THE MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX at Darlinghurst Theatre Company

From the award winning playwright and writer of HBO's Boardwalk Empire and Showtime's Masters of Sex, Bathsheba Doran, comes a tender and funny story about love in all its forms, and that blurry space between friendship, romance and erotic desire.

About the playwright, Bathsheba Doran

Doran, nicknamed "Bash", grew up in London and studied at Cambridge University. Her first job as a professional writer was comedy sketch writing for the BBC2 show Bruiser. Bathsheba worked for several years as a comedy writer, writing for shows like Smack the Pony and TV to Go. In 2000, she moved to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship and received her Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University in 2003 and went on to become a playwriting fellow at The Juilliard School. Doran's work has been staged by the O'Neill Playwriting Center, Lincoln Center, Manhattan Theatre Club and Sundance Theatre Lab, among others. Doran's Awards include the 2013 Berwin Lee Playwright Award and 2009 Helen Merril Playwriting Award. She was nominated for a 2012 Writers Guild Award for her work on the Martin Scorsese/HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2011). She also wrote episodes for NBC show Smash (2013) and was writer and co-producer of season 2 of the Showtime's Masters of Sex (2014). She lives with her wife and two children in New York City.

The Mystery of Love & Sex by Bathsheba Doran, award winning playwright and writer of HBO's Boardwalk Empire and Showtime's Masters of Sex comes a tender and funny story about love in all its forms, and that blurry space between friendship, romance and erotic desire. Charlotte loves Jonny, but lately she's been loving Claire. Jonny loves Charlotte, but lately he's been having casual sex with men. Charlotte's parents Lucinda and Howard try not to judge, but they just can't help themselves.

The Mystery of Love and Sex is also about families; the family we are born into and the family we create. It's about our ability to keep secrets and the challenges and rewards of finding your own path.

Darlinghurst Theatre Company produces and presents the Australian premiere of The Mystery of Love & Sex, directed by leading director Anthony Skuse and featuring a wonderful cast including Deborah Galanos, Thuso Lekwape, Nicholas Papademetriou and Contessa Treffone.

20-year Strong Commitment to the Gay Community
Darlinghurst Theatre Company are very happy that their longstanding, 20-year strong commitment to the gay community and the Mardi Gras Festival continues in 2017 with a piece that will celebrate and speak to both the lesbian and gay audience.

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