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This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2024 season. This season is now over.

The New Abnormal.
Adelaide Fringe 2024

The New Abnormal

A loving couple sweat out yet another lockdown in their New York apartment. Friction rises as the pressure of compliance to authority bites.

The New Abnormal explores the tension that comes from forced togetherness, as the mundane becomes serious & the surreal becomes normal. 

As the country is pushed closer together - yet further & further apart - will these two ever again enjoy the outside world? Will they ever be considered essential? And will single ply toilet paper ever find its rightful place in the rubbish bin of history? 

The Pandemic is back…. And this time, it’s personal.

Written by award winning playright Jeff Stolzer and directed/presented by Adelaide Fringe favourite Tim Marriott (BBC's The Brittas Empire). Performed by UK's Orion Powell and Adelaide's own Rachael Williams. 

Presented by: Virtually Creative

Amie has had more than 10 years’ experience working in the arts industry, and is a graduate of the Master's in Management (Arts and Cultural Management). She began work as a freelance marketer and publicist for artists in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016 and since worked on 6 festivals (including 2023) where she has successfully promoted more than 50 shows including Adelaide based work and companies from the UK and the US. In 2020 – as the result of the pandemic, Amie launched Virtually Creative, offering virtual support to artists, creators, and makers across the globe. In 2023, Amie produced her first Adelaide Fringe Season, with four shows across two venues. Two shows, Appraisal and Jack’s Ashes, were awarded Weekly Awards.
Theatre and Physical Theatre • New Writing
International • World Premiere
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
Reviews
  •   8
  •   2

  • This production features a well-written script, acute direction, and two fine performances. Be sure to get tickets for this one. - Barry Lenny, Broadway World

  • It’s effortless to fall into this world with them because of the quality of their acting. The skill in performance alone is worth the price - Dark Stories

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    Powell and Williams work so well together and one can just see the trust for their fellow actor oozing out of both of them. - Brian Godfrey, Glam Adelaide

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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: MA15+
Family friendly: No
Coarse Language: Occasional, Mild
Sexual References: Occasional, Mild
Loud Noises

Presenter

Presented by: Virtually Creative

Amie has had more than 10 years’ experience working in the arts industry, and is a graduate of the Master's in Management (Arts and Cultural Management). She began work as a freelance marketer and publicist for artists in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016 and since worked on 6 festivals (including 2023) where she has successfully promoted more than 50 shows including Adelaide based work and companies from the UK and the US. In 2020 – as the result of the pandemic, Amie launched Virtually Creative, offering virtual support to artists, creators, and makers across the globe. In 2023, Amie produced her first Adelaide Fringe Season, with four shows across two venues. Two shows, Appraisal and Jack’s Ashes, were awarded Weekly Awards.