INTERVIEW: Markus Hamence is in The Jungle Room with Sweeney Preston for the 2026 Adelaide Fringe.
Sweeney has FOUR shows in the 2026 Adelaide Fringe: Australia’s Worst Journalist, In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience, The Late Nite Powerpoint Comedy Showcase and One Man Stand Up Comedy Slam Poetry Supershow. Sweeney and Markus chat them all PLUS dating advice.
Australia’s Worst Journalist
For years, a comedian-journo wrote dating advice articles while his own love life needed an editor.
Now, Sweeney relives some of the most bizarre contradictions between his own life, and the articles he was writing at the time – some of which have been read by over 100,000 people.
This hilarious hour is a celebration of mistakes told the only way Sweeney knows how – through jokes, stories and a 100+ slide PowerPoint presentation.
If you’re a fan of ‘Everybody Has A Secret’, love hate-watching ‘Married At First Sight’, watch ‘Sex and the City’, or you’ve ever had sex while living in a city – this show is for you.
Saturday 21 March 2026
The Bally at Gluttony – Rymill Park
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In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience
Fresh from a Vegas Residency, a New York season at the Off-Broadway SoHo Playhouse, and another sellout season at the Edinburgh Fringe, this masterclass in mischief returns to Adelaide.
Comedians Sweeney Preston & Ethan Cavanagh will be joined by wine expert as they guide you through five wines and at least five jokes.
Everyone will find something to make their glass half full, as all the wine industry’s most hard-hitting questions are answered:
How far should I extend my pinky when sipping? What the f%*k is a tannin? And who’s parked in the clearway out front, you’re about to be towed?
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March 2026
The Octagon at Gluttony – Rymill Park
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The Late Nite Powerpoint Comedy Showcase
This cult classic returns to Adelaide after sell-out seasons at the UK’s Latitude Festival, the Melbourne Comedy Festival & the Edinburgh Fringe.
With six comedians performing six different PowerPoints, it’s a line-up show like no other.
Hosted by the Australian agents of Microsoft Office chaos, Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh, this wild showcase is easy to follow and begging for technical difficulties.
Grab your family, friends and anyone else who has endured boring work presentations or tedious uni slides as we heal together.
An essential part of any Festival bucket list!
Friday 20 and Saturday 21 March 2026
The Kingfisher at Gluttony – Rymill Park
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One Man Stand Up Comedy Slam Poetry Supershow
Can one comedian rescue slam poetry by completely undermining it?
For years, poetry has been taken over by serious, pretentious, overly-caffeinated art wankers.
Now, one of Australia’s masters of combining 2 concepts in one show (In Pour Taste: A Comedy Wine Tasting Experience, The Late Nite PowerPoint Comedy Showcase), delivers his most ridiculous experiment yet.
Part standup comedy hour. Part slam poetry evening. All devastatingly funny.
The show has only 1 rule: the audience isn’t allowed to be bored. And Sweeney intends to pull out every trick in the book (legal and otherwise) to make sure of it.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
This show’s dumb as hell
Come on through
Friday 20, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March 2026
Cubby House at ARTHUR ARTHOUSE
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