Digital ProgramClass Act

UnWrapped brings the best independent creators to our stages and introduces audiences to groundbreaking original performances from across Australia. This season, we have 14 works exploring notions of identity, artistic ownership and the concepts of time through a multitude of disciplines. 

Run time

The duration of this event is 65 minutes, without interval

Event duration is a guide only and may be subject to change.

Age

Recommended for audiences 16+

Young people under the age of 15 must be accompanied at all times. 

A tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of the classic tale My Fair Lady, Class Act, challenges the myth of a classless Australia and the performative nature of social mobility, through the point of view of a self-proclaimed bogan. With humour and personal anecdotes, Mish Grigor invites audiences to reflect on these invisible divisions and the power they hold over us in this droll yet poignant work. We’re delighted that this insightful production exploring contemporary Australia from APHIDS is gracing our stages as part of UnWrapped this year.  

Brenna Hobson
Director of Programming
Sydney Opera House

In Class Act, working-class unfortunate Mish Grigor tells the story of a grotesque world of class and social mobility straight from her dirty mouth. Created by Melbourne-based, experimental art organisation, APHIDS, this work addresses the unspoken rifts of the class system through a bombastic, unexpected deconstruction of My Fair Lady, albeit with fewer bonnets.

Joined by dancer Alice Dixon, directed by Zoey Dawson, and with some experimentally arranged orchids, Grigor’s performance shines a light on the unseen costs of a social glow up. 

Lead Artist / Performer: Mish Grigor
Performer: Alice Dixon
Designer / Dramaturg: Lara Thoms
Director / Script Dramaturg: Zoey Dawson
Lighting Designer: Jen Hector
Sound Designer: Nina Buchanan
Production Manager: Reuben Cumming
Consultant Producer: Freya Waterson
Company co-ordinator: Dani Reynolds
Premiere season producer: Anna Nalpantidis

Director, Programming: Brenna Hobson
(Former) Director, Programming: Fiona Winning
Associate Producer: Sacha Slip
Programming Coordinator: Abby Johnson
Marketing Manager: Adelaide Garner
Marketing Associate: Emily Edgar
Marketing Coordinator: Ashley Santos
Senior Communications Manager: Amity Harrold
Communications Specialist: Natasha Yuncken 
Communications Manager: Emily Cook
Senior Creative: Rohan Cain
Senior Creative - Content: Julia Kenny
Event Account Manager: JK Power
Production Manager: Pamela Kekos
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APHIDS is an artist-led experimental art organisation based in Naarm/Melbourne. Collaborative, risk-taking and future focused, APHIDS is led by Lara Thoms and Mish Grigor. APHIDS makes experimental work across artforms and contexts: in public space, festivals, digital platforms, across visual and performing arts, major institutions and beyond. They have been presented in every state and territory in Australia, from the Malthouse Theatre to the Art Gallery of SA. We have engaged audiences in samurai hotels in Japan, churches in Finland, community halls in regional towns, drive-ins and even beamed art into outer space.

Mish is a performance maker, writer and performer. Working across a range of collaborative formats, she is co-director of APHIDS with Lara Thoms, and one third of POST with Zoe Coombs Marr and Natalie Rose.

In 2024 Mish co-created and performed in The First Bad Man, A Book Club Based on the Novel by Miranda July at the Lincoln Center (NYC) for Under The Radar Festival after developing it at the National Theatre (UK) Studio Program . Previously, Mish has presented her work or been commissioned by Sydney Opera House, Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Festival, The Substation, Belvoir St Theatre, Art Gallery of South Australia/Adelaide Biennial, Artshouse, Sydney Theatre Company, Performance Space, Brisbane Powerhouse, Darwin Festival, Brisbane Festival, PICA, Hong Kong Rep Theatre/West Kowloon Cultural District, Noorderzon Festival (Netherlands), Battersea Arts Centre (UK), with Pan Pan Theatre (Ireland), Reckless Sleepers (Belgium) and Forest Fringe, Taipei Performing Arts Centre, and La Mama (New York) amongst others.