French Letters and Leather Cleaner
by Laurent Auclair
Presented by Fruit Box Theatre
in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company
Supported by SB&W Foundation
10 - 24 February, 2023
KXT Kings Cross (Sydney, Australia)
An ageing shop owner, a savvy twenty-something, a jaded drag queen and a straight Inner West couple spend an evening in an adult store.
Once a haven for Sydney’s lost souls, today “French Letters” is an adult store in decline. Sales are down, gentrification is up, and store owner Robbie is on the verge of selling to developers. Thrust together one evening, a band of unlikely friends discover that they may have more in common than it first appears (ulterior motives aside). Sometimes it takes stepping outside of your comfort zone to find the community you’ve been looking for.
“Fruit Box Theatre is that rare theatrical beast: a place that is safe enough for joyous risk-taking, while maintaining high artistic standards. And this sense of safety is all the more important for queer creatives and audience members alike. We need more companies like Fruit Box.
Working with this dream team of unfeasibly gifted people was a career highlight for me. Long may they continue to produce beautiful theatre that raises a smile and provokes a thought long after the curtain comes down. I’d work with them again in a heartbeat.”
— Mat Oldaker, Actor
Creative Team
Writer Laurent Auclair
Director Sean Landis
Producer Emily Henderson
Executive Producers Madeleine Gandhi and Sean Landis
Set & Costume Designer Soham Apte
Lighting Designer Aron Murray
Sound Designer Sam Cheng
Assistant Director / Props Clay Crighton
Stage Manager / Assistant Lighting Designer Alex Bryant
Dramaturg Rowan Brunt
Intimacy Coordinator Sasha Landis
Photographer Matthew Miceli Photography
Kris Robbie Wardhaugh
Charmaine Kayla-Rose De Sousa
Andy Marty Quinn
Santi Mat Oldaker
Robbie Dennis Clements