Fringe Benefits

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 Andrea’s hilarious, physical clown “service” with audience participation), Alakazam (non-verbal wizard clown chaos), Joni: Play Like a Man (Finnish hockey character comedy), and George Glass & The Boys’ Dial M for Mushroom (wildly silly satire). I also share my final Fringe recommendations: The Paper Boys Paradox, Greg (Vidia Rajan & Mel McGlensey, Alakazam, Man Sings the Same Song Over and Over for an Hour, Vagina: The Visitor’s Guide, and Sexy Ghost Boy - plus a shoutout to our sponsor Spruik and the P.Zinner Network.We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠⁠⁠⁠here now⁠⁠⁠⁠.Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 you into a secret Fringe show, Naked Cabaret.We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠⁠⁠here now⁠⁠⁠.Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 my (Emma's) very own Mum.The wet weather has seen a downturn in Fringe ticket sales, so make sure you head out this long weekend and support a show or two! (or three! or four! or five!).We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠⁠here now⁠⁠.Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 with nostalgia, impressive moves and exciting visuals, this dazzling production celebrates the music and memories that shaped generations. Audiences will not be able to stop singing with hits from Elvis, The Beatles, Irene Cara, Michael Jackson, Shania Twain, Britney Spears, NYSNC, Lewis Capaldi and more!  Experience a timeless blend of history and vibrant energy that captivates every generation. Iconic music. Unforgettable moves. One fabulous time-travelling dance party!

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 Scene Improvisation (way funnier than I expected), Sinatra e De Maria, a late-night “best of” comedy showcase at Laneway Social, the brilliant non-verbal CHIMP at the Courtyard of Curiosities, and powerful reviews of Meteors and Good Man.Show shoutouts:✨ ⁠Adelaide Mail Week In Review✨ ByrneDance✨ Dropped In It: Crime Scene Improvisation✨ Club Curious✨⁠ The Best Of Fringe: Comedy Show✨⁠ Chimp⁠✨⁠⁠ The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum✨⁠⁠ Meteors✨⁠⁠ Good ManWe're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠here now⁠.Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 unsaid.This premiere work from The CRAM Collective explores the complex impact of the immediate and lingering effects of grief on young people. Melissa tells the story of the death of her mother, too many lasagnes brought over by neighbours and the continual search for something or someone out in the sky.Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 friends let us know about where you’re invited directly into someone's kitchen for a show like you’ve never experienced before.Show shoutouts:✨ Just To Be Close To You✨ Twenty Sixteen✨ GASHA | Adelaide Fringe✨ History of House: Greatest Hits✨ Long Way To The Top✨ Shake It✨ The Shamrocks✨ Fibres ✨...Earnest?✨ Gluttony Sculpture Walk✨ Ăn cơmFollow us on ⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events here now.Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 nod to mental health awareness, audiences will be left entertained and understood in this elegant, heart-warming cabaret.SHOW SHOUTOUTS!!!✨ Charlee Watt: Beating Up The Beatles✨ All Grown Up (but not really) by Billie-Rose Russell✨ Georgia Bell - dress artistFollow us on ⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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, including Mimmo, The Glasshouse and the return of The Champagne Bar. There are two fringe drinks that you'll see out and about this year, including the Flagship Distillery Gin and The Garden Draught.We get you in the loop on how you need to spend your first Fringe night, including getting yourself to Plus 82 Gogi (one of our valued Season Partners), then book yourself in to see...✨ East End Unleashed (event down Rundle Street)✨ What to Watch (Hymm Bar, CBD)✨ The Sumo Show HIRAKUZA (The Garden)✨ Guru Dudu's Silent Disco Walking Tours (CBD)✨ PARTY BOAT (On the Popeye, CBD)✨ The Racist Immigrants (Majestic Rooftop Garden, CBD)✨ Comedy Pub Crawl (The Richmond (CBD)✨ Millicent Sarre is Too Tired To Smash (Patriarchy) (Gluttony, CBD)✨ Dropped In It: Crime Scene Improvisation (Gluttony, CBD)✨ Twilight Sessions (Prospect Memorial Gardens, Prospect)✨ Salisbury Fringe Carnival (Carasbrooke Park, Salisbury)We also highlight the new Acting Adelaide Fringe CEO - Tara McLeod! Follow us on ⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠We're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠here now⁠.Cover Art - ⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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! xWe're supported by our Platinum Partner ⁠⁠⁠Spruik.⁠⁠⁠ Spruik is an Adelaide-based digital marketing and SEO consultancy with over 25 years of technical expertise.We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠here now⁠.

