PRODUCTION INFORMATION

“The electricity moves through my fingers. And everywhere I touch you, it shocks you. And I can turn up the dial, so it either tickles or hurts. Whatever you want.”

Clare Barron’s visceral new play is a challenging exploration of pain, pleasure, freedom and disappointment, and sisterhood.

Shareen is struggling in a complicated relationship, worrying about her mother, and battling a range of health issues. Her older sister, Sally, a part time witch and ASMR therapist, offers advice, and seems to possess a higher knowledge, but is herself dealing with trauma.

Shhhh is a fiercely provocative new play about empowerment, bodies, consent and how we might learn to listen to one another's complex desires. From the acclaimed writer of Dance Nation and You Got Older.

“Off-Broadway’s hottest new show is Shhhh!” ★★★★
- Time Out NY -

Promotional photo by Robert Blackburn & Work Art Life Studios.

Production photos by Jodie Hutchinson.

CAST & CREATIVES

Writer Clare Barron
Director Emma Valente
Set & Costume Design Romanie Harper
Lighting Design Giovanna Yate Gonzalez
Composition/Sound Design Emma Valente
Production Dramaturg Noemie Huttner-Koros
Stage Manager Jemma Law
Assistant Stage Manager Sophie O'Donovan

Cast
Jessica Clarke
Hayley Edwards
Caroline Lee
Jess Lu
Peter Paltos
Sunanda Sachatrakul

DATES & TICKETS

Previews 20 - 22 Jun | Season 23 Jun - 16 July 

Wed - Sat 7.30pm
Sun - 6.30pm
Sat Matinee 8th July - 2pm

Q&A’s Post Show
Thur 29th June - 7.30pm

Tue 20 – Thur 22 June $28
Fri 23 June – Sun 16 July $20 - $69

“A deceptively funny and unsettling new play.”
- The Age -

“Red Stitch Theatre has a glorious hit on its hands.”
- Australian Arts Review -

“A brave and challenging piece of work.”
- Theatre Matters -

“Bubbles and boils with near-magical intensity.”
- Australian Arts Review -

“A hundred minute howl of outrage.”
- Stage Whispers -

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Running time 100 minutes with no interval.

CONTENT WARNING
Themes and discussion relating to sexual assault and rape culture.
Discussion of suicide & mental illness, sexual violence and STIs.
Violent and explicit body imagery.
Flashing lights, haze & herbal cigarettes.

Please contact the Box Office if you have specific concerns.

  • The first scene of the show is a simulation of ASMR.

    In the second scene there is a non-consensual sexual act between two characters.

    In the third scene one character gives a verbal description of a sexual experience that happened to her that was not consensual.

    In the fifth scene, two characters discuss their experiences of sexual assault and consent. Two characters perform a non-consensual sexual act.

    The sixth scene is another simulation of ASMR. There is also a reference to rape.

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