Thefestival Supper Club, hosted bythe magnificent Nancy Denis (Ma’p Boulé), showcases hot new works in two tasty variety nights. Join us for snippets of scripts where blood-magic and reality collide, stories that point a crooked finger at the modern body positivity movement and, of course, a comedy with a ChatGPT theory session.
Featuring new works from Erica Brennan, Geneva Valek, Kate Bubalo, Pratha Nagpal, Tiffany Wong and Youssef Sabet. Book early to avoid disappointment as Supper Club is sure to sell-out quick smart.
Thursday 26 June & Thursday 3 July – 8.30pm Different Programme each night All tickets include supper
THU 26 JUNE
Hosted by Nancy Denis
Help Me, ChatGPT </3 by Tiffany Wong A single gal conducts a dating experiment using ChatGPT and the audience as test subjects. The only problem? She’s also the guinea pig. Meet Tiffany: she’s not a comedian, but a self-proclaimed scientist, hopeless romantic, and now the enthusiastic test subject in her own AI-powered love experiment. After months of using ChatGPT as her unofficial therapist, she’s promoting it to research assistant – and together, they’re on a mission to find her soulmate from the audience. With ChatGPT’s help, Tiffany is diving into the unpredictable world of love, using data and storytelling to see if AI can truly crack the code of compatibility.
Remarkable Realisation of Ricky’s Modern Life by Erica Brennan A breath taking exploration of legacy, motherhood, and the unseen forces that shape us, The Remarkable Realisation of Ricky’s Modern Life invites audiences into a world where memory, blood-magic, and reality collide. As Ricky, a visionary urban planner, records the story of her life, strange interruptions unravel the truth she’s fought to control—until she’s confronted with a reckoning she never saw coming. Lyrical, thought-provoking, and deeply imaginative, this spellbinding monologue asks: if legacy isn’t found in bloodlines, what do we leave behind that truly matters?”
The Ozempic Diaries by Geneva Valek When a mother is forced to move into her daughter’s share house, will the two be able to survive their deep divides on everything from the correct way to use a tea towel to whether Peter Dutton is actually a lizard in a flesh suit, or will they literally rip each other’s hair out in the cockroach-filled kitchen? The Ozempic Diaries points a crooked finger at the modern body positivity movement and asks us to question everything we’ve come to think about the reality of plus-size living and politics
THU 3 JULY
Hosted by Nancy Denis Hey Simon! by Kate Bubalo Lovebirds Aj and Amber live in domestic bliss, eagerly planning their upcoming wedding. However, their third wheel Simon the AI home assistant, begins to shed light on the cracks in their relationship; or is he creating these cracks himself? This story is a meditation on the male gaze and digital panopticons. As we increasingly rely on technology to live our lives, it begs the question: is there such a thing as a private space anymore? And when women have always been haunted by the unseen eye of patriarchal expectation, it poses another question: is this feeling even new for women?
The Juggling Act by Youssef Sabet Written and performed by Egyptian Australian writer/performer Youssef Sabet, The Juggling Act is an entirely true (but possibly fictional) autobiography of Sabet’s life. Deftly mixing storytelling and stand-up comedy this solo work charts the highs and lows of being a first gen Aussie and Sabet’s path to self-acceptance.
Azadi by Pratha Nagpal More info coming soon.
CREATIVES
Erica J Brennan is a writer, living on Gadigal Land. She is a proud Gamillaroi woman and grew up on the beautiful country of the Gundengurra and Darug (Blue Mountains). Her full length works include ‘This In Not Mills & Bon (2017 Old 505) and The Hero Leaves One Tooth (2023 Ratcatch Theatre/ KXT on Broadway) She has develop work with The ABC, AFTRS, Elbow Room Theatre, First Stories Festival, and Critical Stages. Her work Jurassic Bark! received a highly commended for the Griffin award in 2024 and her work ‘Fortress’ was shortlisted for the Silver Gull in the same year.
Kate Bubalo is a writer and dramaturg who is based on the land of the Gadigal and Wangal people. She recently completed her MFA in Writing for Performance at NIDA in 2023. Kate honed her writing skills through devising and performing sketch comedy, starting with her involvement in Sydney University’s Women’s and Arts Revue. She has also appeared in various independent shows in the Sydney Comedy Festival and Sydney Fringe Festival. Her play, ‘[Your Name]‘, was shortlisted for the Griffin Award in 2023 and was part of KXT’s 2024 season. As a child of the internet, Kate’s work often interrogates preconceptions of how the internet has shaped our world and culture, and her extensive background in writing and performing comedy is a driving force for getting to the authentic heart of her stories.
Youssef Sabet is an Egyptian Australian actor and comedian who is a graduate of The Atlantic Acting School, New York City. Youssef is passionate about telling stories that humanise the Arab experience and disprove racial stereotypes. His other stage credits include Karim (National Theatre of Parramatta) We Did It (Flightpath Theatre), Cosi (CGA Theatre Project); I Know When To Go Out And When To Stay In (The Balcony Arts); Bad Coffee (The Australian Theatre Festival in New York) and The Second Son (Big Red Films). His TV/ Film credits include Nowhere Boys (Matchbox Pictures); Fake (Paramount+) Neighbours (Fremantle Media) and Another Brick in The Wall (By Dayne Sagor).
Tiffany Wong is an artist whose quest for love is almost as dramatic as her theatre career. While the NY Post was busy covering her viral dating Google Form and Body & Soul documented her wedding where she married her degree, she somehow found the time to work as an associate & assistant director at Bell Shakespeare, Ensemble Theatre, NTofP, Sydney Theatre Company, and star in Amazon MGM Studio’s Five Blind Dates on Prime Video. The Artistic Director of Slanted Theatre champions Asian-Australian storytellers. Usually spotted adorned in pink, Tiffany is perpetually seeking Swifties to trade friendship bracelets with while defiantly clutching her flip phone and iPod in 2025.