Cabaret

Beardiful

A hairy journey of self acceptance.

$20.00 - $37.00
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Bearded white person in a red sequin gown with white and red/pink flowers in their beard and long eyelashes. They are looking upwards with a smile on their face the background is yellow.
Past Event

Image Credit: Emma Thomas

  • Created and Performed by: Sarah Jay

  • Produced by: Picked Last For Sport

  • In Collaboration with: Sonia Di Iorio

Please note: Melbourne Fringe’s ticket allocation for in person sessions is exhausted, for tickets visit the Butterfly Club website. Digital Fringe tickets can be purchased below.

'Beardiful' is a one person, music-filled account about Sarah Jay uncovering parts of their biological make up and identity. From shonky sex education to sexual awakening, it explores the gynaecological travesties and myths that have haunted femme-kind in the past, and the present. Using humour, music and storytelling, Sarah Jay opens up about the vulnerabilities associated with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and fertility. This show will make you leak from more than one orifice but leave you with the warm fuzzies.

This project received Cash for Equity through the Fringe Fund, as part of the Ralph Mclean Microgrants program and as part of Radical Access.

  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Age suitability: MA15+

  • Event warnings: Moderate Coarse Language, Some Infrequent/Low Pressure Audience Interaction.

  • Content warnings: Self Harm Or Suicide, Sexual References, Mental Health.

  • Full - In Person: $37.00

  • Full - Digital: $20.00

  • Concession - In Person: $33.00

  • Concession - Digital: $15.00

  • Group 6+: $30.00

  • Blak Tix - In Person: $30.00

  • Blak Tix - Digital: $15.00

Sessions: Digital Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Monday, 09 October 2023 -
Sunday, 22 October 2023

On Demand

Digital Fringe

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Sessions: In Person Events

Date Time Venue

Monday, 02 October 2023

7:00pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Tuesday, 03 October 2023

7:00pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Wednesday, 04 October 2023

7:00pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Thursday, 05 October 2023

7:00pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Friday, 06 October 2023

7:00pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Saturday, 07 October 2023

7:00pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

Sunday, 08 October 2023

7:00pm

The Butterfly Club - Upstairs

 Fringe allocation exhausted – see venue website

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