Adelaide Fringe Festival 2024 – Auslan Interpreted Shows

Published on: 5th February 2024

Adelaide Fringe Festival

Come see the Auslan Interpreted Shows

16 February – 17 March 2024 

 

Deaf Connect are once again proud Accessibility Partners of Australia’s biggest arts festival – Adelaide Fringe! We are providing interpreters and offering Deaf awareness training to festival volunteers to make the arts accessible for the Deaf community.

See our calendar of interpreted shows:

*Date Last Updated: 13 February 2024. For more up to date showtimes and to book tickets, visit the Adelaide Fringe Website.

To see all Auslan Interpreted Shows, visit the Adelaide Fringe website by clicking the button below.

 

Family Friendly Shows

Bettongs and Buddies – Kids Theatre  

Combining live music with story and song, ‘Bettongs & Buddies’ will leave you laughing, cheering, and inspired to protect our Indigenous wildlife.  

Saturday 24 February, 2pm 

Sunday 25 February, 2pm 

Saturday 2 March, 2pm 

Saturday 9 March, 2pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bettongs-buddies-af2024 

 

Charlie & The Bin Chicken  

Catch Charlie and the gang as they try to battle against these long legged legends to avoid the unimaginable…BIN CHICKEN WORLD DOMINATION. 

Sunday 25 February, 2:45pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/charlie-the-bin-chicken-af2024 

 

Mario the Maker Magician – Children’s Show  

Contagiously upbeat and full of heart, the ever-endearing Mario leads you through a romping explosion of energy and belly laughs punctuated with moments of heart and emotion that will catch you by surprise. 

Sunday 25 February, 5:15pm  

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/mario-the-maker-magician-af2024 

 

Peter Pan: A Neverland Adventure – Circus 

Starring an amazing world-class cast of characters with breathtaking flying acrobatics, astounding feats and hilarious antics to keep you enthralled and in wonder! 

Saturday 9 March, 4:30 – 5:30pm  

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/peter-pan-a-neverland-adventure-af2024 

 

Talks and Workshops  

The Cook Up with Adam Liaw LIVE  

‘SBS’s The Cook Up’ is coming to you live on stage for the very first time. Join Adam Liaw and his special guests for a joyful evening filled with food, laughter and great company.   

Friday 1 March, 7:00pm  

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/the-cook-up-with-adam-liaw-live-af2024 

 

Everyone Needs A Liam: Shifting Dimensions  

Step into Liam’s captivating universe of visual and plot-twisting stories as he takes the stage to share his unique journey as a writer with Autism and Intellectual Disability, and brings his “Shifting Dimensions” novels to life through recitations of his work under the stars of the Planetarium. Liam’s enthusiasm for storytelling will show you that anyone with a disability can achieve their dreams! 

Friday 8 March, 6:45pm 

Wednesday 13 March, 6:45 – 7:45pm 

Tickets – FREE!: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/everyone-needs-a-liam-shifting-dimensions-af2024 

 

Everyone Needs A Liam: Librarian Saga 

Step into Liam’s captivating universe of visual and plot-twisting stories as he takes the stage to share his unique journey as a writer with Autism and Intellectual Disability, and brings his “Librarian Saga” novels to life through recitations of his work. 

Saturday 9 March, 6:45 – 7:45pm  

Wednesday 13 March, 6:45 – 7:45pm 

Tickets – FREE!: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/everyone-needs-a-liam-librarian-saga-af2024 

 

Theatre, Comedy & Cabaret 

O.M.A.G.E.E (The Optimal Mind Association for Getting Everything Excellent) I Theatre + Comedy 

The evergreen search for purpose, place and connection collides with the allure of something-ancient-and-foreign in the familiar setting of wellness and hustle culture.   

Tuesday 20 February, 6:15pm – 7:15pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/o-m-a-g-e-e-the-optimal-mind-association-for-getting-everything-excellent-af2024 

 

Yee Howdy I Comedy (Clown) 

Clara Cupcakes is saddling up to bring you a one-human Wild West hootenanny about cow folk, cow things, and cowabungas. 

