She Works Hard For (No) Money
Backyard Flamingo presents:
She Works Hard For (No) Money
As part of Anywhere Festival Brisbane
Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, 24th July – 2nd August.
Grab your rubber gloves and a bottle of chardonnay — Samantha Hill’s hilarious new comedy She Works Hard For (No) Money serves up a series of riotous, razor-sharp vignettes that skewer the cult of the domestic goddess and the absurdity of unpaid labour.
Through sketches, storytelling, and a healthy dose of dark humour, She Works Hard For (No) Money delivers a painfully relatable commentary on the invisible workload women still carry at home AND in the workplace — and the cultural systems that keep it all in place.
Expect laughs. Expect rage. Expect to feel seen.
This whip-smart, laugh-out-loud show explores the untold story of invisible labour — from the tyranny of working your 9-5 while also project managing your own household, to the mysterious phenomenon of male weaponised incompetence (the art of pretending not to know, so you don’t have to do the job). It’s a theatrical deep-clean of the mental load carried by women everywhere.
Expect laughs, tears, and maybe a few cleaning tips — but don’t expect anyone else to book the babysitter.
“It’s for anyone who’s ever coordinated a week’s worth of family meals, appointments, play dates and after-school activities… while someone else ‘rested their eyes’ on the couch,” says Hill.
As part of the Anywhere Festival, the world of invisible, unpaid labour in She Works Hard For (No) Money is being transported into the real office space of ‘The Precinct’, Fortitude Valley. The Precinct is a hub for innovators, and is an initiative of Advance Queensland, supported by the Queensland Government.
DETAILS:
Title: She Works Hard For (No) Money
Written & Produced by: Samantha Hill
Directed by: Julie Ritchey and Ava Moschetti
Stage Management: Isabel Folland
Lighting & Sound design: Madelyne Leite
Performed by: Carla Haynes, Ellie Hardisty, Phoebe Maher, Rob Wainwright and
Connor Scoble
Venue: ‘The Precinct’, TC Beirne Building, 315 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley,
Brisbane.
Dates: Thu 24th July, Fri 25th July, Sat 26th July & Thu 31st July, Fri 1st Aug, Sat 2nd
Aug, 2025.
Tickets: https://anywhere.is/series/she-works-hard-for-no-money/
For media enquiries, interviews, or images, contact:
Samantha Hill, Producer, Backyard Flamingo
samelizhill@gmail.com
0403 974 595
www.backyardflamingo.com
@backyard flamingo
