Name: A LOVED WOMAN
Start: 2027-01-08T18:00:00
End: 2027-01-12T19:00:00
Location: Wharf 1 Theatre

Overview

Queer performance icon Emma Maye Gibson (aka Betty Grumble) is known for many things: anarchic performance art, powerful politics, riotous stripping, vulva prints, orgasmic ritual and (fake) onstage shits. But now, she’s exposing more than she ever has before – her complicated relationship with her mother.

The (in)famous sex clown is feted around the world for her explicit and fearless burlesque and cabaret performance art, but what does her former bodybuilding and aerobics champion mother make of all the mess and fury?

From teenage runaways to smashed dinner plates and leotards stretched over bruises, Emma Maye and her mum Karmyn rip the clothes off their chequered history and ask what passes between mothers and daughters, and can they find a way to forgive?

A queer icon – and her mum – bare all

Venue Details

Wharf 1 Theatre
Wharf 1 Theatre, Wharf 4/5 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay NSW 2000

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Photo of The Wharf seating bank, moodily lit rows of seats photographed from ground floor stage level

Event Details

Relaxed Performance

10 Jan 2:00pm

Season

8 - 12 Jan 2027

Approx. Duration

80 mins, no interval

Content

This production contains strong language, flashing lights, haze, theatrical smoke effects and partial nudity. The show explores mature and potentially distressing themes, including institutionalisation, suicide, domestic and sexual violence, childbirth and child loss, grief, and death.

Performance Information

Stick around for a post-show talk following the 1pm Matinee on 9 Jan. The talk commences at 2.30pm.

Latecomer Policy

A lockout period applies, latecomers will be admitted once the lockout period concludes.

Duration and content are subject to change.