BATSH*T - International Season 2025
- Friday 17 Oct 2025
- 7:00pm
- Lemon Tree
- International Season
Overview
BATSH*T – International Season 2025
BATSHIT is a wildly theatrical, darkly comic, and deeply intimate reckoning with the myths and misconceptions of female madness created by psycho-siren Leah Shelton (AU) and directed by Olivier award-winning Ursula Martinez (UK).
A requiem for Leah’s grandmother Gwen, who was incarcerated for seeking independence in 1960s Australia, BATSHIT draws on personal stories, in-depth research and pop culture to unpack how psychiatry has been shaped by gender bias.
Winner of Scotsman Fringe First & Mental Health Foundation Fringe Awards at Edinburgh Fringe 2024, this renegade feminist, dark comedy tears apart the labels used to control and undermine women through razor-sharp wit, raw storytelling, and unflinching performance.
BATSHIT is dedicated to anyone who has ever been told to calm down, smile more, or stop being hysterical.
“moving and thought-provoking visual theatre that’s also terrific fun” ★★★★★ The Age
“Tells a deeply political truth about the pathologising of female pain with unflinching courage and intelligence” ★★★★ The Scotsman
Important information
Duration: 50 mins (no interval)
Age Suitability: 14+
Access:
Creative Captioning is embedded within all performances of BATSHIT. Creative Captioning includes open captions every performance, displaying dialogue and describing sound as part of the stage design.
Warnings:
This work references mental illness, institutionalised medical treatment, ECT (electro-convulsive therapy) and grief. It also contains occasional coarse language, sexual references, a moment of audience interaction, haze/smoke effects, loud noises, bright lighting flashes, strobe lighting effects, full blackout.
BATSHIT contains content that may be distressing for some.
Price
£17.60
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