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  • A woman's face heavily made up in white, red and black makeup, including a red heart on her lips and spidery black lashes.
  • A woman in a tight black spider costume, with four extra 'arms' and face heavily made up with white, red and black makeup.
6 – 19 Apr

Black Widow: Sex, Bugs and A High Death Toll

  • Cabaret
  • Entertainment

Part woman, part spider, all cannibalistic blood lust. Arachnophobes encouraged.

Black Widow: Sex, Bugs and A High Death Toll is a sensual and salacious cabaret with Queen Cannibal, mother of all spiders and the reason Daddy Longlegs got his name, Black Widow. Be enveloped in her web of lust, lunacy and love.

A dynamic dive into the original femme fatale’s world as she grieves, digests and gets back on the hunt.

Hours

Date Times
Mon 6 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Tue 7 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Wed 8 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Thu 9 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Fri 10 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Sat 11 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Sun 12 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Mon 13 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Tue 14 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Wed 15 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Thu 16 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Fri 17 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Sat 18 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm
Sun 19 Apr
  • 10pm - 11pm 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Location

Speakeasy Theatre
522 Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

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Price and bookings

From $25 to $45

Adult / general $35
Student / concession $27
Book online for Black Widow: Sex, Bugs and A High Death Toll

Contact details

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