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Fringe Benefits
by Emma Dignon
Fringe Benefits is back for 2026! Fringe Benefits is South Australia’s only independent podcast dedicated entirely to the Adelaide Fringe. Each week during the Fringe we cover show reviews, artist interviews, behind-the-scenes insights and must-see recommendations throughout the festival season. Designed for Fringe fans who want more than just a program guide, Fringe Benefits offers trusted commentary, local knowledge and a genuine love for the artists, venues and stories that make Adelaide Fringe so special.Members of the P. Zinner Network. Supported by our Platinum Season partner, Spruik.
Episodes
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2026 Week 5 - Last weekend of Fringe! Reviews of Full Of Grace, Alakazam + many more, & Show Recs For Your Final Hours!
We’re heading into the very last weekend of Adelaide Fringe 2026 and Joel and I have officially hit 39 shows (surely we can push it past 40!). In this episode we wrap up the season with reviews of Tragic Tales: West Terrace Cemetery by Night (a lantern-lit ghost tour fun), Full of Grace (Father...
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2026 Week 4 - A Fringe Documentary, Garry Starr, Giuseppe's Love Quest, Obituary WIP, and Naked Cabaret
We've got a week and a bit left of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe! In this episode, I share with you a cool documentary by Christian Best, how the State Library is calling for ephemera, Joel and I chat through shows like Garry Starr: Classic Penguins, Giuseppe's Love Quest and Obituary WIP, and I let…
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2026 Week 3 - AI at the Fringe, send in the clowns (Mel McGlensey and PUSS PUSS), and Murder, She Didn't Write (ft Emma's Mum!!)
We are well and truly in Fringe time! This week we chat the different ways that we've seen AI at the Fringe (some cool, some maybe not so much), we reflect on shows we've seen including: sh!tfaced shakespeare, Club Doggo, Mel McGlensey Is Normal, and PUSS PUSS, with a special podcast feature from...
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EXTRA FRILLS: Time Goes By with Tara Beyne
Another interview coming at'cha! 🌈🌈🌈 Today we're sitting down with Tara to hear all about her fantastic dance show, Time Goes By! Step into a high energy, feel-good blast from the past! ‘Time Goes By’ takes you on a spectacular journey through iconic decades of music, fashion and dance. Packed...
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2026 Week 2 - Monkey men, David Byrne Dance, a slew of show reviews and Club Curious (ft Anthony!)
We've officially made it to week 2 ya'll! In this episode we chat through the Fringe Ambassadors... or lack thereof, a serendipitous moment where a Fringe show and superstar collided, hear some on the ground reporting from Club Curious, and we recap a bunch of shows including: Dropped In: Crime...
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EXTRA FRILLS: Meteors by Melissa Pullinger and Connor Reidy (CRAM Collective)
Another interview coming at'cha! 🌈🌈🌈 Today we're sitting down with writer and performer, Melissa Pullinger and Director, Connor Reidy, to hear all about their show 'Meteors'. Grief isn’t part of the conversation. Especially not as a young person. No one knows what to say, so it’s simply left...
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2026 Week 1 - Fringe fun pre-launch, we met a clown, the Gluttony Gala, a Fringe show in a like you’ve never experienced before (in someone’s house!?)
IT’S FRINGE!!! ✨✨✨ Yes, you heard that right. Today is the very start of the Adelaide Fringe. In this episode we chat through sneaking into the Garden Soiree, the launch of La Ronde, meeting, Cam Poter (@camonclown), the Gluttony VIP Gala (shows below!), and a very cool Fringe show our Fringe...
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EXTRA FRILLS: Sinatra e De Maria by Emma De Maria
It's artist interview time, ya'll! 🌈🌈🌈 Today we're sitting down with Emma from Sinatra e De Maria to hear which 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...
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2026 Week 0 - Everything you need to know for the Adelaide Fringe Opening Night (what shows to see, some new venues, and cool drink collabs!)
The Adelaide Fringe is back, we're brighter and better than ever, and with one week out we are chatting through what's been going on, what you need to know and what's the go for the very first night of Fringe next Friday. We chat about some new venues that are happening around the East End,...
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Fringe Benefits is BACK for 2026!
