An autism diagnosis, a crippling breakup, a songwriter alone – what could go wrong? Winner of the 2024 Melbourne Fringe Access and Inclusion Award, ‘What-If Island’ examines the doubts we try to brush away to hold onto our serene shores. Feeling like her brain is fundamentally faulty, Ilana Charnelle has found herself washed up with the wreckage of her relationship and her neurotypical life. Through an hour of original songs and storytelling, Ilana questions how long we can live in fantasy before it all crumbles, what happens when you’ve been looking for answers in the wrong places, and how to love our broken parts.