Fringe Benefits

We’re heading into the very last weekend of Adelaide Fringe 2026 and Joel and I have officially hit 39 shows (surely we can push it past 40!). In this episode we wrap up the season with reviews of Tragic Tales: West Terrace Cemetery by Night (a lantern-lit ghost tour fun), Full of Grace (Father Andrea’s hilarious, physical clown “service” with audience participation), Alakazam (non-verbal wizard c...

We've got a week and a bit left of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe! In this episode, I share with you a cool documentary by Christian Best, how the State Library is calling for ephemera, Joel and I chat through shows like Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, Giuseppe's Love Quest and Obituary WIP, and I let you into a secret Fringe show, Naked Cabaret. We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠ Spruik...

We are well and truly in Fringe time! This week we chat the different ways that we've seen AI at the Fringe (some cool, some maybe not so much), we reflect on shows we've seen including: sh!tfaced shakespeare, Club Doggo, Mel McGlensey Is Normal, and PUSS PUSS, with a special podcast feature from my (Emma's) very own Mum. The wet weather has seen a downturn in Fringe ticket sales, so m...

Another interview coming at'cha! 🌈🌈🌈 Today we're sitting down with Tara to hear all about her fantastic dance show, Time Goes By! Step into a high energy, feel-good blast from the past! ‘Time Goes By’ takes you on a spectacular journey through iconic decades of music, fashion and dance. Packed with nostalgia, impressive moves and exciting visuals, this dazzling production celebrates the...

We've officially made it to week 2 ya'll! In this episode we chat through the Fringe Ambassadors... or lack thereof, a serendipitous moment where a Fringe show and superstar collided, hear some on the ground reporting from Club Curious, and we recap a bunch of shows including: Dropped In: Crime Scene Improvisation (way funnier than I expected), Sinatra e De Maria, a late-night “best of” co...

Another interview coming at'cha! 🌈🌈🌈 Today we're sitting down with writer and performer, Melissa Pullinger and Director, Connor Reidy, to hear all about their show 'Meteors'. Grief isn’t part of the conversation. Especially not as a young person. No one knows what to say, so it’s simply left unsaid. This premiere work from The CRAM Collective explores the complex impact of the i...

IT’S FRINGE!!! ✨✨✨ Yes, you heard that right. Today is the very start of the Adelaide Fringe. In this episode we chat through sneaking into the Garden Soiree, the launch of La Ronde, meeting, Cam Poter (@camonclown), the Gluttony VIP Gala (shows below!), and a very cool Fringe show our Fringe friends let us know about where you’re invited directly into someone's kitchen for a show like you’...

It's artist interview time, ya'll! 🌈🌈🌈 Today we're sitting down with Emma from Sinatra e De Maria to hear which pays homage to the incredible Frank & Nancy Sinatra through her favourite jazz standards and elements of dance. With soaring vocals, witty and unique family stories, and an important nod to mental health awareness, audiences will be left entertained and understood in t...

The Adelaide Fringe is back, we're brighter and better than ever, and with one week out we are chatting through what's been going on, what you need to know and what's the go for the very first night of Fringe next Friday. We chat about some new venues that are happening around the East End, including Mimmo, The Glasshouse and the return of The Champagne Bar. There are two fringe drinks...

Back and better than ever! Ready for Adelaide Fringe 2026! 😍 Heaps good, Fringe Benefits is curated goodness for each Friday to ready up shows reviews, events you need to check out, behind the scenes insights and more! Let's do it again! x We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical...

So, Fringe 2025 is well and truly over. We like to round back on the season that was with our FRINGE WRAPPED, diving into some serious stats, sharing some great initiatives that keep Fringe accessible to everyone, turning back to our last on the ground interview of the season with our friend Ben (and the new friends we made along the way), looking forward to 2026, with the winner of the Fringe Pos...

There are 3 days left of the Adelaide Fringe. Don't be sad, let's go see a Fringe show instead . Join me in recapping the season, and hearing all the best shows that you can grab tickets to NOW to make the most of your final weekend of Fringe. Till next year! It's 2025, and the Adelaide Fringe is officially back for another year of fun, frivolity and fringey goodness.  Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠@theiconicb...

We have 2 weekends left of Fringe, so let's make the most of it! This week we chat about the mystery of the missing Mona Lisa, the crime that shocked the Fringe scene when an artist stole the prized possession from ARTHUR Art Bar, a variety of artists speak out on the festival season getting harder and harder to pull off performances in, and I fill you in on the hidden fringe club, Club Curiosity,...

