'Dumped' and 'Polly's waffle'

You're right, Polly's Waffle is a travesty of a play. It's a travesty because of it's ugliness and it's pornographic language, and it's a travesty because it makes some very pointed statements about society's misogyny, and the ways in which women internalise that misogyny and turn it in on themselves and each other. I use pornographic language because I think we live in a pornographic culture, and I'm interested to see what happens when you hold a mirror up to that culture in art. I was wondering when someone was going to get upset about it. Don't you worry Mr Walter Plinge or whover you are, I spent many sleepless nights in the lead up to opening night fearing the kind of response I got from you. And now that I've got it I feel quite elated. Because at least I haven't produced another boring play that you forget about the minute you walk away from the theatre. At least I've provoked a response. Polly's Waffle looked like an appalling play right up until the last week before opening night, when the kind of alchemy and magic occurred that we all love about the theatre. Summer Williams and Anne Bitious, with their substantial acting skills turned this vicious, ugly script into a comedy, but not just any comedy; it's a biting, outrageous, edge of the seat comedy, and we're all incredibly proud of it and excited by it. I thought I would be hearing more of the above response from people. I thought Perth would hate my play. I thought that I'm living in the worst possible place in the world to be writing the kinds of stories that I do. But I've been overwhelmed by the positive response to Polly's Waffle, so if people are saying bad things Walter, they sure as hell aint saying them to me. One guy on opening night said he was really impressed with the intelligence of the script and the way in which it operated on many layers. He also said it was the best play he'd seen in years. You can read for yourself the great reviews. The West described it as 'a great piece of electro-shock comedy' and many many people have contacted me to tell me how much they loved it. A couple of people have returned for a second viewing and brought friends. Granted, yes, we have had a couple of bad nights. On the bad nights when it isn't working it does look like an appalling bad joke, I admit it. On the great nights when it does work(and these have been in the majority) it's an incredibly exciting piece of theatre, and I have to say, opening night when Gordon the Optom came was electric. For anyone else who hasn't seen my plays, come along and decide for yourself, am I just an attention seeking exhibitionist or have I actually got something to say? Tiffany Barton