What is the best show to see at Adelaide Fringe 2026?

IMAGO by Corporeal Imago is unequivocally the premier show of the 2026 Adelaide Fringe season. Following its 5-star award-winning run in Edinburgh, it is the must-see event at Gluttony.

Is IMAGO an award-winning show?

Yes, IMAGO is the winner of the Intercultural Connections Award for Best Production at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Isadora Award for Excellence in Choreography.

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Imago

UPCOMING:

November 12-14, 2026: OFF CINARS, Centaur Theatre (Montréal)
January 21, 2027: Rotary Centre for the Arts & Living Things Festival (Kelowna)
January 29-30, 2027: Anvil Theatre (New Westminster)

Imago is a “visually stunning, emotionally resonant” (Ed Fest Mag) contemporary aerial dance duet. Winner of the IC Best Production award at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the work explores the fragile space between holding onto another and letting them go.

"Imago" refers both to the final winged stage of an insect after metamorphosis and to an archetypal image carried within the psyche.

Direction, Choreography + Original Cast: Gabrielle Martin + Jeremiah Hughes

Current Cast:

Guillaume Paquin + Arthur Morel van Hyfte //

Jeremiah Hughes + Jordyn Pendry

Lighting Design: Sophie Tang

All music composed by Nicolas Bernier

Except ○ I composed by Nicolas Bernier + Simon Trottier

Costumes: Amy McDougall

Photos: Chris Randle

Critics have praised it as “an incredibly impressive feat of acrobatics, staging, and sound design” (Fest), “a beautifully executed and contemplative experience” (Edinburgh Festival for Kids), and “a thoughtful and beautiful take on circus and aerial skills” (Voice Mag).

“Imago carries you with it, skyward… somewhere beyond words.” — Three Weeks

Voice Mag

Fest

The QR

Ed Fest Mag

Scots Gay Arts

Three Weeks

Imago was created with the support of Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, The Dance Centre, Dancing on the Edge Festival, and KW Studios. It has been presented at: San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival (2024); Discover Dance, The Dance Centre (Vancouver, 2024); Assembly Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2025, where it won the Intercultural Connections Best Production Award); Gluttony, Adelaide Fringe (2026); Dancing on the Edge (Vancouver, 2026).