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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2023 season. This season is now over.

Child of Sunday - The artist stands silhouetted, facing a stained glass window of an old church, hands clasped behind her back. The image is washed in pop shades of candy pink and bright yellow.

Child of Sunday

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Musical theatre
New South Wales

In this new work by Elisa Riddington, Child of Sunday examines the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the “ordinary people” in our communities. The single mother trying to balance it all – The desperate souls looking for the promise of redemption – The smiling faces wearing a public mask to conceal their private pain - The fanatics – The phonies and the fraudulent. 

Told through stories of lived experience and a heterogeneous mix of songs, Child of Sunday examines what brings people together, lending a voice to the broken and the quietly brave. This is a show applauding the people we all know who do not seek fame or notoriety yet have a profound impact in shaping our community and bringing colour and depth to our world in the constant search for connection and hope.

Presented by: Elisa Riddington & The Garage International

Currently residing on the South Coast of NSW, Elisa is an actor, singer, writer, and voice artist.
After studying at the Atlantic Acting School in New York City, Elisa most recently completed her Masters Degree in Human Rights (Curtain University, 2022).
During lockdown, Elisa spent her time developing her own voice creating this new work and is thrilled to be bringing “Child of Sunday” to Adelaide Fringe after its Best Musical Theatre/Cabaret show nomination in its 2022 Sydney Fringe Festival premiere.