OBSERVER: Femme Play


Attitude Production and Cracked Actors Theatre present Femme Play [ungrateful slut], at The Butterfly Club from May 21-31 as part of the Drama Queen Festival 2025.
Written by feminist playwright Judy Doubas and directed by Susan Rundle, the play is described as a ‘sharp, provocative production which blends humour and biting social commentary with an urgent call for change’.
Al and George are two women wrestling with modern pressures – careers, relationships, identity – only to realise their struggles are systemic.
As they awaken to the forces shaping their lives, their inner voices Red, a patriarchal mouth-piece, and Bling, embodying society’s Madonna/Whore paradox, push and pull them in opposing directions, leading them toward political action.
Doubas’s work evolved from personal observation into a wider, urgent conversation about feminism’s ongoing battles..
Director Rundle says the play is “In-your-face, hilarious, and unapologetic. It doesn’t preach, but it sure makes you think.”
With misogyny still a global issue, Femme Play arrives as a timely, unflinching response.
Unapologetically urgent, Femme Play [ungrateful slut] aims to demand attention.
Performance Season: May 21-24 at 7pm; May 26, 28 and 29 at 8.30pm, May 27, 30 and 31 at 5.30pm
Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place (off Lt Collins St), Melbourne (CBD)
Tickets: $45 Full | $40 Concession. $38 Member
Bookings: thebutterflyclub.com/show/femme-play-ungrateful-slut or 9663 810
Cheryl Threadgold

Pictured: Ruth Katerelos, June Collins, Rosie Rodiadis and Gabby Llewelyn in Femme Play (ungrateful slut).