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Housework Community Night

Housework Community Night

Join a Community Night performance of Housework by Emily Steel presented by State Theatre Company South Australia at the Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre.

 

Monday 17 February
6:30pm – Run time approx 2 hours with a 20 minute interval and a post-show Q&A
Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre

 

Kelly Sheppard, a naive but excited junior staffer in the Electorate Office of Ruth Mandour, a first-term Member of Parliament, unexpectedly gets the chance to travel to Canberra with the passionate MP she idolises and Ruth’s brilliant-but¬ exhausted Chief of Staff, Anna Cooper. Anna’s juggling Ruth’s new policy proposal, a sick media advisor, a husband who struggles to deal with their daughter back home, and the intricacies of selecting the correct pastries her Member requires for breakfast. Meanwhile, Kelly’s over the moon to get behind the scenes at Parliament and watch her hero in action. But getting what you want in the nation’s capital requires some fancy footwork. What they all experience in that week makes them question their ambitions, their ideals and the value of democracy itself.
South Australian playwright Emily Steel blows open the doors of Parliament House to unlock some devilish and dangerous truths in this bold new black comedy. Two of Australia’s greatest comic actresses take to the stage in this thrilling world premiere – Susie Youssef and Emily Taheny, with direction from Artistic Associate Shannon Rush.

Learn more about the production here.

 

State Theatre Company South Australia’s Community Night program aims to make mainstage theatre more accessible to First Nations and culturally diverse audiences. We offer regular Community Nights or Special Offers to invite First Nations and culturally diverse audiences to experience our productions. If you know someone who would like to sign up and receive an invitation in future, please direct them to complete this form.

Register

Due to limited availability, each registration is valid for one ticket and we are not able to accommodate guests for this performance.