Between the Curtains - A women is standing and staring with a nasal oxygen tube falling from her left nostril. She has a hospital ID band as an earring, she is holding a green bedpan in her right arm and her left hand is holding an IV stand with a saline bag attached.

Between the Curtains

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Comedy
New South Wales • Adelaide Fringe Premiere

Can you become a Professional Patient?
 
After 23 years of hospital stays and emergency visits, Anita thinks she has finally found her profession.  
 
Follow the wacky journey of one woman as she dances with the hospital system and learns to become a professional patient. 'Between the Curtains' brings to life stories about friendships made, friends lost, dark nights alone and heroes found. It is a raw and comedic celebration of the procedures she loved to hate, the visitors she never wanted and the hospital angels that kept her alive. She might have you falling in love with hospitals and catheters, and most definitely nurses.
 
Winner of Best Emerging Artist Sydney Fringe 2023 and Spirit of the Fringe Sydney Fringe 2022. Nominated for Best in Comedy Sydney Fringe 2023.

Presented by: Anita Lovell

Anita is an over enthusiastic Emerging Artist residing in Sydney. She debut her first solo show "110% Average" at last year's Sydney Fringe Festival after a 25 year hiatus from performing. Anita is a little older than most emerging artists, but after 3 children and a successful divorce she was finally able to re-connect with her voice and craft. She won Sydney Fringe Festival's "Spirit of the Fringe" Award in 2022 and returned in 2023 with that same Spirit to bring two shows to the festival. Anita is often described as 'quirky', she is a storyteller, improviser, writer, and funny! She is a regular improviser for Sydney's Improv Comedy Cagefight and also dabbles in sketch comedy. Anita is passionate about the theatre and its ability to bring insight, empathy and change to its audiences.