Organisers are thrilled to announce that the Fool’s Paradise precinct has welcomed record numbers and made record ticket sales during this year’s Adelaide Fringe!
Fool’s Paradise is the only current artist-run hub at the Adelaide Fringe, where creativity flourishes and everyone benefits. Co-directed by Callan Harris and Thomas Gorham, both accomplished performers and directors, Fool’s Paradise offers a unique blend of circus, cabaret, comedy, music, and magic. Located in the heart of Adelaide at Tarntanyangga (Victoria Square), the precinct features two unique venues – The Vault and The Lab – with a stacked program of world-class performances.
“We absolutely love the Adelaide Fringe and are so thrilled to have seen over 65,000 people at Fool’s Paradise this year and sold more than 30,000 tickets. We thank everyone for coming and can’t wait to come back in 2026 with even more shows and on-site entertainment – watch this space!” said Thomas Gorham the Co-director of Fool’s Paradise.
Callan Harris, Co-director of Fool’s Paradise said “We are thrilled to showcase emerging and established artists in the heart of Adelaide for our third year running and thank all our artists, sponsors and audiences as well as our hard working team on and offsite as well as the amazing team at Adelaide Fringe who made this a fantastic season that we can’t wait to build on for 2026.”
Nine of the 54 popular shows at Fool’s Paradise have been Best of the Fringe Weekly Awards Winners in 2025, as listed below. The Weekly Awards inspire a continuous high benchmark for excellence in the performing arts.
Weekly Best of the Fringe Award Winners from Fool’s Paradise across season 2025:
· Best of Circus:
o NIGHTRUNNER
o Cartoooon!
o #since1994
o Elixir Revived
o Love, life, laundry
· Best of Kids & Family:
o All Star Circus
o Glow Squad
· Best of Cabaret: Accordion Ryan Pop Bangers
· Best of Music: Bob Marley – How Reggae changed the world
