Quack October 5, 2010

In a small town in middle Australia, people are sick and looking for someone to blame.

Following on from its season at Griffin Theatre, Quack will play Riverside Theatres from October 5 to 9.Fanny wants to get the hell out – it’s a hick mining dump. But when the dashing and visionary Doctor Waterman turns up, Fanny might just have a reason to stay. Despite some early triumphs, the townsfolk are getting sick, really sick – in fact, the moaning and shuffling half-dead are even starting to eat the living. Will Fanny get out alive?

Blisteringly funny and provocative in equal measure, Quack is a mash-up of A Country Practice, Deadwood and Shaun of the Dead - a romantic historical western drama noir exploitation comedy. With zombies.

“The formidable force of talent represented by playwright, Ian Wilding and director, Chris Mead makes Quack unmissable. This provocative drama noir will have audiences laughing at dark and empty nature of consumerism,” said Director of Riverside Theatres, Robert Love.

Quack is playwright Ian Wilding’s riotous follow-up to the hugely acclaimed October (Griffin, 2007). Wilding is at the forefront of Australian playwriting and has won the prestigious Patrick White Playwrights Award twice; first in 2002 for Even Amongst Dogs and again last year for Forever Seven.

Wilding’s latest work will be directed by Chris Mead, whose most recent play for Griffin, The Modern International Dead by Damien Millar, won Best New Play at the Sydney Theatre Critics’ Awards and was shortlisted for the NSW, Victorian and Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards.

Times: Tue 5 Oct, Wed 6 Oct, Fri 8 Oct at 7.30pm; Thu 7 Oct at 6.30pm; Sat 9 Oct at 2.15pm & 7.30pm
Ticket Prices: Adults $48; Conc $43; Under 30's $35
Booking Details: Riverside Theatres Box Office on 8839 3399