Enjoy Adelaide Fringe your way
ACH Group tips for shows and social connection
At ACH Group, connecting people with social experiences is at the heart of what we do, and this Fringe season is no exception.
Highlights include show recommendations curated by Fringe reviewer Barry Hill, alongside tailored opportunities such as Adelaide Fringe Festival Escape for social experience customers.
The festival comes to residential care homes too, with the uplifting energy of Movin’ Melvin Brown delivering moments of joy and laughter.
Whether you’re venturing out into the city or enjoying the festivities closer to home this Adelaide Fringe season, these tips offer an easy way to take part in one of Adelaide’s most celebrated cultural events.
Top six Fringe shows from Barry Hill
Barry Hill is a familiar and trusted voice in the ACH Group community as well as at the Fringe, regularly reviewing shows year after year – and this season is no exception. When asked for recommendations, he was characteristically measured, noting that it can be difficult to endorse a production before seeing it.
Find out what’s caught his eye this Fringe and why his curated shortlist could save you time, money, and a few hit‑and‑miss nights out.
Sinatra e De Maria
Emma De Maria pays homage to the incredible Frank & Nancy Sinatra through her favourite jazz standards and elements of dance. With soaring vocals, witty and unique family stories, and an important nod to mental health awareness, audiences will be left entertained and understood in this elegant, heart-warming cabaret.
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Dinner with the Stars
Dinner Dance Spectacular – A Night of Music Magic!
Step into the spotlight and dine among the legends! Experience an unforgettable evening as Pulse Band presents Dinner with the Stars, a spectacular tribute to Showbiz icons like Neil Diamond, Tina Turner, and The Beatles. Featuring powerhouse vocalists, Tony Genovese, Tracey Aberle and Gady Fantasia, this high-energy show bursts with dazzling costumes, fun trivia, audience interaction, and all your favourite sing-along classics.
Celebrate the golden era of music in true style — laugh, dance, and relive the hits that defined generations.
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Lewis Major: Triptych
Three unique repertoire pieces investigate various poetic possibilities, universal rhythms and cycles performed by Major’s company of dancers. This is a captivating evening of dance, of connection between internal and external worlds, all set within a whirling maelstrom of movement, sound and light.
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Simply Brill: The Teens Who Stole Rock N Roll
Step inside New York’s legendary Brill Building – the hit factory where teenagers wrote the songs that shaped the sound of the 1960s.
Award-winning performers Amelia Ryan, Michaela Burger and Lindsay Prodea celebrate the young songwriters behind the hits: Carole King & Gerry Goffin, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Neil Sedaka and more.
With powerhouse vocals, joyful banter and irresistible nostalgia, Simply Brill delivers iconic songs like Leader of the Pack, River Deep – Mountain High and Da Doo Ron Ron in a joyful, feel-good musical ride.
See details about Simply Brill: The Teens Who Stole Rock N Roll
Waiting for Monarto
Adelaide gave Sandi the opportunity to learn classical piano, musical theatre, songwriting, high school music teaching, music arranging, choir leading, accompanying, piano teaching, and solo cabaret performance.
Sandi has been one of South Australia’s most widely-travelled and enduring and versatile entertainers, including as an unofficial ambassador for Adelaide and South Australia in song.
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Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett
Join deliciously salacious, über-award winning Bernie Dieter as her gin-soaked haus band soundtracks a night of breathtaking circus, gender-bending aerial and fire-breathing sideshow at its most provocative and hilarious best. With a dizzying lineup of world class artists it’s an unmissable night of debauchery done right.
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With such a variety of shows this year, audiences can look forward to a season that is sure to be lively, engaging, and full of memorable performances.
Movin’ Melvin Brown’s shows at ACH Group’s residential Care Homes
For the third year, the Adelaide Fringe is coming to ACH Group’s residential care homes, featuring the unstoppable Movin’ Melvin Brown!
All the way from Texas, Melvin Brown lights up the stage with his signature tap dancing, infectious energy and dazzling mix of music, comedy and charm.
Learn more about the different entertainment events in Social and Wellbeing Guide – Residential Care.
Libby Donovan presents Sister Elizabeth to ACH Group’s Retirement Living community
Libby Donovan returns to perfom for the retirement living community, this time with a Fringe Festival show ‘Sister Elizabeth’, drawing on her own experiences growing up with nuns, diving into the many screen portrayals and the fascinating and eclectic figures who’ve worn the habit throughout history.
Learn more about retirement living with ACH Group.
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