as Popera delivers the most iconic moments of opera coupled with pop! Spotify playlists collide in this game show shining a lense on entrenched misogyny and ageism.
Just before her 20th birthday, Abby asked the world (Facebook) advice for the decade of her 20s. Flooded with guidance from well-meaning friends, enemies, and that person she forgot to block. It’s time to check the comments and compare where life took her. Did she - Invest in property? Get that rash looked at? Shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die? Let's find out through song and a Facebook deep dive.
Simultaneously, with a new decade unravelling before her, Abby is again seeking guidance - off the internet. So come in person to dish life advice to the best friend you never knew you didn't want. Bring your hopes and dreams for the 30s. Whether they’re behind you, in front of you, or you’re smack bang in the middle… let’s reminisce, plan and discuss the decades behind and before us.
Cherese is just a girl, standing in front of an orange, asking it to make out with her.
Join citric acid daredevil, Cherese Sonkkila, for her debut solo show.
Fruition is a silly smoothie of ridiculous characters, hot dance moves and useless fruit facts. But also asks the serious question: what if all your juiciest dreams came true?
This show is her Fruition. But it is also yours.
Come and get a taste of this zesty, thirst-quenching hour of laughs.
A comical feast of visual music absurdities. Surreal and just plain stupid, it plays with our dark, our light and our overblown ego through theatrical, musical and physical pieces, that draw upon the questions “what unites us and what separates us?”
Collaborating with award winning visual artist extraordinaire Ray Harris, we experiment with illustrations and play with our projections. We dance with the shadow, sing with the dark, absurd ego talk, Patti Smith spark, of musical humour, live visual effects, varied sketches of human aspects, with light and shade and whacked out dismay, of original song, of covered tunes with a cracked view, skewed for you, to peek through. Physical and musical humour at its best.
Hag: a once sacred word, turned into a slur by powerful men of history who disparaged, demonised and burned women at the stake because they had the temerity to be independent. Their knowledge was erased.
In this workshop we reclaim this word and ask ourselves: can we recover a sense of connection to our women ancestors whose voices were silenced? Can we uncover their lost wisdom? This is a remembering. A relearning. You will gain the language and the time to connect to those who informed who you are. You will experience a successful method of dialogue, making, journalling, and embodying to encounter the stories and wisdom of our women ancestors.
We, our conversations, and what we create together, is the art.
Expect everything from theatre to circus, comedy, live music and more. This year, in The Mill’s intimate 50-seat black box theatre, we will be playing host to shows from across Australia. Take a look through our program list below or browse our shows via Adelaide Fringe.
The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas St, and a disability toilet is also available. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com
Table for Two? Feb 15 - Mar 11, 2023
Award-winning physical comedy, Table for Two?, is a riot that will whisk you off your feet. Full of good laughs, terrible table service, and a melting pot of characters, this show is an escape into the nonsensical. Mix Monty Python with Mr Bean, cocktails with polony- rustle up your appetite for a night that is sure to be remembered.
Captivating vocal force SASHA MARCH launches her new music. An immersive Electro Art Pop dreamscape, with dark humour and lyrical prowess – this show will hook you in deep. A world torn apart and put back together in alluring song and glitchy visuals.
The antidote to every bland lecture and boring work presentation you’ve ever endured. Performed by two of Melbourne’s fastest-rising comedians Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh, this is an hour of fast-paced stand-up comedy, visually complemented by Microsoft PowerPoint.
The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase Feb 17 - 26, 2023
A wild late-night showcase with a rotating line-up of 6 comedians, putting the ‘show’ back into show-and-tell! Hosted by Sweeney Preston & Ethan Cavanagh, this cult classic comes to Adelaide after sell-out seasons at Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Fringe. Past guests include Tom Ballard, Dane Simpson, Emma Holland and more.
