Sacred & Profane, a new comedy from Samantha Gray, debuts at The Space, a tale of modern dating, money, and romance.
Lad (Stanley Karikari) has everything going for him. Successful, driven, and looking for love. Who is out there as a match for him, and who is waiting to exploit him?
When he’s matched with Mary (Emma Von Schreiber), they click online and are set to meet, but the shadow of a scam he’s also caught up in threatens to bring everything crashing down.
Running less than an hour, this is a quick and cautionary tale about the personalities and profiles we build for ourselves online. What we do is constantly being monitored, interpreted, and stored.
Give a lot of love to get it back, smarmy web supremo Cash (Ben Felton) tells us. He’s an exaggerated form of aggressive marketing, set up to take your money and your heart.
As Nancy (Athena Zacharia) is fired from her job for sleeping, her situation becomes wildly funny and just a bit tragic as she flails around looking for an easy fix to her financial woes.
Focusing on money and sex scams, which are common currency across dating sites today, Sacred and Profane is humorous but still highlights a serious topic which sucks in people and can affect their lives forever.
Stella (Jazzie Ricks) is one of those ‘friends’ who makes mischief and money from the promise of riches and power. It’s a strong performance from Ricks.
Felton is a host of sleaze, a life coach with a false smile, while Karikari’s panic and double-takes give a way in for us to understand Lad. He’s a fool, but we shouldn’t laugh at him for that. And on a date with Mary, he’s awkward, and he’s endearing.
At The Space until 27 Apr, you can buy tickets for Sacred & Profane now.
***.5