Play Briefing
Mon 23 Jan 2023, 6:00 PM
Queensland Theatre
Queensland Theatre 2023 Season Tickets are now available to purchase.
1 hour 30 minutes
(no interval, subject to change without notice)
Roger is turning 70. No gifts and no fuss. Quality family time. That’s all he wants from his wife, Sue, and their three children. Maybe some balloons. It is a party after all.
But Emily, Lisa and Michael have other ideas. Emily is on a mission to save Saba, a detention centre escapee. All they need are the keys to dad’s holiday home and they’ll be on their way. Michael has found religion and is now following God’s plan. Lisa’s marriage has fallen apart with new love found in Noeline, a Border Force boat Commander. A simple family birthday get together, right?
It’s like your worst family Christmas lunch where deeply held beliefs are pulled apart and longheld resentments resurface. Crackling dialogue, perceptive insight and fierce humour that skewers hypocrisy. Classic David Williamson.
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Mon 23 Jan 2023, 6:00 PM
Mon 6 Feb 2023, 6:30 PM
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Warning
This production contains dead black outs, references to sexual assault and latex balloons, one of which pops on stage.
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