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

Confused woman lying on floor, gazing upward, hand in curly hair, bathed in pink light.
Actress Lauren Hance interacting with audience members.
Actress Lauren Hance, interacting with audience member.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

HOLY O

Vera wants to be a nun, but can’t let go of her past, or her vibrators. When her prayers become a little too… rapturous... Vera’s world is flipped upside down. Vera turns to her audience of “saints,” who help her make the biggest decisions of her life. This solo immersive drama-comedy blends fiction with dozens of real women’s stories - and asks, “What happens when faith, doubt, and pleasure collide?”

★★★★★ "A deeply moving experience without an ounce of pretense" DC Theater Arts

★★★★1/2 "Humor and pathos" Stages of Minnesota

★★★★ "You’ll never find a more appealing and hilarious nun-to-be" Edmonton Journal

“She has mastered the art of conversational, immersive theater" Rochester CITY Magazine

WINNER Best of Fringe (DC Theater Arts) 2023

WINNER Golden Lanyard Award (Minnesota Fringe) 2024

Presented by: What the Fringe?! Productions and Lauren Hance

What the Fringe?! is dedicated to all things fringe theatre. Projects include the What the Fringe?! Podcast and producing fringe shows worldwide and locally in their hometown of Houston, Texas. Lauren Hance is an award-winning artist whose focus is on creating spaces for people to connect. She is the performer and playwright for HOLY O, which has toured across North America since 2022. Lauren is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild of America and APAP (Association of Performing Artists Professionals).
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Drama
United States • Australian Premiere
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: MA15+
Target audience: High School (15-17)
Sexual Assault
Suicide/Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Sexual References: Frequent, Strong
Coarse Language: Occasional, Strong

Accessibility

 
Audience members interact from the seated or standing area

Presenter

Presented by: What the Fringe?! Productions and Lauren Hance

What the Fringe?! is dedicated to all things fringe theatre. Projects include the What the Fringe?! Podcast and producing fringe shows worldwide and locally in their hometown of Houston, Texas. Lauren Hance is an award-winning artist whose focus is on creating spaces for people to connect. She is the performer and playwright for HOLY O, which has toured across North America since 2022. Lauren is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild of America and APAP (Association of Performing Artists Professionals).