Piss Be With You at Grouse

A side-splitting sapphic splash-tacular; dive into the soul-bearing space betwixt pleasure and p*ss!

“Cleo had the entire audience eating (or sipping?) out of the palm of her hand.” - Stage Door Podcast

“If the nightclub is a queer church, then Rapture is like a lesbian Jesus” - ArtsHub

"A hilarious and immersive pole-based descent into the dykosphere." - Star Observer

SEEKING A GOLDEN GAY TIME IN THE BIG CITY; stepping out pelvis-proud, and armed with a glow in her heart. Cleo is thirsty to meet babes and make it rain. While riding the pleasure pipeline, cracks appear and start to leak. The leaks grow into puddles. Things only get wetter and wilder as Cleo attempts to distill the “c*m” into “decorum”. As she dives deeper into the dykosphere, she lands in a tight spot; a Punani Tsunami (!!!). Drowning in the queer capital of Australia, can she swim upstream to the place that is warm, wet and golden? From award-winning ‘Pole Dance Daddy’ Cleo Rapture, comes a holy hour of hilarity and queer inquiry. Gather and be guided through an immersive one woman splash-tacular - to the holy spot betwixt pleasure and p*ss. Cleo will be spreading the laughs (and legs) through sapphic sermon, and her signature pole dance debauchery. Direct from sellout installments at Sydney Fringe and Mardi Gras, Cleo is set to deliver a high-energy spiritual spoof. With Reverend Rapture at your cervix, may we unclench and release our streams together. “If you've got one foot in the past and one foot in the future, you're p*ssing on today.” - Psalm 6:9

CLEO RAPTURE

Affectionately known as “Daddy”, Cleo Rapture is the heaven-sent mistress of muscles and mischief. She is a deity of Pole Dance, Fire Artistry, Comedy and Burlesque, and a proud queer woman above all. From hosting queer parties on Oxford Street, to outrageous stand-up storytelling, to blazing high heels, to pole dancing live in the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parades; her work generates and embodies queer pleasure and resistance. She does it all pelvis-proud and with a flawless fringe! Cleo is a firm fixture in the Gadigal (Sydney) nightlife scene, and regularly headlines at queer events, cabarets and festivals. By trade, she is a performance artist, event programmer, and movement coach. Her solo show 'Piss Be With You' has toured throughout the East Coast, and was awarded Best in Interactive & Immersive at Sydney Fringe 2025. A spreader of love and legs; she’s a force of nature around Australian stages, divinity, and beyond.