
Following last year's stint supporting Michael Buble in his sold-out Australian tour, the a cappella ensemble are back headlining their very own show.

Next to Normal defiantly departs from the typical music theatre narrative, candidly exploring mental illness, suicide, drug addiction and the perception of normality.

What started as conversations between the playwright and director Chris Drummond about 'strange loops' developed into a determination to build a production in the vein of Christoph Marthaler.

Director Adam Cook has carefully respected the various nuances in the play and worked at creating a production that looks and sounds authentic to the finest detail.

The life of any artist can't easily be condensed into two hours of stage time in a theatre, without a certain amount of significant material being passed over.

Involuntary presented by One Point 618 and Adelaide Festival Centre is a curiously bland patchwork of ideas that shoots itself in the foot by not living up to some remarkably arresting promotional material.
