Rough Trade

29/07/2023

"Katie Po***ck’s script shines with witty one-liners and keen observations... strong and confident with a saucy sense of humour." Noel Anderson

Another beautiful review for this heartwarming show. Tonight is the last chance to see it on stage before the lemons go back in their boxes (or into one final batch of lemonade). 🍋🍋🍋

⏰ 7.30pm
🌏 TW Explosives Factory, St Kilda.
🎟 https://bit.ly/rough-trade-2023

https://noelanderson2014.com/2023/07/28/rough-trade-review/

📷 Clare Hawley
Theatre Works

Even d***os and s*x toys are apparently able to be swapped for something else on Rough Trade!

26/07/2023

Part takedown of capitalism, part wannabe dancing d***o musical, this one-woman play is a celebration of resilience, humour … and s*x toys!

17/07/2023

When life gives you lemons...
Katie Po***ck's only co-stars in Rough Trade just happen to be of the citrus variety. And we need a lot of them. Real lemons, not just the perfect little globes of gold you find in stores. So we were delighted when St Kilda local Ayse Ayranci offered to help out with a basket of lemony love from their GLORIOUS backyard tree! 🍋🍋🍋

Big thanks to our venue manager Laura for hooking us up, and a huge thanks to Ayse for making the show look (and smelll) so goddam good! So much gratitude from the Rogues, and if we're honest, just a little jealousy. That yard is a dream.

Come and see what Katie does when life gives her lemons. Show opens for preview tomorrow and runs until July 29 at Explosives Factory St Kilda

Tickets: https://bit.ly/rough-trade-2023

Theatre Works City Of Port Phillip Creative Victoria

16/07/2023

Q: Without spoiling anything, how would you describe Rough Trade if you were speaking with a best friend?

A: You know how when something really s**t happens in your life and you’re like why? Why me? Why this now? And then you think back and try to work out all the little things that went incrementally wrong until BLAM, here you are staring into the mouth of the black hole? And your friend who is much wiser and has more spoons than you goes babe, open your eyes, it’s because of the patriarchy … or capitalism, I forget which. Also would you like to go halves on owning a duck? It’s like that. 🍋🦆🦆

Katie Po***ck's Rough Trade bumps in TODAY for its premiere in Victoria. Preview show on Wed (just $28) or join us for opening night on the 20th.

Season: 19 - 29 July at TW Explosives Factory, St Kilda.
Tickets: https://bit.ly/rough-trade-2023

📸 Clare Hawley
Theatre Works City Of Port Phillip What's On St Kilda & Southside
Creative Victoria

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13/07/2023

Questions with Katie #3
Q: What kind of conversations do you hope Rough Trade would ignite amongst theatregoers?

A: "It’s a provocation as much as a conversation. I hope it will inspire audiences to think twice about how they view other people and potentially judge their situation or life choices. If people want to trade s*x toys, let them. I’d also like audiences to imagine the show as a musical with giant singing, dancing d***os high-kicking across the stage … and if anyone wants to help make that happen they should look me up. We can discuss it over a glass of rosé." 🍷😁

Katie Po***ck's Rough Trade is less than one week away from its premiere in Victoria, and tickets to our first shows are selling out! Be there for the Wednesday preview for just $28!

Season: 19 - 29 July at TW Explosives Factory, St Kilda.
Tickets here: https://bit.ly/rough-trade-2023

📸 Clare Hawley

Theatre Works City Of Port Phillip What's On St Kilda & Southside

12/07/2023

Questions with Katie #2
Q: How has it been for you being both the writer and performer in Rough Trade?

A: "It’s been a real challenge. I haven’t performed on stage since I did acting classes in the late 90s, so about 25 years – yikes! People say oh it doesn’t matter if you forget the lines because you wrote them so you can just make something up, but it really does matter to me. I think of myself as a writer first and foremost so when I fluff or drop a line I get really annoyed that a delicate link has been broken. Despite the apparent easy conversational tone of the play, it’s actually very carefully wrought, so a small moment missed early in the piece lessens the payoff at the end. There’s a lot of metaphor going on, if you pay attention. I already knew actors do a hard job but this has given me a new-found appreciation for the amazing work they do."

Rough Trade marks the first time that playwright Katie Po***ck and director Anthony Skuse have presented their award-winning work in Melbourne. A heartfelt and often hilarious new story inspired by the real-life Facebook group. First preview opens in just ONE WEEK!

Season runs 19 - 29 July at TW Explosives Factory, St Kilda.
Presented by Rogue Projects and Theatre Works.
Read more and book tickets here: https://bit.ly/rough-trade-2023

📸 Clare Hawley

10/07/2023

Questions with Katie…
Do you recall the moment that inspired you to write Rough Trade?

A: “Writers are the ultimate hoarders – we hang onto ideas for years, in case they come in handy one day. I had been ‘collecting’ trades from the Rough Trade Facebook group because they were just so brilliant, and I think it slowly crept up on me that I had to write about the group and the people who made it such a strange and wondrous place. Was it the day someone asked for d***os that they could fling out of their trebuchet? That time a le***an couple were looking to trade for a s***m donor with specific First Nations heritage? Or maybe it was the infamous goat exchange. Who can say?

As a young adult I spent quite a lot of time doing outreach stuff with people experiencing homelessness. I have vivid memories of hearing people’s stories about life’s twists and turns and how a series of small incidents had left them in this place they never expected to be. ‘I didn’t think this would be me,’ some said. ‘It could be you.’ That really stayed with me. So I guess this play has been building for a lifetime.”

Rough Trade is a heartfelt and often hilarious new story inspired by the real life facebook group. Playing from 19 - 29 July at TWExplosives Factory, St Kilda.

Read more and book tickets here: https://bit.ly/rough-trade-2023

📸 Clare Hawley

07/07/2023

05/07/2023

A new interview with Katie! Rough Trade is coming to Melbourne and we open in St Kilda with Theatre Works in just two weeks!

This week on our Backstage Blog, we spoke with Katie Po***ck about her hilarious, heartfelt and revealing new show, ROUGH TRADE, opening in two weeks at Explosives Factory!

Presented by Rogue Projects, Rough Trade plays from 19 - 29 July.

Get an insight into the inspiration behind the work and what it means to perform it in the full interview here: https://www.theatreworks.org.au/post/in-conversation-with-katie-pollock

And book your tickets to Rough Trade here: https://bit.ly/rough-trade-2023

📸: Zorica Purlija

22/06/2023

Rough Trade opens at the Peninsula Theatre tomorrow for just 2 performances this week!

Part takedown of capitalism, part wannabe dancing d***o musical, this one-woman play is a celebration of resilience, humour… and s*x toys!

Nominated for three The Sydney Fringe Awards in 2022 including Best in Theatre & Best in Spoken Word.

Full details and tickets at https://theatres.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/theatre/rough-trade-peninsula-theatre

Grab a ticket and get a free spot at a writing masterclass with Katie herself, happening this Saturday afternoon.

📸 Clare Hawley
Central Coast Council Central Coast WOY WOY, ETTALONG AND UMINA

13/06/2023

Rough Trade is coming to Woy Woy in under two weeks! Katie will be on stage at the Peninsula Theatre for two performances on June 23 and 24.

If you’re local you don’t want to miss this beautifully real and funny new work from Katie Po***ck and director Anthony Skuse. If you’re not maybe now’s the time to plan a weekend on the Central Coast!

Full details and tickets at https://theatres.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/theatre/rough-trade-peninsula-theatre

Stay tuned for news about a special page to stage workshop and conversation with Katie herself!

📸 Clare Hawley
Central CoastCentral Coast Council