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 (and the new friends we made along the way), looking forward to 2026, with the winner of the Fringe Poster Competition, chatting through the news of the Fringe CEO departure, and welcoming our new Producer for Fringe Benefits, Joel, to the team.See you next year for the 2026 Adelaide Fringe!Have a show or venue we need to cover? Email us at [email protected] us on ⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 officially back for another year of fun, frivolity and fringey goodness. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 harder and harder to pull off performances in, and I fill you in on the hidden fringe club, Club Curiosity, that you too can get yourself into when you head over to Gluttony.It's 2025, and the Adelaide Fringe is officially back for another year of fun, frivolity and fringey goodness. Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 Westbound Festival that's on next weekend, and Joel and I chat through our spontaneous night out where he thought he was seeing a stand up show, but somehow ended up at the Young Franco DJ set.It's 2025, and the Adelaide Fringe is officially back for another year of fun, frivolity and fringey goodness. Follow us on ⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠Cover Art - ⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 Fringe, how to save some cash when you're out and about at Fringe, and The Suburban Brew's Adelaide Fringe Session Ale.Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 ⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠Cover Art - ⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 ⁠@theiconicblonde⁠ & ⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠Cover Art - ⁠@maria.makesthings⁠Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 get show reviews, events you need to check out, behind the scenes insights, and more. Cannot WAIT for another Fringe with you!Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quadshttps://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quadshttps://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 one last show before the end of the festival season.  Follow us on @theiconicblonde & @fringebenefitspodcast We mention: Pride and Prejudice - listen to my interview HERE The 2021 Adelaide Fringe Awards - winners here  Read up on the Fringe stats and data HERE Choir of Man  Garden of Unearthly Delights  BOREALIS  Now... if you can't already tell... after five weeks of Fringe, I'm knackered! Off to get my beauty sleep after another huge year at the Adelaide Fringe - see you in 2022! Cover Art - @maria.makesthings Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 clear!) and stayed away from shows for a few days to instead bring you a jam-packed educational episode that will hopefully get you up to speed with news you won't find on your Facebook feed. Make sure you check out the links in the show notes below, especially as we relay Victoria Falconer's story 💖 Follow us on @theiconicblonde & @fringebenefitspodcast We mention: COVID-19 traces in the wastewater Hugh Sheridan proposed to his partner! New Fringe Clubs! The Austral, Mary's Poppin', Sugar, The Stag, Nineteen Ten & Rhino Room Fringe Membership SMASHED - The Brunch Party  Victoria Falconer @victoria_falconer - Post 1, Post 2 Kween Kong aka Thomas Charles Founa  People of Cabaret Miss Cairo  'IBPOC' the preferred term used by The People of Cabaret  The Fringe's statement  Recommendations: Metamorphosis  Confessions of a Fake Fake-Psychic Cover Art - @maria.makesthings Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 powerhouse Gospo vocals, Sexy Squid Monsters to Secret Drag Queen TV Show cast reveals; week 3 of the Fringe has been busy and blessed for us Fringe Fanatics! 🌟 Follow us on @theiconicblonde & (we have a new Insta just for the pod!) @fringebenefitspodcast We mention: Black List Cabaret @ Tandanya - with Fez Faanana, Dale Woodbridge-Brown, Thomas E.S. Kelly, Victoria Falconer, Lilikoi & Sasha Zahra Jackson VS. Jackson @ The MOA - Thanks to Little Lion PR Something In The Water @ Black Box Theatres - Thanks to Be Young PR The Ru Paul's Drag Race Down Under cast ruveal at the 2021 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras  Adelaide Drag Queen, Miss Eve Elle Recommendations: Myths, Legends & Fantasy with Emma Knight  Karen From Finance is Out Of Office  Cover Art - @maria.makesthings Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 @theiconicblonde & (we have a new Insta just for the pod!) @fringebenefitspodcast We mention: New Dancing Rules Fringe Opening Night was amazing! Drinks at the Majestic Rooftop Hotel went great and we saw @nastia_lookin at Mary's! Rundle St The Garden of Unearthly Delights Fringe Club is different this year! Club Briefs International (thanks to MediaFaction) Los Tacos Hermanos The Dita Von Teese pedestal I mentioned! UNSUNG by Amelia Ryan & Libby O'Donovan (thanks to Little Lion PR) Tash York Recommendations: Grief Lightning  U Up? With Andrew Hastings After Hours Cabaret Club - LOCK IN Cover Art - @maria.makesthings Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

