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The Sydney Fringe Festival
Sydney Fringe Festival is here again, which is fantastic for all the artists who have been bottling up their frustration at not being able to perform to a live audience and now they are about to burst on stage with renewed enthusiasm!
The Festival starts on 16 August and runs until 2 October. There are hundreds of shows booked across Sydney!
So get out and see something new, interesting, inspiring, fascinating, peculiar, quirky but most of all entertaining.
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| Emily Who: A Day for Adventure
Today’s a day for adventure, to see what we can find! Come along and sing with Emily Who in this show perfect for preschoolers. In this interactive show jam-packed with songs and fun, come along
and explore with Emily Who as she takes you on an imaginary journey
under the sea, to a farm, the jungle... and even back in time to dance
with dinosaurs! Perfect for preschoolers and everyone young at heart.
Date: 28 - 30 September
Venue: ARA Darling Quarter Theatre (Monkey Baa) |
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For one show only, DIESEL brings an eclectic powerhouse solo concert
experience to the opulent Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent at The Rocks this
spring for Sydney Fringe.
It’s been “a very long time between drinks” for music journeyman
DIESEL, having only played one gig in Sydney in more than 2 years.
Date: 17 September
Venue: Runaway Gardens - Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, First Fleet Park
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Not Today
It’s
the smash-hit cabaret that was meant to save the world from climate
change. It didn’t. But it may just save us from ourselves. After
captivating audiences and critics alike, Ally Morgan is back with this
hilarious one-woman show featuring twelve unforgettably funny songs.
Come see why Not Today is one of the featured headliners of the Fringe
Festival’s Made in Sydney and Best of Fringe seasons. Date: 13 - 17 September Venue: Seymour Centre, Chippendale Date: 23 & 24 September Venue: Riverside Theatres, Parramatta |
| | | Kelly Mac: Wrong Side of 50
Love pinot noir and elasticised waists? Struggling to match your
lipstick to your prolapse? Wondering why Dutch ovens are ‘inclusive’?
Then join ACRA-winner Kel for the Fringe premiere of her debut show.
Kel
entered stand-up comedy in 2020, producing in 2021, and the office of the
cheapest therapist she could find in 2022. She’s performed in the
Melbourne and Adelaide Fringe Festivals and the Melbourne International
Comedy Festival as part of the Take 3 comedy troupe.
Date: 15, 16 & 24 September
Venue: The Chippendale Hotel, Chippendale
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| | | | Multicultural Comedy Gala
The Multicultural Comedy Gala is a night celebrating cultural diversity
with a superb line-up of some of the country’s best stand-up comedians.
Join
Australia’s favourite and emerging comedic talent as they touch on
cultural identity in a concoction of comedy that pokes fun at what makes
us all different but very much the same. The star-studded line-up
includes Dilruk Jayasinha, Georgie Carroll, Tahir and special guests… in
a hilarious celebration of Australia’s multicultural diversity.
Date: 21 August Venue: Runaway Gardens @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, First Fleet Park
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| | | | Best Of the Festival - Comedy Superstars
The Runaway Gardens Spiegeltent brings you the very best Comedy that the Sydney Fringe has to offer in one star-studded show!
Best
of The Festival brings together the biggest International and Aussie
stars for the biggest and best line-up at the Fringe! Catch a big star
for a bargain, or find your new favourite comedian – it’s the perfect
way to kick off your evening!
Date: 4 September
Venue: Runaway Gardens @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, First Fleet Park |
| | | | Lawrence Mooney - BEAUTY
Known for his brutal honesty, unique insight and blazing humour, be there and witness a comedic masterpiece.
Lawrence
Mooney is back with an encore of his hit show: Beauty, having stepped
out from behind Malcolm Turnbull and into the light of a brave new
world. There’s lots to get through. Buy a ticket, take the ride – it’s
going to be quite beautiful.
Date: 28 August Venue: Runaway Gardens @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, First Fleet Park
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| | | | Jimeoin - Live
You’ve seen him on T.V, you’ve seen him online, you may have even seen him down the pub – but have you seen Jimeoin LIVE? Jimeoin LIVE is unlike anything you’ve ever seen. A ferocious
onslaught of gags and a constant stream of laughter, all with inimitable
facial expressions (and yes, those world famous eyebrows) – it’s the
ultimate comedy show.
Date: 25 September
Venue: Runaway Gardens @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, First Fleet Park |
| | | | Arj Barker - Comes Clean
Australia’s adopted son of comedy returns to Sydney with his brand-new hour of riotous comedy in Arj Barker ‘Comes Clean’. “Do I swear to tell the whole truth? No, but I’ll swear while telling
the partial truth. And trust me, it’s a lot more fun that way. If you
truly want to laugh, then take my word for it.
Date: 18 September
Venue: Runaway Gardens @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, First Fleet Park |
| | | | Akmal: The Best of Akmal
Akmal returns to Sydney by popular demand. Although we’re not sure who made these demands and how popular they were.
Akmal is one of the funniest comedians in the world. The fact that he has written this blurb does not take away from his genius.
Date: 11 September
Venue: Runaway Gardens @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, First Fleet Park |
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| Robyn Reynolds: CAKE
MUST SEE COMEDY SHOW!
Don't miss this HILARIOUS slice of comedy,
showing from 13- 17 September at the Emerging Artists Sharehouse at
Sydney Fringe Festival.
Award nominated comedian Robyn Reynolds (UK) is sweet, layered, and DELICIOUSLY FUNNY. Robyn's new work in progress show is what the Sydney Fringe Festival is
all about. Embarrassing anecdotes, guaranteed laughs, and relatable
comedy.
