GREY ARIAS
NEW YORK PREMIERE
MAR 2-8, 2026
Devised, written, and directed by Adrienne Truscott & Le Gateau Chocolat
Le Gateau Chocolat is a man. Adrienne Truscott is a woman.
Le Gateau Chocolat is a gay, black, English-Nigerian man and drag artiste. Adrienne Truscott is a cis white feminist American female performance artist.
Le Gateau Chocolat is a multi-award-winning, plus-sized, bearded, drag diva feminist. Adrienne Truscott is a multi-award-winning comedian and provocateur who enjoys chocolate cake, up to a point.
They are dear friends and here, as in everyday life, they perform a multiplicity of identities: perceived, lived and projected. As their comical banter turns personal, political debates erupt, and grey areas (and arias) are exposed. Between musical numbers, they spring rhetorical traps designed to catch any who overstep the blurred lines of the politically correct and interrogate the boundaries of allyship.
When the 'faggot' faces the 'feminist', they ask: “How does one walk the fine line that delineates marginalised perspectives?”
In heels, obviously. Crack!
GREY ARIAS was originally commissioned by Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
CO-DIRECTOR & CO-WRITER
Adrienne Truscott
CO-DIRECTOR & CO-WRITER
Le Gateau Chocolat
SOUND DESIGNER
Kim ‘Busty Beatz’ Bowers
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER
Eugene
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Amelia Lever-Davidson
“Grey Arias is off-the-wall but tackles some vital questions and has the depth of work we expect from both of these performers, whose shows challenge an audience and themselves and the nature of theatre.” — Theatre First
“Grey Arias promises visual, comic and aural pleasure.” — The Sydney Morning Herald
“Truscott and Chocolat's quick, spiky banter offers an entertaining way to raise the issues while avoiding any heavy-handedness or ponderous chin-stroking.” — Chortle
“The witty banter that fuels their bond is quite powerful and provides a level of intimacy rarely seen on stage. These exchanges, and their extremely sardonic reflections on regimes of oppression, are the greatest source of the humour in the show.” — Stage Whispers
