Long red banners against a black backdrop remind us of stadiums, Nazi propaganda and tragedy. Into this bleak set, two athletes arrive to take us on a journey of training, competing, winning and losing. The sportspeople are Jewish-German and this is 1936 Berlin. There is much more at stake than a ribbon or medal.

Sophie Shad and Tessie Orange-Turner in Games by Henry Naylor at Adelaide Fringe

Games is the latest offering from Fringe favourite, writer, Henry Naylor and, as expected, Naylor offers a lot more than a race to the finish line. Some exceptional one-liners dot this dialogue-heavy tale. In this play peppered with prejudice, Naylor opts for subtlety rather than 60 minutes of outrage, inviting us to question what we would do in a similar situation.

Well-timed dialogue common to current political discourse, forces our view to the present, rather than boxing the heinous events into a time period in which we did not live and can barely comprehend. It is clever and makes this show, heavy with segregation, bias, extremism and injustice, a relevant and necessary reminder to learn from the mistakes of the past.

Sophie Shad as Olympic fencing...