The Princess And The Glass Piano: A Day In The Life Of A Bavarian Princess – Adelaide Fringe Review

Channel 9 Chapel Of Love – Comedy Club, Wed Feb 25 This production feels like a ‘day in the life of’, the kind of show that lifts a curtain from the window this character is looking out of and they encounter us, so they tell us their life story, and then when they are done, no matter where in the story they are, they just close the curtain again. This production is based on a true story of Princess Alexandra of Bavaria who, when she was young, believed she had ‘somehow’ swallowed a glass piano. The rest of her life was spent walking very gingerly in case she might break that same piano. Since the show did not explain to me what happened to the real Princess Alexandra, I ‘Googled’ to see if I could find out. Knowing now that she died at age 49 with no cause of death to be found does explain the abrupt ‘end’ to story in our performance, as our writer would not have known what happened to her either.  As I was given no information at the venue regarding this production, after ‘Googling’ that also, I can tell you that the writer was Sharmini Kumar and the performer was Elise Kumar. The show was performed well, the set was lovely, costuming and hair suited perfectly, light and sound was right for this production however, I can’t help but walk away a little confused at why someone would create and perform this play. The story didn’t really go anywhere, I wasn’t able to invest in the character or her story and the only chat that happened after the show among the patrons was stunned silence and then, as if trying to find something to say, ‘wow, they really had machines like that back then?’ Charissa McCluskey-Garcia The Princess And The Glass Piano continues at Channel 9 Chapel Of Love – Comedy Club until Sun Mar 1. Book at FringeTIX on 1300 621 255 or adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix. Click HERE to purchase your tickets.