Andrew Hale

After winning the Best Performance and Best Production awards at The Blue Room Theatre in 2013, Happy Dagger Theatre will take 'the boat goes over the mountain' to the Adelaide Fringe from 17-23 February 2014.

Happy Dagger’s Artistic Director Andrew Hale developed the piece after going to Peru and participating in a series of ceremonies that involved drinking the entheogen or hallucinogenic Ayahuasca, led by a traditional shaman or Curandera.



“I was looking for a mind-altering, life-changing experience, and I got it,” says Hale. “What I needed for the play was a framework or a metaphor over which to structure this journey. The fact that Werner Herzog battled to haul a 320-ton boat up a 40 degree slope for Fitzcarraldo, his film about a guy who attempts an insane thing in the same jungle, was perfect.”



Described as a “thrilling performance piece”, “mesmerising”, “darkly poetic and comic” and “totally enthralling”, the season in The Adelaide Fringe will expose the show and it's creators to a national and international market.

Perth - Adelaide return x 2 people = $636
Super Publicist for the Adelaide season = $1500
Turning of our awesome set into a FLOAT for the opening parade = $100
Hire of Hazer for that steamy jungle feel and speccy lighting effects =$300
Lighting Operator so people can see us = $400
A few scraps of food = priceless

As first timers to Adelaide, we need your help to get the word out there about our show. By donating to our campaign, you take the pressure off some financial aspects of the tour, leaving whatever other fundraising dollars we find to go towards selling our show.