When you stop to add it up, the impact on the environment to run a music festival is actually quite shocking. Between the excess waste, the carbon footprint of travel and the power required for sound and lighting systems, the average festival can emit up to 500 tons of CO2 emissions.  And now, pioneering what the future of music festivals can look like, is the beloved Australian band Lime Cordiale. For the first time ever, they have executed Australia’s climate-focussed, 100% off-grid festival right here in Adelaide. As an issue that this duo have always been passionate about, Oliver and Louis Leimbach have re-designed the model for music festivals with climate action at the forefront. So, how can a festival run on completely renewable energy? Don’t you worry, the Leimbach’s have completed it, mate!  Lime Green Festival took place at the Adelaide University Cloisters - this intimate space was perfect for curating all the festival had to offer. The day itself was about more ...

  Absolutely NOTHING is normal, calm or civilised at this dinner party at Boddy Manor. Based on the film Clue and the boardgame, Cluedo is a chaotic, comedic twist on a classic whodunnit tale. Six suspects, six murder weapons and many, many doors, Cluedo throws the audience straight onto the board, only this time, we are not the ones rolling the dice…! Under the direction of Luke Joslin, is a killer (wink) cast of Australian talent playing each of the suspects, staff and guests at this cursed manor. We have Rachel Beck as Mrs White, Laurence Boxhall as Rev. Green, Olivia Deeble as Miss Scarlett, David James and Professor Plum, Genevieve Lemon as Mrs Peacock and Adam Murphy as Colonel Mustard. The onstage dynamic between these six is just outrageously hilarious. Every mannerism of their characters is amplified to the maximum and the fiery banter between them does not let up!  In the particularly heated moments of the show, our heads ping pong from left to right, to left again ...

  Sweeney Preston’s charming face pops up on many different boards come each Adelaide Fringe season. You most likely recognise him from In Pour Taste or The Late Nite Powerpoint Comedy Showcase alongside Ethan Cavanagh (both are a hoot!). This year, Sweeney also performed TWO solo shows. His newer work, One Man Stand Up Comedy Slam Poetry Supershow and Australia’s Worst Journalist . I managed to squeeze in the final show of the latter, which was added due to popular demand!  Sweeney claims he is “Australia’s Worst Journalist,” because whilst he was writing dating advice articles, his actual love life was a walking contradiction. The message he unpacks is simple: we love dishing out advice but never heed it ourselves, and hey, that’s something we can collectively laugh at. In Australia’s Worst Journalist, Sweeney invites us into the chaos behind his byline in an hour of hilarious, oversharing storytelling! Sweeney has a smooth and witty style of comedy that marks him as a natur...

Bond Songs, a smooth, suave and spy-chic musical performance that celebrates the discography of the James Bond franchise. Backed by a three-piece jazz band, award winning artists Oliver John and Leticia Lee sing us through the many eras of the music of 007.  Bond Songs is another excellent show crafted by Oliver John. Oliver has a way of stitching together music-centred shows to be more than a concert, taking us through informative anecdotes about musical history as well as an array of engaging scenes whilst singing. For a one-hour Fringe show, the set list is stacked, not all songs are sung though fully, which I think works perfectly here. The show is divided into their favourite songs from each decade, with an interesting sharing of facts about the artists involved in the soundtracks. We take an enjoyable musical ride that begins in the 60s with Shirley Bassey, all the way to the present with Billie Eilish! From Thunderball to Skyfall, Oliver and Leticia absolutely nail t...

  State Theatre’s 2026 season is officially underway, and what a knockout show to start off with! This is Trophy Boys written by Emmanuelle Mattana, which has finally made its way to Adelaide after its sold out National Tour and Off-Broadway season. Trophy Boys takes an almighty punch at male privilege in a satirical play set in the confines of a classroom. It’s an extremely clever and deeply penetrating work considering our current societal climate. This is the show that everyone needs to sit down, shut up and see ASAP!  It's the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament, and the team from an elite all-boys school are locked in a room for their one-hour prep window, forced to argue that “feminism has failed women.” You can smell the Lynx Africa that would be penetrating these halls as the four students come hollering in. From the outset, all stereotypes of the ‘private school boy’ archetype are there in a far-too-relateable way. There’s Owen (Myfanwy Hocki...

I’m going to get straight to the point. Tomas Clifford is a star. His cabaret style is in a league of its own. This show was phenomenal! That is all. …but please keep reading!  From Perth/Boorloo, Tomas Clifford brought his award-winning musical cabaret Tomas Clifford Got Stood Up to the Adelaide Fringe. Tomas has composed a full show that stemmed from a fateful evening where his date never showed up. And to that person, I say thank you, because thanks to him, this magnificent cabaret was born! Tomas takes us through many comedic stories and anecdotes from his childhood to adulthood, giving us a real coming of age narrative about identity and coming out.  Where Tomas stands above the rest, is that he is backed by a live jazz band of six musicians (on, keys, trumpet, saxophone, drums, guitar and bass) and two backup vocalists. As a result, Tomas’ score and storytelling becomes even more amplified and immersive. Leveling up the production value, is Tomas’ flashy use of lighting,...