ROUGE - Circus For Grown Ups

This Saturday we have a very special show. A line up show featuring acts from Rouge, Primal and Shake It, as a very special fundraising event for parent company Highwire Entertainment! This very special show called Matinasty is a matinee mashup of three of the biggest shows to grace the stages at the Adelaide Fringe (and the only chance you’ll have to catch Rouge acts here this year!) It also has three price points, so come and pay what you can afford! All money raised will go towards covering touring costs and developing new shows so we can keep bringing you more fringe favourites! Saturday 7th and 14th March. Grab tickets for Primal, Shake It & Rouge present : Matinasty We have a host of access resources to help people with additional or different needs to access the Fringe this year. Created in partnership with Matinasty and with support from the Adelaide Fringe Foundation and with consultation from Access 2 Arts

Mental Health in the Arts - Free Panel and Q&A this Saturday at Fringe! What does it really mean to make art and stay well? Join a free, open conversation with working artists as they speak honestly about mental health, creativity, burnout, resilience and care. Moderated by the South Australian Mental Health Commissioner, this panel and Q&A explores how artists manage the pressures of creative work, why the arts matter to mental wellbeing, and how making and sharing art can be a source of connection, purpose and healing. Whether you’re an artist, arts worker, or simply curious, this is a chance to listen, reflect, and ask questions in a supportive, welcoming space. Sat, 28 Feb 4.00pm (60 minutes) Ukiyo at Gluttony - Rymill Park This panel is free but you can grab a ticket from adelaidefringe.com.au if you want to guarantee a spot, or just come on down to the Ukiyo. This discussion features artists from Primal, Rouge and from other events in Fringe. Support to make this event possible from the Adelaide Fringe Foundation, not only to facilitate this conversation but also for a host of audience access resources!

Missing Rouge this Fringe? Check out a brilliant show by ex-Rouge singer @cirquesongstress - Wonderfully Terrible Things is sexy, sassy and funny. With original music by Christine herself, singing, playing keys, sharing stories and being sassy as hell, accompanied by a team of sexy and talented friends. It’s a fun night out if you like your shows risque and edgy (and you loved Rouge so we know you do!). Wonderfully Terrible Things plays at Gluttony in The Octagon from 19th Feb - 8th Mar at 9.15pm (7.50pm on preview night 19th Feb)

Missing Rouge ahead of the Adelaide Fringe season this year? You can get a little taste of the action in Matinasty - a special matinee show hosted by Highwire Entertainment, the creative force between Rouge as well as Primal, Shake It, The Defiant, Rebel and many more! With excerpts from multiple shows, Rouge will have a little cameo (or two) so you can get your fill there! Hope to see you there! Saturday 7th March Saturday 14th March 4.30 in The Octagon at Gluttony Three ticket types with different inclusions! Get your Rouge fix at the Adelaide Fringe 2026!

Rouge might have retired, but did you know she has a younger sister? PRIMAL, by the same team from Rouge, is about to open in the State Theatre in Perth for a two week season, and then returning to Adelaide for a month in Gluttony! Tickets are on sale for both seasons now and selling fast! 📆 22nd Jan - 1st Feb 🎪 Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre 🗓️ 20 Feb - 22 Mar 🎪 Gluttony, Adelaide Fringe Festival

Celebration Day #25 Accidental Opera I never intended to sing opera 🫢 But in the 90’s, when I was finishing school, none of my teachers knew about WAAPA or could suggest any other musical theatre or modern music schools (actually they told me that performing wasn’t a job and that I had to get a real degree 😬). My dream was to go to NIDA (did you know that? I never was meant to be a singer it was an accident 🫢). So I thought I’d audition for the @elderconservatorium and oops…I got in 🥰 I thought I’d bide my time there until I got into NIDA 🤣 (so naïve) or went to London to study MT (happened after because I was having such a good time at the Con that I wanted to finish 🥳). It was THE BEST mistake that could have ever happened. My classical training from the incomparable @rosalindmmartin was life changing and has shaped my vocal performances to this day. I always see it as an accidental blessing, a shift of fate that set me up vocally for life. I didn’t remain in the opera world long (I wasn’t a “legit” opera singer) But I did come back to it later (the voice matures and settles into classical singing so as I got older it became easier). And I now LOVE singing classically soooo much!! And had some extra training while in Melbourne by the incredible @heatherbrooksfletcher ❤️ So here is my celebration of all things opera. There a so many shows that I’ve done of which I can’t find any digital images…they were too long ago! But here are a few highlights. All bookended with my silly opera performance in @rougetheshow featuring @jessierootbeer and @seth.is.here 😘. Dear opera elitists…please don’t take this seriously or listen to the line, quality, tone, vowel shapes of the song…it is meant to be comedy…watch to the end 🫢 Warning…this may not be for kids 🫢or maybe they won’t understand 🤷🏻‍♀️ Enjoy ☺️ #opéra #romeoandjuliet #romeoandjulietopera

