OFFSET

It starts with a $1,060 call-out fee. She’s a real estate agent with a beautiful house she can barely afford. He’s an apprentice electrician who dreams of owning one. When a late-night blackout brings them together, an argument over the bill sparks an unlikely connection.

Soon, professional lines begin to blur and the pair finds themselves navigating more than Australia’s cooked property market. They come from different worlds but they’re chasing much the same thing: security, connection and somewhere – or perhaps someone – to call home. But when everything has a price, what are you prepared to overlook to get what you want?

Internationally acclaimed Thai-Australian playwright Anchuli Felicia King (The Poison of Polygamy, White Pearl, Golden Shield) turns her razorsharp eye to property, power and class in this wickedly funny, sexy and painfully current new play about the stories we sell ourselves to get ahead.

Starring La Boite favourite Kimie Tsukakoshi (Congratulations, Get Rich!, The Poison of Polygamy), this world premiere La Boite Theatre and Seymour Centre co-production asks a very modern question: can you afford the life you think you deserve?

This exciting new Australian work is so relevant right now - especially for those seeking security in home ownership and what that actually entails to make it happen. What is the dream, and what is the actual reality you are left with? - Monica Sayers, Director