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WOMP WOMP WOOOMMMPPPP - it's Season 3, 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.

It's 2022, and the Adelaide Fringe has appeased the COVID gods and is officially back for another year of fun, frivolity and fringey goodness.

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We mention:

• Covid-safe Fringe practices (make sure you get your vax pass on your phone!)
• The West Village
• The Fringe Ambassadors - Reuben Kaye, Nazeem Hussain & Diana Nguyen (76,000 followers on LinkedIn... not 76 as I said in the ep 😂)
• The VIP Garden of Unearthly Delights VIP Preview - suss my tiktok here!
• Cassie Young from Be Young PR
• Tattoo artist - @clare_bearr_

My recommendations:

• Blanc De Blanc Encore
• The Purple Rabbit
• Maho Magic Bar
• Siberia
• The Artist Bar

Cover Art - @maria.makesthings

Intro/Outro Music - Dj Quads

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We started FRINGE BENEFITS in 2020... how the hell are we already in Season 3?! Welcome to Fringe Benefits, your chance to peek behind the velvet curtain of the Adelaide Fringe and get up to speed on what shows to see, hints and tips to make for the best Fringe experience and tidbits of Fringe history and culture you might not already know... Can't wait to spend another great season with you for 2022!

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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.

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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

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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 💖

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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

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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! 🌟

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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

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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!).

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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

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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

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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!).

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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

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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