Back and better than ever! Ready for Adelaide Fringe 2026! 😍 Heaps good, Fringe Benefits is curated goodness for each Friday to ready up shows reviews, events you need to check out, behind the scenes insights and more! Let's do it again! x We're supported by our Platinum Partner Spruik....
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2025 Fringe Wrapped! Fringe Impact Report, Winner of the 2026 Poster Competition and Welcoming our new Producer
So, Fringe 2025 is well and truly over. We like to round back on the season that was with our FRINGE WRAPPED, diving into some serious stats, sharing some great initiatives that keep Fringe accessible to everyone, turning back to our last on the ground interview of the season with our friend Ben...
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2025 Week 5 - All The Top Shows to See This Last Weekend of Fringe!
There are 3 days left of the Adelaide Fringe. Don't be sad, let's go see a Fringe show instead . Join me in recapping the season, and hearing all the best shows that you can grab tickets to NOW to make the most of your final weekend of Fringe. Till next year! It's 2025, and the Adelaide Fringe is...
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2025 Week 4 - The Mystery of the Missing Mona Lisa, A Hidden Fringe Club (Curiosity) & Fringe Artists Speak Out on Season Toughness
We have 2 weekends left of Fringe, so let's make the most of it! This week we chat about the mystery of the missing Mona Lisa, the crime that shocked the Fringe scene when an artist stole the prized possession from ARTHUR Art Bar, a variety of artists speak out on the festival season getting…
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2025 Week 3 - Fringe West End, The Cranker move and CBD Culture & Young Franco DJ set at Fringe (ft. Joel)
We're right in the thick of Fringe Madness as we enter March and another weekend ticks over. This week we're chatting about all the great Fringe shows happening on the West End of town, how the Cranker's move to the Ed Castle might change the culture of that pocket of the CBD for the better, the...
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2025 Week 2 - Prompt Creative Centre, How to Save At Fringe, & An Official Fringe Session Ale
We're heading into the second weekend of Fringe, ya'll! 🌈 Welcome back to the FRINGE BENEFITS Podcast, where we'll be keeping you updated on the very best of the Adelaide Fringe every single week. This week, we chat about the people behind Prompt Creative Centre and why you need to visit this...
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2025 Week 1 - The Gluttony Gala, Maho Magic Bar & LIMBO! (ft. Gavin, Anthony & Joel)
The Fringe is OFFICIALLY HERE!!! 🌈 Welcome back to the FRINGE BENEFITS Podcast, where we'll be keeping you updated on the very best of the Adelaide Fringe every single week. This week, we chat about LIMBO with Gavin, Maho Magic Bar with Anthony and the Gluttony Gala with Joel. Follow us on...
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2025 Week 0 - Fringe is here (well, kind of!) Ambassadors, A Super Secret Initiative, & Top Shows To See
Fringe has come early! 🌈 Welcome back to the FRINGE BENEFITS Podcast, where we'll be keeping you updated on the very best of the Adelaide Fringe every single week. It's 2025, and the Adelaide Fringe is officially back for another year of fun, frivolity and fringey goodness. Follow us on...
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FRINGE BENEFITS is BACK for 2025!
It's 2025, and you know what, we're back and better than ever!!! It's now 5 years on from our first episode, yet still the Adelaide Fringe holds our hearts, so hell yeah, FRINGE BENEFITS is back baby! Curated for your Friday morning drive to work, each week throughout the Fringe you're going to…
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2021 Week 5 - Radio Shows, Choir Pro's and The Final Episode!
It's the last show of 2021! The Adelaide Fringe has officially wrapped up and this last week has been packed full of Fringey fun as we say 2021 and done 🌈 I was lucky enough to be invited onto the Pride & Prejudice radio show to chat Fringe, attend the 2021 Adelaide Fringe Awards and squeeze in...
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2021 Week 4 - A Celebrity Proposal, New and Improved Fringe Clubs & Racist Reviews
It's been another HUGE week at The Fringe! 🌈 Between a secret celebrity opening night proposal, COVID traces found in our wastewater (ahh!!) and racist reviews rocking performers and their supporters - the fourth week of Fringe has been full of up's and down's. I got myself a COVID-19 test (all...
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2021 Week 3 - March Madness, Sexy Squid Monsters & A Secret RPDR Down Under Queen RuVeal!
