A whip-smart and gaspingly funny sprint through the corridors of power

Sex scandals, culture wars, motherhood and Machiavellian manipulation – it’s all in a day’s work inside the House.

Playwright Emily Steel and director Shannon Rush pull back the curtain on the real Parliament House in this bold, black comedy hailed an “undeniably Australian and gloriously uncompromising” (The Conversation) future classic.

Brought to brilliant life by some of Australia’s most beloved comic actors, Housework follows a group of political dynamos through the backstabbing and backroom deals of a high-stakes sitting week in Canberra, whilst balancing family crises just as frantic.

With Susie Youssef (Deadloch, The Project) as first-time MP Ruth Mandour, Emily Taheny (Mad as Hell) as her overworked Chief of Staff and iconic media polymath Indira Naidoo as… well, you’ll see, this is Aussie political satire at its very best.

Event Details:

• Dates:

  Previews 05 Sep – 08 Sep 2026
  Season 10 Sep – 17 Oct 2026

  Night with the Artists
  Mon 21 Sep, post-show 

  Captioned Performances
  Tue 06 Oct, 6:30pm
  Sat 10 Oct, 1:30pm

  Audio Described Performances
  Tue 13 Oct, 6:30pm

  Schools Performance 
  Wed 16 Sep, 11:30am

  Performance start times
  Preview performances – 7:30pm 
  In-season evening performances – Mon & Tues 6:30pm; Wed – Sat 7:30pm  
  Matinee performances – Wed 1:00pm; Saturday 1:30pm

• Duration: 2 hrs 10 mins, including interval.

• Suitable for: 16 years+

• Location: Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House

• Warnings: Strong language, mature themes, sexual references, herbal cigarettes.

More info & tickets here.