Slot 9: Love Thy Hater

Ash and Theo, two gay best friends, are trying to survive their last three months at their All Boys Catholic High School ‘Immaculate Conception College’. Their friendship is tossed into the deep end as they both begin to hallucinate Sexy Jesus.

Love Thy Hater is a camp, queer, religious satire. It’s a story of friendship, of struggle, of helplessness, of confusion, of giggles and of the fun inherent in suffering.

Written by Michael Krizan

Co-directed by Michael Krizan & Maya Yoneda Hutchings

Produced by Blake Markulin, Eleanor Borzycki

CAST Jamie Marsh

Mitchell Dihm

Adrian Gilbert

Dominic Wee

Jacob Atchison

Isabella Bendeich

Joseph Britton

Antigone Marchbank

Astra Milne Mya Pockran

CREW

Creative Lead - Isabella Bendeich

Costume Desingers - Finn Fabiansson & Amelie Yamin

Set Designers - Sofia Angelini & Eleni Matsos Prop Masters - Amethyst Townsend & Jacquelyn Smith

Sound Designers - Cappy Hall & Cooper Anderson

Lighting Designers - Chloe Xirocostas & Byron Rowley

Stage Managers - Spencer Anderson, Leyla Bensan & Joyce Sharma

CONTENT WARNINGS Strobing lights, Coarse Language Homophbia Mysoginy Sexual Violence Suitable for Mature Audiences aged 15 and over

This work was written on Cammeraygal land and performed on Gadigal land of the Eora Nation. SUDS and LOVE THY HATER acknowledge we work on land where sovereignty was never ceded. It is an honour to work creatively on the same land as the oldest continuing culture – where storytelling has been happening for over 65,000 years.