What was cooking (and what was dished up cold) during the first week of Adelaide’s Fringe Festival.

Adelaide’s Fringe festivities started just over a week ago. Thankfully, the unusually high rainfall eased off just in time for the opening night parade, which began the event in style.  The city’s streets came to life with dancing, acrobatics, balloons and fireworks, and many could be seen dancing the night away, with and without Stobie the disco cuttlefish. The sun has shone ever since.

When I spoke to Katie Noonan about what she was planning to see, her advice was sound. ‘I’ll book to see some shows but I also love waiting to see what becomes the talk of the town too; going at the last minute to things that I hear about and I think might take my fancy.’ So the first week can feel like a bit of a warm up as the chatter takes time to kick in. And with the Fringe guide now so large and daunting, sometimes the only way to do it is to just go.

My Fringe experience started with A Sense of Home, a touching piece of theatre directed by Alirio Zavarce and performed by...