Dark Erotica Quartet

“Oliver Hall’s set and costumes are simple but striking… …Each story in Dark Erotica Quartet stands alone, yet they converse with one another, forming a small universe of desire and openness.”

Myron My, My Melbourne Arts

A blackly comic take on kink, sexual proclivities and satisfaction. Three seemingly disparate scenes that fit together, Russian-doll style, into a celebration of the lost art of spoken erotica. A play about the kind of sex we think about, and not the kind we have – the places we go in our heads when our bodies are otherwise occupied. Structured like a concerto, but performed as a play, with live diegetic music. A cellist. A drummer. At times, a band. Sex is awkward and funny, dangerous, dark and joyous. Sometimes all at once.

What if you were just a character in someone else’s fantasy?

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Set and Costume Design

Playwright: James Hazelden

Direction: Blake Barnard

Lighting Design: Kris Chainey

Stage Management: Roxanne Henry

Photography: Mark Gambino