Two friends are stuck in lockdown when the world experiences an ‘incident’. With restrictions in place so they can’t leave, phone and internet services turned off and only each other’s company…what could go wrong?

Cassie (Casmira Lorien) and Dave (David Salter) are friends who do everything together. They perform at parties, they live together and when ‘the incident’ occurs that shuts the world down, they isolate together. Distopia give us a front row seat into the lives of these two Disney-obsessed friends as their lives start to unravel. 

Casmira Lorien and David Salter have created a brilliant show that takes their love of Disney and adds their own sprinkling of humour. It’s dark, twisted and oh so funny. These two performers are exceptional. The cleverly written script is packed with more Disney references than I could count. It is full of quick one liners, brilliantly set up gags and one twisted sock puppet. It should be pointed out that this one is certainly not for kids.

Amongst all the brilliant humour, there are wonderful musical numbers from Lorien and Salter. Honestly, I could listen to these two sing Disney songs to me all day. They have wedged songs into the show creatively and even included a wonderful original song.

Supporting this show is some incredible tech (lighting, sound and sound effects) created by the brilliant Scott Lorien. Shows like Distopia rely on perfectly executed changes in lighting or sound and this is nailed every single time through the show.

A note to the venue management: it would have been great to have the rather loud and distracting music from the outdoor venue connected to the performance space turned down when a hiring company is performing. It would have taken a lot of focus for both artists to block out the monotonous sound doofing through the doors.

With only one remaining scheduled performance for this Fringe, change your plans and do what you can to see and support this gem of a show, performed by two of Adelaide’s leading theatre performers and creatives. It’s supercalifragilisticexpiali-worth it!