Act IV Theatre Company Presents First Australian Production of THE NAKED TRUTH This April

Act IV Theatre Company - women who want to make theatre for women - are proud to present the hilarious British play The Naked Truth by Dave Simpson. Opening April 6 at Sydney's newest independent theatre venue - The Blood Moon Theatre at Kings Cross' World Bar - performances will raise money for women's cancer charities.

You wake up one morning and notice a lump on your breast. You find out your husband is having an affair. You're struggling with whether to stay with him for the sake of the kids. You are three stone overweight and fed up with diets that fail. You're the mouse that cannot get a man. That's The Naked Truth.

Set in a pole-dancing class, The Naked Truth is a brilliantly funny play about sisterhood, featuring an all-female cast. One beleaguered teacher takes on the task of training five very different women as they struggle hilariously to conquer pole dancing. As their stories unfold, they share laughter and tears, tantrums and brutal truths. It's a show for women, about real women, that men absolutely must see (if they dare!).

Act IV Theatre Company presented Alan Ball's sassy southern belles in Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at TAP Gallery in 2014 and again hop the pond to bring to life a group of sometimes crass, yet charismatic women from England's working class north who find commonality in what proves a (literally) revealing exercise class.

Writer of the West End hit Girls Night Out, Dave Simpson now has another unmissable comedy in The Naked Truth. A poignant and ultimately uplifting play, it's a call to all women, celebrating strength through adversity.

The production is proud to donate $2 from each ticket sale to ovarian and breast cancer research.

Directed by Ruth Fingret with Assistant Director Julia McNamara, the cast includes Melanie Araya, Kaitlin de Lacy, Hayley Flowers, Jeannie Gee, Melinda Ryan and Wendy Winkler.

Act IV is a female-run company with a passion for celebrating real stories about being a woman. "This may not be feminist theatre, but it explores the realities of being a woman," says Act IV producer Melinda Ryan. "We feel there are not enough great plays for women being staged and hope to prove that works with a largely female cast are wanted by audiences. We know what we want to watch, so it's exciting to bring that to life."

Performance details
April 6 - 16 Wed - Sat 7pm
The Blood Moon Theatre at The World Bar
24 Bayswater Road, Kings Cross NSW 2011
Full $30 / Concession $25
($2 from each ticket sold donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation and National Breast Cancer Foundation)

Info: activtheatreco.com or facebook.com/ActIVTheatreCo
Ticket bookings: trybooking.com/KBOD

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