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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2026 season. This season is now over.

A dark-haired woman in a white tank top is standing in front of a desk and holding a microphone in her hand. She is looking over her right shoulder and out at the viewer with a bold, intriguing facial expression.
A woman wearing sunglasses is speaking at microphone in a stand, spotlit against a black background. She is raising her right hand in a commanding gesture.
A woman in black pants and a gray sweater reclines on a vintage wooden desk in a pose of pleasure and relaxation. The light is a dappled green, suggesting a forest.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

A Poem and a Mistake

By Cheri Magid
Directed by Michelle Bossy
Performed by Sarah Baskin

When Myrrha, a grad student in the classics, confronts her professor over the fifty sexual assaults in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, their combustive exchange sparks a cascade of magical transformations. As literary as it is visceral, and as slyly funny as it is moving, this powerful one-woman play will stay with you for days to come.

★★★★1/2 "Very clever" The Sunset Review


★★★★ "A poetically imagined but fast-paced journey" Three Weeks


★★★★ "Mesmerising...a compelling execution of an intelligent script" Scottish Field


★★★★ A Diary For Strangers


★★★★ The Sunrise Review


"Morally urgent and emotional...a bold conversation starter, unafraid to confront uncomfortable truths" The List


"Sarah Baskin is outstanding" The Theatre Times

Presented by: Making Strange and Aria Scarlett

Making Strange nomadically creates and produces innovative work across the United States, Ireland, and abroad. The company's last outing at Adelaide Fringe, LUCK, was part of a world tour including the Dublin Fringe, Cork Midsummer Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, and an Off-Broadway run at 59E59 Theaters in New York City.
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Solo Show
International • SA Premiere
 
d/Deaf and/or Lived Experience of Disability Shows
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: MA15+
Coarse Language: Occasional, Strong
Sexual Assault
Depicts Violence: Occasional, Strong
Sexual References: Frequent, Strong

Please note

Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, scenes of a sexual nature, scenes of sexual violence, strong language/swearing

Accessibility

 
High audio content

Presenter

Presented by: Making Strange and Aria Scarlett

Making Strange nomadically creates and produces innovative work across the United States, Ireland, and abroad. The company's last outing at Adelaide Fringe, LUCK, was part of a world tour including the Dublin Fringe, Cork Midsummer Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, and an Off-Broadway run at 59E59 Theaters in New York City.

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