This new Griffin independent show is a total winner. ‘Porn Cake’ written by Vanessa Bates and directed by Shannon Murphy captures the intimacies and ashamed truths of relationships that the internet and social media have irreversibly transformed.

It talks about love, ignorance, consumption, arrogance: ‘Cake is the new porn. Infidelity is the new cake. Google is the new infidelity. Love is the new Google. Confusion is the new love. Hope is the new confusion’.’
This is legitimately one of the best shows I’ve seen in far too long. If you’re looking for a good night out, get yourself to it. Immediately.

…As if you needed more encouragement, Gelato Messina is across the road… You haven’t lived until you’ve tried this ice cream: it’s the perfect post show sugar hit. Particularly after you’ve been watching four people shoveling cake into their mouths for an hour and a half.

 
PORN CAKE

 
WHEN: June 20-July 14. Monday-Saturday, 7pm. Saturday, July 14, 2pm and 7pm. SBW Stables Theatre, 10 Nimrod Street, Kings Cross.

WHERE: Griffin Theatre, 9361 3817, $23-$30; short walk from Kings Cross train station and buses on William Street. Taxis to the door.