After selling out more than 5,000 seats in just hours and taking their raw, unfiltered conversations on the road, podcast powerhouses Chloe Fisher and Ellidy Pullin are wrapping up their first-ever national tour of Darling, Shine! with an outpouring of love from audiences across the country.
What began as honest chats about grief, fertility, loss and the chaos of womanhood has become a movement — and the duo proved it night after night as fans filled theatres from Adelaide to Melbourne, with their final show on the Gold Coast tonight. Each show delivered what the community has come to adore: truth-telling, sisterhood and laugh-until-you-cry moments, mixed with the kind of vulnerable storytelling the pair have never shared publicly before.
Chloe says the response has been overwhelming in the best way. “This community has carried us and now, we want to show up for them, live and in-person. This show is ultimately truth-telling, sisterhood, and such a special opportunity to meet our listeners face-to-face. Our last show in Adelaide proved we’re ready to laugh, cry and heal together.”
She adds that the tour pushed them beyond the podcast mic. “We’ve talked about loss, IVF, widowhood and motherhood — but there’s still so much we haven’t said out loud. This tour is about going deeper. It’s about those untold stories we usually keep to ourselves — and sharing them with our community, live and unfiltered.”
Every stop of the tour featured candid confessions, belly laughs, and heartfelt moments as fans opened up with their own questions, many seeing their experiences reflected onstage. “We are so grateful to be able to share our experience to sold out audiences across the country for the next two weeks and hope that it helps other women going through similar situations that we’ve been through feel seen,” Chloe says.
Ellidy says the energy in each room was electric. “We felt so much love in the room in Adelaide, and still in disbelief that thousands continue to show up to follow along with our family’s laughs and tears. People are a part of the Darling, Shine! family because they’re ready to stop sugar-coating life’s hardest bits.”
For her, the tour captured everything the podcast stands for. “The tour is about being loud, vulnerable, and laugh-out-loud funny—even when it hurts.”
Across the four-city run — Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and the tonight the Gold Coast — the duo has given fans the chance to connect not only with them, but with each other. Guided onstage by author and journalist Alley Pascoe, each show blended storytelling with unscripted moments that reminded everyone in the room why this community is one of Australia’s most fiercely loyal podcast followings.
As the final show wraps, the pair are heading home grateful, energised, and more connected than ever with the women who have stood by them from day one. Luckily all the behind the scenes will be able to be rewatched as the ladies will be launching a documentary on the tour for fans and it will go live before Christmas.
Whether laughing through parenting fails or crying through heartbreak, the Darling, Shine! community continues to prove that showing up — truthfully, messily, and together — is the real magic.