Told from the perspective of a Ukrainian Canadian living in Australia, this ritual performance piece is a topical, deep, playful exploration (Akubras & Vegemite rituals involved) of culture, identity and belonging in the land down under. Olenkaemploys her mother tongue (Ukrainian), song, dance, clown, folk traditions, recipes, storytelling, spoken word poetry and prayer to enliven the depths of the unspoken, mysterious places where spirit lives.
Come bunker down with Kathryn Hall in this hilariously honest take on the ups and downs of finding adulthood in a youth shelter while learning to manage cerebral palsy.
Blending comedy, drama, puppetry, dance and one very special quilt, Sheltered is an autobiographical rollercoaster that playfully challenges perceptions of disability.
Ever felt like a piece of meat? Lulu does! As a woman in the sex industry, the world constantly objectifies her, until she eventually becomes the thing everyone always sees her as - a doll. 'Be A Doll, Won't You?' looks at what it means to have your body constantly commented on, commodified, and packaged for sale. It's the girliest take on Kafka yet.
Here We Are is a live, improvised story telling event by Emma Beech. Every show is utterly unique, the story selection will be made up on the spot, inspired by a conversation with you - the audience - about where you're at and what you what you hear. Directed by Tim Overton, buckle in for a journey that you help create.
Sports is COOL! Matty Johns, Israel Folau, Wayne Carey: Heroes. It’s the BEST part about Australia, and there’s nothing problematic about it. Award winning clown and theatremaker, Kyle Walmsley, brings this marathon of comedy and sports bullying to the stage. There will be blood (fake), sweat (real), and tears (who knows).
The Burton Brothers have got their lucky break! Set five years into a decade-long residency at a fictional casino on the Las Vegas Strip, this sketch comedy show is the highest of stakes! After doing a devils deal with the shady casino owner, now each show is a dice roll for life or death!
Playschool. Karaoke. Die Hard. With great silliness, Will Tredinnick returns with his off-beat style of home-pickled physical comedy. Come for the laughs (and then also stay for the laughs) brought on by this multi award-winning mind. Leave your troubles at the door and be wrapped in a world that is as nonsensical as it is charming. Yippee-ki-yay.
Fairy Sprinkles is the kids party entertainer of every gross dad’s dreams. This rock n’ roll monologue challenges notions of traditional feminine behaviour, and explores the impact of mental illness on family. A story about love and faith, Party Girl is an intimate, funny, and deeply moving work that speaks (and sings) directly to the audience.
Winner of Best Comedy and Directors Choice Award at 2022 Sydney Fringe Festival. Is art a joke? Comedian Sam Kissajukian takes you through 300 paintings he made in 5 months of isolation. A comedian’s take on art, the artistic process, mental health and its ties to creativity.
Singer-songwriter and self-obsessed internet addict Connor Morel fronts a live band in this original gig-theatre show that asks: are we doing the internet right? And would life just be easier without it all?
From the Instagram influencers, to the keyboard warriors: we’re all in the sauce. But is it all going too far? And what would it take for us to realise it is?
The Breakout is a versatile black box theatre. Expect everything from theatre to circus, comedy, live music & more. This year, we will be playing host to shows from across Australia. Take a look through our program list below or browse our shows via Adelaide Fringe
Proof of vaccination is required to enter The Mill until March 21, 2022. Read our Covid-19 policy.
The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas St, and a disability toilet is also available. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com
The Mill Breakout Space is a versatile black box theatre. Expect everything from theatre to circus, comedy, live music and more.
This year, we will be playing host to 90+ Adelaide Fringe shows from across Australia, the UK, and Europe. Take a look through our program list below or browse our shows via Adelaide Fringe
The Mill is an accessible space. Disability access is available via Angas St, and a disability toilet is also available. If you have any questions or additional accessibility requirements, please contact us at info@themilladelaide.com
The over-produced drama and the production values of reality TV and movies sure have a lot to answer for.
