All the hot Fringe Shows coming to Rockingham this summer

It’ll be more than a month of comedy, cabaret and circus when Fringe comes to town this January.

The Rocky Fringe Festival returns this Friday. With 33 shows over three venues, there really is something for everyone.

Four Rockingham businesses are excited to bring the Fringe World Festival experience to the Rockingham community to enjoy.

The Rocky Fringe Festival program includes children’s shows, comedy, sketch & draw, dance, music, cabaret, burlesque, theatre, life drawing, music quizzes, tarot, and mediums.

Here are some of the highlights coming to town.

Baby Shark and Tails of the Seven Seas

This one for the kids was a sell-out at Edinburgh Fringe and follows Fiddlefox and Baby Shark as they travel to different lands around the world seeking a lost friend.

The pair experience the sights and sounds of each culture through song, magic and story.

Aimed at kids aged eight and under, audience members get to take part in a choose-your-own-adventure style program, encountering friendly beasts such as kangaroos, elephants, crabs and brown bears.

January 17 at McLarty Hall

Flickery: The art of female pleasure

One for the adults because it wouldn’t be Fringe without a bit of burlesque.

WA poet Sally Newman as the inhibited Miss Webster is guided by ex-Showgirl Madame Lash to embrace pleasure.

The show does a deep dive into ways women can explore pleasure in their own lives.

January 18 at McLarty Hall

Shake It Off: The Ultimate Taylor Swift Experience

Swifties, grab your friendship bracelets and pop on your Eras garb and sing your heart out alongside country music singer Emily Joy.

Live out your Wildest Dreams and dance, sing and shake shake shake the night away.

January 22 at Encore Rockingham @Vat 116

Accordion Ryan’s Pop Bangers

Britain’s Got Talent 2023 alumni Accordion Ryan was a hit at the 2022-2024 Edinburgh Fringe.

Accordion Ryan’s Pop Bangers features an hour of popular tunes from Britney Spears’ Baby One More Time to the dirty version of Khia’s My Neck, My Back played live on the accordion (hence the name).

There are also a few original musical comedy songs mixed in.

February 1 at the Ritz Party Showroom

Diary of a (teenage) Diva

Perth diva Penny Shaw is better known by WA audiences for her work in the operatic scene.

She’s a regular cast member for WA Opera and was a finalist on Australia’s Got Talent, but her latest show sees her singing a very different tune — iconic 80s anthems.

“I rediscovered my teenage diaries on a trip back home to the UK and found 13-year-old Penny definitely had a lot to say,” Shaw said.

“From imagining her first kiss to being super competitive and equally obsessed with boys and musical theatre. For some people reliving their teenage diaries would be a nightmare, but for me I found comedy gold. I’m so excited to bring everyone back to their inner teenager.”

Penny will be accompanied by one of Perth’s premiere pianists, Joe Louis Robinson, at the Rockingham show.

February 15 at Encore Rockingham @Vat 116

ALL THE SHOWS

Friday, January 17

10am: Baby Shark and Tails of the Seven Seas

1pm: SKETCH N SIP

6.30pm: Euphoria

8.30pm: Lady Velvet Cabaret presents The Red Velvet Revue

Saturday, January 18

10am: A Magical Adventure

1pm: The Live Music Quiz Hour

3pm: Compositions: Life Drawing and Piano

5pm: Titty Skittles

7.30pm: Flickery

9pm: Improv With Honour

Sunday, January 19

3pm: Folk on the Bay

5pm: Tarot - The Show

7pm: Communication with the Spirit Realm

Wednesday, January 22

6.30pm: Shake It Off - The Ultimate Taylor Swift Experience

Thursday, January 23

7pm: 40+ Fabulous - Emma Krause

Saturday, January 25

8pm: The Summer Cats - Surfin’ the Soundwaves of the Beach Boys Legacy

Thursday, January 30

6pm: Burton & Bubbles: Sip, Sketch and Create Tim Burton Inspired Gothic Art

7pm: Suns of Fred - Crack Up

8.30pm: I Got Bit By A Monkey Once

Friday, January 31

6pm: Unhinged Oracle

8pm: Brown Syndrome

Saturday, February 1

4pm: Smile: The Story of Charlie Chaplin

6pm: Accordian Ryan’s Pop Bangers

7pm: ARCANA: Wheel of Fortune

8pm: A Tropic Blunder

9.45pm: Flight of Fancy

Sunday, February 2

4pm: Abs Flab

6pm: The Big HOO-HAA!

Thursday, February 6

7pm: Mum’s Time Out

Saturday, February 8

6pm: Perth Cabaret Collective presents: Witching Hour

Thursday, February 13

7pm: Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote

Saturday, February 15

6pm: 1984 - Diary of a (teenage) Diva!