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

Two girls taking a selfie on a polaroid camera at a party, with their faces scribbled over with white marker.
Adelaide Fringe 2026

YOU CAN'T TELL ANYONE by Joanna Richards

It’s the end of school and Gwen is throwing a party. After an emotional year, her friends are keen to spend the night drinking, playing games, and arguing about literally everything. But when a party game spirals out of control, long-held tensions start to strain and snap. Are the friends messing with each other? Or is there a bigger threat pounding at the door?

Joanna Richards’ 'You Can’t Tell Anyone' is a philosophical thriller that examines how teenagers survive the loss of meaning, structure and identity that comes with the end of adolescence. It asks us what it means to truly know someone, to truly be a friend, and to truly be yourself.

YOU CAN’T TELL ANYONE was commissioned and first produced by Canberra Youth Theatre, 10 August 2023 at the Canberra Theatre Centre, Courtyard Studio.

Presented by: Odd Sockz Theatre

Odd Sockz Theatre is a theatre company for young people, co-created by young people. They aim to provide financially accessible opportunities for young people in the South Australian theatre scene. Odd Sockz creates a safe space for young people who want to find their place in the arts industry to make friends and gain experience doing the thing they love, just like Odd Sockz did. This show speaks to the company as creatives, and as young people, capturing an important moment in the process of growing up, stepping away from childhood, and into the adult world. They are excited to take on this challenge at Fringe 2026, and excited to see what the future holds for Odd Sockz.
Theatre and Physical Theatre • Contemporary
Australian Capital Territory • SA Premiere
 
Fringe Fund Recipient
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    Director Kate Wooding has shaped Richards’ text into an urgent, compelling production that deserves to be seen by as many people as possible - Andrew Broadbent, A Thousand Words

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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: M
Target audience: High School (15-17)
Drug Use
Suicide/Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Sexual References: Occasional, Strong
Coarse Language: Frequent, Mild
Sexual Assault
Mental Health

Please note

Content warnings refer to discussion of these themes, none of which are staged.

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Presented by: Odd Sockz Theatre

Odd Sockz Theatre is a theatre company for young people, co-created by young people. They aim to provide financially accessible opportunities for young people in the South Australian theatre scene. Odd Sockz creates a safe space for young people who want to find their place in the arts industry to make friends and gain experience doing the thing they love, just like Odd Sockz did. This show speaks to the company as creatives, and as young people, capturing an important moment in the process of growing up, stepping away from childhood, and into the adult world. They are excited to take on this challenge at Fringe 2026, and excited to see what the future holds for Odd Sockz.

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