HUBRIS & HUMILIATION

“Love is the cause and solution to all of our problems.”

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a down-on-her-luck mother (who has just lost her home to a shady online suitor) must send her only son to Sydney to find and marry a wealthy man.

Jane Austen’s drawing rooms and country estates are switched out for the dizzying dancefloors and leafy avenues of post-plebiscite Sydney in Hubris & Humiliation. This laugh-out-loud comedy is a kaleidoscopic pastiche of Jane Austen’s writing and an outrageous satire of life and love in the Emerald City’s pumping gay scene. 

Producer by Sydney Theatre Company (2022). Directed by Dean Bryant. Set and costume design by Isabel Hudson. Cast: Roman Delo, Melissa Kahraman, Celia Ireland, Andrew McFarlane, Ryan Panizza, Matthew Cooper, and Henrietta Enyonam Amevor

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WINNER OF THREE SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK (2023).

WINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN THEATRE FESTIVAL NYC NEW PLAY AWARD (2021).

"An explosion of creativity and a celebration of queer joy" ★★★★★ The Guardian.

“Hubris & Humiliation deserves to be seen by as many people as possible, and then turned into a future-cult-classic movie.” ★★★★★ Timeout.

"It’s really very funny, with a wit that doesn’t just evoke Austen, but also Noel Coward and even Oscar Wilde." Sydney Morning Herald.

"A light-hearted, camp romp that fills the stage with upbeat humour… sending you home on a joyous high." ★★★★ Limelight.

"Relentlessly effervescent, amusing at every turn, often dazzling with genuine hilarity… a truly wonderful time at the theatre" ★★★★ Suzy Goes See.

"A broad comedy with jokes for everyone" ★★★★ The Queer Review.