#thenewme
"The entire audience was in hysterics over this all too-relatable show" - FringeFeed, 2022
We've all seen them, known them, maybe even been them. The gym junkie who won't shut up about the wonders of working out. The spiritually enlightened yogi who is 'taking a break' from social media... on social media. The #woke telling you that everything you're doing is wrong. Your high school bully sliding into your DMs to join her pyramid scheme. You know everything about them, and they're all trying to sell you something. They are our biggest influencers.
#thenewme is a one-woman social commentary satire on the characters we present online, returning to FRINGE WORLD with some new updates, putting influencers under the spotlight irl and exposing that #therealme is barely even real at all.
Presented by: Mariah O'Dea
Mariah is a Boorloo-based, late-diagnosed neurodivergent performer whose eclectic, multifaceted work comes from curiosity, confusion, and navigating the hard stuff by transforming it into big lols. Her performance experience includes a BA in Performing Arts (Honours) at WAAPA. She has experience working in acting, comedy and stand-up, improvisation, character entertainment, writing, movement, puppetry, and hula hooping. Her most notable works include theatre show ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It?’ (2016), as a collaborative deviser and performer; and as an actor in feature film ‘The Light’ (2019) on Amazon Prime, She is also an art therapist, working for numerous Not-For-Profits, and is passionate about how art and creativity can help others.