This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2026 season. This season is now over.

a black and white 1920s photograph of harry crawford post-arrest with the title 'the trouble with harry' in newspaper ransom font.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

The Trouble With Harry

Harry Crawford and his wife Annie seem ordinary enough; together they lead quiet, unexceptional lives in the suburbs of 1920s Sydney, working and raising a child.

But when a strange girl arrives at the door, it sets in train a series of events that will result in an astounding revelation – and, ultimately, sow the seeds of bloody murder.

Lachlan Philpott rips back the curtains on the true case of Eugenia Falleni AKA Harry Crawford, the notorious ‘Man-Woman’ murderer that scandalised 1920s Sydney to unravel the assumptions underpinnng our perceptions of gender, perversion and complicity.

Presented by the graduating actors of South Australia's leading actor training institution, the internationally renowned Flinders University Drama Centre.

Presented by: Flinders Drama Centre

Flinders University Drama Centre is one of Australia’s most respected training and research hubs for actors, directors, and theatre-makers. Established in 1971, it has produced generations of influential artists who have helped define Australian performance culture. The Drama Centre offers intensive studio-based training that blends creative practice with critical inquiry, encouraging students to take artistic risks and work collaboratively across disciplines. Each year, students present fully realised public productions in professional conditions, developing the skills, adaptability, and creative intelligence required for today’s theatre, screen, and emerging performance industries.
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Theatre
South Australia • SA Premiere
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Content rating: M
Target audience: Middle School (12-14) | High School (15-17)
Coarse Language: Occasional, Mild

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Presented by: Flinders Drama Centre

Flinders University Drama Centre is one of Australia’s most respected training and research hubs for actors, directors, and theatre-makers. Established in 1971, it has produced generations of influential artists who have helped define Australian performance culture. The Drama Centre offers intensive studio-based training that blends creative practice with critical inquiry, encouraging students to take artistic risks and work collaboratively across disciplines. Each year, students present fully realised public productions in professional conditions, developing the skills, adaptability, and creative intelligence required for today’s theatre, screen, and emerging performance industries.

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