And that’s officially a wrap on Rouge! Thanks for giving us our send-off Bairnsdale! Thanks to all the amazing audiences who have joined us over the years all over the world - London, Edinburgh, Rome, Taranaki, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Sydney, Port Douglas, Barwon Heads, Alice Springs, Portland, Mackay, Townsville, Narrogin, Ayr, Charters Towers, Hughenden, Hamilton, Horsham - many of these places more than once, and no doubt others that we’ve missed here on the list (please remind us!) We still have a little bit of Rouge merch available, and now it’s special limited edition! Get in touch if you want a hoodie or a unicorn tee before everything wraps up for good! Feel free to share your memories with us. We have loved every second of sharing our show with the world. x

Want one, final, piece of Rouge? One last hurrah, out in regional VIC, two shows only. The very last shows, booked in before we decided to wind everything up, and a gorgeous little way to finish out the run. Only a three hour drive from Melbourne, so for any of our die hard Melbourne fans, it’s doable if you want it bad enough! The Forge, East Gippsland 27 & 28 June .au/event/rouge-a-circus-for-grown-ups/ Is that too far to travel but you still want a taste of Rouge before we go? We’ve got merch still! Hoodies and unicorn tees, we are doing postal orders and selling at a steal! Hoodies now only $50 (from $70) tees only $25 (from $40) plus postage (or collect them from Melbourne or from the gig!). Our first 10 merch orders will also get a handwritten thank you pic of the team! PM us to order one of our final pieces of what will soon be history!

💃🏽 ROUGE 💃🏽 A Circus for Adults! This is one for the over 18 crowd 🤡 Rouge is outrageously fun, shocking, exciting and breathtaking. It is subtly subversive, highly entertaining and an unforgettable night out. Winner - Best Circus Adelaide Fringe 2020, and weekly awards for Best Circus at Adelaide Fringe 2018 and Fringeworld 2019, Rouge is a decadent blend of sensational acrobatics, operatic cabaret and tongue in cheek burlesque. A non-stop celebration of the astonishing, surprising, subversive and the supremely sexy: award-winning Australian circus sensation Rouge brings an outrageous brand of adult circus. ‼️ THIS SHOW IS STRICTLY 18+ ‼️ Contains adult themes, sexual references and nudity. 📍The Forge Theatre 📅 Friday June 27 Saturday June 28 ⏰ 7:30-9pm #loveeastgippsland #visitvictoria #egwinterfest25

🎥🌹ROUGE 🌹🎥 Thanks Adelaide - see ya next time 🎪

Aaaaaand we have come to the end… tonight, Sunday 23rd March, will be Rouge’s last performance. To celebrate we have some extra artists joining us. We have a couple of brand new acts just for a bit of extra fun. So come and have a laugh, and maybe even a cry (maybe that’ll just be us) as we say goodbye, with thanks for being such an incredible home away from home for us. 8pm The Moa in Gluttony Sunday 23rd March One very special farewell show.

Our final guest artist for the LAST WEEK EVER of Rouge in Adelaide is the incredible @cirquesongstress Christine! Singing while hanging upside down in the air?!!? Only the Cirque Songstress can do it this stylishly or make it look this good easy! Catch her all this week, Tuesday - Sunday in our final week in Adelaide! 20 Feb - 23 Mar 🎪 Gluttony, Adelaide Fringe Festival 🎟️ .au/fringetix/rouge-af2025 #RougeTheShow #CircusForGrownups #CircusLovers #AdultCircus #CircusForAdults #AdultCircusNight #CabaretShow #rouge #rougeshow #spiegeltentshow #roguetheshow #liveperformance #sexycircuscabaret #unicornparty #adlfringe #adlfringe25 #adlfringe2025 #gluttonyfringe #gluttonyfringe25 #gluttonyfringe2025