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AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE, PRESENTED AS PART OF MARDI GRAS+
THE FLEA by JAMES FRITZ
“You’re going to tell the police that the future king was frequenting a gay brothel? They’ll ruin you.”
London, 1889. Charlie Swinscow, a young post office worker, gets busted with 14 shillings in his pocket.
But the twist? He didn’t steal it. That cash was payment for his body. Sold to a wealthy aristocrat at a secret gay brothel with ties to the Royal Family.
What starts as a petty arrest spirals into something much bigger. Charlie and his mother get caught in the middle of a national scandal that shakes the very foundations of the British Empire.
This is a wild, unfiltered, unpredictable trip through power, deception and disgrace. Raw, funny and sexy, in this true story about the notorious Cleveland Street Scandal, ?nothing is what it seems and everything feels like a fever dream.
This isn’t history; it’s a whole vibe. Get ready for the ride.
“Gloriously surreal” Time Out
Venue
New Theatre @ 542 King Street, Newtown
Price
From $20
Bookings
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