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Adelaide Fringe: MAX SHARAM is MEZZO CUCKOO! (FINAL NIGHT!)
22 February @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm ACDT

Max Sharam — 90s art-pop icon who walked away from the commercial music industry — detonates onto the stage from New York with Mezzo Cuckoo, a rebellious opera-comedy set inside her own cinematic universe. With virtuosic vocals, razor-sharp wit, on a backdrop of her striking animations, Sharam reclaims opera as a site of resistance, twisting beloved arias into anarchic parody against a culture determined to label women “cuckoo.” Blending opera bouffe, absurdist theatre, and bold physicality, Mezzo Cuckoo is a must-see for anyone craving boundary-pushing performance with something urgent to say.
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