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Baby Shark and Tails of the Seven Seas | Adelaide Fringe | Review

Baby Shark and Tails of The Seven Seas: Adelaide Fringe 2025 Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   4 Stars for a cultural theatre experience
Review by Adaire Prosser
Join Baby Shark on an adventure around the world and through the seven seas on an immersive cultural journey to find their missing friend Dolly! Travel across the continents as Baby Shark meets new animal […]

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27 Club x Little Bang | Adelaide Fringe

27 Club: Adelaide Fringe 2025 
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   5 Stars – the infamous club has returned and it’s on fire
by Carla Caruso
The 27 Club is back at the Adelaide Fringe for its fifth, and final, season (for now).
Play & Go went along to an acoustic preview of the show at the Little Bang Tap Room in Stepney […]

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Bam WOW Amazing Show! | Adelaide Fringe | Review

Bam WOW Amazing Show!: Adelaide Fringe 2025 Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  4 Stars for a Slapstick Comedy Circus
Review by Adaire Prosser
Join Mr Spin & The Maestro as they return for the 2025 Fringe season with 50 minutes of laugh out loud comedy ideal for ages 4-14. With a combination of  classic circus tricks, magic and feats of strength […]

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Adelaide Fringe 2025, Spiegeltent, Monski Mouse Baby Cabaret

Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret | Adelaide Fringe | Review

Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret: Adelaide Fringe 2025 Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   4 Stars for a delightfully magical sing-a-long
Review by Lisa Bachmayer
If it’s your little one’s first Fringe and your first Fringe as a parent, this is the show for you. Monski Mouse’s Baby Cabaret is a delightfully sweet introduction to the Fringe Festival and live performance for the […]

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Adelaide Fringe Reviews for Families & Kids

See our collection of Adelaide Fringe Reviews – from the best family friendly kids shows to the occasional ‘adults only’ parents night out! 
The team at Play & Go know how to pick a great show, as you will see below by our many 5 star reviews! Each year when Adelaide’s festival season rolls around it […]

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The Farmy Farm | Adelaide Fringe | Review

The Farmy Farm: Adelaide Fringe 2025 Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   5 stars for ‘legendairy’ farmyard fun for kids!
Review by Jo Parkinson
The Farmy Farm is a fabulous acrobatic comedy show designed for children aged between three and eight years. The stars of the show are Farmer Kenny, who enjoys crochet and making custard slice, and Farmer Jenny, the captain […]

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Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco | Adelaide Fringe | Review

Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco: Adelaide Fringe 2025 Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   5 Stars for all the movers and groovers 
Review by Adaire Prosser
If your little one loves to move and shake their stuff, then Monski Mouse’s Baby Disco is a must-do! With a huge dancefloor, spotlights and disco ball, let Monski Mouse and her dancers get you and […]

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LIV Golf for Families | Adelaide 2025 | Review

LIV Golf is back at Grange for 2025 and is full of family-friendly activities and entertainment.
Review by Adaire Prosser & Carla Caruso
Back at the Grange Golf Club from 14 to 16 February, LIV Golf has it all for golf lovers with daytime entertainment, food and drink options, and golf merchandise. It caters for the whole […]

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A Day on the Green for Families | Barossa Valley | Review

Have a cracker of a day singing and dancing to hits at A Day on the Green – an outdoor event in the Barossa Valley, with your kids in tow (Bunnings hats optional).
Review by Carla Caruso
A Day on the Green is Australia’s original and premier outdoor winery concert event. 
And if your kids have never been to a […]

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Twenty l Pelican Productions l Review

Pelican Productions Music Theatre Camp – ‘Twenty’
‘Twenty’ is a spectacular celebration of past and present talent, featuring Adelaide’s finest young musical theatre stars.
Review by Jo Parkinson
Pelican Productions has reached a milestone, celebrating 20 years of Music Theatre Camp and Spotlight. Their latest show ‘Twenty’ is a worthy testament to their amazing achievements in providing a […]

