Audrey is 11 years old and telepathically linked to all the other horse girls in the world. She devours all things horses; the saddle club, spirit, national velvet, black beauty, even ventolin from her Shetland pony asthma inhaler. Shunned by her school's only other horse girls she hatches an ill-fated scheme to prove her worth, kicking off a chain reaction that sends her from suburban Sydney deep into the vast expanse of the Central American desert in a surreal and life-threatening journey for meaning.

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All The Fraudulent Horse Girls is a raucous, queer one-act-comedy in three acts. It’s a love letter to weird kids; their alienating and all-consuming passions; and the dangerous lengths they'll go to pursue them.

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Writer: Michael Louis Kennedy

Director: Jessica Arthur

Set and Costume: Paris Bell

Lighting: Emma Van Veen

Sound Design: Madeleine Picard

Stage Manager: Breanne Hickey

Cast: Janet Anderson, Caitlin A. Kearney, Shirong Wu

Photography: Robert Catto

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The Old Fitz | August/September 2024

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★★★★ 1/2 "At just 55 minutes, All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, by Michael Louis Kennedy and directed by Jessica Arthur, is an astonishing piece of work that feels much bigger and more significant than you might at first imagine it could." Stage Noise

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★★★★ "All of these technical elements come together with the performers to create a well-oiled laughter machine, perfectly balanced with more tender moments and hints of tween angst that make the show approachable and enjoyable to witness...it’s a fantastic, silly and sometimes poignant adventure that tickles all the right places. Great comic performances, a little bit of self-aware surrealness, and a not-so-subtle queer subtext make for a tight 60 minutes of fun." Time Out

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★★★ 1/2 "I hear you ask, what exactly is a “Horse Girl”? The answer to that is more than a trivial, ‘someone who likes horses’. No, according to Kennedy, the desire to be a Horse Girl goes deeper, and director Jessica Arthur takes this madness and gallops with it toward madcap mayhem. Horse Girls, is in short, an uplifting ode in itself, one saying, “hello world, this is me”." Limelight

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