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‘The Soaking of Vera Shrimp’ From Patch Of Blue – 2026 Adelaide Fringe
By Markus Hamence
During an almighty rainstorm, Vera Shrimp discovers she has a remarkable gift. She can read raindrops, each one having soaked up an emotion from someone the water has come into contact with. But as her family disintegrates, Vera’s extraordinary ability takes on a darker and more urgent significance. Part science lesson, part story-telling, this is…
During an almighty rainstorm, Vera Shrimp discovers she has a remarkable gift. She can read raindrops, each one having soaked up an emotion from someone the water has come into contact with. But as her family disintegrates, Vera’s extraordinary ability takes on a darker and more urgent significance. Part science lesson, part story-telling, this is a poignant and playful solo-show about love, grief and never giving up from the team behind the highly acclaimed ‘We Live By the Sea’.
For ‘The Soaking of Vera Shrimp’
★★★★ “Achingly beautiful and utterly compelling” The Telegraph
★★★★ “A sparkling solo show… an utter delight” The List
For Patch of Blue
★★★★.5 “subtly captures the injustice” The Advertiser
★★★★★ ‘delicately simple and wrenchingly complex…it is unmissable’ Adelaide Theatre Guide
The Soaking of Vera Shrimp
Tue, 17 Feb – Sun, 22 Mar
Judy’s at HST at Holden Street Theatres
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