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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Cassie Tongue

Housework review – breezy comedy deftly explores the complexity of Australian politics

Actors Emily Taheny and Susie Youssef in a scene from Housework, at a desk with a laptop
Susie Youssef as MP Ruth Mandour (right) and Emily Taheny as her overworked chief of staff Anna. Photograph: Prudence Upton

How much change is actually possible in Australian politics? How many compromises can you make while still preserving your ideals? Are those ideals worth more than having power – and can you do anything about them if you’re powerless? And how much are all of these questions complicated, fractured, and multiplied when you’re a woman working within systems that, historically, were not built to include you?

These complex questions form the surprisingly steely backbone of the breezy comedy Housework.

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