Adelaide has long been the butt of Australian jokes, often seen as the ‘boring’ city that is closed on Sundays, teeming with serial killers and only coming alive for one month of the year. However, with lower living costs and less business competition than other capital cities, along with State Government and City Council investments driving innovation and ideas creation, Adelaide could be on its way to becoming Australia’s little-known tech haven.

Nazeem Hussain, the multi-talented comedian, actor, television and radio presenter is returning to the Adelaide Fringe for his fifth consecutive solo show, Basic Idiot. Audiences can expect Nazeem’s show to reflect on what has been a massive year, both personally and professionally.

The smash-hit art installation, House of Mirrors, that debuted at Dark Mofo in Tasmania, is open for your gawking in the Garden of Unearthly Delights this Fringe. In a similar – albeit much refined – vein to the classic carnival tradition, House of Mirrors at the Garden of Unearthly Delights will delight and discombobulate Adelaide this Fringe as we walk through the 15 tonnes of glass and 40 tonnes of steel in this one-of-a-kind sculpture.

Strut & Fret, the team behind LIMBO and BLANC de BLANC are bringing a brand new circus spectacular to the Adelaide Fringe at the Garden of Unearthly Delights. Life – The Show combines theatre, music, dance, and cabaret into a 90-minute blockbuster that promises to feel more like a film than a stage show.

Bill Parton, the suave singer regularly appearing on the Adelaide Fringe circuit, returns to the festival this year alongside our city’s premier 18-piece jazz orchestra, the Adelaide Big Band.

In Verse's last interview of the year Jesse Neill speaks with Jindou Lee, CEO and founder of HappyCo, a software development company that helps automate property operations. Beginning in 2011, Jindou developed Happy Inspector, an iOS app aimed at addressing the lack of standardised documentation in property inspections. After moving to Silicon Valley in 2012 following the success of Happy Inspector, Jindou and his team developed Happy Manage and Happy Insights, forming the umbrella company HappyCo in 2015. Jindou discusses the unexpected success of Happy Investor and his move to Silicon Valley, as well as ways of encouraging young entrepreneurs to stay in Adelaide to boost innovation in this exciting but overlooked city.

Jesse Neill spoke with SHINE SA's Amy Moten, one of Australia's leading not-for-profit providers of education and primary care services surrounding sexual and relationship wellbeing asking various questions students may have regarding their own sexual health.

In an interview with Verse Head Editor, Jesse Neill, Amie DD discusses her 'superhero origin story', being a female in the male-dominated tech industry, her workshops in Adelaide she recently conducted, sexual fantasies in cosplaying, and how making costumes has helped her programming.

UniSA graduate, Royce Kurmelovs, is a freelance journalist and author living in Adelaide. He has published three books and written for publications around the globe including The ABC, The BBC, CNN, VICE, Al Jazeera English, and The Guardian to name a few. Speaking with Jesse Neill, Royce discusses his writing journey thus far, the fascinating projects he's been working on, and the challenges of working in a changing industry.

According to a report released by Orygen last year, of Australia's 1.4 million university students, at least one in four experience mental ill-health in any given year. For our Mental Health Edition, Jesse sits down with fellow UniSA graduate Kate Henderson of the Panic Room SA and Alex Thorpe of Batyr, to discuss common questions students may have regarding mental health.

In a Verse first, Head Editor Jesse Neill, discusses career advice, parenting, and cleaning his room with his mum and CEO of CHG, Kay Neill.

Milk - a staple of any breakfast. Whether you pour it onto your cereal, mix it in with your tea, or want to make that smoothie extra creamy, it’s one of life’s biggest decisions. With so many options it can sometimes be overwhelming, as feelings of doubt, confusion and a sense of unease sets in. Hopefully our anti-review will help make it that little bit harder to decide on your milky beverage of choice.

In this edition of Verse, Wawira Njiru recalls her move to Australia to study nutrition before returning home to Kenya, founding her own not-for-profit organisation: Food for Education. After graduating from UniSA, Njiru has dedicated her work to helping improve the lives and school performance of vulnerable children in her hometown of Ruiru.

Giles is the largest electorate in the state, covering almost 500,000 square kilometres of the South Australian outback north of the Eyre Peninsula.

Colton is an urban electoral district in South Australia’s House of Assembly. Its boundaries cover the western coastal suburbs between Henley Beach and Glenelg North, also including inland suburbs of Fulham Gardens, Kidman Park, Lockleys and the Adelaide Airport. Colton has been a Labor-held district for the past 16 years, however, changes to the boundaries in line with the state’s redistribution guidelines have transformed the electorate into a notional Liberal seat. The Labor voting suburbs

Tomorrow South Australian voters will decide who they want to run their State — and while that’s usually a two-horse race, this time a dark horse has emerged in the form of SA-BEST.

Most of us know how to cast our vote, but do we really know how this voting system works and why it is important? Jesse Neill explains how preferential voting systems will work in the upcoming South Australian state election.

Deputy Editor of the Globalist and second-year Journalism and International Relations student Jesse Neill investigates how affordability and availability of gas threatens Australia’s energy security.

I explore Jaffna’s lesser known islands and peninsula in an attempt to understand and experience the unique culture found in Sri Lanka’s northern province.

It’s a small village, situated on the outskirts of Piliyandala, about 20 kilometres south of Colombo. The architecture is decorated with bright colours, walls adorned with child-like paintings and messages of hope. There is a distinct warmth and vitality to the environment, as a familiar sense of belonging hangs in the air. It feels like walking into a family home. To these children, it is home.