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

Hannah, a white woman with short blonde hair, wears a dark blue button-down shirt, black jeans and black trainers. She is sitting in a white 'throne', amongst many props and set pieces, including podiums, plantpots, wigs, crates, spears, in front of red and blue glitter curtains.
Hannah, a white woman with short blonde hair, is mid-performance, sat behind a keyboard, in front of a jacket hanging on a mic stand. She is pressing a single key on the keyboard, wearing a green blazer.
Hannah, a white woman with short blonde hair, is mid-performance, gesturing off to the side. She is wearing a black tailcoat and striped waistcoat, under stage lighting against a black background. Text in white reads "I almost lost my goddam mind laughing" Exeunt.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

Hannah Maxwell: My Gay Lady (I, AmDram)

For musical theatre fans and haters alike, don't miss the return of this award-winning love letter to hometown, family, and the cult of English amateur dramatics.

Join Hannah Maxwell for a joy-filled hour of amdram anecdotes, musical parodies and very basic choreography, telling the painfully-true story of her final year with her family's community theatre company; from her woeful audition for My Fair Lady, to coming out as gay (less traumatic).

I, AMDRAM has been performed 150+ times, charming audiences across the globe.

Winner of a Weekly Best of Theatre Award (Adelaide Fringe 2025)

"Quietly enthralling" ★★★★★ The Advertiser, 2020

"Sublime one-person theatre" ★★★★★ The Adelaide Show, 2020

"Surprising and uplifting" ★★★★  Scotsman, 2019

"Deeply moving" ★★★★ The List, 2019

Presented by: Hannah Maxwell

Hannah Maxwell is a theatremaker, comedian and raconteur from Hertfordshire, England. Her work is radically unradical and nonchalantly queer, blending spoken word, stand-up, music, multimedia and improvisation with the audience. Her solo shows, including I, AmDram, Nan, Me & Barbara Pravi and BABYFLEAREINDEERBAG, have toured internationally and garnered rave reviews, standing ovations and awards at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, including a Weekly Best of Theatre Award, Lustrum Award and a nomination for the BBC Popcorn Award for New Writing. She developed a storytelling card game with her uncle (poet Glyn Maxwell) called Best Day Ever, and hosts the Best Day Ever podcast. As a director/dramaturg, she supports emerging artists to create impactful autobiographical performance.
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Solo Show
International
 
Previous Award Winner
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: PG
Family friendly: No
Target audience: Middle School (12-14) | High School (15-17)
Sexual References: Occasional, Mild
Nudity Level: Occasional, Mild
Coarse Language: Occasional, Mild

Accessibility

 
High audio content
 
Audience members have the opportunity to interact or join artist on stage

Presenter

Presented by: Hannah Maxwell

Hannah Maxwell is a theatremaker, comedian and raconteur from Hertfordshire, England. Her work is radically unradical and nonchalantly queer, blending spoken word, stand-up, music, multimedia and improvisation with the audience. Her solo shows, including I, AmDram, Nan, Me & Barbara Pravi and BABYFLEAREINDEERBAG, have toured internationally and garnered rave reviews, standing ovations and awards at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe Festivals, including a Weekly Best of Theatre Award, Lustrum Award and a nomination for the BBC Popcorn Award for New Writing. She developed a storytelling card game with her uncle (poet Glyn Maxwell) called Best Day Ever, and hosts the Best Day Ever podcast. As a director/dramaturg, she supports emerging artists to create impactful autobiographical performance.