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Sea of Light and Neon Canvas at ILA Playground | Review

Sea of Light and Neon Canvas at ILA Playground – Fantastic self-guided digital art activities that are suitable for all ages – from babies to adults!
Review by Claire Davill
Patch Theatre and Realities Extended have come together to provide two activities for families during the 2025 summer school holidays. This is a great opportunity to beat […]

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Paddington in Peru

Paddington In Peru | Movie Review

Everyone’s favourite marmalade-loving bear is back in Paddington In Peru – with all the charm, chaos and comedic calamity we’ve come to expect – but with a refreshing dose of swash-buckling adventure, a guitar-slinging nun and a glamorous new backdrop.
Review by Lisa Bachmayer
Paddington in Peru is the third instalment of the film series, based on […]

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Bill & Peg’s Christmas Lane Lights Display | Lobethal | 7-31 Dec 2024

[ December 7, 2024 to December 31, 2024. ]
A visit to Bill & Peg’s Christmas Lane Lights Display in Lobethal.
Lobethal Lights began in the 1940’s and is now part of the Lobethal Lights Festival, an annual event in the Adelaide Hills that brings thousands of visitors to the town each year.  Over time it has grown to become the largest Christmas lights display […]

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Santa’s Wonderland | Tips for Families – Review

Santa’s Wonderland is back in Adelaide again until Christmas Eve
So, what’s Santa’s Wonderland like this year? It is still the most magical Christmas event in Adelaide. Santa’s Wonderland is three hours of the best fun – with amusement rides, bouncy castles, ice skating, activity trail, photo sets, lively Christmas stage shows, photos with Father Christmas […]

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Disney Moana 2 | Movie Review | In Cinemas 28 Nov 2024

Join Moana on her next wayfinding adventure with new friends and challenges.
Movie Review by Adaire Prosser
Moana is back and this time she is joined by some new friends, some unlikely allies and our favourite Demi-God Maui. She is fulfilling her destiny to find and unite the peoples of the ocean and become the next great […]

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La Festa Italiana at the Rezz Hotel | Review

Festivalgoers got to experience a taste of Italy, right in the City of Campbelltown, at the Rezz Hotel.
Italian food, cars and music – what could be a better way to enjoy the last weekend of the Adelaide Italian Festival?
Review by Carla Caruso
Campbelltown City Council and the Rezz Hotel paired up to put on an outdoor […]

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Expert Panel Event: “Literacy – A Foundation to Success” | St Raphael’s School Parkside | Review

The importance of fostering a love of literacy among our children – including why and how to do it – was the focus at an enlightening and inspiring panel discussion held at St Raphael’s School in Parkside this week.
The expert panel featured renowned children’s authors, illustrators and literacy and library specialists and was held as […]

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Supanova Comic Con & Gaming Expo | Adelaide | Review

Supanova is the weekend event that has it all for fans of video games, superhero’s, comics, Star Wars, Ghost Busters and more! 
Review by Adaire Prosser
Held at the Adelaide Showground in early November, Supernova featured celebrities and exhibitors from popular fantasy and science fiction fandoms, and stalls from local exhibitors. Many of the stall holders and […]

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The Story of Chi | OzAsia Festival | Adelaide Review

This magical story of daring and adventure comes to life through body and shadow puppetry. 
Review by Carla Caruso
Adelaide’s OzAsia Festival offers the perfect opportunity to head into the city and soak up the atmosphere riverside.
During the fest, I recently went to the Space Theatre with my eleven-year-old twins to see the contemporary Asian Australian performance, […]

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Moon Lantern Trail 2024 | OzAsia Festival | Review

The popular Moon Lantern Trail was held at Tarntanya Wama/Pinky Flat once again in 2024 with both new and favourite lanterns as part of the OzAsia Festival.
Review by Adaire Prosser
On the Torrens Footbridge, the new and improved Hong Kong Dragon lantern takes your breath away with its bright colours and intricate design. The rest of […]

