Mercury Poisoning

15 - 30 March

MERCURY POISONING by Madeleine Stedman

Director Kim Hardwick with Shawnee Jones, Violette Ayad, Teodora Matovic, Anna Clark, Sarah Jane Starr, Charlotte Salusinszky, Melissa Jones, Tinashe Mangwana, Nikita Khromykh, Brendan Miles, Jack Richardson, Shaw Cameron

Tues - Saturday 7.30pm Sunday 5pm

$35 / $45

Previews $35

Thursday Under 30 tickets: KXT20FOR20S

Madeleine Stedman’s mammoth debut play - starting with the launch of Sputnik 1, spanning two continents and, of course, outer space, containing dozens of characters - is a true epic orbiting themes of progress, solidarity and moral licensing.

Set in a semi-mythical 1960’s, Mercury Poisoning interweaves the stories of three women: Molly, a young American pilot who dreams of being the first woman in space; Valeria, a Soviet textile factory worker who, improbably, beats her to the mark; and Nicole, a Black singer and actress in Hollywood boldly going where no man has gone before. 

I just don’t… I don’t like this dress. I just don’t see why I have to… to wear clothes like this to do a job where you pee in a suit 


presented by Snatched Theatre + White Box