Image by Work Art Life Studios and Black Photography
by Sharr White
Directed by Brett Cousins
Australian Premiere
Red Stitch at Home
7 Oct – 1 Nov
Previews 30 Sep – 3 Oct
“I know plenty of men just like me… In fact, pretty much all men I know are just like me, and they’re admired. But what am I. Suspect. Goddamned suspect.” – Polly
Based on the real-life relationship between a long-serving Albany mayor and his key confidante, Sharr White’s portrayal of grass roots politics in the male-dominated society of the mid-1970s could be an artefact from another time. But Polly – a wily, brash fixer and the architect of countless campaigns and quid pro quos – re-writes the narrative of women once only seen in relation to the ‘powerful’ men they served.
“…a rich portrait of an ambitious woman constrained by the gender politics of her time.” – Time Out New York