Adelaide rental prices blamed for Tuxedo Cat’s Melbourne relocation

Pop-up venue The Tuxedo Cat, a staple of the Adelaide and Melbourne Fringe Festivals, is putting down more permanent roots.
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Operating out of empty buildings and hosting a wide range of independent artists in its temporary performance spaces, including Barry Award winner Doctor Brown, pop-up venue The Tuexdo Cat has been a regular presence at the Adelaide Fringe since 2008. More recently, it has also operated venues at the Melbourne Fringe and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

However, Adelaide rental prices now mean that Tuxedo Cat’s operations at its current Melbourne premises are set to become more permanent.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts