20 January – 14 February

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This show belongs to the FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026 season. This season is now over.

A stylised black-and-white illustration of a hand gripping the neck of a bottle against a bright yellow background.
An excited woman at a bar holds a glass of red wine, surrounded by various wine bottles lined up on the counter.
A smiling woman at a bar holds a glass of red wine, surrounded by various wine bottles lined up on the counter.
FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026

How To Drink Wine Like A Wànker

Occasionally emotional, often ridiculous, HTDWLAW is a delightful story involving a fabulous flight of South Australian wines* & 12-months of sobering self-discovery. Follow one woman’s accidental journey from shallow wine novice to full-blown wanker. A little rudimentary knowledge to accompany her game face & voila, she became so much more! Part performance, part storytelling, part wine-tasting, a full-bodied narrative with a moreish finish. Don’t miss this critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning sell out show!

*Wine flight additional cost

★★★★★ "Impossibly intimate, like we’re drinking her story, her life." GreatScot

★★★★★ "An intimacy incomparable to other theatre experiences." On the Record

★★★★★ "Received one of the most thoroughly earned rounds of applause I’ve ever witnessed." Tulpa

Presented by: Anna Thomas

A successful restaurateur & businesswoman, Anna has had a long love affair with theatre & the arts, having been involved in every Adelaide Fringe since the late 1990’s as an artist, venue manager or host to international performers. In 2018, Anna saw unprecedented success as a first-time writer, producer & solo artist in her debut sell-out seasons at the Adelaide & Edinburgh Fringe with her one woman show, "How to Drink Wine Like A Wanker". Since then, she has continued to write, perform & produce other works, including her latest one woman show "Shadows of Herself", as well as curate multiple Adelaide Fringe venues. Still considering herself a novice Anna is enjoying the trials and tribulations of presenting, performing, & occasionally drinking...to excess..um..success!
Theatre & Performance • Theatre
South Australia • Western Australia Premiere
 
Previous Award Winner
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: MA15+
Family friendly: No
Mental Health
Coarse Language: Occasional

Please note

Reference to Miscarriage

Presenter

Presented by: Anna Thomas

A successful restaurateur & businesswoman, Anna has had a long love affair with theatre & the arts, having been involved in every Adelaide Fringe since the late 1990’s as an artist, venue manager or host to international performers. In 2018, Anna saw unprecedented success as a first-time writer, producer & solo artist in her debut sell-out seasons at the Adelaide & Edinburgh Fringe with her one woman show, "How to Drink Wine Like A Wanker". Since then, she has continued to write, perform & produce other works, including her latest one woman show "Shadows of Herself", as well as curate multiple Adelaide Fringe venues. Still considering herself a novice Anna is enjoying the trials and tribulations of presenting, performing, & occasionally drinking...to excess..um..success!