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Date:
February 27, 2025
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cost:
$50.00 – $55.00
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Venue

fortyfivedownstairs
45 Flinders Lane
Melbourne, Vic 3000 Australia

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive

Cultural Life Series

Hosted by:
Pamela Creed

February 27, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

$50.00 – $55.00

A Play by Selina Fillinger

Presented by Lightning Jar Theatre in association with fortyfivedownstairs

Dedicated to any woman who’s ever found herself the secondary character in a male farce.

When a White House PR nightmare spins into a full blown shitshow, seven brilliant and beleaguered women must risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.

Lightning Jar Theatre returns to fortyfivedownstairs following their enormously successful production of Mr Burns: a post electric play (Green Room Award Winner for Best Independent Production) in 2019, teaming with Trophy Boys director Marni Mount to present the Australian premiere of Selina Fillinger’s whip smart, all female farce, featuring Candy Bowers, Lucy Ansell, Carolyn Bock, Candy Bowers, Jen Bush, Liliana Dalton, Hannah Greenwood, Tilly Legge, and AYA.

“I am woman, hear me roar — with laughter” Marliyn Stasio for Variety

POTUS is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Image by Cameron Grant

Join your fellow members for what is sure to be an entertaining night. 

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