Josh Thomas is working up a brand-new show.
These seven nights in the lovely, intimate setting of Adelaide’s favourite comedy room will be where Josh finds out whether his stories will cut it on the big stages around the world.
Before he was an international television success story with the critically acclaimed, Please Like Me and Everything’s Gonna Be Okay, Josh was a mainstay of the Australian stand-up comedy scene. He promises this new live show will be an hour of dumb, fun, in no way *important* stand up.
Anyway, you’ll see it before anyone else and for that alone Josh thanks you!
“Disarmingly relatable.” ★★★★ The Guardian 

Remember the good old days? When you were hotter/braver/brasher/more fun? Well, let’s go back there, shall we? If only for 50 minutes or so…
Join award nominated comedian Mish Wittrup on a walk down memory lane as you both try and figure out where we all went wrong.

Mish Wittrup is fresh off her sold out 2025 comedy festival season with a brand new hour of comedy. You’ve seen her work with Aunty Donna, Michelle Brasier and on shows like Fisk (ABC/Netflix), Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe (ABC) and Sam Pang Tonight, but you’ve never seen her like this before!

“She’s one of the most incredible members of Australia’s Comedy Crowd – ★★★★1/2 GLAM Adelaide
“An hour in Mish Wittrup’s delightful and cheerful company is an absolute joy.” – ★★★★ Chortle (UK)

He was the “nice guy” for way too long – until now.

After going viral for calling out the culty, cringe, and downright toxic on TikTok, Jake Howie is turning the mic on himself in this raw, hilarious, and unfiltered new hour.

With a global following on social media, Jake blends sharp comedy with soul-searching realness as he shares what happens when you hit 40 and realise you’ve had enough. Enough fake friends. Enough keeping quiet. Enough playing small.

Baddie Burns Bridges is a coming-of-age story – just a few decades late – about setting boundaries, finding your voice, and letting things go. It’s for the recovering people-pleasers, the fierce feelers, and anyone ready to burn bridges.

Opened for Jim Jefferies, seen on BBC, SBS.

“Jake Howie is the business!” – MSN.com

So you’re looking at the online program, trying to figure out what to see?
Yeah, me too.
Except I can’t see anything at 10:15 because I have to do my show.
It’s a good show!

lots of animation, heaps of ideas quickly, smart jokes, dumb jokes, three terrible puns, mild horror, light swearing.

So come! Or don’t! But if you see something good, let me know. It’s always hard to tell from the program.

Y’all better grab your boots and hold onto your hats, because Brad Chicken and the Bootstraps are back at the Adelaide Fringe with Chickenstock 2: The Plot Chickens!

After last year’s barn burner in the garden, the band returns for another wild country hoedown packed with laughter, twang, and toe-tappin’ tunes. Expect a night of rip-roarin’ live country music, sing-along favourites, boot-scootin’ line dancing, and a heap of side-splitting fun. There’ll be audience games, surprise guests, and plenty of hootenanny mayhem as Brad Chicken and his Bootstraps serve up another finger-lickin’ good time.

So dust off your cowboy hats, round up your mates, and get ready for a country party you won’t forget. Yeehaw!

By the end of Adelaide Fringe, Zachary Ruane (Aunty Donna, Mish & Zach, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves*) will have created the greatest comedy show of the 21st century. This is not that show. Because Zachary will be arriving in Adelaide one month earlier with no more than a dream and a couple of ideas in his notes app. In this rare peak behind the curtain, you will get to see the creative process of a singular comedic genius as he riffs, rants, tries new stuff & maybe even fills out the hour with a Q&A. Unlike other comedians, who bring fully formed shows to Adelaide Fringe, Zach will be building his show step-by-step, day-by-day all in front of a paying audience. Be sure to get in early and you might even see him cry as he realises how stupid this idea is.

Jo Gowda’s new show, ‘Don’t Deport the Fun’, is a cheeky and heartfelt comedy hour about surviving immigration, marriage, and motherhood – sometimes all in one day. Jo adds her unique perspective to the chaos of being an immigrant in Australia, raising a child who calls her “mate” and turning every cultural clash into comedy. She reminds everyone that laughter needs no permanent residency.

Jo is an Indian-born, Australia-based comedian who has mastered the art of turning cultural confusion into comedy gold. With a sharp tongue and unfiltered perspective, she digs into everything from nosy relatives to marriage disasters, immigration realities, and the joy of being misunderstood in two countries at once.

If you like your comedy honest, cheeky, and a little bit dangerous, this is your show.

Claire just wants to have fun.
But she’s the least fun person she knows, so she’s got her work cut out for her.
This is going to involve time, energy, sweat and tears, and probably some lists*.
One thing’s for sure, it’s not going to be fun.

* 1. Hide behind a curtain.
2. Throw things over a fence.
3. Pat two dogs at the same time.
4. Send a selfie to someone who’s standing next to you.
5. Try to start a group hug with people who are too cool for it.
6. Put someone else’s clothes on and do their voice.
7. Draw a picture of your enemy.
8. Explore a tunnel (not a euphemism).
9. Whisper to someone through a library shelf.
10. Run through the train doors as they’re closing.
11. Wake up tomorrow and do another 10 things.

She’s gonna discover how to have fun.
Or she’s gonna ruin fun for everyone.

Last year, I met up with my first ever girlfriend and we went swimming with whales together. This show is about that day. There’s more to it than that, of course, but yeah, that’s the broad strokes of it. Put it this way: if I wasn’t me (EG: you), I’d be buying a ticket to this show.

Host of Filthy Casuals and How To Do Everything podcasts.

Seen in The Daily Mail (derogatory).

★★★★ “Nails the sweet spot between familiarity and crisp freshness” Fringefeed, 2025

A new stand up show from one of Australia’s funniest. You’ve seen him on Fisk, The Front Bar and/or seen his special on Amazon Prime. Now see him live. It’s even better.

Warning – [probably] involves [consensual] crowd work.

“like a homegrown Billy Connolly, a genuine comedy talent” Herald Sun

“★ ★ ★ ★ ★  I left thinking Danny McGinlay is one of the most gifted comedians we have here in Australia. His natural storytelling ability and the fact that he is a comedian that is still willing to talk about some un-PC topics make him a must-see” Lilithia Reviews

Nikki Britton has made being a silly bitch an artform. She has somehow avoided marriage and babies just so she can live an outrageous life and report back to you. With her incomparable storytelling and infectious energy, this will be an hour of rapturous joy from an award winning comedian at the top of her game. If you’re not double fisting champagne with the girlies in the front row of a Nikki Britton show, what are you doing?

Seen on Have You Been Paying Attention, Guy Mont’s Spelling Bee and soon, Amazon’s Deadloch.

“Incredible force-of-nature delivery….makes the gig feel like a party, but she has the material to back the phenomenal presence” Chortle, UK.

“Nikki Britton is one of a kind” Theatre Matters

What happens when an international award winning comedy legend becomes a cancelled unemployable comedy mess?  And when the bridges are all burned, is there really a way back home?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Subtle, surreal, succinct.” The Scotsman

”One of the best.” Stewart Lee

As heard on Marc Maron’s ‘WTF’.