Shitbag

Cost

$24 Concession
$27 Full
$22 Group 4+
$40 Extra Applause Option
$10 Blak Tix

Discount: Use the code 'COMMUNITY' for $15 tickets

Booking required

When

October 6, 2024
Wed; 9:45pm-10:45pm
Thu; 9:45pm-10:45pm (AUSLAN)
Fri; 9:45pm-10:45pm
Sat; 4am-5pm
9:45pm-10:45pm
Sun; 9:45pm-10:45pm

2024-10-06 Australia/Melbourne Shitbag 54 Victoria St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia Melbourne Fringe Festival hayleyedwards.artist@gmail.com

Where

54 Victoria St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
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Performing Arts

A young adult AFAB non-binary person with white skin and short auburn hair sits on an accessible toilet seat holding toilet paper. They wear a white hospital gown and smile in an inviting way. The background is a lavender purple colour.

A one-person darkly comedic play about Crohn’s Disease, mania and casual sex at the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

Why is it easier to talk about bowel disease than mental illness?

'Shitbag’ is non-binary and chronically ill actor Hayley Edwards’ debut solo show.

Influenced by the Fringe tradition of autobiographical plays such as ‘Fleabag’, this work delves into Crohn’s Disease, colostomy bags, mania and casual sex.

We follow a young queer person into the world of disability diagnosis, queer sex, group sex, morality, mortality, blood, shit, laughter and tears. Darkly comedic and life-affirming, this play reveals the invisible reality of chronic mental and physical health conditions.

‘Shitbag’ was selected for a staged reading at KXT’s Storyteller’s Festival in 2023, was short-listed for programming at Belvoir’s 25A and received a Microgrant from the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

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