Musical comedian and professional overthinker Selena Mersey is in a long-term relationship for the first time in her life. Unfortunately, shes also been reading about Freud lately, and shes feeling distressingly motherly towards her partner. Can Selenas straight-passing relationship survive the weight of anxiety, progressive politics, and an incredibly impactful psychology A Level?

After a sellout run at Brighton Fringe, Mersey returns with a souped-up redux of the psychodynamic sensation that answered the questions on everyones lips: Is this whole gender dynamics thing more hassle than its worth? Is Oedipus really that complex? And how many Freudians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? (That ones actually in the show.)

Madonna or whore. Virgin or slut. Wife or mistress. Sacred or defiled. Madonna/Whore is a filthy, Freudian, feminist odyssey into the desire to be all and none of the above, featuring songs, stand-up, burlesque, and a live birth. Let this shambolic chanteuse enchant you out of your Freudian slip and show you what relationship counselling really looks like. Sex dolls go free.

Laugh out loud funny (The Reviews Hub)

She will dazzle and charm you (Broadway Baby)

Brighton-based Selena Mersey is a musical comedy powerhouse, bisexual burlesque babe, and a force of nature femme theatremaker. A rising star on the UK cabaret scene, she has performed in the finals of the Musical Comedy Awards, graced the stage of Burlesque Idol, and made a splash on TikTok with over 3 million views.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Sexual content; swearing; partial nudity; discussion of misogyny and queerphobia; mention of/jokes about drugs (cocaine & crack), closeted sexuality, birth, and incest

This event will be held in our upstairs theatre space. Tickets are also available to watch the event on a screen downstairs.

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