Meet Carla; 34, single, Virgo, outgoing, straight forward, Cabaret Artist and she's looking for love... still. From first love to happy ever after, every relationship seems to have 'a catch'! Sometimes the road to love is definitely not what you expect and a bit longer. Ok, a lot longer.
If you've ever been in love, out of love, looking for love, or happily ever single - this cabaret show is for you.
Winner of Best Cabaret Weekly Award, Adelaide Fringe 2020.
Heroes never die...they just cry deep down inside.
Sam Dugmore (The Latebloomers Scotland! & The Bakers) is back as one of the greatest action heroes of all time, MAN-BO.
MAN-BO must un-earth his ruthless man skills to confront his greatest nemesis...himself. A deadly mission filled with calamity and raw emotion. One-man vs himself. A feel-bad comedy about heroism.
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.
Winner Best Comedy weekly award Adelaide Fringe 2019.
The newly formulated one man solo project of South Australian musician, Hunter Rogers, embarks on a narrative and auditory spectrum of song and journey. Drawing elements from multiple flavours of music performance from Rock to Baroque Pop; Synthwave to Music Theatre; Industrial to Prog. This showcase of work will be a crack in the ice.
Do you suffer from an ache that ails you or a maddening malady? Do you feel like a chunk of rotting butcher's meat that's been ripped apart in the sweltering heat of the day by hungry dogs?
Then look no further than the miracle cure we have for you. Two brothers performing sketch comedy: it will make you laugh, make you cry, put a pep in your step and some fuel in your mule.
Dad used to say, "anything worth having comes at a price". Are you willing to pay what it takes for 'Success'?
Success is not always a direct path, not everything works out like we planned. Maybe, we think we are just not good enough. Overcoming self-doubt and fighting those destructive thoughts may be the biggest battles we experience.
The Baroque is running free in hedge mazes and dancing in champagne fountains. Bursting with silliness, Swedish clown Oliver Nilsson ('The Latebloomers' 'Scotland!' & 'The Bakers') will charm and titillate in this rollercoaster of stupidity, slapstick and the sublime. Curtains draw! Lights up! BEHOLD! This is The Baroque!
Directed by Britt Plummer ('Chameleon' by FRANK. Theatre).
Johnnie and Janine Smithergreen (Stuart Day & Dianne Reid) are a middle-aged brother-sister singing act (not so) fresh from the sixties and seventies. They revisit a selection of groovy girl-boy duets that outdo the Osmonds, crush the Carpenters and reconcile Sonny and Cher. Delivered with their own unique mix of wholesome positivity and ageing hippy sarcasm, they will blow your idea of political correctness to Smithergreens!
She's been in the same room for a while now, and things are starting to get weird. Out of a smokescreen of dirty laundry and shaggy dogs, a mysterious voice challenges her to cut the bull. But can she work out how?
Does unravelling the truth mean unravelling herself in the process? If the foundation of sanity is knowing fact from fiction, was it the outside world or her own brain that first started feeling a bit shaky? When the hell is the sun going to come up?
A mind-bending and jaw-dropping journey through the human psyche. The demonstrations within 'Confessions' will look like genuine psychic ability. But they are not. And Tom is honest about that. The show will provide a glimpse into how it works and why so many people want to believe it's real.
Join Rebel Lyons in her Adelaide Fringe debut as she muses on Matrimony, Monogamy and Masturbation. A Hen's Night party for those who aren't sure if they're ready to commit to an eternity of mediocre sex. This hysterical ride will leave you questioning the romanticism of romance and the absurdity of bridal culture in the present day.
A poignant yet funny play with original songs. The story spans 3 generations of women and begins in Northern England in 1965. Jennifer follows her sisters to Australia leaving her mother Dotty with an empty nest. Weaving in and out of time, Jennifer says the last goodbye to her own daughter many years later.
Christine Firkin wrote the book from snippets of family history. Her single woman show premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2017. Audiences loved it for its strong writing and nuanced performances.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
