# Beautiful Lies – 2026 Adelaide Fringe

**Featured** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 2 February 2026  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/beautiful-lies-2026-adelaide-fringe/

Beautiful Lies: A New Comedy Cabaret Premiering at Adelaide Fringe 2026 From the 10-15 of March at The Austral Hotel, performer Matt Hawke makes his solo debut at the AdelaideFringe with a 50-minute one-man Comedy Cabaret. Beautiful Lies will make audiences laugh and cry with an originalscore that explores the deception we are constantly surrounded…

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**Beautiful Lies: A New Comedy Cabaret Premiering at Adelaide Fringe 2026**

From the 10-15 of March at The Austral Hotel, performer Matt Hawke makes his solo debut at the Adelaide  
Fringe with a 50-minute one-man Comedy Cabaret. Beautiful Lies will make audiences laugh and cry with an original  
score that explores the deception we are constantly surrounded by.

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A recent graduate from the acclaimed Elder Conservatorium Bachelor of Music Theatre (ECMT), Matt Hawke is a fresh  
face on the Adelaide cabaret scene. Bursting with knowledge and experience, he is eager to debut his original work  
inspired by artists like Tim Minchin – combining the joys of musical comedy with various existential qualms.

Generously selected as a grant recipient of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe Fund, Hawke has received the necessary support  
to make a show worth remembering. Throughout development he has also garnered endorsements from  
professionals in the cabaret world such as Millicent Sarre and Michael Griffiths.

“It’s a great privilege to receive so much support for this production. An important reminder that even though it may  
be a one-man show, independent art takes a community and a serious deal of effort from numerous parties. Trust  
that I will not let this support go to waste.” – Matt Hawke

In the final year of his degree, Hawke created a short 12-minute version of this cabaret as a part of ECMT’s 2025  
Cabaret Project where he received resounding praise and encouragement to pursue the concept further. The show  
delves into the broad concept of lies; from the magic we believed as children, to the strife of queer identity, to the lies  
we wish we could ignore. Hawke aims to uncover a more nuanced look at what lies could be while still revering the  
power they contain.

“His original work is thought-provoking and well-constructed. Toeing the line between absurdism and observational  
comedy … his cabaret persona is evocative of a young Bo Burnham.” – Millicent Sarre

Don’t miss Beautiful Lies for five nights only at** The Austral** from the 10th-15th.

Tickets available for purchase at: **[https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/beautiful-lies-af2026](https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/beautiful-lies-af2026)**

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