A blond woman's entire face is covered a dark green WWII gas mask. She has on a brown fur coat.

A blond woman has her eyes closed. In one hand, she has a microphone held to her mouth and the other hand is grabbing her hair. There is a silver mesh, ghostly figure next to her.

A black and white image of a woman's face with her light coloured hair flowing behind her. Her left hand is touching the side of her face and she looks intensely at the camera. Her face has artificial cracks on it.

CANCELLED - HILDEGARD/KNEF

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Cabaret

Victoria • SA Premiere

Survival in a city pronounced dead. A city on the mend and making steady progress…the world becomes tangible, available, is waiting to be conquered.

Hildegard is ambitious. She fought in a war, sang songs, and had her left breast cut off. Amongst the ruins of her past and a nation ravaged by war, HILDEGARD/KNEF explores a world of destruction, music, and survival where everything is under occupation by memories.

"You can't take your eyes off her...Albert as Knef is mocking and wounded, savaging her audience and herself " The Age

"The show is challenging, unsettling, and worth it. HILDEGARD/KNEF will touch and break you and free you." Scott Semester, Indy Fringe Festival 2019

"Affecting, lyrical and entertaining." Stage Whispers

Presented by: April Albert

April Albert is an international theatre maker, performer and lecturer. She specialises in creating politically engaged performances in a range of contexts and settings. Her solo performance work explores how the historical and cultural resonates in our current social and political experiences. Growing up in both the US and Europe, April is multilingual and has studied and performed in Germany, the UK, US and Australia. As a performer and theatre maker, she looks for new ways to work collaboratively, cross borders and interdisciplinary boundaries that engage audiences in a twenty-first century way.