Mary Said What She Said
This event has finished
Its last session was on Sunday 8 March 2026.
About This Event
Legendary French actor Isabelle Huppert starred in Robert Wilson's hypnotic solo work Mary Said What She Said at Adelaide Festival Theatre from 6-8 March 2026, a centrepiece of the 2026 Adelaide Festival.
One of the most talked-about international theatre events ever staged in Adelaide played at Adelaide Festival Theatre from 6-8 March 2026 as part of the 2026 Adelaide Festival. Isabelle Huppert — twice Best Actress at Cannes and arguably the greatest French screen actor of her generation — took the stage alone for 90 mesmerising minutes as Mary Queen of Scots.
Written by Darryl Pinckney, directed by the great American auteur Robert Wilson, and scored by Ludovico Einaudi, Mary Said What She Said is a work of pure theatrical ritual. In the final moments before her execution, Mary replays her life: three husbands, a lost crown, nineteen years of imprisonment, and the long journey to the scaffold. Huppert's precise, rhythmic, almost musical performance — in French with English surtitles — was supported by Wilson's signature minimalist staging and hypnotic lighting.
The Adelaide season was the Australian premiere of the production, which originally debuted at Paris' Théâtre de la Ville in 2019. Performed in French with English surtitles.
This production has now concluded. Presented by Adelaide Festival 2026.