Date: 13 - 17 September
Venue: Erskineville Town Hall
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| | | | Dane Simpson - DIDGERIDOOZY
The stand-up comedy show that really blows! Gut-bustingly funny
stories, fun facts and big laughs from Wagga Wagga’s favourite son. Winner Best Comedy Weekly Award 2022 Adelaide Fringe As seen on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, Would I
Lie to You?, Celebrity Letters and Numbers, Opening Night Comedy
Allstars Supershow, The Hundred with Andy Lee and Have You Been Paying
Attention?. With a string of sold-out shows across Australia as part of
the hugely popular Aborigi-LOL, Dane’s new show is a (didgeri)doozy.
Book Now!
Date: 21 - 23 September
Venue: Factory Theatre
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| | | RUNAWAY Gardens Legend Series
These live and intimate performances from musicians including The Black
Sorrows, Kate Ceberano, Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks, Daryl
Braithwaite, DIESEL, Renée Geyer, and Richard Clapton will be a
nostalgic night out you’ll never forget!
7 LEGENDARY ARTISTS OVER 7 NIGHTS THIS SEPTEMBER!
SAT 3 SEP - THE BLACK SORROWS
SUN 4 SEP - KATE CEBERANO
SAT 10 SEP - ROSS WILSON & THE PEACENIKS
SUN 11 SEP - DARYL BRAITHWAITE
SAT 17 SEP - DIESEL
SUN 18 SEP - RENÉE GEYER
SUN 25 SEP - RICHARD CLAPTON
Venue: Runaway Gardens @ Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent, First Fleet Park |
| | | Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit
It’s Agatha Christie, improvised! Following sold-out seasons in Brisbane
and Melbourne, Murder Village is hitting Sydney for the first time with
five cunningly improvised whodunnits at Sydney Fringe 2022.
Immerse
yourself in the cozy world of a 1950s Agatha Christie novel as
Melbourne’s funniest improvisers craft eccentric characters and
perplexing mysteries from your suggestions. Any of the village’s
suspicious denizens could be dispatched at any moment, and any of them
could be the murderer. It’s your secret ballot votes that determine who
lives, who dies, and who will be unmasked as the culprit.
Date: 28 September - 2 October
Venue: Newtown High School of Performing Arts - Studio
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| | | Titanic: The Movie, The Play
Strap on your life jacket and get ready to board this comedic homage to the most epic romance of the 90s. Join aristocratic Rose and lowborn Jack as they discover love, loss and a lack of lifeboats on the ‘”unsinkable” ocean liner. The original costly iceberg is on the loose, and (spoilers!) not
everyone will survive. But if you’re lucky, you might get to have sex in
a car.
Date: 15 September - 2 October Venue: Australian National Maritime Museum
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| | | | Alone
Dusty Room Productions and Glow House Ltd are proud to present
ALONE., an intimate sci-fi drama about feminism, climate change, and
David Bowie. Aboard a crowd-funded spacecraft called ‘The Lily of the Nile’, a
two-woman crew are on the home stretch of a two-year mission that could
provide a solution for an Earth ravaged by climate change. WINNER: SYNZ Tour Ready - NZ Fringe WINNER: Best Theatre - Auckland Fringe "I genuinely don't remember the last time I was so invested in a piece of theatre..."
Dates: 6 - 10 September Venue: Seymour Centre
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| | | | Jodie Stubbs is Midlife
Staring down the barrel of 50. It ain’t pretty, huh? Jodie Stubbs – a
woman with big dreams, big regrets and an even bigger voice – takes us
on the hilarious and heart warming journey of her midlife crisis. She’ll
sing us through ageing, motherhood and direct messaging D-list celebs
on Instagram with relationship advice. Come and join this charming and
celebrated cabaret chanteuse for a night that will have you laughing,
crying and thinking ‘Oh God, that’s me!’
Dates: 22 - 24 September Venue: Castlereagh Boutique Hotel |
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Kaleidoscope Show
Kaleidoscope is a spectacular and interactive children's show
featuring live music and a fully scripted story. Suitable for younger
audiences.
Come and meet all the little shapes and colours that live inside the
kaleidoscope. You can help them on this interactive journey by singing,
dancing and keeping watch for any “baddies” that might pop up during the
show.
Dates: 28 - 30 September Venue: ARA Darling Quarter Theatre |
| | | | Performance Tricks for Real Life
Learn the secrets of how to use aspects of comedy, improvisation and
other performance techniques in every day situations. These tricks will
help you to be more fun, spontaneous and interesting.
These workshops will help you to be more charismatic and less inhibited in daily conversations!
Dates: 6 - 27 September Venue: Sneaky Possum, Chippendale
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| | | | Improv Comedy Cagefight
Comedians battle it out and YOU - the audience - decide who wins each night!
Each night, teams of comedians will go head to head on stage. You –
the audience – will be the guest judge on the night and decide who is
crowned champion!
You will also help to drive the humour. Your suggestions will help the comedians to weave their jokes.
Dates: 5 - 26 September
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| | | | I am King I Am Queen 2.0
The charismatic Roymata Holmes brings their show to Sydney this September!
It
follows Roymata’s world premiere performance of I Am King I Am Queen,
which saw him perform to sold-out crowds at the Anywhere Arts Festival.
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Am King I Am Queen 2.0 is an autobiographical PERFORMANCE following his
search to find herself, through exploring their sexuality, religious
upbringing and cultural ties in Australia and New Zealand and the
Pacific Islands.
Written, narrated, and performed by Queer artist
Roymata Holmes (he/they). A story written to showcase and celebrate the
LGBTQIA+ and Pasefika community, and we will ensure this remains a safe
space for ALL.
Dates: 6 - 10 September Venue: Seymour Centre
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Why do mountain ranges make such good comedians?
Because they're HILL-AREAS!
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