The Damage Is Done

By Katherine Sortini

Photo by Photos by Jamois

‘When I was 9 I got my period. For those of you who are unable to quantify that, I was in Year 4. Super young, bleeding everywhere. My friend Harriet whispered to me when I told her, ‘don’t worry, I have a little hair on my vagina.’ At the time, I felt like slapping her in the face and screaming that I wasn’t sure how one hair on her vagina equated to me loosing pints of blood out my hoo-haa, like my uterus was condemning me to hell because I forgot to get pregnant. But I took a breath and thought, ’she will one day understand.’ So wise for an 9 year old.’

The Damage is Done is a gripping and intimate one-person performance that delves into queerness, sisterhood, and immigrant family dynamics. At its heart is Isadora, a young queer woman growing up with her sister, Kristina ‘Kris,’ in a tight-knit Italian-Australian family. When a devastating secret about Kris surfaces, Isadora makes the bold decision to come out, thinking nothing could be more scandalous. She’s wrong.

Through sharp wit, emotional vulnerability, and powerful storytelling, The Damage is Done lays bare the tangled web of identity, love, shame, and the complex truths we inherit and resist.

Deus Ex Femina will be hosting this work-in-development showing during their 2025 Goodwood Theatre & Studio’s Residency, titled ‘Audentes Fortuna luvat‘ (Fortune Favours the Bold).

Join Us.

SHOWTIMES
Friday, 24th of October - 7pm
Saturday, 25th of October - 7pm

VENUE
Goodwood Theatre & Studios, 166 Goodwood Road, Goodwood SA 5034

Without the support of Goodwood Theatre and Studios none of this would have been possible