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Lucky Dumpling Market 2024 | OzAsia Festival | Review

Lucky Dumpling Market is back for the OzAsia Festival and is better than ever.
Review by Adaire Prosser
The Lucky Dumpling Market Asian-inspired food festival is back in Elder Park for 2024. With entertainment, a wide range of food stalls and plenty of shady seating options, make sure you don’t miss out. 
If dumplings aren’t your thing, there […]

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Wonderverse | Patch Theatre | Review

Patch Theatre’s Wonderverse is an immersive sensory experience tailored to kids. 
Wonderverse is a journey full of light and sound to indulge your senses, with three separate experiences offered in a condensed and entertaining half hour session.
Review by Adaire Prosser
Wonderverse by Patch Theatre offers a complete sensory experience. Moving through three separate rooms, you are introduced […]

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Moss Piglet | Windmill Theatre Company | Review

Windmill Theatre Company’s Moss Piglet at the Adelaide Festival Centre.
Who knew microscopic creatures with eight legs could be so cute and funny? Moss Piglet is a charming, engaging show about tardigrades that will entertain and educate children and their adults.
Review By Claire Davill
Moss Piglet is a fantastic production from the Windmill Theatre Company and incorporates […]

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Market Trail for Kids | Adelaide Central Market | Review

The Market Trail is a great, low cost activity offered by the Adelaide Central Market as part of their Big Market Adventures for Little Foodies program – a collection of school holiday activities designed to get kids excited about cooking and where their food comes from.
The Market Trail activity typically runs during school holidays and […]

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Little Market Chefs | Adelaide Central Market | Review

Little Market Chefs is a low-cost cooking class for kids aged 6-12, and is run by the fantastic team at Sprout at the Adelaide Central Market during the school holidays.
Review by Claire Davill
The Big Market Adventures for Little Foodies program runs during each school holidays at the Adelaide Central Market, and is designed to get kids […]

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Grease the Musical | Adelaide | Review

Adelaide, you better shape up! The much-loved, all-new, electrifying production of Grease has officially opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
Review by Carla Caruso
My favourite movie as a kid was Grease. (It probably still is.) And I also used to love dancing to the Grease soundtrack on LP in our rumpus room … showing my age!
So, I was […]

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Chihuly | Adelaide Botanic Garden | 27 Sep 2024 – 29 Apr 2025

[ September 27, 2024 to April 29, 2025. ]
See the Chihuly glass sculpture exhibition at the Adelaide Botanic Garden.  Perfect for the whole family, it’s FREE to see during the day!
Chihuly’s Garden Cycle exhibition is now open at Adelaide Botanic Garden. Seattle-based Dale Chihuly, the world’s most celebrated contemporary glass artist, has selected the picturesque Adelaide Botanic Garden as the venue for his […]

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Runt Movie | Review

Runt is a dog movie for the ages and could well be the next Australian classic.
Review by Carla Caruso
Craig Silvey is the envy of many a writer.
Aged just 42, he’s twice been named one of the Best Young Australian Novelists by the Sydney Morning Herald – and now he’s had his second novel, Runt, turned […]

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Our Favourite Things to See & Do at the 2024 Royal Adelaide Show

Here are some of our favourite things to see and do with kids at the 2024 Royal Adelaide Show.  
The Royal Adelaide Show is a such fantastic event for families, offering a huge variety of attractions and activities that cater to all ages. The Play & Go team has made a list of some of […]

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Chicago – The Musical | Adelaide Review

The original and the best, Chicago is back in Adelaide. It would be a crime to miss it.
Grab your sequinned attire and a Liza Minnelli-style wig … Chicago has rolled into town!
Review by Carla Caruso
The longest-running musical on Broadway, Chicago has come to Adelaide’s Festival Theatre for four weeks only (4–31 August 2024) after getting […]

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