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Our Picks for the 2023 Sydney Fringe Festival

It starts today and we are thrilled to bring you a few of the many exciting events happening at the Sydney Fringe Festival! Get ready for a month full of creativity, entertainment, and cultural experiences. 

Discover vibrant performances by incredibly talented artists from all over the world. From mesmerising music concerts to thought-provoking theatre plays, there is something for everyone. Explore new perspectives and embrace the diversity of artistic expressions.


SHE: THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF AN ORDINARY TRANSGENDER WOMAN

Join Katherine as she journeys through the trials and triumphs of her extraordinary experience living as an ordinary transgender woman over the last three decades.
In April of 1990 Katherine made the decision to live as a woman; so she ran away from home thus starting her journey of over three decades living her authentic self. 

A SINKLESS SHORE

With courage and sincerity, experimental vocalist-songwriter and accordionist Melanie Eden intimately explores landscapes of madness to transform suffering into the divine.

13 & 15 September

LIQUORED UP LATE

Sexually charged, scandalous, addictively entertaining, and ridiculously unpredictable, Liquored Up Late is a P*ssy powered show of drink-talk-confessions that’ll have you laughing, crying & everything in between.

5 - 9 September

A MUSICAL ENEMA BY MICHAEL WHEATLEY

Follow the story of how Michael ends up living alone for the first time in 30 years with just his dog and a piano in the tiny suburb of Windale in Lake Macquarie to the soundtrack of ear worms that were on high rotation in his head during the experience.

12 - 16 September

THE LOU CHAPMAN SHOW

Immerse yourself in this multiple award winning, theatrical feast of dangerous ideas and misfit characters “performed solo with delicacy, skill, humour and above all, compassion" Vanessa Bates

5 - 9 September

CHURCH OF THE CLITORI

This body positive celebration is lead by the high priestess who will deliver her service from the mound, guiding you to the true nature of worship. 

26 - 30 September_

TOMMY DEAN: ANECDOTES AND ANNOTATIONS

Our favourite adopted American comedian, TV and Comedy Festival and TGIF! (ABC Radio) regular Tommy Dean brings his new show to Fringe after a couple of years quite literally spent back in the wild wild west (AKA the USA).

31 August, 2 & 3 September

RAINBOW HISTORY CLASS

TikTok sensation Rainbow History Class are leaving the internet behind for an IRL Classroom where homework is optional, detention is never, and chaos is always on the agenda. School is IN with Hannah McElhinney and Rudy Jean Rigg at the chalkboard!

27 September - 1 October

FADY KASSAB (LBN): FADY ISSUES

Fady has a lot of issues. And now, you’re gonna hear about them. Join Fady Kassab as he cracks open some brand new jokes, fresh from his unfiltered mind.

14, 16 & 17 September

SEAN DIAO - ONE NIGHT STAND IN SYDNEY

In this comedy show, comedian Sean Diao explores various humorous topics, ranging from his unfortunate Chinese name, his attempt to change Asian stereotypes and more.

13 & 15 September

DINOSAUR TIME MACHINE

Full of up-to-date science and fun dinosaur facts, incorporating circus, puppetry and imaginative play in this unique educational theatre production, for kids 3-9.

23 September - 1 October

PICCOLO PONIES

Welcome to the magical world of Piccolo Ponies!
Fairy Erin and her Unicorn Piccolo sing & dance while using their imaginations!

23 - 24 September

UNPERTURBED

On the morning of their mother's funeral, four siblings await their father's return from the mechanic. While they wait, a neighbour drops around to their Sydney home with a 'sympathy lasagne'.

5 - 9 September

WHALE

WHALE is a raw, hilarious and poignant show that is part comedy, part theatre and a lot of storytelling. 

26 - 30 September

DEMO

Melody is an artist and a lesbian and she also loves Jesus.

19 - 26 September



GLAMOURPUSSY AND THE HIP REPLACEMENTS

She used to sing with confidence, now she sings with Poise™
From the creator of the Fabulous Singlettes - a sparkling cabaret brimming with glamour & decay!

7 & 9 September

GODZ
The biggest party to hit Mount Olympus. Expect a bodyssey of gravity-defying stunts, true tests of heroic strength and muscularity, and surprise comic twists.

31 August - 1 October

A POCKET SIZED CIRCUS

A Pocket Sized Circus is a hilarious choose-your-own-adventure show set to make its mark at Sydney Fringe.

27 - 29 September

MOIST

Dive headfirst into "Moist", a torrent of neon-infused spectacle that's part dazzling circus, part physical theatre, and all parts uproarious fun!

31 August - 10 September_

IN THE LOOP WITH EDDY ROCKEFELLER

Eddy Rockefeller is part musician/part comedian, combining these skills onstage to create a part concert/part comedy spectacular!!!

13 & 15 September

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST EXPEDITED

Oscar Wilde’s greatest and funniest play is reworked for modern audiences.

Three actors, one musician, multiple roles, countless laughs.

Come for a fun, funny, fabulous Wilde ride!

6 - 23 September

LATE NIGHT PARTY BOYS DO A LEGALLY MANDATED KIDS SHOW

Damien Vosk and Ross Purdy, the Late Night Party Boyz, have messed up... real bad. For their perceived crimes against art, a judge sentences them to age down their act and to Do A Legally Mandated Kids Show.

13 & 15 September

HOME COUNTRY + THE ONE

Will a millennial hot mess keep running from herself? Can a Gen X feminist survive the Tinder trash fire? New works by Sydney playwrights Stephanie Reeves and Mel Jensen.

22 September - 1 October

DISGRACEFUL

Disgraceful is a one-woman show about a lifetime of behaving badly. Through storytelling and song Lucy will share hilarious tales of her misspent youth and her evident refusal to go quietly into middle age.

5 - 9 September

SHADOW BOXING

Shadow Boxing by James Gaddas is a challenging solo work that explores masculinities, sexuality, violence and identity. 

26 - 30 September

WILBUR THE OPTICAL WHALE

Come on an oceanic adventure and take a deep-sea sensory dive to meet Wilbur and his cheeky friends.

29 & 30 September

DEAF BLIND AND DARLING

Dizzy’s live all-singing, all- dancing one woman show about her hilarious journey learning to use a white mobility cane

15 September

THE WEIRD SISTERS

We see Macbeth’s three Weird Sisters (aka, The Witches) at the beginning and end of Shakespeare’s play, but how do these siblings pass the time in-between? 

5 - 9 September

AS THE DOUGH RISES

As the Dough Rises - An improvised soap opera about change, community, roles and rolls.

12 - 16 September


RADIOHEAD UNCOVERED: HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY

Radiohead reimagined in 24 songs, 13 short films, 12 sublime voices, and live camera/visuals projected onto an enormous screen.

1 - 10 September