The Damage Is Done
When a devastating secret about her sister shatters the family equilibrium, Isadora seizes the moment to tell her own truth—certain nothing could be worse. She’s wrong. ‘The Damage is Done’ is a taut, high-voltage solo about queerness, sisterhood and the fault lines running through an Italian-Australian home. Fiercely intimate, unsentimental and darkly funny, it lays bare loyalty, shame and love—what survives, how we transform, and what love lasts once The Damage is Done. From award-winning company Deus Ex Femina (Adelaide Fringe Award winners 2022 & 2024).
★★★★★ InReview
★★★★★ Glam Adelaide
★★★★½ The Clothesline
Presented by: Deus Ex Femina
Deus Ex Femina is an award-winning South Australian independent company led by writer/performer Katherine Sortini. We make original, actor-centred theatre with bite—work that prioritises lived experience, rigorous craft and genuine representation. Our debut, All The Things I Couldn’t Say, sold out and won the Adelaide Festival Centre InSpace Award (2022). Dirty Energy followed with a sold-out Fringe season, ★★★★★ reviews and the Holden Street Theatres Award (2024). In 2025–26 we undertake Goodwood Theatre & Studios’ “Fortune Favours the Bold” residency, with projects also selected for The Mill Theatre Residency and State Theatre Company SA’s Stateside Season.
Sessions
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1 Venue
Studio Theatre at Goodwood Theatre and Studios
166 Goodwood Road, Goodwood, Kaurna
Venue entrance throughout the Fringe season is via VICTORIA LANE off Victoria Street
- Step-free mobility aid access through the main entrance with an accessible bathroom.
- Venue is 18+ but minors may attend with a parent or legal guardian
Suitability & Warnings
Please note
Discussions of child sexual assault and its impacts.
Accessibility
- High Audio Content