A Lifetime Achievement Award… and a lifetime of unfinished business. In the world premiere of David Williamson’s new social satire, family tensions flare and buried truths are unleashed with signature comedic bite.
WORLD PREMIERE
A Lifetime Achievement Award… and a lifetime of unfinished business.
Max was once Tinseltown’s top dog — but with offers drying up, the fading film director returns home, only to discover
the past snapping at his heels.
As family tensions flare, buried truths are unleashed with David Williamson’s signature comedic bite.
The former Hollywood heavyweight soon learns it may be wiser to let sleeping dogs lie.
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| TICKET TYPE | PREVIEWS | IN SEASON |
|---|---|---|
| FULL PRICE | $94 | $114 |
| SENIORS CARD | $91 | $111 |
| PENSIONER | $86 | $106 |
| GROUP 10 - 19 | $86 | $106 |
| GROUP 20+ | $82 | $101 |
| FULL-TIME STUDENT / UNDER 30s | $46 | $46 |
| INDUSTRY INSIDER / MEAA / AWG | $46 | $46 |
| SCHOOL GROUP | $25 | $25 |
"Australia's most prolifically successful playwright" Australian Stage
"A master of character-driven storytelling, with an enduring ability to make social observation both funny and revealing" The Guardian
David Williamson AO
Ensemble Theatre: Premieres include: THE SOCIAL LADDER, ARIA, THE GREAT DIVIDE, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, CRUNCH TIME, THE BIG TIME, SORTING OUT RACHEL, ODD MAN OUT, JACK OF HEARTS, DREAM HOME, CRUISE CONTROL, HAPPINESS, WHEN DAD MARRIED FURY, NOTHING PERSONAL, AT ANY COST? (Co-written with Mohamed Khadra), LET THE SUNSHINE, LOTTE’S GIFT, OPERATOR, FLATFOOT (with Christine Dunstan Productions), A CONVERSATION, FACE TO FACE. Griffin Theatre Company: FAMILY VALUES. La Boite Theatre/Noosa Long Weekend: STRINGS UNDER MY FINGERS. La Mama Theatre: CREDENTIALS, THE REMOVALISTS, THE COMING OF STORK. Melbourne Theatre Company: RUPERT, DON PARTIES ON, SCARLET O’HARA AT THE CRIMSON PARROT, BIRTHRIGHTS, SONS OF CAIN, THE CLUB, JUGGLERS THREE. Nimrod: CELLULOID HEROES, TRAVELLING NORTH. Old Tote: WHAT IF YOU DIED TOMORROW? Playbox: SANCTUARY. Pram Factory: DON’S PARTY. State Theatre Company South Australia: THE PUZZLE, A HANDFUL OF FRIENDS, THE DEPARTMENT. Sydney Theatre Company: INFLUENCE, AMIGOS, SOULMATES, UP FOR GRABS (with Melbourne Theatre Company), THE GREAT MAN, CORPORATE VIBES (with Queensland Theatre), THIRD WORLD BLUES, HERETIC, DEAD WHITE MALES, SIREN, EMERALD CITY, THE PERFECTIONIST. Queensland Theatre: NEARER THE GODS, MANAGING CARMEN, AFTER THE BALL, BRILLIANT LIES, MONEY & FRIENDS. Film and TV include: FACE TO FACE, BALIBO, ON THE BEACH, BRILLIANT LIES, SANCTUARY, EMERALD CITY, TRAVELLING NORTH, THE PERFECTIONIST, THE LAST BASTION, PHAR LAP, THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, GALLIPOLI, THE CLUB, DON’S PARTY, ELIZA FRASER, THE REMOVALISTS, STORK. Awards: Some of David’s many awards include twelve Australian Writers’ Guild Awards, five Australian Film Institute Awards for Best Screenplay and, in 1996, the United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace Award. David has received four honorary doctorates and been made an Officer of the Order of Australia, as well as having been named one of Australia’s Living National Treasures.
