The Very Dark, Very Ugly, Very Evil Forces of the Manosphere VS The Girls of St.Faustina's
The Alma Tavern & Theatre · BS8
9 December 2026 – 10 December 2026
£9–£11
Theatre
8pm Wednesday & Thursday
‘There are three fundamental principles of music. CASH, CARS, PUSSY. I'm joking, you can laugh.’
Year 12 student, Manon Beaumont, from the prestigious boarding school of St Faustina’s, has rallied the seven talented girls in her choir to hijack the school assembly. Instead of performing the practised to perfection ballads that they have been working towards all term, she wants to debut her brand new, piece de la resistance, incel bashing musical. The hypothetical discussions that the girls have about the manosphere as they tirelessly rehearse the anticipated production are suddenly, shockingly, catapulted into reality when one of the choir girls falls victim to the school's culture of misogyny.
Cherish the Orange’s new show is a play-within-a-play comedy EXTRAVAGANZA, with original music. It confronts the threat that developing AI will have on gendered violence and misogyny in the future - to the backdrop of fierce female ambition and rebellion. This is no sop story, it’s a call to arms!
Written by Dulcie Johnson, Tildy Paisner and Leo Russel. Music and Lyrics by Honey Gawn-Hopkins
All tickets include a £1 admin charge
Approx running time 1 hour (no interval)