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Last Cab to Darwin

Sun, 6 Apr 2003, 09:48 pm
Walter Plinge4 posts in thread
If you see one show this year, make it "Last Cab to Darwin". Written by local playwright Reg Cribb, this play recently won the Patrick White award.

Go see this show. To see the sheer brilliance of performances by Barry Otto, Justine Saunders and Jackie Weaver. The ensemble cast are as equally amazing.

To see this, is baring witness to a future Australian classic.

I cannot praise this show enough, and it is most certainly play of the year (to date at least).

It is long (almost 3 hours) but so was Lord of the Rings and this has an interval.

I am not going to go through the nitty gritty, but I loved the set, the imagery, the soundscape, the performances, just everything.

Just see it. Octagon Theatre to April 17 before it transfers to the Sydney Opera House.

Re: Last Cab to Darwin

Wed, 28 Apr 2004, 05:55 am
Walter Plinge
Just seen a reference to Broken Hill, and been taken back to last May in Sydney, so we tried to find some info on Pork Chop Productions on the net.
Last Cab to Darwin was a brilliant play, and we often think about it, here in Chester UK. Can somebody arrange to put it on over here? We think it would be very popular. It was a highlight of our visit to Australia last year.
Thank you Reg Cribb for a fantastic three hours!

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