In the show The Ruby Lady's Harem, belly dancer Rachel Lundy is downsizing her polygamous household by making men perform sexy dances for the audience to decide whom she should keep.
''Times are tough and it's expensive keeping all these boys and I have to cull all but one, so they compete for my love .''
At the opening night on Wednesday, dancer Tama Braithwaite-Westoby was an audience favourite, obliging to audience demands to let his hair down and rip his shirt off.
Dancer Michael Morris impressed the audience with a David Bowie-inspired burlesque routine and playing an electric guitar behind his back, while dressed in a tinsel thong.
The audience could sexually objectify the dancers, Miss Lundy said.
''As a dancer, I find being looked at, a positive and empowering feeling.''
But more men objectified women than vice versa so her show set to bring some balance, she said.
Sometimes more than one man danced for the audience and a routine between Mr Braithwaite-Westoby and Stephen Benge borders on homoerotic and, although energetic fun, could be challenging for some audience members.
Miss Lundy questioned audience attitudes to homoerotic dance.
''It's interesting to think why woman-on-woman is consumable and men-on-men is more uncomfortable; I find it consumable and sexy, but it is verging on the uncomfortable for a lot of people and it's interesting to think: Why?''
The Ruby Lady's Harem is on at 9.30pm today at The Playhouse Theatre and ends on Saturday.
- If you are in the neighbourhood, see Velcro City at the same theatre at 6pm.
The performances of Hamish Parkinson as a mayor and an old man are worth more than the cost of admission alone. Just make sure you have read The Luminaries first, to fit in.
