The winners of the 2023 Adelaide Fringe Awards have been announced, with a total 34 gongs handed out and a prize pool of over $75,000 dispersed to artists.
In a ceremony held at Tandanya, hosted by Kween Kong and streamed live by C44, the awards celebrated the very best performances in the Adelaide Fringe. You can see the whole ceremony on Channel 44 on Sunday 19 March at 9pm.
Thank you to everyone who participated at Fringe this year and made the season the success it was. And a massive congrats to all the Adelaide Fringe 2023 winners. We can’t wait to see what happens next for all these incredible shows and artists.
Judged by a panel of arts industry leaders and arts lovers, the overall awards celebrate the best show in each of the fourteen categories. A brand new award, announced today, is the Sarah Rohrsheim Fringe Fellowship Award, with a prize purse of $25,000. This award allows an artist to take their work around the world and helps recognise Adelaide Fringe as a great springboard for artists. The Frank Ford Award is awarded to a South Australian artist to help them tour their work to new audiences and comes with a $20,000 prize purse.
Adelaide Fringe Director and CEO Heather Croall said, “Thank you to everyone who participated at Fringe this year and made the season the success it was. And a massive congrats to all the Adelaide Fringe 2023 winners. We can’t wait to see what happens next for all these incredible shows and artists.”
See below for the full list of 2023 Adelaide Fringe Awards recipients. And don’t forget to tune in to watch the whole ceremony on Sunday 19 March at 9pm on Channel 44!
Edinburgh Fringe Award
Oat Milk & Honey
John Chataway Innovation Award
Electric Dreams: Torrent
The Frank Ford Award
Hew Parham (A Not So Trivial Pursuit)
Sarah Rohrsheim Adelaide Fringe Fellowship Award
Charlie Caper & Malin Nilsson: More Minor Miracles
Adelaide Critics Circle Award
The Marvellous Elephant Man: The Musical
Holden Street Theatres Adelaide Fringe Award
BIMBO
Science at the Fringe Award presented by Inspiring SA
You Are a Doughnut
Adelaide Festival Centre’s inSPACE Award
Be A Doll, Won’t You?
Best Emerging Producer presented by MILKE
Annie Schofield (The Coconuts – Brown on the Outside, White on the Inside, The Finest Filth Variety Hour and Songs and Stories with Emilie Kate)
One to Watch Award presented by Matt Tarrant
Olly Lawrence (Anna Piper Scott: Such An Inspiration)
The Eran Svigos Award for Best Visual Art
Monika Morgenstern: I Dwell In Possibility
The FRINGE WORLD Tour Ready Award, presented by FRINGE WORLD Festival Perth
Fool’s Paradise
The Melbourne FringeTour Ready Award, presented by Melbourne Fringe
The Coconuts – Brown on the Outside, White on the Inside
NZ Fringe Festival Wellington Tour Ready Award
Millicent Sarre is Opinionated
The Sydney Fringe Tour Ready Award, presented by Sydney Fringe
Lien: One-to-One
Adelaide Fringe Emerging Artist Award
Alix Kuijpers (i know the end)
Access Award
Sheltered
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award
MoZzi X Inkatja: A New Moon 2023
Sustainability Award presented by Visualcom
Biophilia
Lumo Volunteer Award
Judi McLachlan
BankSA Best Cabaret Award
Millicent Sarre is Opinionated
BankSA Best Circus Award
Party Ghost
BankSA Best Comedy Award
Scout Boxall – Buck Wild
BankSA Best Dance Award
Unfolding
Betwixt
BankSA Best Events Workshops & Talks Award
Mali Isabel Art Workshops
BankSA Best Film & Digital or Interactive Award
Electric Dreams: work.txt
BankSA Best Eat & Drink Award
Comfort Food Cabaret
BankSA Best Kids & Family Award
Circus Wonderland – A Neverland Adventure
BankSA Best Magic Award
Ben Hart: Live
BankSA Best Music Award
Come Together – The Beatles Rock Show
BankSA Best Theatre & Physical Theatre Award
A Place That Belongs To Monsters
BankSA Best Visual Art & Design Award
Haza
BankSA Pick of the Fringe
Paul Dabek Presents – London Calling