Tuesday 20 February, 7:40 – 8:40pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/yee-howdy-af2024 

Lady Sings The Blues – Cabaret I Music 

You will be transported from the speak easy setting to the very heart of our Lady, Prinnie Stevens. The show combines Prinnie’s Musical Theatre, Pop, Soul & Gospel experience to create a diverse show like no other. 

Tuesday 20 February, 8:40pm  

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/prinnie-stevens-presents-lady-sings-the-blues-volume-2-af2024 

 

Bisexual Intellectuals I Cabaret & Comedy 

A big, bold evening of cathartic comedy chaos; using original music, parody, and the transformative power of tap dance, ‘Bisexual Intellectuals’ is a celebration of queer joy, dismantling bi-phobia with levity and heart.   

Thursday 22 February, 7:20pm – 8:20pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/bisexual-intellectuals-af2024 

 

The Tumour Show 

Jill Blewett Playwright’s Award winner Peter Beaglehole’s comedy about resilience, the end of the world, and his spinal tumour.   

Saturday 24 February, 6:00pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/the-tumour-show-af2024 

 

Crowded Blouse I Comedy 18 + 

Musical misfit Lil Miss Mel tells tall tales of life, love and longing in the live music scene through parody, song & hilariously inappropriate anecdotes. 

Sunday 25 February, 4:00pm  

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/crowded-blouse-af2024 

 

Dane Simpson: Always Was, Always Will Be…Funny 

Dane comes from a long line of funny buggers. A wisecracking Dad, a cleverly cutting Mum, hilarious grandparents and generations of jokers, pranksters and yarnspinners. For 60,000 years of laughs, book now. 

Thursday 29 February, 6:30pm  

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/dane-simpson-always-was-always-will-be-funny-af2024 

 

Nurse Georgie Carroll – Comedy  

As seen on Britain’s Got Talent 2023, winner of ‘Best Comedy Show’ at the Adelaide Fringe Festival & following a sell-out season at the Edinburgh Fringe, don’t miss Nurse Georgie Carroll this Fringe!   

Wednesday 6 March, 8:10 – 9:10pm 

Wednesday 13 March, 8:10 – 9:10pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/nurse-georgie-carroll-sista-flo-2-0-af2024 

 

Out of Body Experience I Comedy 

What’s the point? How do lava lamps do that? And is anyone really having a good time? Writer/comedian Ashley Apap is asking these and many other ridiculous questions in her first hour of pure standup comedy. 

Thursday 7 March, 9:00pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/out-of-body-experience-af2024 

 

Comedy Cluedo – Interactive Comedy  

Lucy Henderson has been murdered. But by whom? And with what weapon? And in which room? This interactive comedy show takes audience members through Lucy’s version of Cluedo to uncover clues to solve the crime. 

Thursday 7 March, 9:30 – 10:30pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/comedy-cluedo-af2024 

 

Jacob Henegan: Room With A View – Comedy  

Jacob Henegan returns to Australia with his finest hour of his distinctive, whimsical stand-up, featuring stories about scrapes, misunderstandings and one very weird house viewing. 

Friday 15 March, 9:15 – 10:15pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/jacob-henegan-room-with-a-view-af2024 

 

Cirque X – Tender (Circus I Cabaret) *18+ 

Combining circus and cabaret, ‘Tender’ celebrates themes of love, desire, and vulnerability through a queer gaze. 

Saturday 16 March, 6:00 – 7:00pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/tender-af2024 

 

Isaac Humphries – Unearthed (Music I Cabaret) 

Taking you on the rollercoaster journey of his life – through song. After coming out as the only openly gay male professional Basketball player in the world, Isaac wants to share the moments he came to terms with a lot about himself and share the songs that helped him ‘unearth’ who he is today. 

Saturday 16 March, 6:30pm 

Tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/isaac-humphries-unearthed-af2024 

See you at Fringe!  

 

If you are an artist performing at Fringe this year, make your event accessible to Deaf Aussies and book an interpreter for your show here.

 

 

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