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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 wome...

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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  • Dates
    27 Jul — 24 Aug
  • Location
    Bille Brown Theatre
  • Times
    Evenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
    Matinees: Wed & Thurs 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm
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  • Ticket Pricing
    Adult
    from
    $70
    Senior
    from
    $70
    Concession
    from
    $70
    Youth - 35 & Under
    from
    $35
  • Night with the Artists

    Monday 5 Aug 6.30pm

  • Duration
    1 hour and 45 minutes, including an interval.
  • Accessibility
    Auslan Interpreted Monday 12 Aug 6.30pm
    Audio Described Saturday 10 Aug 2.00pm
  • Play briefing

    Monday 22 Jul 6.00pm

  • 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.

  • Dates
    27 Jul — 24 Aug
  • Location
    Bille Brown Theatre
  • Times
    Evenings: Mon & Tues 6.30pm, Wed – Sat 7.30pm
    Matinees: Wed & Thurs 1.00pm, Sat 2.00pm
  • Buy Single Tickets
  • Buy Season Tickets
  • Ticket Pricing
    Adult
    from
    $70
    Senior
    from
    $70
    Concession
    from
    $70
    Youth - 35 & Under
    from
    $35
  • Night with the Artists

    Monday 5 Aug 6.30pm

  • Duration
    1 hour and 45 minutes, including an interval.
  • Accessibility
    Auslan Interpreted Monday 12 Aug 6.30pm
    Audio Described Saturday 10 Aug 2.00pm
  • Play briefing

    Monday 22 Jul 6.00pm

  • 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

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