Taking it ALL Off
Stuart Bentley

“Taking It ALL Off" is not about getting naked... mostly (his soul will be bared, but not his body... phew!). Weight loss has been a constant struggle since Stuart’s mid 30’s, as life always found new ways to throw roadblocks in his way. In 2014 while rehearsing for a production of Frost/Nixon and shooting the feature film Bloodmania, Stuart and his wife Laura found out that at the age of 58, she probably had Parkinson’s Disease. It soon turned out that the actual diagnosis was Lewy Body Dementia, which is a fast moving, aggressive form of dementia which had plagued the last years of Robin William’s life. This is an intimate voyage of self-discovery through the issues of body image, marital infidelity, and feelings of being unworthy of love; to the harsh reality of slowly losing a partner to dementia. This humorous and often riveting story takes you on the emotional journey of one man’s ongoing struggle with yoyo weight loss, while living a life that goes so wrong it looks like it was ordered from Wish. Join Stuart as he shares his fight against bureaucracy, unexpectedly becoming a caregiver, and the heart-wrenching experience of coping with grief while trying to keep an ever-increasing burden precariously balanced on his shoulders. This is an unvarnished, uplifting, and very human journey to find joy and meaning from the ashes of a life that was “supposed to be.”
September 4, 2025
4.30pm
Price: $20
September 6, 2025
7.15pm
Price: $20
September 7, 2025
8.45pm
Price: $20
September 8, 2025
4.30pm
Price: $20
September 11, 2025
10.45pm
Price: $20
September 12, 2025
8.30pm
Price: $20
September 13, 2025
10.45pm
Price: $20
September 14, 2025
9.15pm
Price: $20
Fringe+