It’s March! 🌈 March Madness is finally here and we only have just over two weeks left of the Fringe. We've been busy working out our glutes now that dancing is back in full swing at the Adelaide Fringe and by seeing every single Fringe show that we can fit in! 👏🏼 From Black Cabaret to…
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2021 Week 2 - Footloose Fever, The ONLY Arts Festival In The WORLD & Feminists In Pubs
It’s week two! And we’ve received the best present we could ever ask for… DANCING IS BACK! The SA Government announced this week that they are now allowing dancing under certain circumstances (honestly, who would have known I’d be writing that sentence this time last year!). Follow us on...
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2021 Week 1 - A COVID-Safe 2021 Season, BTS on the Fringe Photoshoot & the Gluttony Gala Opening
It's FRINGE-DAY! 🌟 The Adelaide Fringe is finally here for 2021! 🌈 Welcome back to the FRINGE BENEFITS Podcast, where we'll be keeping you updated on the very best of the Adelaide Fringe every single week. Follow us on @theiconicblonde & (we have a new Insta just for the pod!)...
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2020 Week 4 - FRINGE PANDEMICS! The Final Episode For 2020 & Keeping Up With COVID
We're back! Well... kind of. It's been a year since the Fringe and it just didn't feel right to leave Season One without a proper ending. I know we don't normally get closure, but it just felt so wrong NOT finishing off from where we left things before COVID-19 hit with the FRINGE BENEFITS…
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EXTRA FRILLS: Emilie's Top Podcast Recommendations!
It's Mini-sode time, baby! ⚡️ With COVID-19 changing life as we know it, our final episode of FRINGE BENEFITS has been pushed out a little bit (we're all about responsible social distancing in this household). But no fear, while you're safe at home, Emilie (our esteemed guest from episode two),...
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2020 Week 3 - Adelaide Fringe Club, Shakespearean Shows & Skyrocketing Ticket Sales with Maria Dizazzo!
We’re three weeks into the Adelaide Fringe and we’ve heard ticket sales are on the up, seen heaps more shows and finally made it to Fringe Club! 🌟 I catch-up with my bestie of 16 years, @maria.makesthings (also, the person behind the amazing cover art for this podcast!) about what we’ve been...
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2020 Week 2 - Friendly Feminism, Blanc De Balls and MAFS Mental Health with Emilie Reynolds!
TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide. Lifeline Australia - 13 11 14. I chat with my corporate comms work-wife (and pop-culture obsessive), Emilie Reynolds, about feminism in pregnancy and mental health in Aussie reality TV, with a few smatterings of Fringe recommendations from art to feminist shows to queer...
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2020 Week 1- Gluttony Launch Spectacular, A Drunk Celebrity, and Fringe Advice from Jamie Pavs!
It’s THE FRINGE!!! It’s finally here and for week one of our FRINGE BENEFITS podcast, I’ve sat down (in my bedroom) with Mental Health Advocate and fellow Fringe Lover Jamie Pavs @jamiepavs to recap on our time at the Gluttony Spectacular Opening Night, our very first night out at the Fringe and…
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Welcome to Fringe Benefits
Welcome to Fringe Benefits. Each episode your host, Emma Dignon, will be catching up on all things Adelaide Fringe with a handpicked bunch of my besties, interviewing Fringe artists, reviewing shows, and giving you my very favourite personal recommendations for what you need to be getting up to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Fringe Benefits is back for 2026! Fringe Benefits is South Australia’s only independent podcast dedicated entirely to the Adelaide Fringe. Each week during the Fringe we cover show reviews, artist interviews, behind-the-scenes insights and must-see recommendations throughout the festival season. Designed for Fringe fans who want more than just a program guide, Fringe Benefits offers trusted commentary, local knowledge and a genuine love for the artists, venues and stories that make Adelaide Fringe so special.Members of the P. Zinner Network. Supported by our Platinum Season partner, Spruik.
HOSTED BY
Emma Dignon
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Fringe Benefits is back for 2026! Fringe Benefits is South Australia’s only independent podcast dedicated entirely to the Adelaide Fringe. Each week during the Fringe we cover show reviews, artist interviews, behind-the-scenes insights and must-see recommendations throughout the festival season....
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Fringe Benefits is created and hosted by Emma Dignon.
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