Name: Ugly Mugs
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Ugly Mugs

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A girl on a footy field cops a blow to the head and her bag is stolen. A teenage boy grapples with his role in a disturbing event. A woman relives a nightmare while her doctor looks on. None of them saw it coming. None of them were ready for what happened next.

Taking its title from the name sex workers use for aggressive clients, Peta Brady's Ugly Mugs emerged from a Melbourne shocked by violence against women and interrogates the culture of abuse lurking in the shadows of every Australian city.

Length in minutes: 0
Cast: 6 total
Roles: 3 female identifying, 3 male identifying
Publisher: Currency Press

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REVIEW: UGLY MUGS EXPLORES HARROWING REALITIES OF SEX WORK

CAMERON WOODHEAD, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 21 MAY 2014

"Itâ€™s a strange, poignant gambit that reminded me a bit of Will Selfâ€™s unpretty burlesques, dredging up all the mess of life and desire in a situation that reeks of the opposite. The hard, bare traverse stage, under the hostile buzz of fluoro lights, provides a slashing contrast to Bradyâ€™s labile, edgy, sharply observed and deeply human portrayal."

PROGRAM: UGLY MUGS

MALTHOUSE THEATRE

Program for 'Ugly Mugs'.

ARTICLE: SEX, WOMEN AND VIOLENCE IN PETA BRADY'S NEW PLAY

KYLIE NORTHOVER, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 8 JULY 2014

Sydney Morning Herald interviews Peta Brady on the inspiration for her new play.

ARTICLE: UGLY MUGS: A STORY OF THE STREET

GRIFFIN THEATRE, 22 JULY 2014

Writer Peta Brady talks to Griffin about real life â€˜Ugly Mugsâ€™ and how theyâ€™ve informed her new play.

REVIEW: UGLY MUGS, GRIFFIN

JASON BLAKE, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, 24 JULY 2014

"Ugly Mugs makes it possible for us to appreciate and even enjoy elements of a play that peers into the dark places of our cities and our psyches."

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