In an updated version of Becky Mode’s Broadway smash, this hilarious and fast-paced comedy skewers our modern obsession with food and fine-dining.

Overview

Nobody wants to hear that a chef-hatted, multiple-award-winning, ridiculously trendy Woolloomooloo restaurant is fully committed and can’t take a booking. When Sydney socialites and international A-listers wish to dine on the date they wish to dine on, it’s harder to finesse than the perfect soufflé.

In a dingy basement office far from the magic of molecular gastronomy, skilful reservationist Sam has to use her charisma and wits to keep an array of demanding characters happy… and most importantly, keep her job.

In an updated version of Becky Mode’s Broadway smash, director Kate Champion and comedy chameleon Contessa Treffone join forces to serve up a hilarious and fast-paced take on our modern obsession with food.

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SINGLE TICKET PRICESPreviews & weekday matineesEvenings & weekend matinees
Adult$73$78
Seniors$70$75
Pensioners$66$71
Under 30s & Full-time students$38$43
MEAA members$43$43
Groups 10-19$70$75
Groups 20+$66$71
School groups$25$25
Reviews

"An exuberant commedia dell-arte" Sydney Morning Herald

★★★★1/2 "A magnificent performance of great comic timing, wit and warmth" ArtsHub

"A whirlwind of a one-hander" Time Out

"Flicking between characters, Treffone’s performance is impressively detailed and sustained" Audrey Journal

"A performance remarkable in its elegance and clarity... tremendously enjoyable" Suzy Goes See

★★★★★ "Packed from top to bottom with laughs" State of the Art

★★★★1/2 "Satirical triumphs with near-perfect precision" Theatre Now

"Contessa Treffone gives a spectacular performance" Sydney Morning Herald

"Champion’s direction is expansive, built for chuckles" Time Out

"Felicitous comedy, fiery characters, and formidable craft" Theatre Now

Cast & Creatives
Becky Mode

Becky Mode

Playwright
Kate Champion

Kate Champion

Director
Adam Deusien

Adam Deusien

Assistant Director
Jane Fitzgerald

Jane Fitzgerald

Dramaturg

Jane is a freelance Sydney dramaturg. Recent work includes THE BIG DRY by Mark Kilmurry (co-production Ensemble and ATYP) and M.ROCK (coproduction ATYP and Sydney Theatre Company). She is one of Ensemble Theatre’s Literary Co-ordinators (shared position). For ATYP she has been a Mentor/Dramaturg for the Fresh Ink writers’ program and at the National Studio, and she has worked on National Script Workshops for Playwriting Australia. For Sydney Theatre Company she has worked as Literary Manager, Artistic Associate and Administrator of the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award as well as Dramaturg on mainstage productions including THE HERBAL BED, VOLPONE and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. She was also a dramaturg on STC’s Blueprints new writers’ program and has worked as a script reader for the Royal Court London, ANPC, Playworks and STC Young Playwrights’ Award. She also works as a Mentor with Year 12 students on HSC creative writing projects.

Contessa Treffone

Contessa Treffone

Cast

Originally from Perth, Contessa graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 2012. Since graduating her theatre credits include: TONGUE TIED (New Fitz Program); A MYSTERY OF LOVE AND SEX (Darlinghurst Theatre Company); ALL MY SONS, CHILDREN OF THE SUN (Sydney Theatre Company); RED RABBIT/WHITE RABBIT (Freefall Productions/KXT); TINY REMARKABLE BRAMBLE (KXT/Invisible Circus); FRACTURE (New Ghosts Theatre Company/Redline Productions); UNFINISHED WORKS (Bottom Productions); MINUSONESISTER (Stories Like These/Griffin Theatre Company); THIS HOUSE IS MINE (Milkcrate/Darlinghurst Theatre Company); LORD OF THE FLIES (US-A-UM/Malthouse Theatre). Contessa is a proud Member of MEAA

Anna Tregloan

Anna Tregloan

Set and Costume Designer
Verity Hampson

Verity Hampson

Lighting Designer
Nate Edmondson

Nate Edmondson

Composer & Sound Designer

Nate is an international, multi-award winning Composer and Sound Designer for film, television, stage and advertising.

Nate’s theatre credits include: For STC: THREE SISTERS, CLOUD NINE, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULIET. For STC / Force Majeure: NEVER DID ME ANY HARM. For Belvoir: MARK COLVIN’S KIDNEY, MORTIDO, SEVENTEEN, THIS HEAVEN. For Bell Shakespeare: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE TEMPEST, ROMEO AND JULIET, MACBETH, THE WINTER’S TALE. For Griffin: THE HAM FUNERAL, MinusOneSister, CARESS/ACHE, THE WITCHES, MUSIC, JUMP FOR JORDAN, RUST AND BONE, THIS YEAR’S ASHES. For Malthouse: SALOME, LORD OF THE FLIES. For Darlinghurst Theatre: SAVAGES, GOOD WORKS, DAYLIGHT SAVING, ALL MY SONS, TORCH SONG TRILOGY, THE GREENING OF GRACE, THE SEAFARER, THE PARIS LETTER. For Rockefeller Productions: THAT GOLDEN GIRLS SHOW! [US], THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR SHOW [Global]. For Sport For Jove: OF MICE AND MEN. For Street Theatre: ALL MY SONS [UK].

Brooke Kiss

Brooke Kiss

Stage Manager
Renata Beslik

Renata Beslik

Costume Supervisor
Amy Hume

Amy Hume

Dialect Coach

Amy Hume is a voice teacher at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and is Founder of one of Sydney’s leading voice businesses, Viva Voice. She was a Voice/Dialect Coach at MATILDA THE MUSICAL in Sydney; most recently she was Dialect Coach for Critical Stages’ national tour of STONES IN HIS POCKETS. Other credits include productions for Belvoir, Sport for Jove, Old Fitz, NIDA, Shakespeare & Co (Massachusetts), The Shakespeare Forum (New York) and Columbia Stages (New York). Amy is also Voice and Accents Tutor at ATYP. She is a Designated Linklater Teacher and holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Voice from Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) with First Class Honours. Through Viva Voice, she regularly facilitates corporate voice and communication training for organisations across different industries.

Director's Note

Have you ever lost your temper with a stranger on a phone call? They’re not giving you the information or solution you so desperately need? Has it made you behave in ways you normally wouldn’t? How do you think that stranger must feel on the receiving end of multiple versions of you? FULLY COMMITTED brings this deeply inequitable social exchange to the stage. Written around the time when food became more about fashion and status than a function of survival, it evokes the questionable behaviour between upstairs and downstairs, those serving and being served and the abuse experienced by an employee on the end of the line who is just trying to do their job. As our fascination with food grows evermore fetishised, the competition to be seen in elite restaurants has become increasingly ridiculous. It is only food of course, but in the end, it’s so much more. It’s ego, it’s prestige, it’s power. FULLY COMMITTED is marinated in this heady mix of the delicious and the debauched. It’s a role to relish for an actor who thrills to the discipline of an extreme challenge. Witnessing one actor take on dozens of characters is the equivalent of a high-wire act without a net. Contessa Treffone is one such actor and it’s been an honour to witness her tackle the extraordinary provocation that this play delights in. Bon appetit!

Kate Champion
Director

Photo Gallery

Photography by Prudence Upton

DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAM

Want to know more about Becky Mode’s hilarious and fast-paced comedy, FULLY COMMITTED? Our downloadable program is full of exciting extra tidbits about the show. You’ll find a director’s note from Kate Champion, synopsis, photos of the rehearsals plus more!

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