I'm only dating these men because my uncle bequeathed me money and I need to get married by the end of the year

Image: by Tom Noble

A queer musical about love

"I’m Only Dating These Men Because My Uncle Bequeathed Me Money and I Need to Get Married by the End of the Year" is a wild, heartfelt new musical comedy about one man’s race to find true love - or at least a legal spouse - before his eccentric criminal uncle ruins his life. In this two man show, Larry learns he’s inherited $946,000; but only if he’s married to the love of his life within a year. One year to find a partner or his life as he knows it will be undone.

What awaits him in the dating pool?

Aside from Grindr dates, old friends and emotionally unavailable men, Larry scrapes the bottom of the proverbial barrel that is dating. A KPI-obsessed corporate lover, a dandruff-fuelled meltdown and a stingy inter-dimensional being - just a few characters he meets. Down on his luck he turns to his loveable Aunty Sue who tells him to find love in passions, which turns out to be just as bad as his dating game. With gaudy musical numbers, and a journey of radical self-discovery, Larry discovers all that really mattered were the friends we made along the way.

Get answers to the questions we have all been asking:

  • What is true love?
  • How do you know if they are the one?
  • And what is hiding down in Auntie Sue’s vault?

She’ll never tell.


Get your tickets now or don’t! What do we care? Just as long as you take care out there, grandma’s been calling. Have you been to visit her? And wear a jumper. God you’re so grown up.

This show is for everyone who loves goofy comedy and musicals. It also speaks to the queer community touching on some dating and life situations that are a bit too familiar but pushed to an extreme.

Event & ticketing details

Accessibility

Audio Rating MEDIUM

Dates & Times

WHEN 19-23 Jan | Mon-Fri 7pm
DURATION 1hr

Tickets

FULL $38.00
CONC $32.00
EARLY BIRD 15% off full price tickets on eligible events until 5pm 16 Dec 2025
3-SHOW 10% off full price tickets when booking 3 or more eligible events in one transaction
COMPANION Companion card holders are eligible to book an additional companion ticket - please contact [email protected] to arrange
BOOKING FEE $5.25 per transaction (not per ticket) for ticket sales via midsumma.org.au or 03 9296 6600

Location

Theatre Works: Explosives Factory

67 Inkerman St, St Kilda

Get directions

Tram

3/3a, 67 to stop 34 (Inkerman St/St Kilda Rd)

Event notes

TARGET AUDIENCE

Gay, Queer,

INFO

Melbourne Premiere

WARNINGS

Themes of a sexual nature, Depictions of violence, Strong language

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