Playing Haus

Next date: Thursday, 09 April 2026 | 09:00 PM to 10:30 PM

Four frames stacked on one another of people dressed in drag.

Presented by VILE Production Company

'Whodunnits' are such a drag... an original, sinful murder mystery by VILE Production Company.

Teddy and Lorelai Cuck have it all — a beautiful manor, a faithful old maid, an abundance of wealth and a lustful relationship. They're gluttons, cheats and fetishists with no remorse whatsoever for their hedonistic lifestyle. However, things take a sinister turn for the worse when a spunky young plumber comes to the manor to give the place a fix-up, just in time for an anonymous body to mysteriously be discovered. Trapped in the illustrious Cuck Manor by a spontaneous, disastrous storm, Teddy, Lorelai, Mishka the maid and Ace Plumbing must apprehensively work together to get to the bottom of the mystery and find whodunnit, with their wits about them and their lives intact. There are romances, conspiracies, alliances, and dark secrets decorating the manor and following the motley crew- after all, there's truly never a dull moment at Cuck manor.

A play on the classic murder mystery genre, Playing Haus is an original drag comedy about lust, greed, class and gender. Playing Haus is a modern twist on classic queer stories with an emphasis on camp and satire. Theatrical, sexy, gory and absurd, this is whodunnit is a burlesque, drag, black comedy, horror and pantomime show in one, where the culprit and victim are the least important facet of the story.

Playing Haus is the debut show of VILE Production CO. (est. 2025), founded by queer theatre makers and VCA alumni Louisa Cusumano, Ez Kenworthy, Tom Weinert and Sam Morris.

For any questions, please contact: ticketing@darebin.vic.gov.au.

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Age Suitability

Suitable for persons aged 18+

Content Warnings

This production uses strong coarse language, partial nudity, smoking of herbal cigarettes, adult themes, dynamic soundtrack or loud noises, light use of strobe lighting, depictions of violence, death, and sexual acts, references to drugs and alcohol, use of prop weapons and blood.