Adelaide Fringe 2024: Top Picks: Cabaret

The Stripsons

Gluttony, until 10 March

Swamplesque bring a brand new, adults-only show to the Fringe featuring The Stripsons. See those famous residents of Springfield but with a burlesque and drag twist, like you’ve never seen them before.

Hush image courtesy of Jens Radda

HUSH

Nineteen Ten, until 18 February 

Join drag icons Iva Rosebud and Jens Radda and burlesque and singing sensation Meg Hickey as they transport you to an underground cabaret of pleasure. Expect glamorous drag, grunge burlesque, live singing, and theatrical dance numbers. 

Paulina Lenoir (Costume by Annika Thiems & Paulina Lenoir) photo by David Pickens

Paulina Lenoir: Puella Eterna

The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum, until 17 March

Swiss-Mexican theatre-maker, clown and designer Paulina Lenoir, the mind behind "cult cabaret sensation" Fool’s Moon, presents a show about life, in all its stages, asking audiences: Would you like to live forever?

Prinnie Stevens photo by John Mcrae

Prinnie Stevens presents Lady Sings The Blues Volume 2

The Kingfisher at Gluttony, until 25 February

Prinnie Stevens returns with another volume of stories about women who have shaped the history of music, with songs from Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, Nina Simone, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner and more.

Reuben Kaye photo by Kyahm Ross

Reuben Kaye – APOCALIPSTIK

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, until 17 March

Cabaret superstar Reuben Kaye returns to Adelaide Fringe with his brand new show, which crosses continents, generations and the political spectrum of the 20th century to tell the scandalous story of Reuben’s scoundrel Uncle.