Sex Diary of an Infidel (1992)

Original description:

A cunning web of truth, lies, self-delusion and depravity, set against the backgrounds of Manila and Melbourne. Jean, an award-winning journalist, travels to the Philippines to write an expose of Australian sex tours. Blackmail and revolution were not in the original brief, but as the lives of the six infidels mesh together, there are no rules and many surprises.

From the press release:

This commissioned work for Playbox exposes the rapacious underbelly of Australia's relationship with its Asian neighbours. As a cunning web of truth, lies, self-delusion and depravity is woven, we come to realise that nobody is what they seem.

The play looks at the sex tour as a metaphor for Western attitudes towards Asian and Asian attitudes to the West...In confused and confusing times, it asks who are our real ambassadors. 'Must the congress between nations forever be conducted by businessmen, journalists, thrill seekers and racketeers?'