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!) @fringebenefitspodcast We mention: It's our 5th year doing media for Fringe! New features from a COVID-19 Safe Fringe Introducing Frederique Fringe BTS into the Fringe Photoshoot - Thanks Matt Furina! The Austral The Exeter  The Fringe has some really cool merch! Gluttony Gala Opening Night! Thanks to Sassafras PR 27 Club Tahir - Straight Outta Compo Matador  Awkward Activism  Glam Adelaide Petite Circus Bon Appetite Heather Croall Sam & Justin Disco Wonderland Daniel Michael and Elena Kirschbaum ROUGE Our recommendations: Five Foot Gaga: The Lady Gaga Experience Smashed - The Brunch Party ARTHUR PARTY Our Fringe Spotify Playlist Cover Art - @maria.makesthings Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 Podcast (and giving you a bit of a recap of what's been going on in the last year as a whole!). Follow me on @theiconicblonde & (we have a new Insta just for the pod!) @fringebenefitspodcast Who we mention: Adelaide Festival Finale Night BRKLYN TikTok MasterChef Jacob's Creek Ad FringeVIEW Quick Response Grants - $50,000 Grants to First Nation Participants in the Adelaide Fringe - $100,000 Awarding $218,000 to Fringe 2021 projects ELSKA Invest In The Arts Crowdfunding Appeal Fringe Membership  Great State Voucher Rundle Street Garden of Unearthly Delights Gluttony Secret Adelaide Fringe Photoshoot Keep listening and staying updated with the 2021 Adelaide Fringe, with season two officially launching on Friday, 19th of February!  Cover Art - @maria.makesthings Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

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), brings you her very favourite podcast recommendations to keep you content-hungry kids well fed. Support these amazing creators by listening to their podcasts and following them on social media - links below. Follow me on @theiconicblonde Podcasts that Emilie recommends: Shameless (Pop Culture) Hosted by two Melbourne journalists. The pop culture podcast for smart women who love dumb stuff. Bobo and Flex (Pop Culture) Deep dives into deep shit. Bobo and Flex are on a quest to decolonize minds, intersect feminism, and most importantly, give all the tools necessary to stay away from problematic boys. Comments By Celebs (Pop Culture) Even famous people love famous people. Using the unique angle of their Instagram account to frame the conversation, they delve into what's going on in the world of celeb comments, and how that translates into real-life drama. The Morning Toast (Pop Culture) The fast five stories you NEED to know every morning! Take a bite out of The Morning Toast. Beauty IQ Uncensored (Beauty) Made by Adore beauty (and it's Emilie's go-to cry-laughing podcast). No topic is off-limits - from retinol to bum hair - and you can expect a healthy dose of education and laughs. Last Podcast On The Left (True Crime) Emma loves them! (and I mean... LOVES them). Check out her picture with the boys when they came to Adelaide, here. My Favourite Murder (True Crime) Lifelong fans of true crime stories Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark tell each other their favorite tales of murder and hear hometown crime stories from friends and fans. Casefile (True Crime) Because fact is scarier than fiction. The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow (Storytelling Series) Exposed Harvey Weinstein - love ya work darl! Pulitzer deseeerved! Things we mention: Hamish and Andy Jenny from Rhetoric PR (Emma's first real boss!) Seven Angles of Newsworthiness  Gigi's tweet to Jake Paul Elliot Rodger "Virgin Killer" Ronan Farrow's New Yorker articles See you after COVID-19, kids!

