Fringe Benefits

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.

  1. 20 MAR

    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 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 & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠⁠⁠⁠here now⁠⁠⁠⁠. Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

    27 min

  2. 13 MAR

    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 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 & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠⁠⁠here now⁠⁠⁠. Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

    49 min

  3. 6 MAR

    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 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 & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠⁠here now⁠⁠. Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

    42 min

  4. 28 FEB

    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 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!

    21 min

  5. 27 FEB

    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 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 Man 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 & ⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events ⁠here now⁠. Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠ Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

    30 min

  6. 24 FEB ·  BONUS

    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 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 & ⁠⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠ Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠⁠ Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

    29 min

  7. 20 FEB

    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 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 cơm Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠ 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. We're friends and members of the P. Zinner Network. Check out all of their amazing shows and events here now. Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠ Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

    20 min

  8. 16 FEB ·  BONUS

    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 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 artist Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠@theiconicblonde⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠@fringebenefitspodcast⁠⁠⁠ Cover Art - ⁠⁠⁠@maria.makesthings⁠⁠⁠ Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads https://twitter.com/DjQuads

    20 min
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About

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.

Information

  • Creator
    Emma Dignon
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    29
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Emma Dignon
  • Show Website
    Fringe Benefits