★★★★★
Adelaide Fringe. The Arch. Holden Street Theatres. 21 Feb 2026
Why should you believe me? We all know the Peter Goers is my best mate. How could I find fault in his Fringe show? I never do.
Just as he does the show for the love of it and for the old faithfuls in his audiences, so do I annually pen a paeon of loving irrelevance.
Now on the eleventh of his “trilogy” of fringe shows, it feels like putting on a dear old slipper. Cosy, funny, predictable, good quality, value for money…and now, with the new seats in The Arch, even more comfortable.
Of course, as he notes, his audiences are dropping off - the perch. That's a wee bit of a problem when your demographic is the oldies, the “pre dead” as he insists on calling them. Or “us”, I should say. None of us expects to get old, dammit.
Goers has a lovely new high-end pinstripe suit for this new Fringe season. Hot off the Salvo’s racks.
And, as a raconteur, so to speak, believe it or not, he has a mass of new old stories.
So, he keeps us chuckling and guffawing for a very nice hour.
And, not one to hog the stage, he shares it with the inexhaustibly good-spirited Sandi McMenamin who does some spectacular twinkle-fingering on the keyboard. She brings the house down and then brings on Robin “Smacka” Schmelzkopf for song. Young at Heart, he sings. With gusto in that glorious voice. He can aways make an audience swoon.
And back to Goers it goes for a few more showbiz anecdotes and deft observations and, OMG, what a good punchline.
Over and out of 2026.
Can he do it again?
Never say die. Especially to oldies.
Samela Harris
When: 21 Feb to 22 Mar
Where: Holden Street Theatres, The Arch
Bookings: adelaidefringe.com.au
