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

A pencil sketch of a scruffy, curly haired man in suit pants and a rolled up shirt walking despondently with his head down holding a guitar case.
A production photo of a man in a blue shirt holding a guitar in intimate stage lights looking out into the audience hopefully.
A production photo of a man in a blue shirt playing a guitar in intimate stage lights looking down at the neck of the guitar as he plays.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

When There Was Forever

A monster. A boy and a girl in love. The sea. And the story he told.

‘When There Was Forever,’ is a folk-tronica epic, a live music set meets storytelling experience.

Performed live with guitar, vocals, and rich soundscapes, this tale of love and loss crashes through narrative, dialogue and song in an epic quest for glory! A story of ships and monsters and fame! 

With original folk-music performed by award-winning creative Jackson Peele (Neylon & Peele, ‘The Beep Test’), this spellbinding one-man-myth assembles an A-class team of local professionals in its South Australian Premiere. Don't miss this immersive, spellbinding journey and ruthless examination of the myths we tell and are told today.

Presented by: Jackson Peele

A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Jackson Peele (he/him) is an acclaimed actor and musician, and one half of the musical theatre writing duo ‘Neylon & Peele.’ Their musical ‘The Beep Test,’ has been the recipient of multiple awards including the Green Room Award for ‘Best New Australian Musical Theatre Writing.’ Most recently he originated the role of Neil Murray in Ilbijerri Theatre’s production of ‘Big Name No Blankets’ which has toured the country as part of the Major Festivals Initiative, as well as played to inmates in prisons across the Northern Territory and Victoria. Peele is also a singer-songwriter who regularly gigs and busks, you'll also find him at Rundle Mall this Fringe!
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Music
Victoria • SA Premiere

Suitability & warnings

Content rating: M
Depicts Violence: Occasional, Mild
Suicide/Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Loud Noises
Sexual References: Occasional, Mild
Mental Health
Coarse Language: Occasional, Mild

Accessibility

 
High audio content

Presenter

Presented by: Jackson Peele

A graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Jackson Peele (he/him) is an acclaimed actor and musician, and one half of the musical theatre writing duo ‘Neylon & Peele.’ Their musical ‘The Beep Test,’ has been the recipient of multiple awards including the Green Room Award for ‘Best New Australian Musical Theatre Writing.’ Most recently he originated the role of Neil Murray in Ilbijerri Theatre’s production of ‘Big Name No Blankets’ which has toured the country as part of the Major Festivals Initiative, as well as played to inmates in prisons across the Northern Territory and Victoria. Peele is also a singer-songwriter who regularly gigs and busks, you'll also find him at Rundle Mall this Fringe!