#NOFILTER World Premiere Set for Adelaide Fringe Festival

The World premiere production of #nofilter continues the Adelaide Fringe Festival season at My Friend Louis. March 11 - 12, 2016

This experience constructed, Directed and Choreographed by Dannielle Candida.

Dannielle Candida's inaugural production as Writer, Director, Choreographer and Producer. Stepping out from the Adelaide Burlesque scene with this challenging and thought provoking work.

"This is one seriously amazing show. Raw, honest, gritty. Amazing..." Glenn S - Audience member.

#nofilter examines elements of mental illness in a setting likened to that of the backstage of a travelling circus.

"Trigger warnings" are cropping up on social media in review of this compelling production brought to life in the spectacular surrounds of venue My Friend Louis.

Vee, the circuses contortionist ballerina has long watched over this band of circus misfits, seemingly powerless to challenge the pursuits of its Ringmaster. Having long battled to shrug the shroud of depression that eventually drowns her. Consumed by darkness, Ringmaster Jolie covets Pandora's Box. This character sacrifices not only his self in the search for the validation he yearns. He seeks to cast his shadows on the vulnerable and isolated. In stark contrast, Hope lingers; he stands resolute amidst the chaos the Ringmaster promises to bestow. Velvet, an intersex sex worker under the circuses employ hides a family secret pertaining to a hereditary condition that has rendered her mother incapacitated within a hospice. Her partner, a drug addicted Trans man seeks to express his gender neutrality in a world he feels he's never been heard in. A Marionette is thrust upon the circus scene and settles well within her place as she seeks refuge from the lack of control and personal satisfaction she feels. The powerful soundtrack to this performance is accompanied by the vocals of Samantha, whom also creates a living hell for character Velvet. RAAF War Veteran, old friend of the Ringmaster plays a carny hand. He twists within the confines of his quarters as PTSD rears its ugly head; he resolves to express himself as he struggles to live with it.

Accompanying art installation "The asylum room" coincides with the productions performance. Where "the walls talk", art pieces have been donated by local artists and the community to be exhibited in aide of raising funds and awareness for mental health charities of the purchasers choice.

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