# Marcel Cole: Smile – The Story Of Charlie Chaplin

**Interview** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 18 February 2026  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/interview/marcel-cole-smile-the-story-of-charlie-chaplin/

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INTERVIEW: **Markus Hamence** is in **The Jungle Room** with **Marcel Cole** for the 2026 **Adelaide Fringe** show **Smile: The Story Of Charlie Chaplin**

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/embed/BV6Lm5fYEaQ)

![Man speaking at a microphone on stage under blue stage lighting during an interview event.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/37928/user_crop_SDIFF_1200x600.001-1.jpg)

After selling out in Adelaide and Edinburgh in 2025, the award-winning fringe sensation about the life of Charlie Chaplin returns to the Adelaide Fringe in 2026! Winner of The LIST Edinburgh Festival Award for ‘Best Fringe Show From Adelaide’, this is a physical comedy not to be missed.

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/embed/hDSjRiQ3EVs)

★★★★★ “Magnificent” The LIST (UK)  
★★★★★ “A sparkling gem” Glam Adelaide  
★★★★★ “Cole has perfected the art of mime” The AU Review

WINNER – ‘Best Fringe Show from Adelaide’ – The LIST Edinburgh Festival Awards, 2025  
WINNER – ‘Best International Show’ – Hollywood Fringe, 2025  
WINNER – ‘Best Theatre’ – Adelaide Fringe weekly awards, 2025

**Smile: The Story of Charlie Chaplin**  
Thursday 19 February – Sunday 08 March 2026  
The Chapel at The Courtyard of Curiosities at the Migration Museum  
**[Tickets](https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/smile-the-story-of-charlie-chaplin-af2026)**

![A speaker in dark clothing addresses a large gathered audience in an indoor venue at night.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/37930/user_crop_SDIFF_1200x600.005-2.jpg)

![Person in dark suit holding a cane with a hat, posed against neutral background in black and white studio portrait.](https://media.onyourmarkus.au/originals/37927/Smile-Charlie-Chaplin-3-2025.jpg)