Multiple genres, two actors, one black comedy, and possibly a platypus…
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
FRANCIS GREENSLADE
The platypus is a strange creature. It’s composed of odds and ends, as though evolution got tired one afternoon and stopped paying attention to what it was doing. It seems wrong, strangely put together, a curiosity — just like this play about the messy end of a relationship.
Written and directed by wellknown actor Francis Greenslade (Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell, Winners and Losers) and performed by John Leary (The Good Place, Glitch, The Letdown, Upper Middle Bogan) and Rebecca Bower (The Spooky Files, Offspring,
Wentworth), The Platypus is a genre-busting delight — an outrageously clever, wildly entertaining play about theatre, relationships, and the roles we all play.
Scene List
Says Francis, “It’s an attempt to tell a universal story, the twists and turns of which are known to all, in a constantly surprising way. Overtly theatrical, while — hopefully — not sacrificing psychological truth. Prologue Home
Limericks Restoration Dinner
Director/Writer
Francis Greenslade
Cast Rebecca Bower
John Leary
Guest Artist Eddie Hill
Designer Sarah Tulloch
Lighting Designer Clare Springett
Sound Designer
Stage Manager
Technical Director
David Franzke
Lowana van Dorssen
Marcus Kelson
Choreography Kate Denborough
Original Songs
Matthew Frank (Music) and Francis Greenslade (Lyrics)
‘Last Train to Heaven’ and ‘Maybe This Time for Sure’ with kind permission of Paul Kelly and Sony Music
The Platypus is produced by Soft Tread Enterprises.