February 19 - March 21, 2026
We’re back with another jam-packed season for Adelaide Fringe 2026!
This year, we have everything from theatre and cabaret, through to film, comedy and exhibitions. We have a crowd favourite returning this year, along with an incredible line-up of shows from 13 incredible companies.
Make sure to throw your support behind these independent acts and grab your tickets!
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You can find our Adelaide Fringe season at 154 Angas St, Kaurna Yarta (Adelaide).
Accessibility
The Mill’s entrance has a small step into the building. We have a ramp available, please let us know of your access needs when booking tickets and our friendly team will make sure they’re accommodated.
During our season, our entrance will be unlocked. If the door is closed, please ring the doorbell to alert our team.
The Mill has concrete flooring throughout with no internal steps and a disability toilet on site.
Read more in-depth information on our accessibility web page.
Photo: Kyahm Ross
Meteors
February 19-March 7
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 immediate and lingering effects of grief on young people. Melissa tells the story of the death of her mother, too many lasagnes brought over by neighbours and the continual search for something or someone out in the sky.
Photo: Daniel Marks
My Grandpa Doesn’t Follow Me On Instagram
February 19-March 7
They drove from Cornwall to the Scottish Highlands – one grandparent, one grandchild, one unspoken truth.
Multi-award-winning storyteller, Yoz Mensch, weaves a darkly funny and haunting solo show about dingy hotel rooms, dog-eared maps, and the strained intimacy of travel.
Drawn from hundreds of real Instagram Stories posted during the trip, Yoz revisits what they shared with their grandpa – and the secrets they didn’t.
DUST
February 21-March 5
England-2020-Pontefract-Lockdown-2:20AM. 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. 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 life in darkness so we could live in the light.
Ripe
February 28-March 8
The different worlds of Claire and Elisabeth collide as they navigate a series of weird and often terrifying events one fateful New Year's Eve in Sydney. Run-away Claire has fled her mother’s fury following the discovery of Claire’s relationship with Duncan, an older family friend. Elisabeth is on the streets to avoid the rage of her drug-addled boyfriend simply because she's taken his dog for a walk. Claire and Elisabeth are changed by the long night and each other. Midnight fireworks light the night sky. Happy new year.
DNA
March 6-12
DNA by Dennis Kelly is a gripping, fast-paced thriller about a group of teenagers whose cruel prank spirals into a shocking cover-up. Darkly funny and disturbingly real, the play exposes how peer pressure, fear, and the desperate need to belong can twist morality and silence truth. With sharp dialogue and relentless tension, DNA pulls the audience into a world where loyalty clashes with conscience, and survival means complicity.
Phoebs, You’re A Lesbian
March 8-14
A thespian and her keyboard leap out of the closet - it’s a metaphor and a stage direction. Featuring a catchy original score, sparkly doc martens, and too many niche anecdotes to count. Join Phoebe Rodger as she explores the euphoric highs, embarrassing lows, and awkward in-betweens of the lesbian experience. From hilarious cabaret bops, to witty parodies, to power ballads, there is something for everyone in this show! All are welcome. (Including homophobes, I’ll still take your money xx).
The Sensemaker
March 4-7
Have you ever been stuck on hold, listening to muzak on a loop while a robotic voice keeps telling you that your request is being processed?
Yes, you have… and so does the protagonist of unclassifiable, Black Mirror–ish 'The Sensemaker' — until she is gradually pushed beyond her limits.
With razor-sharp humour and unsettling precision, this multi-award-winning solo-show stages a dystopian battle between a woman and an answering machine.
Only Bones
March 11-21
Explore a microscopic universe in this intimate and mesmerising work of nonverbal physical theatre. Join a jelly-like solo performer as they pluck creatures from evolutionary history, pushing, bending and twisting the laws of physics. The ordinary becomes extraordinary and the strange becomes familiar.
Spoon Show
March 14-20
A clown explores the comedic capacity of cutlery.
It's unclear where they got so many of these metal wonders, or for what purpose. With a fool’s brain, a dancer’s body and a determination reserved only for the truly idiotic, Fumble the Clown presents an unforgettable hour of culinary comedy. Simple, inventive and surprisingly heartfelt, this work brings its audience on a ride through the ridiculous imagination of a spoon-obsessed fool.
Before We Begin
March 11-15
An experimental solo about consent and queer intimacy. Explored through a series of escalating invitations for performer and audience.
Naughty, playful, awkward, joyful, and surprisingly tender. A vulnerable act of trust, patience, and curiosity - navigated in real-time. An important conversation that never feels like one.
Say yes, say maybe, say not today. Nothing happens without your say-so. What does happen might surprise you.
The Cycling Man
March 18-22
One of the best reviewed shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2025 comes to Adelaide. Middle-aged and newly single, The Cycling Man has spent the salary of a nurse on lycra and he's on the verge of a breakdown. Get to know this absurd and deeply flawed man as he gets to know himself.
Goofy drag king show from award-winning British character comedian Kathy Maniura, BBC New Comedian shortlisted, 2023 and Sketch Off winner, 2020.
Stories That Serve Us
March 20
Stories That Serve Us is a short documentary film following Amanda as she journeys through trails and community spaces to meet people whose work, art, and voices can teach the world something meaningful.
From cultural collectives to educators and artists, each encounter traces what community means and how people connect, create, and care for one another.
I Can Have A Dark Side Too
March 18-21
His Mother calls her 30-year-old son her "Ray of sunshine" but beneath this child entertainer's cheerful facade lies a dark secret...
A one-man black comedy, featuring puppetry and upbeat songs. Ray, a children’s entertainer, starts to unravel as he deals with a personal tragedy. Attempting to process his grief, he begins confiding in his puppet, Emmett, who encourages him to tap into his dark side. As his cheerful facade begins to shatter in front of the kiddies, Ray must come to grips with something terrible in his past… Will he be able to keep it together when he embraces the truth?
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