Sex, Drugs & Pork Rolls

The date is 9 November 2016 and Donald Trump has just been elected president of the United States. On this day, four Western Sydney hood-rats clash in a string of violence, substance abuse and sexual encounters.

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Experienced as an immersive, multi-screen four-part monologue installation Sex, Drugs & Pork Rolls is an oral storytelling experience from the heartland of multicultural Australia, a four-part monologue that weaves together a portrait of young people of colour (POC) growing up in the Western suburbs of Sydney.

Sex, Drugs & Pork Rolls resonates with an astute sense of place, connection and shared experiences of so many who are traversing the tensions and challenges of mixed cultural mores and behaviours with empathy, humour and uncompromising clarity of truth.

Audiences will experience the work across four screens, from the comfort of a socially-distanced chair while enjoying a complimentary Bánh mì.

Sex, Drugs & Pork Rolls has been created by a team of extraordinary artists and technicians, all of whom are from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse background, infusing the work with depth and authenticity.

Written by Winnie Dunn, Stephen Pham, Shirley Le and Omar Sakr, with script editing and dramaturgical support from acclaimed author Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Sex, Drugs & Pork Rolls has been crafted for the screen by Helpmann Award winner S.Shakthidharan and performers Hazem Shammas, Emily Havea, Aileen Huynh and Henry Vo.