A woman, wearing a white cotton dress, stands up to her thighs in flowing water of a creek bed. She has one arms extended out. Her wet red hair is tousled across her face and her expression holds tenderness, love and loss.

A part of the creek is shown with its still water and reflections. On the left of this a woman walking away with her back turned to us. Just her lower body and feet are shown. She is wearing a white dress.

A woman is standing up to her pelvis in the rushing water. She has both hands extended out towards the water's flow. She is wearing a white dress. She is seen from the neck down.

The Cherry Scrub

Theatre and Physical Theatre

New South Wales • World Premiere

A storytelling performance inspired by the traditional South American folktale ‘La Llorona’. Its journey takes us into Bundjalung Country, Northern Rivers, New South Wales, where the writer and performance storyteller Lynn Preston interweaves an exploration of the interdependencies of land and body; the heart and the river's flow; the ovaries of womanhood and the cedar scrub - with story conflict, as navigation towards an understanding of how we may belong.

NO LATE ADMITTANCE

Writer/Performer: Lynn Preston
Directed by: Kasia Pudlo
Speech Coach: Nicole Ostini

The Blazing Son: "It is remarkable how much story and emotion she packs into her sixty or seventy minutes. This is poetic non-naturalistic theatre realised with intense performances and skilled, risk-taking"... Michael Brindley, Stage Whispers The Land Where One Never Dies: "truly engaging. ... the work was surprising and provoked deep reflection in the audience." ...Sarah Kreigler, Lemony S Puppet Theatre.

OPENING DAY TREAT:
AFTERNOON TEA FROM 3PM: REGIONAL CHOCOLATES AND TEA SERVED BEFORE THE SHOW.

Presented by: Every Old Sock Meets an Old Shoe Theatre

Established in 2018 ‘Every Old Sock Meets an Old Shoe Theatre’, focuses upon theatrical storytelling. Works developed and produced include 'The Blazing Son’ for La Mama Theatre, Melbourne (2018) and ‘The Land Where One Never Dies’ – a marionette puppetry performance based on an folk tale by Italo Calvino for local schools & the Northern Rivers Centre for the Performing Arts & Melbourne International Puppetry Festival (2020 -2021). During 2021 she explored soundscape creation, focusing on birds specific to the Northern Rivers region, in order to develop the lens through which to create the work ‘The Cherry Scrub’. This work was further dramaturgically developed in association with the Creative Lab Residency program, UK to bring it through to the Adelaide Fringe. Enjoy!

Reviews & Fringefeed Reacts

“It is a powerfully captivating, electric 70 minutes in which Preston owns your breathless attention from start to finish.” ★★★★★ - Barefoot - David O'Brien, Barefoot Review