Theatre

Fruitcake

'An immersive story about burgeoning young love and the challenges of expeditious intimacy.'

$28.00
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A girl with red short hair lies on the floor with postcards and photos surrounding her. She is wearing a green top and holding a book.
The image shows a dimly lit room with pink and purple hues. Fruitcake is in the centre of the frame leaning her head on the shoulder of an unknown woman with braids, and is looking at the viewer with a sombre expression.

Image Credit: Hannah Jennings

A girl with red short hair lies on the floor with postcards and photos surrounding her. She is wearing a green top and holding a book.
The image shows a dimly lit room with pink and purple hues. Fruitcake is in the centre of the frame leaning her head on the shoulder of an unknown woman with braids, and is looking at the viewer with a sombre expression.

  • Written and Directed by: Jaimee Doyle

  • Performed by: Amanda King

  • Directed by: Eleanor Golding

What’s the best way to flirt with a uni crush?
A) Ask for tutoring
B) Watch weird movies
C) Investigate their secret past
D) All of the above
Find out in this queer coming of age mystery!

This one-woman-show follows Fruitcake, a first year university student who slowly becomes involved with an alluring, off-putting class mate with whom she shares a penchant for awkward situations and films with unnecessarily long titles.

But the more Fruitcake is invited into the world of her classmate turned maybe-something-more-I-mean-who-could-possibly-say; the more she realises there’s more than meets the eye to this girl, as well as something in Fruitcake’s own past she has to face if she has any hope of stepping forward into the future.

This coming of age mystery will keep you guessing until the very end, unsure what to believe and who to trust.

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

About Fruitcake Productions

Fruitcake Productions is a Naarm/London based Independent theatre company striving to bring new work to international audiences. We focus on queer, contemporary and diverse theatre by Emerging Theatre Makers.

fruitcakeproductions.com

  • Duration: 60 minutes

  • Event Accessibility: Blind or Low Vision Rating: Partially Accessible, Deaf or Hard of Hearing Rating: Partially Accessible

  • Age suitability: PG

  • Event warnings: Contains Strobe Lighting, Mild Coarse Language.

  • Content warnings: Misogyny, Mental Health.

Please find the Relaxed Guide for the Wed 2 Oct, 7pm session HERE

 

  • Full: $28.00

  • Concession: $24.00

  • Group 6+: $20.00

  • Extra Applause: $35.00

  • Blak Tix: $10.00

  • Hump Day Discount: $21.00

"An immersive story about burgeoning young love and the challenges of expeditious intimacy." - Farrago

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"King captures the awkwardness of early friendship, the excitement of newfound closeness and the confusion of unconsummated romance." - Farrago

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Sessions: In Person Events

A single $5.50 transaction fee applies to your booking.

Date Time Venue

Tuesday, 01 October 2024

7:00pm

The Motley Bauhaus - The Cellar

 Past Event

Wednesday, 02 October 2024

7:00pm

The Motley Bauhaus - The Cellar

Hump Day
 Past Event

Thursday, 03 October 2024

7:00pm

The Motley Bauhaus - The Cellar

Sold Out
 Past Event

Friday, 04 October 2024

7:00pm

The Motley Bauhaus - The Cellar

 Past Event

Saturday, 05 October 2024

7:00pm

The Motley Bauhaus - The Cellar

 Past Event

Sunday, 06 October 2024

7:00pm

The Motley Bauhaus - The Cellar

 Past Event

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