promiscuous/cities by Lachlan Philpott

How can we know a city when we don’t even know ourselves?

They’ve written endless songs about this city.

Can you feel the street’s pulse, how it rushes through your veins like a drug?

He’s in trouble, she’s falling in love, they’re cheating, she’s trapped and he’s alone.

But keep moving since we mustn’t fall behind.

Stay connected- don’t want to miss out.

promiscuous/cities conjures up a symphony of a night in a big city. Within this city, we each create the myth of ourselves. Yet underneath the vision we sell on social media – like! – is mile after mile of distance between us.

Playwright Lachlan Philpott asks: How can we know a city when we don’t even know ourselves?

This production is the Australian premiere of a work by one of the country’s hottest playwrights, Lachlan Philpott, directed by his long-time collaborator, Alyson Campbell.