#thenewme
We've all seen them, known them, maybe even been them. The gym junkie who won't shut up about the wonders of kale. The spiritually enlightened yogi. The #woke telling you that everything you're doing is wrong. Your high school bully and her pyramid scheme. You know everything about them, and they are our biggest influencers.
#thenewme is a one-woman social commentary satire on the characters we present online, live on stage, exposing that even the hashtag "#therealme" is barely real at all.
"The entire audience was in hysterics over this all too-relatable show" ★★★★ Fringefeed, 2022
"Bitingly funny in some places, and heart-wrenchingly honest in others, this poignant story captured the audience's attention from the start" ★★★★ Fringefeed, 2022
Presented by: Mariah O'Dea
Mariah O'Dea is a Boorloo based, multi-disciplinary performer and producer whose work is born out of curiosity, confusion, and navigating the hard stuff by transforming it into big lols. Her background includes acting, comedy, improvisation, writing, puppetry, hula hooping, and holds a BA in Performing Arts from WAAPA (2015). Her most notable works includes theatre ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’ (2016), and as an actor in ‘The Light’ (2019), a feature film now on Amazon Prime.
She is also an art therapist and counsellor, working for numerous Not-For-Profits, and is passionate about how art and creativity can help others. It's one-woman, but it's never done alone. '#thenewme' is her first solo work.