bringing together a hell of a lot of smarts to make something wonderfully stupid (in the best possible way)
★★★★ Time Out Sydney
big performances and sparkling chemistry Theatre Travels
searingly truthful… Uncomfortable and hilarious Queer Review
part play, part party – it’s the warmth and camaraderie of being out with friends…. a loud and responsive audience was clearly delighted to see and be seen. Sydney Morning Herald
NOMINATED FOR THE 2021 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION; CHRYSOULLA MARKOULLI
A comedy set inside a public bathroom? You gotta be sh*tting me...
Over the course of a drunken night out, old friends and strangers come together in the most sacred of spaces – the public bathroom – to bare all (both figuratively and literally). HOT MESS cracks open the cubicle door to reveal stories of late-night shenanigans and surprising solidarity in the fleeting friendships that are forged behind usually closed doors.
There will be singing, there will be dancing, there will be one too many drunk texts to that-toxic-ex-whose-number-you-have- deleted-43-times-but-you-know-exactly- where-to-find-it-in-your-recent-call- history-from-that-time-you-tried-to-booty- call- them-after-Friday-night-work-drinks- escalated-and-you-didn’t-delete-it-the- next-day... even though you told your best friend Lucy you did.
Directed by Tasha O’Brien Performed by Alicia Dulnuan-Demou, Courtney Ammenhauser, Hannah Grace Fulton, Jenna Suffern, Jessica Adie and Mây Trần
Created by The Company
Stage Manager: Steph Black Lighting Designer: Vanessa Gregoriou Sound Designer: Chrysoulla Markoulli
Set Artist & Builder: Hayley O’Mara
Photo by Clare Hawley Graphic Design by Fifty One Watts
Presented by The General Public in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Co