This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2020 season. This season is now over.

Dietrich: Natural Duty

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Cabaret
United Kingdom
An intoxicating one (wo)man show revealing the life of a legend.

It is 1942: On the battlefields of North Africa in a gold sequin gown, Marlene Dietrich takes the stage to fight the war her way; with an irresistible mix of songs, sequins, sex and sympathy. This breathtaking mixture of theatre, cabaret and drag returns to Adelaide by popular demand after completing a world tour including Soho Playhouse in New York and Wilton's Music Hall in London.

Fall in love again with this Hollywood icon and her extraordinary commitment to duty.
★★★★★ "Sublime is not an exaggeration... This is not just virtuoso performance, it is genius." Samela Harris, The Barefoot Review.
★★★★★ "An absolute tour de force... Brilliant" Jan Kershaw, Glam Adelaide.

WINNER Adelaide Critics Circle Award '19

Presented by: JIMMY JEWELL AND HARTSTONE-KITNEY PRODUCTIONS

Created and performed by Peter Groom. Co-written and directed by Oliver Gully.
Costume design by Kathleen Nellis. Lighting design by Fraser Craig. Sound design by Kieran Lucas. Hair by WigChapel. Produced by Jimmy Jewell. Originally commissioned by Curious Arts and Northern Stage. With special thanks to Peta Lily and Maeve O’Sullivan.

Peter Groom (Co-Writer & Performer):
Peter is an actor, dancer and choreographer working mainly with dance and theatre. Graduating Guildford School of Acting in 2013, he has worked both in the UK and internationally. Dance credits include: One Side to the Other (Akram Khan Company). Acting credits include: MEAT (Schaubuhne Berlin) and Romeo and Juliet /Sherlock Holmes (Aquila Theatre NYC).