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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2025 season. This season is now over.

Poppy, wearing a clown costume, stares into the camera.
Adelaide Fringe 2025

PSYCHOPOMP

The God Between Life and Death, Conductor of Souls, Usher of Oblivion, is visiting living souls for the first time through the vessel of a lowly mortal - Poppy! Existential as heck, real Stygian energy,  a divine exploration of the meaning human beings bring to their own precious, fleeting existence.

With the support of The Mill, Poppy has enlisted a dream team of local Adelaide theatre-makers, artists and Intense Characters to bring the full production of PSYCHOPOMP screamingly to life. Audiences can expect bodily functions, games, storytelling, all through the eyes of an insensitive, arrogant god and a upsettingly human intermediary.

"An interactive, heartfelt and eloquently suggestive performance ... she could be a child of Apollo and Dionysus in the flesh" 9.3 The Adelaide Show Podcast

Presented by: Poppy Mee

Poppy is an actor, writer and theatre-maker currently working on unceded Kaurna land. She is super into it! “Poppy Mee has a natural flair for storytelling.” Mindshare “Funnier than many stand-up comics mining the same field.” The Clothesline “Acting chops and storytelling are second to none” Upside Adelaide
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Clown
South Australia • World Premiere
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
Reviews
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    A script both witty and wise delivered in a flawlessly clear presentation. - David Cronin, The Clothesline

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    Psychopomp is a triumph of clowning and storytelling. It’s a show that dares to be both raunchy and sincere, mad and meaningful. - Moss Meunier, Binge Fringe

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    Poppy’s movement is exacting throughout, with her alternating between her and the deity character at times as subtle as a change in stance. - Gianluca Noble, InDaily

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    Transforms the deepest of philosophical and psychological themes into comedic gold. - James Murphy, Scenestr

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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: MA15+
Family friendly: No
Target audience: High School (15-17) | 18+
Mental Health
Loud Noises
Sexual References: Occasional, Strong
Coarse Language: Occasional, Strong

Please note

Adult Themes, Themes around Death and Mortality

Accessibility

 
High audio content
 
Audience members interact from the seated or standing area

Presenter

Presented by: Poppy Mee

Poppy is an actor, writer and theatre-maker currently working on unceded Kaurna land. She is super into it! “Poppy Mee has a natural flair for storytelling.” Mindshare “Funnier than many stand-up comics mining the same field.” The Clothesline “Acting chops and storytelling are second to none” Upside Adelaide

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