MOTHER CLAP'S MOLLY HOUSE by MARK RAVENHILL

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