The Domestiques
Misfit Toys Collective (California, USA)
They’re sisters! They’re lovers! They’re cross-dressing murders! Two maids
play out a sadomasochistic wet dream of killing their boss… until the line
between their fantasies and reality blurs. Two actors swap parts each
performance, role-playing servant and master, indulging their fantasies of
control and wealth while on the clock as housemaids. Inspired by
anti-capitalist metatheatrical play The Maids, Jean Genet’s response to
the Papin murders in 1930s France which he saw as an act of political and
social rebellion. Drag performance, audience interaction and
gender-f*ckery are utilized to explore rituals of repression and revolt.
Directed
and Produced by | Rory James Leech
Adapted by | Venus Cobb after Jean
Genet
Dramaturgy by | Brin Constant Gordon
Performed by | Kayla
Dobbs and Aviana Glove
Presented by | Misfit Toys Collective
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Theatre
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£10.00 - £14.00 -
11-24 August 2025 -
50 minutes -
C ARTS | C venues | C alto -
studio -
14+ (guidance) -
Audience participation, Nudity, Scenes of a sexual nature
