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

Image of actor (Shardae Santos) with an injured, bloody eye. She stares into the distance breathless after engaging in a boxing match. Sweat glistens off her face. She wears red hand wraps and a red mouth guard.
Image of actor (Shardae Santos) starring off into the distance at an opponent who she is fighting. Her eyebrow is injured and covered in blood. Her red hand wraps are draped around her shoulders.
Actor (Shardae Santos) stares down the barrel of the lens and is breathless after engaging in a boxing match. She wears a red mouth guard.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

B*TCH BOXER

Raw. Fierce. Unstoppable.

Chloe is a boxer training for the Olympics while grieving the sudden loss of her dad. Fast-paced and physical, this one-woman show is about rage, love, grief, and fighting to take up space in a world that keeps knocking you back. Sweat, storytelling and guts collide in a battle with ambition and expectation.

★★★★★ “The protagonist Shardae Santos – articulate, strong, captivating.” 2025 Glam Adelaide (Gull)
★★★★★ “Director Hannah Smith has stepped off the edge of the diving board into free fall with this courageous production.” 2025 Glam Adelaide (First Love is The Revolution)

The debut production from South Australia’s Dead Darling Theatre. Fresh, fearless and unapologetically feminist, this is theatre that doesn’t pull its punches.

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Presented by: Dead Darling Theatre

Dead Darling Theatre is a newly formed female and queer-led production company based in South Australia. We are driven by a mission to champion bold, intersectional storytelling and build genuinely inclusive spaces for artists, especially women, LGBTQIA+ creators, and artists with disabilities. Rooted in accessibility and equity, our practice prioritises open casting and participation, deliberately engaging underrepresented voices and challenging traditional power dynamics in theatre-making.
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Theatre
South Australia
 
d/Deaf and/or Lived Experience of Disability Shows
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: M
Coarse Language: Frequent, Mild
Depicts Violence: Occasional, Mild
Sexual References: Occasional, Mild
Loud Noises
Mental Health

Accessibility

 
High audio content

Presenter

Presented by: Dead Darling Theatre

Dead Darling Theatre is a newly formed female and queer-led production company based in South Australia. We are driven by a mission to champion bold, intersectional storytelling and build genuinely inclusive spaces for artists, especially women, LGBTQIA+ creators, and artists with disabilities. Rooted in accessibility and equity, our practice prioritises open casting and participation, deliberately engaging underrepresented voices and challenging traditional power dynamics in theatre-making.