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 seeing, how the Fringe has been faring for us so far and, the spooky coincidence of how the hell Maria's Instagram caption of us at Fringe three years ago was somehow "Fringe benefits" OOoooOOoooOooo SPOOKY! Support these amazing Adelaide people and Fringe artists by buying their tickets and following them on social media - links below. Follow me on @theiconicblonde Who we mention: Sugar Nightclub Fringe Ticket Sale Key Sats Alex Gilmore ENOUGH - Tom Ballard 9-5 - Dolly Parton Werk It Fringe Exhibition/The Dolls House Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Cabaret Festival, Adelaide Writers Week Mary’s Poppin Fringe Club Massaoke Britney Spears Singalong Controversial Fringe Benefits photo, police officer photo Sex and The Musical Upstart Crow Coronavirus South Australian Fashion Focus Weekend Howling Owl Sia Furler x Jasmine Crisp Mural We recommend: Coma Floating Melodies: Burlesque on a Boat Shit-Faced Shakespeare: Hamlet Singin' In The Pain Holden Street Theatre Mental Health At The Fringe by Big Mood YUMMY MOD Museum Barossa Dry Seppeltsfield Distillery Cover Art - @maria.makesthings Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 performers. Tune in to hear me say intersectional incorrectly as “intersexual” multiple times!  Support our amazing Adelaide people and Fringe artists by buying their tickets and following them on social media - links below. Follow me on @theiconicblonde Who we mention: Reality TV (Love Island, The Bachelor, MAFS) @charsyjones & @the_style_file Blanc De Blanc (thanks to Be Young PR) Vote, Dance, Sing, Repeat Tash Herz - MAFS Season 7 Ru Paul’s Drag Race Season 12 (our s12 faves are Jaida Essence Hall, Brita Filter, Crystal Methyd, Gigi Goode & Rock M. Sakura) Karen From Finance Just The Gist The Advertiser Fringe Food Guide Taking Back Saturday & Transmission We recommend: Adelaide Fringe Exhibition The Art of Being Human YUMMY Unleashed Snap Crackle Pop Friendly Feminism for The Mild Mannered Rosie Waterland: Kid Chameleon  Cover Art - @maria.makesthings Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads

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 to give our recommendations for what’s to come. Support these amazing Adelaide people and Fringe artists by buying their tickets and following them on social media - links below. Follow me on @theiconicblonde Who we mention: Gluttony Spectacular Gala Ben & Liam Idris Wham Glam Circus Man Velvet Rewired Amity Dry @bumbling_through_adelaide Tayla Giles @theadelaideinsider Hugh Sheridan & California Crooners Club Rouge Gospo Collective (Jukebox Chorus) MOD Museum Fringe Club (ELSKA) We recommend: Rouge 1000 Doors (The Scary Door + Rick & Morty) Street Art Explosion He’s Every Woman After Hours Cabaret Club Fringe Membership Also please mind the first time shitty tinny audio and a few laptop mouse clicks in there! I’m still learning all this audio recording stuff (all by myself, so go easy on me) and I definitely didn’t think to not touch shit while it was rolling. Cover Art - @maria.makesthings Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

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 this 2020 Adelaide Fringe. Cover Art - https://www.instagram.com/maria.makesthings/ Intro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://www.instagram.com/djquads/ https://twitter.com/DjQuads