CANCELLED - Happy Ending, Please
An immersive theatre experience that takes place in one of Sydney's erotic massage parlours. Follow the intertwining stories of a receptionist and client as the boundaries between their private and public lives become increasingly blurred. 'Happy Ending, Please' explores the fantasies we pay for and buy into, and what happens when we reach their limit.
Sydney-based theatre company Naked Hospitality invites you to the Secret Basement to explore this underground and often stigmatised industry. Adapted from McIlgorm's play 'Parlour', which was runner up for the Kenneth Branagh Award 2021.
Praise for 'Parlour':
"True, chilling...an impressively well-constructed play with convincing characters and a good twist" Windsor Fringe
"convincing, snappy dialogue, dramatic changes of mood" Windsor Fringe
Presented by: Naked Hospitality
Naked Hospitality is a new, Sydney-based theatre company exploring sexual experience through art. The company looks at the kinds of relationships formed through sex work, and recognises its typically ignored influence on broader Sydney society. Through live encounters with the audience we hope to capture the same embodiment, playfulness and truth-telling in the theatre as found in the bedroom.
Lucy McIlgorm is an actor and playwright from London who has performed at Edinburgh Fringe and had scripts shortlisted by the Royal Court and BBC. She recently wrote and directed the short film 'Welcome to Bondi'. Kaitlin Inkley is a trained actor and researcher in sexology, currently working as a dedicated sex educator.
This is their debut play, produced by Harry Peters.