In Development
44 Sex Acts in One Week:
The TV Series
A fruity apocalyptic rom-com
6 x 25-minute episodes
Based on the play by David Finnigan
Developed by Club House Productions
Celina Valderama is a freelance journalist at SheSquad, a clickbait feminist news outlet helmed by the intimidating Irene Gamerman. Desperate for a break in her career — and with no money to pay her extortionate inner-city rent — Celina jumps at Irene’s latest assignment: reviewing a long-lost manifesto from a controversial sex guru titled 44 Sex Acts In One Week by personally experiencing and chronicling all 44 acts herself.
The catch? Celina doesn’t have a boyfriend, or a willing ex, or even enough capital to engage the services of a professional. So she’s forced to enlist the man who would normally be at the bottom of her list of desired sexual partners: Alab Delusa, SheSquad office dogsbody and aspiring wildlife documentarian.
Sure enough, what starts out as a clinical business transaction between office rivals quickly blossoms into something more. But as Celina and Alab explore their wild sides, Alab is doing some re-wilding on the side: he’s been roped into an eco-activist plot to release an endangered species of lynx back into nature, a plan with unexpected and dire consequences for all. In fact, the beginning of Celina and Alab’s steamy love affair could also spell the end of human civilisation.
'You’ve probably been waiting all year for something to make you laugh this hard.' (SMH)
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David is a multi-award-winning playwright who works with climate and earth scientists. A consultant for the World Bank, the Stockholm Resilience Centre, the Earth Observatory Singapore, and Chatham House, David was awarded a Churchill Fellowship for his work combining research science with the performing arts.
David’s theatre work has been performed at the Barbican London, the Sydney Opera House, ArtScience Singapore, Belvoir Theatre, Melbourne’s AsiaTOPA Festival, the World Bank Understanding Risk Forum, FutureFest London, the Griffin Theatre in Sydney, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Sydney Festival.
Bec is a celebrated actress working across film and television, and one of Australia’s beloved theatre clowns. She founded Club House Productions as a naughty play space for skilled artists to colour outside the lines.
Alongside 44 Sex Acts in One Week: The TV Series, Bec is currently developing Dance Dance Insurrection, the next instalment in David Finnigan's apocalyptic trilogy, as well as a large scale adaptation of It’s a Secret! with Bruce Gladwin, Lucy Guerin and Iain Grandage.
Jordan is an acclaimed writer, director, and performer whose films have screened at festivals across Australia and the world.
His most recent credits include co-writing Justin Dix’s shipwreck horror Blood Vessel and developing the feature project Other People, as part of Impact Australia’s screenwriting incubator.
Sheridan is a highly-skilled actress (Prima Facie, Stop Girl, Calamity Jane, Muriel’s Wedding), cabaret performer and writer. Her self-penned and performed Songs for the Fallen won Best Musical and Outstanding Actress at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, as well as a Green Room Award for Best Artist.
An exciting new force in directing, she received a nomination for Best Director at the Sydney Theatre Awards for the premiere of the musical Dubbo Championship Wrestling, and directed the Sydney Festival season of 44 Sex Acts in One Week for Club House.
Sheridan is currently the Hayes Theatre fellow and is co-writing a new musical adaptation of My Brilliant Career for Melbourne Theatre Company.
Dans is a multi-skilled producer who has worked on a diverse array of productions for companies like Back to Back Theatre and Circus Oz, as well as touring with the world-famous Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.
Throughout her career, Dans has contributed to the success of countless projects, including New York’s multi-venue dance festival, LaMama Moves.
Todd is an intimacy coordinator with over 25 years’ experience performing on stage and screen. His work in intimacy coordination spans film (The Long Track), television (Shortland Street; Raised by Refugees) and theatre (Saving Face; Daddy Ubu).
