Triple X

The first trans love story on the Australian mainstage, Triple X is a hilarious, honest and emotionally affecting play from the wickedly funny pen of Australian-born, New York- based playwright, comedienne and performer Glace Chase.

Running until 1 April in Queensland Theatre’s Bille Brown Theatre, Triple X examines the relationship between straight ‘Wall Street banker bro’, Scotty (Josh McConville, Top End Wedding, STC’s Cat on a Hot Tim Roof), and Dexie (Chase), a trans performer with whom he starts an affair, just a few months out from his wedding to his ‘perfect’ fiancée.

Scotty has it all: a multimillion- dollar loft in downtown Manhattan, a high-flying Wall Street job and he’s about to marry the perfect fiancée, who also happens to be loaded. But when he meets trans performance artist Dexie, he discovers he wants something more. A friend? A confidante? A lover?

When the secret of their affair gets out, it’s sure to shock not only his dude-bro Jase, his highly-strung mother Deb and his lesbian activist sister Claire, but also a theatre audience strapped in for the ride of their lives. The play also features one of the most eye-popping sex scenes in recent theatre history. 

Triple X also stars Queensland Theatre multi-award winner Christen O’Leary (Antigone, Mouthpiece), as Scotty’s mum, Deb, and Elijah Williams (in his Queensland Theatre debut) as his best mate, Jase. Also making her debut with the Company is Contessa Treffone (STC’s Lord of the Flies and The Harp in the South) in the role of Scotty’s sister, Claire.

Says Chase, “Whilst the concept of ‘trans’ has finally hit the mainstream over the last few years, the next big story to be told is ‘trans in love’. I think very few people have any concept of what a romantic relationship looks like between a trans person and those interested in them.

 “It’s a unique story and it’s mainly from the point of view of the straight guy who is romantically interested in a trans woman. We’ve never seen something (empathetically) explore what he and they go through. I think the general public still struggles to fully understand the trans experience, but I think they want to. Hopefully this will help.”

Good to know - Directed by Paige Rattray, Triple X is co-produced with Sydney Theatre Company.

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