New Theatre, in association with the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras
“Shit on those who call this sodomy / We call it fabulous!”
It’s London, 1726 and Mrs Tull is struggling to save her dress-hire business. She hits on a plan to open a molly house – a brothel where the ‘girls’ are boys in frocks and the beer flows – and soon business is booming!
Meanwhile, in a trendy 21st century Bloomsbury loft, a gay relationship is disintegrating amidst the drugs and toys of an sex party.
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New Theatre, in association with the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras
“Shit on those who call this sodomy / We call it fabulous!”
It’s London, 1726 and Mrs Tull is struggling to save her dress-hire business. She hits on a plan to open a molly house – a brothel where the ‘girls’ are boys in frocks and the beer flows – and soon business is booming!
Meanwhile, in a trendy 21st century Bloomsbury loft, a gay relationship is disintegrating amidst the drugs and toys of an sex party.
Shifting deftly between time periods, Mark Ravenhill (Shopping and Fucking) creates a subversive and astringent satire that celebrates the diversity of human sexuality and explores our emotional need to form families whilst simultaneously slamming the commodification of sex.
After presenting the Australian premier a decade ago, New Theatre revives this riotous musical play, bursting with outrageous characters, graphic sexuality, bawdy songs and handsome men!
“Wonderfully exuberant … celebrates Sodom like there’s no Gomorrah” The Guardian
CREATIVE TEAM
Director Louise Fischer
Movement Director Trent Kidd
Set Designer Bethany Sheehan
Costume Designer Famke Visser
Sound Designer Tegan Nicholls
Lighting Designer Andrew Weston
Production/Stage Manager Rosane McNamara
Hero image (c) Richard Hedger
CAST
Debra Bryan, Bradley Bulger, Stephanie Begg, Steve Corner, Andrew Grogan, Patrick Howard, Deborah Jones, Chantel Leseberg, Tess Marshall, Brendan Miles, Thomas Pidd, Garth Saville, Dave Todd
TIMES
Preview Wed 11 7:30pm
Season Thu – Sat 7:30pm, Sun 5pm
Opening night Sat 14 (invitation only)
Final performance Sat 7 Mar 2pm
TICKETS
Full $32
Concession, Groups $27
Mardi Gras Members $25
New Theatre Members $22
Previews, Student Rush, Thrifty Thursdays $17