Club Extimacy

New Work

Premiere

Theatre

Comedy

By Mild Coarse Language

Directed by Chelsea August

Club Extimacy is throwing open their doors for one final party and you're invited.

Back in a brand-new extended version, Club Extimacy is here to expose all our dirty habits. This all-access deep-dive into club culture will stick to you like a stranger on the dance floor... or toilet paper on your shoe.

It’s Soph’s 21st at the asbestos-filled-health-guideline-dodging club ‘Extimacy’ and Nikki is struggling to find the words to define their relationship. With constant interruptions from her sleazy ex, the replacement best friends and a dodgy club owner – things are certainly going to sh*t.

And yeah, it’s set in a bathroom.

REVIEWS

"It’s captivating design elements, coupled with a high calibre of acting performances, grabbed audiences from the get-go, and refused to let go until the bathroom door swung closed for the last time."

— Nothing Ever Happens In Brisbane

"Through the humour and riotousness... the writing team have managed to weave a touching story... 'Club Extimacy’ gave a glimpse of the kind of theatre we can expect to see more of on Brisbane stages."

— Theatre Haus

CREDITS

CREATIVES

Director Chelsea August

Producer/Dramaturg Nicholas Southey

Stage Manager Maddison Bosanko

Assistant Director/Actor Ayla Long

Writer/Designer/Actor Hadyn Imhoff

Writer/Actor Zoe Schramm

Writer/Actor Jarrah Leslie-Baker

Writer Gus Ferguson

Actor Eve Conomos

Actor Hayden Jai

Actor Sarah Jarvis

Swing Actor Maisie Crosdale

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Intimacy Coordinator Andrea Moor

Production Photographer Nathaniel Knight

Assistant Stage Manager Sarah Fettell

PRODUCTION PARTNERS

Club Extimacy was a co-production between BackDock Arts and The Black Box Collective.

Commissioned by Interstage (under The Black Box Collective).

DEVELOPMENT

Creative Development 1 — April – June 2021

Work-in-Progress Season — October 2021

Creative Development 2 — February – May 2022

Premiere Season — July 2022

Originally developed by the Mild Coarse Language team as their final university production, what was known as Extimacy at the time premiered in The Loft at QUT in 2021. BackDock Arts and Interstage (then called The Black Box Collective) came together to co-present a re-developed, extended version, Club Extimacy, in 2022 which premiered in a sold-out season.

Interstage assisted with raising investment and sponsorship, budget management, contracting, marketing, production management, and creative producing (dramaturgy and casting)