Priscilla Jackman
Ensemble Theatre: THE QUEEN’S NANNY, THE APPLETON LADIES’ POTATO RACE, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST. Andrew Kay & Associates: MIDDLE RAGED. National Institute of Dramatic Arts: THE GLASS MENAGERIE, BEYOND THE SKY AND SEA, EURYDIKE + ORPHEUS, GHOSTS, LOVE AND HONOUR. National Theatre of Parramatta: GIRLS IN BOYS CARS. Sydney Theatre Company: RBG: OF MANY, ONE, WHITE PEARL, STILL POINT TURNING: THE CATHERINE MCGREGOR STORY. Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts: AN IDEAL HUSBAND. Assistant Director: Ensemble Theatre: GOOD PEOPLE, BAREFOOT IN THE PARK. Opera Australia: ERNANI, BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE. Sydney Theatre Company: THE HANGING, THE FATHER. Revival Director: Opera Australia: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, THE MAGIC FLUTE. Co-Director: Sport For Jove: ROMEO AND JULIET, THE TEMPEST.
Merridy Eastman
Ensemble Theatre: THE APPLETON LADIES’ POTATO RACE, HONOUR, NEARER THE GODS. Bell Shakespeare: AS YOU LIKE IT. Belvoir Street: THE ROVER, PETER PAN, AS YOU LIKE IT, THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, THE SEAGULL, AND THEY CALLED HIM MR GLAMOUR, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Black Lung: RUBEVILLE, AVAST I & II, DOKU RAI, I FEEL AWFUL. Griffin Theatre: THE LITERATI, FEATHER IN THE WEB. The Hayloft Project: THE ONLY CHILD, THE SUICIDE, 3XSISTERS. Melbourne Theatre Company: HAYFEVER, THE CHERRY ORCHARD. Old Fitz: HAND TO GOD. Queensland Theatre Company: BERNHARDT/ HAMLET. Sydney Theatre Company: LIFESPAN OF A FACT, HOME, I’M DARLING, THE TORRENTS. Film: SPIT, ELVIS, PETER RABBIT, LITTLE MONSTERS, THE DAUGHTER, I AM WOMAN. Television: WOLF LIKE ME, PACKED TO THE RAFTERS, ALWAYS GREENER. Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art. Awards: Sydney Theatre Awards 2022: Best Performer in a Supporting Role in an Independent Production (Hand to God).
Anastasia Feneri
Theatre: Albatross Musical Theatre Company: FALLING. Arcadians Theatre Company: WICKED, ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL, SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN. Packermin Productions: WICKED. Roo Theatre Company: WEST SIDE STORY. Oz Panto: SNOW WHITE, JACK & THE BEANSTALK. Smile Live Entertainment: THE LITTLE BIG CLUB. So Popera Productions: CHICAGO, GREASE, A CHORUS LINE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Wollongong Performing Arts: LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL. Film: NUGGET (Short). Television: MY PLACE. Voice Over: YOU DON’T KNOW ME (Series). Awards: CAT AWARD WINNER – Best Actress in a Leading Musical (Chicago), LOGIE AWARD WINNER – Best Children’s Television Drama (My Place), LOGIE AWARD NOMINATION – Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding New Talent (My Place). Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Madeline Flood
Ensemble Theatre debut. Australian Haydn Ensemble: THE SCOTT SISTERS. Gooding And Woodward Theatrical: STEEL MAGNOLIAS. TV: MILLY AND MOLLY (ABC). Short Film: TRUTH OR SCARE, CHARADES. Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
Debora Krizak
Bonnie Lythgoe Productions: SNOW WHITE. Crossroads Live: ANNIE, CALENDAR GIRLS, THE PRODUCERS. Diadem Productions: LOLA MONTEZ. Hawk Productions: CABARET. Hayes Theatre Company: RAZORHURST, SWEET CHARITY. Highlight Entertainment: KARAOKE THE MUSICAL. Matt Ward Productions: BILLY ELLIOT. Neglected Musicals: NICK & NORA. Opera
Australia: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, CINDERELLA (with Crossroads Live), ANYTHING GOES (with Crossroads Live). Packemin Productions: WE WILL ROCK YOU, MAMMA MIA. The Production Company: JERRY’S GIRLS. Seabiscuit Productions: TITANIC. Stalker Theatre: SHANGHAI LADY KILLER. Squabbalogic: SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM, BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS. TML Enterprises: A CHORUS LINE. TV: THE MUSIC SHOP. Awards:
Green Room Awards – Outstanding Artist in a Supporting Role (ANNIE), Time Out Sydney Arts & Culture Awards People’s Choice – Favourite Performance in a Musical (ANNIE), Conda – Excellence by a Guest Performer (BILLY ELLIOT), Sydney Theatre Critics Awards (SWEET CHARITY), Glug Awards – Best Supporting Performer in Music Theatre (ANYTHING GOES).
Colin Moody
Theatre: Ensemble Theatre: RED. Belvoir St Theatre: DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD, GHOSTS, FORGET ME NOT, MEASURE FOR MEASURE, 2000 FEET AWAY. Griffin Theatre: SHORTS AT THE STABLES. Hit Productions: EDUCATING RITA. Melbourne Theatre Company: KING LEAR, GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Oylegate Community Centre: JOSEPH AND THE TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. Sydney Theatre Company: THE SECRET RIVER (Sydney, Edinburgh & London), KING LEAR, ROMEO AND JULIET, THE CITY, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, THE ART OF WAR, MACBETH. Film: PETER RABBIT 2: THE RUNAWAY, BROTHERS BY BLOOD, PETER RABBIT, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER, THE FEDS: TERROR, KANSAS, NO ESCAPE. Television: SUMMER OF ROCKETS, THE ALIENIST, MISS FISHER’S MURDER MYSTERIES, DEADLINE GALLIPOLI, GALLIPOLI, PARTY TRICKS, SMALLTIME GANGSTER, WICKED SCIENCE, STINGERS, PIRATE ISLANDS, MARSHALL LAW. Awards: Helpmann Award for Best Supporting Male (THE SECRET RIVER).
Jeremy Allen
Ensemble Theatre: SUMMER OF HAROLD and IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT LADY?. Sydney Theatre Company, WHISPERING JACK (with Michael Cassel Group), PURPOSE, THE SHIRALEE, CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION, 4000 MILES, SWEAT, DEAR EVAN HANSEN SET, FENCES; Queensland Theatre, TORCH THE PLACE, MALACAÑANG MADE US; State Theatre Company of South Australia, THE QUESTIONS, THE NORMAL HEART; Pinchgut Opera, FIRST MURDER, DIDO AND AENEAS, GIUSTINO, ORONTEA, THE LOVES OF APOLLO And DAFNE; Griffin Theatre Company, THE LEWIS TRILOGY SET, ORANGE THROWER; GWB Entertainment, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH; The Hayes Theatre Co., A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, THE RISE & DISGUISE OF ELIZABETH R; National Theatre of Paramatta, FLIGHT PATHS. Training: NIDA Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design and holds a Bachelor of Architectural Studies from the University of South Australia.
Trudy Dalgleish
Ensemble Theatre: THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG, SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS, GLORIOUS, MCGUFFIN PARK, PHOTOGRAPH 51, PROOF, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, THE ACT, THE WOMEN IN BLACK. Bangarra Dance Theatre: WALKABOUT, RATIONS. Crossroads Live: THE MOUSETRAP, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, THE ODD COUPLE. Gordon Frost Organisation: ANNIE, WIZARD OF OZ, FAME, LEGENDS, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. Opera Australia: SWEENEY TODD, PIRATES OF PENZANCE, MANNON, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, MY FAIR LADY. Sydney Theatre Company: WAY OF THE WORLD, GOD OF CARNAGE, GALLIPOLI. International: STEEL CITY Radio City Music Hall NY, EUROBEAT Novello Theatre London, OPENING CEREMONY ARAB GAMES Doha, MOSCOW DAY Moscow University, BEN 10 Asian Tour, FAME Asian Tour, WORLD OF WEARABLE ART Wellington NZ, ROYAL PALACE Strasburg France. THE TAP PACK Salders Wells London. Film: BOOTMAN Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Daniel Herten
Ensemble Theatre: SNOWFLAKE, FLY GIRL, THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE. Belvoir Theatre: A MIRROR, GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS. Griffin Theatre: SISTREN, FLAT EARTHERS: THE MUSICAL,THE LEWIS TRILOGY, WHITEFELLA YELLA TREE. Hayes Theatre: MURDER FOR TWO, RIDE THE CYCLONE, FLAT EARTHERS THE MUSICAL, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. Sydney Festival: WILLIAM YANG: MILESTONE, SET PIECE. Sydney Theatre Company: CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION, RULES FOR LIVING. Michael Cassel Group: THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (BROADWAY TOUR). Sydney Opera House: CALAMITY JANE. Sport For Jove: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Darlinghurst Theatre: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. Redline Productions: THE CHAIRS, HAND TO GOD. Erth Visual & Physical Inc: ARC. Essential Workers: COLLAPSIBLE. National Theatre Of Parramatta: FADE. Awards: GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS (BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION), THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY NOMINATION, TONY AWARDS), THE LEWIS TRILOGY (BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION NOMINATION, SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS).
Lauren Tulloh
Lauren is Ensemble Theatre’s Resident Stage Manager. Ensemble Theatre: SNOWFLAKE, TOP SILK, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, THE SOCIAL LADDER, EMERALD CITY, THE LOVER and THE DUMB WAITER, ARIA, MCGUFFIN PARK, UNCLE VANYA, SWITZERLAND, ALONE IT STANDS, THE MEMORY OF WATER, MR BAILEY’S MINDER, CLYDE’S, A BROADCAST COUP, THE CARETAKER, THE ONE, A LETTER FOR MOLLY, KILLING KATIE: CONFESSIONS OF A BOOKCLUB, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, THE APPLETON LADIES’ POTATO RACE (2021 regional tour), OUTDATED, THE LAST WIFE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, MARJORIE PRIME, THE PLANT, BETRAYAL. Hayes Theatre Company: REWIRED: MUSICALS REIMAGINED, AMERICAN PSYCHO, HIGH FIDELITY, ASSASSINS, CALAMITY JANE (2025 Sydney Opera House, 2018 Belvoir & Comedy Theatre, 2017 Hayes Theatre), THE FANTASTICKS, VIOLET. National Theatre of Parramatta: QUEEN FATIMA, THE THINGS I COULD NEVER TELL STEVEN, JESUS WANTS ME FOR A SUNBEAM (Belvoir season). Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art: Production.
Bella Wellstead
As Assistant Stage Manager: Ensemble Theatre: THE DAPTO CHASER, 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD, THE SOCIAL LADDER, TRUE WEST, EMERALD CITY, ARIA. As Production Assistant: Ensemble Theatre: HEARTBREAK CHOIR, MCGUFFIN PARK, COLDER THAN HERE, THE QUEEN’S NANNY, UNCLE VANYA, MASTER CLASS, MR BAILEY’S MINDER. New Ghosts Theatre Company: FRAME NARRATIVE. As Designer: 122 Island Wall Productions: TRANSPARENCY, Flight Path Theatre: VARIOUS CHARACTERS, THE ESCAPE ROOM. As Assistant Director: New Theatre: ATLANTIS.
Monica Smith
Ensemble Theatre: TOP SILK, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, CLYDES. Bangarra Dance Theatre: OUR LAND PEOPLE STORIES, BENNELONG, SPIRIT RETROSPECTIVE, TERRAIN, SANDSONG, KNOWLEDGE GROUND – 30 YEARS, SHELTERING. National Institute of Dramatic Art: MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM, CAPRICORNIA. Opera Australia: OTELLO, IL TROVATORE, ATTILA, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO, LA BOHEME, CARMEN Sydney Dance Company: New Breed, SOMOS. Sydney Theatre Company: HUBRIS & HUMILIATION Training: National Institute of Dramatic Art.
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- Sat 20 Feb 3pm
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- Fri 19 Feb 7.30pm
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- Wed 10 Mar 7.30pm
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