POTUS
OR BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE
By Selina Fillinger
Directed by Lee Lewis
LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF SANITY.
If you think you’re having a bad day, you should talk to the current administration of the White House. Assembled behind a fictitious — but very recognisable — President of the United States (POTUS) is a crack team of highly competent women who are dealing with a highly incompetent boss.
When the world’s most powerful man makes a foul-mouthed four-letter faux pas in front of every major news outlet — and several foreign dignitaries — the expletive lights the fuse on an explosive 24 hours in the Oval Office. Throw in some misplaced hallucinogenic drugs, a sex scandal and an assassination attempt, it’s anyone’s guess who’ll make it to clock-off.
In the spirit of Wag The Dog and Veep, POTUS is a femme-fuelled political farce that earned three Tony nominations in 2022. Here, in its Australian premiere, POTUS is powered by a star-spangled all-female ensemble.
Grab the girls and charge your glass — if not for you, then for the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world.
"Delicious feminist farce"
— Vanity
"Sly wit and inspired goofiness"
— The New York Sun
POTUS is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
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Dates27 Jul — 24 Aug
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LocationBille Brown Theatre
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TimesEvenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
Matinees: Wed & Thurs 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm - Buy Single Tickets
- Buy Season Tickets
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Ticket PricingAdultfrom$70Seniorfrom$70Concessionfrom$70Youth - 35 & Underfrom$35
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Night with the Artists
Monday 5 Aug 6.30pm
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Duration1 hour and 45 minutes, including an interval.
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AccessibilityAuslan Interpreted Monday 12 Aug 6.30pmAudio Described Saturday 10 Aug 2.00pm
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Play briefing
Monday 22 Jul 6.00pm
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Warning
This production contains frequent coarse language, adult themes, replica firearms, herbal cigarettes, the use of haze and lighting blackouts.
This production contains frequent coarse language, adult themes, replica firearms, herbal cigarettes, the use of haze and lighting blackouts.
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Dates27 Jul — 24 Aug
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LocationBille Brown Theatre
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TimesEvenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
Matinees: Wed & Thurs 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm - Buy Single Tickets
- Buy Season Tickets
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Ticket PricingAdultfrom$70Seniorfrom$70Concessionfrom$70Youth - 35 & Underfrom$35
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Night with the Artists
Monday 5 Aug 6.30pm
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Duration1 hour and 45 minutes, including an interval.
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AccessibilityAuslan Interpreted Monday 12 Aug 6.30pmAudio Described Saturday 10 Aug 2.00pm
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Play briefing
Monday 22 Jul 6.00pm
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Warning
This production contains frequent coarse language, adult themes, replica firearms, herbal cigarettes, the use of haze and lighting blackouts.
This production contains frequent coarse language, adult themes, replica firearms, herbal cigarettes, the use of haze and lighting blackouts.
Creatives
Writer Selina Fillinger
Director Lee Lewis
Set and Costume Designer Christina Smith
Lighting Designer John Rayment
Composer and Sound Designer Brady Watkins
Choreography and Movement Direction Kate Harman and Gavin Webber
Voice and Dialect Coach Gabrielle Rogers
Associate Costume Designer Nathalie Ryner
Stage Manager Maddison Penglis
Assistant Stage Manager Tia-Hanee Cleary
Contributing Artists
Vocal Coach Megan
Choreography Dan Venz
Fight and Intimacy Direction NJ Price
Cast
Margaret Paula Arundell
Jean Emily Burton
Stephanie Amy Ingram
Bernadette Jodie Le Vesconte
Dusty Emily Liu
Chris Wendy Mocke
Harriet Christen O'Leary