written by David Lindsay-Abaire (Mechanics Institute, Brunswick)

2005 Australian Premiere
July 15 - 30

directed by Shaun Kingma

lighting design - Stelios Karagiannis
lighting operator - Lee Collier
sound operator - Sue Brownbill
stage manager- Bernadette Peace
 poster design- Ozlem Kesik
photography- Rolf Proft (High Key Images)

On his 21st birthday, Gene Slater's mother announces that his father was murdered 14 years ago.

He was stabbed in the back and his feet were lopped off and thrown into a drainage ditch

So begins a darkly comic caper of passion and revenge.

Will hapless Gene please his formidable mother and find the killer? Could it have anything to do with Caitlin, the fiery and unbalanced object of Gene’s affection who obsesses over Anna Karenina almost as much as she obsesses over her tormented Russian Literature professor, Carl, who in turn is plotting to kill Brad, the dull and insignificant repair man who is now sheltering the mysterious artist Lily whom he met in the Poconos 14 years ago....?

with Paula McDonald, Dan Walls, Olivia Hogan, David Gardette, Brett Whittingham and Catherine Kohlen

the ultimate ensemble performance
The Program