Award-Winning Adore Händel Returns to Adelaide Fringe with Cautionary Tales – A Camp, Classy, and Cheeky Journey Through the Perils of Passion
Fresh from a sell-out season at Melbourne Fringe 2025 – where they were named Judges’ Pick and nominated for Best in Cabaret – and following their Weekly Award win for Best Cabaret at Adelaide Fringe 2025, everyone’s favourite pansexual, time-travelling songbird is back!
Following the success of the critically acclaimed Little Black Book, Adore Händel returns to Adelaide Fringe with Cautionary Tales – a deliciously decadent sequel brimming with music, mischief, and moral lessons learned the hard way. Critics have described the show as “a masterclass in storytelling through song that transforms a simple black book into a time machine of desire” (Australian Pride Network) and praised Adore as “formidable, fabulous and fearless” (Lilithia Reviews).
This time, our incorrigible 18th-century raconteur isn’t just dishing gossip – they’re here to warn you. From Renaissance heartbreak to Roaring Twenties ruin, Adore guides audiences through a glittering gallery of love gone wrong, all told with their signature wit, warmth, and wicked charm. Reviewers say Adore “has artfully reinvented drag queen storytime” (Lilithia Reviews) and delivers “a razor-sharp script with impeccable comic timing” (Arts Hub), proving that every story is as captivating as it is scandalous.
Blending opera, pop, and original songs, Cautionary Tales is a lush, laugh-out-loud cabaret for lovers of drag, drama, and divine storytelling. One reviewer enthused that it is “Rocky Horror meets French opera” (Australian Pride Network), and “the facial expressions alone are worth the price of admission!” (Stage Whispers). After a year of critical acclaim, awards, and standing ovations, Adore Händel promises a night of camp, class, and chaos that will leave audiences both enchanted and enlightened – proof that history’s greatest love stories are best told in heels.
Adore Händel’s Cautionary Tales
Tue, 03 Mar – Sun, 08 Mar
The Lark at Gluttony – Rymill Park
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