Musical comedian and professional overthinker Selena Mersey is in a long-term relationship for the first time in her life. Unfortunately, she’s also been reading about Freud lately, and she’s feeling distressingly motherly towards her partner. Can Selena’s straight-passing relationship survive the weight of anxiety, progressive politics, and an incredibly impactful psychology A Level?
After a sellout run at Brighton Fringe, Mersey returns with a souped-up redux of the psychodynamic sensation that answered the questions on everyone’s lips: Is this whole ‘gender dynamics’ thing more hassle than it’s worth? Is Oedipus really that complex? And how many Freudians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? (That one’s actually in the show.)
Madonna or whore. Virgin or slut. Wife or mistress. Sacred or defiled. Madonna/Whore is a filthy, Freudian, feminist odyssey into the desire to be all and none of the above, featuring songs, stand-up, burlesque, and a live birth. Let this shambolic chanteuse enchant you out of your Freudian slip and show you what relationship counselling really looks like. Sex dolls go free.
★★★★ “Laugh out loud funny” (The Reviews Hub)
★★★★ “She will dazzle and charm you” (Broadway Baby)
Brighton-based Selena Mersey is a musical comedy powerhouse, bisexual burlesque babe, and a force of nature femme theatremaker. A rising star on the UK cabaret scene, she has performed in the finals of the Musical Comedy Awards, graced the stage of Burlesque Idol, and made a splash on TikTok with over 3 million views.
CONTENT WARNINGS: Sexual content; swearing; partial nudity; discussion of misogyny and queerphobia; mention of/jokes about drugs (cocaine & crack), closeted sexuality, birth, and incest
This event will be held in our upstairs theatre space. Tickets are also available to watch the event on a screen downstairs.