'Ish Madigan is a feminist academic writing a thesis on computer games. Jake Newhouse is a full-time management consultant and part-time pickup artist. They’re not exactly best friends.
'But when Jake’s latest crush – a brilliant Danish librarian – doesn’t respond to his usual seduction techniques, he knows he needs help. Jake asks Ish to coach him in feminist-friendly flirtation. He’ll pay. And Ish needs the money.
'So, what’s stopping her? Oh, you know, just ethics, morals and every fibre of her being.
'From the pen of Australian playwright and social commentator Van Badham comes this hilariously explicit new comedy. Banging Denmark is a swinging satire on the men who claim to understand the ‘female mind’ and the online culture that inspires them.'
Source: Sydney Theatre Company.
Produced by Sydney Theatre Company (The Studio, Sydney Opera House), 26 July to 24 August 2019.
Director: Jessica Arthur.
Designer: Renée Mulder.
Lighting Designer: Alexander Berlage.
Composer & Sound Designer: Clemence Williams.
Assistant Director: Tasnim Hossain.
Cast: Patrick Jhanur, Michelle Lim Davidson, Amber McMahon, TJ Power, and Megan Wilding.
'Van Badham’s new play, directed by Jessica Arthur, is a cheerful farce about sexual harassment, internet trolling and sexual predation, if you can imagine such a thing. If you can’t, then you should see it because it is very funny.' (Introduction)
'Van Badham’s new play, directed by Jessica Arthur, is a cheerful farce about sexual harassment, internet trolling and sexual predation, if you can imagine such a thing. If you can’t, then you should see it because it is very funny.' (Introduction)