We're right in the thick of Fringe Madness as we enter March and another weekend ticks over. This week we're chatting about all the great Fringe shows happening on the West End of town, how the Cranker's move to the Ed Castle might change the culture of that pocket of the CBD for the better, the Westbound Festival that's on next weekend, and Joel and I chat through our spontaneous night out where...

We're heading into the second weekend of Fringe, ya'll! 🌈 Welcome back to the FRINGE BENEFITS Podcast, where we'll be keeping you updated on the very best of the Adelaide Fringe every single week. This week, we chat about the people behind Prompt Creative Centre and why you need to visit this Fringe, how to save some cash when you're out and about at Fringe, and The Suburban Brew's Adelaide Fring...

The Fringe is OFFICIALLY HERE!!! 🌈   Welcome back to the FRINGE BENEFITS Podcast, where we'll be keeping you updated on the very best of the Adelaide Fringe every single week. This week, we chat about LIMBO with Gavin, Maho Magic Bar with Anthony and the Gluttony Gala with Joel. Follow us on ⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠ Cover Art - ⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠ Intro/Outro Music...

Fringe has come early! 🌈   Welcome back to the FRINGE BENEFITS Podcast, where we'll be keeping you updated on the very best of the Adelaide Fringe every single week. It's 2025, and the Adelaide Fringe is officially back for another year of fun, frivolity and fringey goodness.  Follow us on ⁠@theiconicblonde⁠ & ⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠ Cover Art - ⁠@maria.makesthings⁠ Intro/Outro Music - Dj Qu...

It's 2025, and you know what, we're back and better than ever!!! It's now 5 years on from our first episode, yet still the Adelaide Fringe holds our hearts, so hell yeah, FRINGE BENEFITS is back baby! Curated for your Friday morning drive to work, each week throughout the Fringe you're going to get show reviews, events you need to check out, behind the scenes insights, and more. Cannot WAIT for an...

It's the last show of 2021! The Adelaide Fringe has officially wrapped up and this last week has been packed full of Fringey fun as we say 2021 and done 🌈 I was lucky enough to be invited onto the Pride & Prejudice radio show to chat Fringe, attend the 2021 Adelaide Fringe Awards and squeeze in one last show before the end of the festival season.  Follow us on @theiconicblonde & @fringebe...

It's been another HUGE week at The Fringe! 🌈 Between a secret celebrity opening night proposal, COVID traces found in our wastewater (ahh!!) and racist reviews rocking performers and their supporters - the fourth week of Fringe has been full of up's and down's. I got myself a COVID-19 test (all clear!) and stayed away from shows for a few days to instead bring you a jam-packed educational episode...

It’s March! 🌈 March Madness is finally here and we only have just over two weeks left of the Fringe. We've been busy working out our glutes now that dancing is back in full swing at the Adelaide Fringe and by seeing every single Fringe show that we can fit in! 👏🏼 From Black Cabaret to powerhouse Gospo vocals, Sexy Squid Monsters to Secret Drag Queen TV Show cast reveals; week 3 of the Fringe ha...

It’s week two! And we’ve received the best present we could ever ask for… DANCING IS BACK! The SA Government announced this week that they are now allowing dancing under certain circumstances (honestly, who would have known I’d be writing that sentence this time last year!). Follow us on @theiconicblonde & (we have a new Insta just for the pod!) @fringebenefitspodcast We mention: New Dancing R...

It's FRINGE-DAY! 🌟 The Adelaide Fringe is finally here for 2021! 🌈 Welcome back to the FRINGE BENEFITS Podcast, where we'll be keeping you updated on the very best of the Adelaide Fringe every single week.  Follow us on @theiconicblonde & (we have a new Insta just for the pod!) @fringebenefitspodcast We mention: It's our 5th year doing media for Fringe! New features from a COVID-19 Safe Frin...

We're back! Well... kind of. It's been a year since the Fringe and it just didn't feel right to leave Season One without a proper ending. I know we don't normally get closure, but it just felt so wrong NOT finishing off from where we left things before COVID-19 hit with the FRINGE BENEFITS Podcast (and giving you a bit of a recap of what's been going on in the last year as a whole!). Follow me on...

It's Mini-sode time, baby! ⚡️ With COVID-19 changing life as we know it, our final episode of FRINGE BENEFITS has been pushed out a little bit (we're all about responsible social distancing in this household). But no fear, while you're safe at home, Emilie (our esteemed guest from episode two), brings you her very favourite podcast recommendations to keep you content-hungry kids well fed. Support...