Top stand-up comedy at Adelaide Fringe
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Late Night PowerPoint Comedy Showcase
Speeding through the comedy ranks while being extravagantly overdressed, Sweeney Preston and Ethan Cavanagh host these multimedia affairs which gather up a number of comics from across the Fringe.
Arthur Artbar, West Village, Friday 3 & Saturday 4 March.
Shad Wicka
We’ve all been there, right: getting high on acid and very nearly offing someone in Colombia? Well, on average, no, but this Queensland comic regales this tale for his first successive Fringe hour in How I Almost Killed A Guy.
Rhino Room, Pirie Street, until Saturday 4 March.
Every Ting Or No Ting
Singapore-born stand-up Ting Lim delivers her tale of being a perennial underdog who is constantly on the run form her dysfunctional family. Anecdotes abound featuring a mischievous bush turkey and a catfishing life coach.
Rhino Room, Pirie Street, until Saturday 4 March.
Sam Simmons
The comedy award winner brings us Content, a largely prop-free set about the rampaging nature of social media, all done in his typically absurdist modus operandi.
The Garden Of Unearthly Delights, Rundle Park/Kadlitpina, until Sunday 5 March.Million Dollar Maybe
Robyn Perkins is on a mission to convince us that you can prove anything with science, storytelling and spreadsheets. Love and identity are put to the test here.
Gluttony, Rymill Park/Murlawirrapurka, until Sunday 5 March.
Rudy-Lee Taurua
Having recently toured with Jim Jefferies, this gay, anxious, mixed race, First Nation comic is being tipped for the very top. He may tick a number of boxes but this forthright show will prove that he fits into zero of them.
The Howling Owl, Vaughan Place, until Saturday 11 March.
Favourite Only Child
Chinese stand-up William Wang reflects on his life in Australia, doing drugs for the first time and avoiding simple and stereotypical punchlines.
Legends Bar, Pulteney Street, until Saturday 18 March. Amos Gill
In The Pursuit Of Happy(ish), this acclaimed comic insists that we should stop chasing some weird notion of contentment and instead find true meaning in life. Big stuff.
Gluttony, Rymill Park/Murlawirrapurka, until Sunday 19 March.