Sly Rat Theatre Company Presents PLUCK!

SLY RAT THEATRE CO. is excited to announce that its first production of 2015 is Steve McCall's biting black comedy, PLUCK! In association with THE BUTTERFLY CLUB, Melbourne, the SLY RAT THEATRE team are bringing their unique brand of pitch black comedy and melodrama to The Butterfly Club stage this June.

Starring acclaimed actor BRENDAN EWING as Dr. Pluck. He will be joined onstage by a group of Melbourne's finest up and coming actors. He is joined by TODD LEVI, recently seen onstage at the La Mama Courthouse and on TV screens in the ABC's acclaimed production of Parer's War (2014). Todd's playing Pluck's noble adversary - the nefarious police officer, Wyatt.

Alongside this dastardly duo is MICHAELA BEDEL (National Theatre Drama School), WALTER HANNA (LASALLE College of the Arts), and LEE QUEK (NICA) in this bombastic comedy, directed by NIDA graduate ALAN CHAMBERS.

Following SLY RAT'S critically acclaimed production of Andy Harmsen's DOOMSDAY DEVICES (2014), PLUCK! is the story of psychologist, Jeremy Pluck (Brendan Ewing). Pluck is trying to get his marriage back on track. Unfortunately, he's failing miserably.

One night Pluck and his wife, Daphne, are trying to rekindle their passion. They take a romantic stroll through the park at midnight. Things take a nefarious turn when a misspent youth mugs them, nabbing Daphne's heirloom necklace.

Now Daphne thinks Pluck is a flat-out wuss. She wants her necklace back. She wants a mean-looking dog. She wants a state-of-the-art security system for their bourgeois, suburban fortress. However, Pluck reckons he can satisfy her with his big, black gun. At the end of the day, Daphne just wants to feel safe again.

Nominated for the ARTRAGE Theatre Award WA 2013, PLUCK! is a ferocious one-act play that grapples head-on with love, lust, God, and what (if anything) it means to be a man. Blood, sex and shoot-outs that would make Sergio Leone blush, Pluck is dripping with enough Biblical fervour to fill the Book of Revelations.

'It's going to be a fun night out. Laughs, a bit of blood ... It's a tale about a couple who reignite their passion for each other through blood and gore. What's not to love? It's also being told by a group of Melbourne's finest actors'. Says director ALAN CHAMBERS.

PLUCK! is set to continue SLY RAT THEATRE'S strange and heady concoction of comedy and edge. The company has made an exciting name for itself over the last couple of years. PLUCK! is set to blow that out of the water!

PLUCK! opens Tuesday June 30 and runs until Sunday July 5th at The Butterfly Club, Melbourne. Performances at 8:00pm (July 1st & 5th) and 9:00 (July 2nd, 3rd & 4th).

$32.00 Full / $28.00 Concession/ $25.00 Opening Night. Bookings for PLUCK! can be made at https://www.thebutterflyclub.com/

2026 Theater Fans' Choice Awards - Live Stats

Best Lighting Design - Top 3

1. Jen Schriever, Michael Arden - The Lost Boys

39% of votes

2. Jack Knowles - Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)

12.2% of votes

3. Adam Honoré - CATS: The Jellicle Ball

6.9% of votes

Vote Now! View Live Stats