Furious Mattress
Mondays to Wednesdays, 6:45pm to 8:45pm Thursdays to Saturdays, 7:45pm to 9:45pm Sundays, 5:15pm to 7:15pm Tuesday 11 March to Sunday 30 March Saturday 15 March from 2:15pm to 4:15pm Thursday 20 March from 1:15pm to 3:15pm Saturday 22 March from 2:15pm to 4:15pm Thursday 27 March from 1:15pm to 3:15pm Saturday 29 March from 2:15pm to 4:15pm Sunday 30 March from 2:15pm to 4:15pm Except Monday 17 March and Monday 24 March
No performances on Mondays On Sunday 30 March the performance is at 2:15pm not 5:15pm.
“I was a plumber for four years, and I like to think that’s not the worst apprenticeship for an exorcist.”
A backyard exorcism in rural Victoria gone wrong.
Pierce is convinced his wife is possessed by the devil. He enlists the help of his neighbour Anna and former plumber Max to expel the demons from his darling Else. You see, Else has always been a little left of centre. Pierce would say even a little difficult. But when proceedings go fatally wrong, they passionately wait for her miraculous resurrection.
Based on a tragic true story from mid-nineties country Victoria, Furious Mattress asks: under the guise of “doing right”, what level of evil is the human spirit capable of?
Shortlisted for three Premier’s literary awards and nominated for an AWGIE in the same year, Melissa Reeves’ hilariously surreal four-hander finally makes its Sydney premiere.
Furious Mattress is The Exorcist meets Promising Young Woman, so grab some holy water and your nearest voodoo doll for this year’s most entertaining exorcism.
Team:
Playwright – Melissa Reeves (she/her)
Director – Margaret Thanos (she/they)
Producer – Mathew Lee (he/him)
Associate Producer – Jess Zlotnick (she/they)
Assistant Director – Dominique Purdue (she/her)
Set Design – Angelina Daniel (she/her)
Sound Design – Daniel Herten (he/they)
Costume Design – Ruby Jenkins (she/her)
Lighting Design – Ryan McDonald (he/him)
Stage Manager – Cris Chavez (they/them)
Fight Choreography – Diego Retamales (he/him)
Intimacy Coordination – Nigel Poulton (he/him)
Magic Consultancy – Harry Milas (he/him)
Dialect Coach – Laura Farrell (she/her)
Choreography – Elle Evangelista (she/her)
Production Photographer – Robert Catto (he/him)
Cast – Julian Garner (he/him), Alex Malone (she/her), Matilda Ridgway (she/they) and Shan-Ree Tan (he/him).
Venue: Belvoir 25a, 25 Belvoir St, Surry Hills, NSW 2010
Previews: 11-12 March 2025
Season: 13-30 March 2025
Price: $25 ($20 for previews)
Bookings and performance times: https://belvoir.com.au/productions/furious-mattress/