Ugly Mugs – Griffin Theatre Co and Malthouse Theatre

Overview

Working as a drug and safety officer in St Kilda, Peta Brady (The Slap, Kath and Kim) has a real insight into the violent horrors that many sex workers face on a regular basis. Brady was one of the last people to see Tracy Connelly alive before she was murdered last year in the van she shared with her boyfriend.

Ugly Mugs is Brady's attempt to shed light on the culture of silencing violence against women on the street and to challenge the lack of police support and protection. The title is taken from a pamphlet of the same name initiated by the Prostitute Collective of Victoria (now RhED) in 1986 that identified particularly aggressive clients.

Directed by Malthouse Theatre's artistic director Marion Potts, Ugly Mugs comes to Sydney for the first time with Brady co-starring alongside Steve Le Marquand (Death of a Salesman, The Return), Sara West (Dreams in White) and Harry Borland (The Turning).