I really enjoyed reading this week! This has been my favourite play so far. It had this perfect mix of comedy, tragedy and drama. There was a building of relationships, and a big surprise at the start of act 2. I really loved this play so much and I couldn’t help myself reading the play aloud in that thick Australian accent that comes through the writing so well with Gary and Sue-Anne.
The play is focused around a house being built on an inherited block of land in the country. The opening act of the play introduces us to Gary and Sue-Anne a couple who against all odds, they’re building a house, and they’re just about to have a baby together. The task seems impossible, but Gary is so determined and loves Sue-Anne so much, he forces himself to make this work. We’re introduced to the mysterious next door neighbour Dave, he becomes a friend and huge part of their lives. We also met Gary’s sister Christine, a business woman, she doesn’t see herself ever living in the country, she’s determined to have her half of the land sold, and her and her brother don’t get on at all. After the shock death of Gary in act 2 we see the relationships between Christine, Sue-Anne and Dave develop. Gary’s death brings everyone together. Christine takes on the task of building the house.
The final scene in the play, there is an emotional scene between Christine, her brother Gary and Clint, Sue-Anne’s baby boy. The way that Debora writes this, you can just see in your mind and feel the emotion coming out of the paper. The rift between the siblings has been totally erased. The house that Gary began and Christine finished is like a symbol of their lives, being unfinished to being repaired.
I could definitely see this play being in our season. It’s a different kind of Australian family. It’s a broken family although it has such a strong sense of Australian culture and obviously language, it would illustrate our theme of Australian theme’s and families extremely well.
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