RISING: Hedwig and The Angry Inch

It’s the Broadway smash that took the ‘rock musical’ on a glam-punk bender. Now, Hedwig and the Angry Inch struts into RISING, fresh from a five-star run at the Adelaide Festival, in a daring new Australian production that channels the raw, anarchic spirit of the original.

With a battered mic in one hand and a dream in the other, Hedwig, an escapee from East Berlin who dreams of rock ‘n roll glory, finds herself betrayed and abandoned in a Kansas trailer park. Poised on the cusp of heartbreak, she takes to the stage wrapped in fury, fishnets and razor-sharp humour along with a blistering live band (The Angry Inch), and lets it rip.

Seann Miley Moore (Miss Saigon) delivers a show-stopping performance. Costumed by queer design icons Nicol & Ford, this Hedwig is a sardonic scream for anyone who’s ever dreamt of escape – or fallen under the spell of a perfect rock song.

Part of RISING.