Schell is a proud and loud feminist, Weavers is playing devil's advocate and Kevin on drums sounds off with comedic timing. Boom-boom!

But if the audience thinks they've jumped into the show at the deep end, their fears are soon allayed by the wild repertoire and witty banter on stage.

Edlmayr by The Reginas (Albury-based Schell and Weavers) premiered at The Butter Factory Theatre in Wodonga on Wednesday night.

Two years in the making, the show is a personal story about a woman's experience of war, as told through the eyes of her granddaughter, Schell.

Drawing on historical family references shared through vibrant music, the audience is at home in the intimacy of a loungeroom parlour.

Freda is a woman grappling with injustice and hardship in post World War II Austria.

Yet what comes through is her resilience, resourcefulness and strength.

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The storytelling is interspersed with 11 songs - eight written especially for the show - covering all manner of musical genres from punk to blues and rock, using guitars, piano and even a violin.

The epic songwriting elevates this show into a realm, of which Paul Kelly would be proud!

You will want to download the soundtrack immediately.

Schell and Weavers play off each other effortlessly, but they are perfectly in sync as they march to the drum beat and recount some of the horror statistics from occupied post-war Austria.

While the audience will feel rage, Edlmayr is overwhelmingly a show of strength by the women who came before us and those sharing their powerful stories now.

Edlmayr by The Reginas is part of HotHouse's CELSIUS:Independent Theatre program.