20 January – 14 February

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This show belongs to the FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026 season. This season is now over.

Vintage illustration of a man laying flat on their backs on a dark studio floor, dressed in contrasting black-and-white outfits, arms and legs extended. A blue speech-bubble graphic diagonally across the image reads “stop talking 2 me.”
Two white rounded speech-style panels over a dense background of mixed emoji reactions. The top panel reads “Real Life.” with a small walking stick figure at left; the bottom reads “Unreal Messages.” with a hunched stick figure at right.
Two people run hand in hand across a field replaced with a sea of yellow emoji faces, their hair streaming behind them, creating a surreal contrast between soft outdoor scenery and densely packed expressive icons.
FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026

DM ME

💅 From the creators of The Real Australia - a show that wowed audiences at Perth Fringe and Edinburgh Fringe in 2025 - comes DM ME, a bold new theatrical experiment for Perth FRINGE WORLD 2026 💥

💬 DM ME brings your phone screen to the stage - using REAL text exchanges and comment sections, this fast-paced original show transforms digital drama into live chaos. Typos become truths, emojis replace emotions, and “seen” can mean heartbreak 😬

🔥 Funny, ridiculous, and painfully relatable, this hilarious work blurs the line between the online and the embodied, the curated and the chaotic rant. In an age where connection happens through screens, DM Me asks: what happens when our messages step out from the inbox and into the light? 👀

Presented by: Play On Productions

Play On Productions (POP) is a theatre company based in Western Australia. Driven by a passion for storytelling, POP is committed to exploring bold, contemporary themes and showcasing Australian narratives, with a special focus on Western Australian voices. The company’s mission is to engage, challenge, and entertain audiences through playful and innovative productions that interrogate contemporary Australia.
Theatre & Performance • Comedy
Western Australia • World Premiere
First Nations Australian
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: M
Family friendly: No
Coarse Language: Frequent
Sexual References

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Presented by: Play On Productions

Play On Productions (POP) is a theatre company based in Western Australia. Driven by a passion for storytelling, POP is committed to exploring bold, contemporary themes and showcasing Australian narratives, with a special focus on Western Australian voices. The company’s mission is to engage, challenge, and entertain audiences through playful and innovative productions that interrogate contemporary Australia.

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