Flicker

Name: Flicker
Start: 2026-10-12T19:10
End: 2026-10-18
Location: The Motley Bauhaus

When: Monday 12 October 2026 – Sunday 18 October 2026
Where: The Motley Bauhaus · 118 Elgin St, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia

A modern-day sex farce that 'blazes a trail for authentic OCD representation onstage' ★★★★★ ★★★★★ - ThreeWeeks ★★★★★ - A Young(ish) Perspective ★★★★ - The Scotsman ★★★★ - LondonTheatre After a shitshow of a shag, Jo must hide a suspicious stain, a semi-naked man, and her terrifying intrusive thoughts from her housemate Anna, before she loses everything.

When being queer goes from one of many intrusive thoughts to a real feeling, how do you know what’s true, or intrusive?

If you can’t trust your own thoughts, what can you trust? And how far can you trust peoples’ tolerance?

Flicker is a modern-day sex farce that 'blazes a trail for authentic OCD representation onstage' - (A Young(ish) Perspective). After seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre, London, this new Australian staging assembles emerging creatives with OCD in a project that champions lived experience-led representation.

'To laugh about it and have conversations around OCD tonight, it's a nice feeling to know that I'm not alone' - (Audience member, Malthouse 2026 reading)

Content warnings: Ableism, Animal Cruelty, Mental Health, Murder, Queerphobia or Homophobia, Sexual Assault or Abuse, Simulated Blood, Staged Violence, Sexual References, Use of Slurs