FUCKING MEN Gets Australian Premiere, as Part of the 40th Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras

A sharp, provocative and very funny play dealing with a chain of hook-ups amongst a group of gay men.

American writer Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change) has loosely adapted La Ronde, Arthur Schnitzler's notorious 19th century satire about sexual adventuring, and turned it into a revealing panorama of contemporary gay life.

Take ten guys: The Escort, The Soldier, The Tutor, The Uni Student, The Married Guy (and his partner), The Porn Star, The Playwright, The Actor and The Journalist, put them into a series of one-on-one encounters, and the result is an erotic, confronting and audacious comedy of gay sexual manners.

Like good sex, each moment leaves you wanting more.

But underneath the hot man-on-man action is an ironic and truthful look at the conflict many gay men experience between the desire for monogamous love and the thrill of sexual freedom.

CREATIVE TEAM
Director & Set Designer Mark G. Nagle
Lighting Designer David Marshall-Martin Costume Designer Krystal Dee
Composer Anthea Pelino Musical Director Matthew Raven
Choreographer Harriet Bridges-Webb Assistant Director Neil Khare
Stage Manager Saskia van t' Hoff PA Sophie Giese ASM Tom Aldous

CAST
Jackson Blair-West, Michael Brindley, Stanley Browning
John Michael Burdon, Anthony Finch, Ray Mainsbridge
Tom Marwick, Nick Pes, Anton Smilek, Pete Walters

SEASON
6 February - 10 March

PERFORMANCE TIMES
Previews Tue 6 & Wed 7 February 7:30pm
Opening Night Thu 8 February 7:30pm
Thu - Sat 7:30pm, Sun 5pm
Sat 3 & 10 Mar 2pm only

TICKETS
$35 full, $30 concession, groups (6+)
$20 previews, Thrifty Thursdays

BOOKINGS
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