Theatre

  • Fringe Festival

Casual Receptionist of the Quarter

Cancel that gym membership because these 50 tabata-minutes of lols will give you a 6-pack.

The image shows a woman with light brown hair, glasses, and a friendly smile. She is wearing a blue polo shirt with a 'Primary Fitness' logo and has her arms crossed. The background is divided into blue and yellow sections, with a circular frame highlighting her. She also wears an orange-strap smartwatch on her wrist.
The image shows a woman with light brown hair and glasses, smiling. She is wearing a blue polo shirt with a 'Primary Fitness' logo and is folding white towels. In the background, there is a plant and a window, suggesting an indoor setting. She also wears an orange-strap smartwatch on her wrist.
Past Event

Image Credit: Jerry Wen

The image shows a woman with light brown hair, glasses, and a friendly smile. She is wearing a blue polo shirt with a 'Primary Fitness' logo and has her arms crossed. The background is divided into blue and yellow sections, with a circular frame highlighting her. She also wears an orange-strap smartwatch on her wrist.
The image shows a woman with light brown hair and glasses, smiling. She is wearing a blue polo shirt with a 'Primary Fitness' logo and is folding white towels. In the background, there is a plant and a window, suggesting an indoor setting. She also wears an orange-strap smartwatch on her wrist.

  • Written and Performed by: Nicole Gulasekharam

  • Presented by: Antithesis

Attention members and guests:

‘Casual Receptionist of the Quarter’ is a one-woman comedy, offering behind-the-scenes insights into the front-of-house customer service experience at a commercial gym.

Between breaking up sexual activity in the steam room and reminding people it’s maybe not a great idea to wear Ugg boots on the treadmill, this chronic people-pleasing approval-seeking receptionist does the best she can to tolerate the entitled whinging and elevated testosterone, all while hoping you have a good day :)

Alongside her career in the arts, Nicole has worked at the front desk of a commercial gym for the past 10 years, so she’s seen some sh*t... and then mopped up the remnants with a freshly rolled towel.

Whether you’ve been stuck on a spin bike next to some potent BO, have slogged away in the utterly liberating world of customer service, are blessed with the reality of living on minimum wage in 2024, or are a woman simply existing in a typically male-dominated industry, this high-intensity-interval character-driven comedy will be sure to leave you reaching for the defib.

Acclaim for Nicole's 2023 Fringe Show 'Quirky Best Friend': "Gulasekharam's comedic timing is superb." ★★★★ — Theatre Matters