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

close up of half white-masked man's face with his open palms beside his cheeks that are covered in different paint colours

Wide shot of a bare chested man who's face is half painted white and has his arms spread out wide. He is standing in front of a canvas backdrop that has many random markings on it, of all different colours & design.

Mid shot of a bare chested man who's face is half painted white. He is seated in front of a canvas backdrop that has many random markings on it, of all different colours & design.

The Poltergeist

Theatre and Physical Theatre • Performance Art

United Kingdom • SA Premiere

"In Yer Face theatre” Exeunt

South Australian Premiere of master story teller, Philip Ridley’s satirical monologue ( 2021 UK ) about art, family, memory and being haunted by the life we never lived.

Tamblyn Lord ( FAKE ) plays Sasha, a disgruntled artist who was once a teenage prodigy. Over the course of one day his past will be extolled, indulged, challenged and misconstrued.

Art work will be organically created during this performance, amidst a mercurial landscape of Ridley’s ( The Pitchfork Disney ) poetic language and Tamblyn’s beguiling physicality.

This show will bring the audience into the insecure and troubled mind of an artist who has lost their memory as well as their ‘mojo’.

“..is this a satire, a family psychodrama or a haunting ?” Arifa Akbar ( The Guardian UK )

Presented by: Tamblyn Lord

Tamblyn has been performing for over 40 years.
He has worked with Sydney Theatre Co, Melbourne Theatre Co and Playbox. He worked with Sir Alan Ayckbourn in London in the late 90s with Morris Gleitzman's classic tale TWO WEEKS WITH THE QUEEN ( National Theatre ).
He directed Philip Ridleys gothic nightmare THE PITCHFORK DISNEY at The Old Fitz ( 2000 )
Tamblyn is a professional voice artist and also has been teaching yoga for over 20 years around the world.
He is the voice of the mindfulness app Smiling Mind.
His most recent TV work has been in the series FAKE ( Paramount ).
The Poltergeist recently had its Australian premiere at La Mama theatre in Melbourne.