THEATRE WORKS AND TANDANGO PRODUCTIONS PRESENT
Crapbox
BY KEVIN NEMETH
27 OCTOBER - 7 NOVEMBER | EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
BY KEVIN NEMETH
Two short plays about love, loss, reconciliation and acceptance. Kevin Nemeth has shaped his domestic and everyday material into delicate, profound and gently funny explorations of human nature. Set in regional Victoria, Crapbox is narrated by a recently widowed man who has discovered that his ‘tree change’ home is haunted. The tension between his blunt pragmatism and the need to deal with his situation leads him on a surprising journey. In Early Morning, a couple wake too early and are beset by anxieties and paradoxes as they lie in bed - hoping that the other one will get up and make the coffee.
These works lovingly reveal the rubble of life journeys - negotiations with partners, relationships with children and aging parents, physical challenges - and the ricketty but enduring structures that are built from that rubble.
Kevin Nemeth is an award winning scriptwriter with over 30 years experience in the industry. He has been awarded five Australian Writers' Guild Awards and has received another nine nominations. He lives near Castlemaine and draws much material and inspiration from his location.
Performed by veteran actors Anne Browning, Peter Houghton and Tom Gutteridge - directing each other - this team bring their years of experience and collaboration to bear on these world premiere works.
VENUE
EXPLOSIVES FACTORY
Rear Laneway, 67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda
DURATION
60 minutes
WARNINGS
Themes of grief and terminal illness
ACCESSIBILITY
Explosives Factory is accessed via a flight of stairs and is not wheelchair accessible.
Early Morning was the Theatre Script Prize Winner of the 2023 Lane Cove Literary Awards.
“From start to finish of this solo grand prix of performances, Bea prowls her high-rise corporate office, juggling seven phones and even more… crises”
- The Herald Sun (Anne Browning, The China Incident)
“a comic and performing tour de force... great invention and extraordinary physicality... a virtuoso piece of acting.”
- The Stage UK (Peter Houghton, The Pitch)
“Credentials… has meat for actors to sink their teeth into, with director Tom Gutteridge marshalling strong performances. Any new Williamson play attracts wide interest, and this is a better, riskier, and more ambitious work than anything he's written recently“
- Sydney Morning Herald (Tom Gutteridge, Credentials by David Williamson)
DATES + TIMES
Tuesday 27 October - 7:30pm (Preview)
Wednesday 28 October - 7:30pm (Opening)
Thursday 29 October - 7:30pm
Friday 30 October - 7:30pm
Saturday 31 October - 7:30pm
Tuesday 3 November - 7:30pm
Wednesday 4 November - 7:30pm
Thursday 5 November - 7:30pm
Friday 6 November - 7:30pm
Saturday 7 November - 7:30pm
Theatre Works has a lockout policy for latecomers. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early to ensure you don't miss out.
Refunds will not be issued to latecomers.
TICKETS
FULL PRICE
CONCESSION*
PREVIEW
$48.00
$38.00
$30.00
*Seniors, Student, MEAA, Health Care and Low Income card holders
Shows in the WITH THEATRE WORKS stream align strongly our values and missions - these works we co-produce and co-present with independent artists and/or companies. Projects within this stream receive significant producing, marketing, PR and production support in addition to free use of the venue and a generous box office split.
CREDITS
WRITER
Kevin Nemeth
DIRECTORS
Anne Browning
Tom Gutteridge
PERFORMERS
Anne Browning
Peter Houghton
Tom Gutteridge
MEET THE ARTIST
TOM GUTTERIDGE
Tom has more than twenty years’experience in the performing arts as a director, actor, dramaturg, devisor, composer and teacher. Tom was Artistic Director at Black Swan Theatre Company, Perth from 2004 to 2008. Other directing work includes the Australian/NZ production of Yes, Prime Minister, the World Premieres of Birthrights (MTC), Charitable Intent (La Mama)for the 2001 Melbourne Festival (Winner: Best New Australian Play, Victorian Green Room Awards) and Credentials all by David Williamson. He was Head of Programming at Monash University Peforming Arts Centres from 2019 - 2025.
