January
2008
Play Removed Due To Legal
Advice
written by
Brett Danalake & Iain Triffitt
directed by Malcolm Frawley
starring
Fran Bickmore, Nadine Charles, Ashley Fitzgerald, Luey Kotevski,
Maria Latrofa,
Kathy Luu, Lauren Hamilton Neill and
Iain Triffitt
Comedy
: “Can the law stop the shop from going on? We Report. You decide.”
The Ferknerkle entry in the 2008 Short & Sweet festival
November
2007
Sniper
written &
directed by Malcolm Frawley
starring
Helen
Atkinson, Blair Cutting, Deborah Jones, Jess Macaulay,
Aaron Noakes,
David Richards and
Olivia Solomons.
Drama/Comedy
: A revival of an early favourite from 2001
October/November
2007
Gone Bush
written by
Brett Danalake & Iain Triffitt
directed by Malcolm Frawley
starring
Matthew
Charleston, Nicola Furst, Claire Gandy,
Phillippa
Iemma,
Maria Latrofa, Kathy Luu, Lauren Hamilton Neill
&
Gina Pollock
Comedy
: “Six
women head into the wilds of Katoomba for a corporate retreat.
From the moment
they leave the bus they must face the challenges of
a wild and
untamed country; not to mention a himbo tour guide,
the Blue
Mountains panther and a media hot for tragedy.”
February
2007
The Entree Was Death
written by
Brett Danalake & Iain Triffitt
directed by
Brett Danalake
starring
Max Brown, Malcolm Frawley, Aaron Noakes,
Paige Rodgers and
Olivia Solomons.
Comedy
: “All families have secrets. But is someone in this room a murderer?”
The Ferknerkle entry in the 2007 Short & Sweet festival
Selected as
BEST INDEPENDENT THEATRE COMPANY
December 2006
A Delicate
Egg
written by Malcolm Frawley
directed by
Brett Danalake
starring
Zoe Carides, Malcolm Frawley and Stephanie
Marsden
Drama : “Two ex-lovers meet
fifteen years after their break-up. Why didn’t it work out?”
February 2006
Remember
This
written by
Brett Danalake & Iain Triffitt
directed by Malcolm Frawley
starring
Rick Cosnett, Buddy Dannoun, Phillippa
Iemma, Gina Pollock and
Olivia Solomons.
Comedy:
Old friends remember all the great times they've had together. But is there
something they've forgotten?
The Ferknerkle entry in the 2006 Short & Sweet festival
January/February 2005
It's Not You
written by
Brett Danalake & Iain Triffitt
directed by
Brett Danalake
starring
Paige Rodgers, Jean Dixon, Phillippa
Iemma, Darren Hawkins, Tiffany Curlew and Tim
Mitchell.
Comedy:
Trish has just had a bad break-up but how many break-ups will she have to deal
with?
A Single Selfish Act
written and
directed by Malcolm Frawley
starring
Justine Nangle.
Drama:
Crossed
Lines
written
by Iain Triffitt & Brett Danalake
directed
by Brett Danalake
starring
Olivia Solomons, Malcolm Frawey and Jacqueline Delmege
Comedy/Drama:
Abducted and locked in a shed, Angela's only hope is her mobile
phone.
But
will it be more of a hindrance than a help?
3 Plays
included in the 2005 Short & Sweet festival
2004
Previously
On
written & directed
by Malcolm Frawley
featuring Tom Brazel,
Brett
Danalake, Jacqueline Delmege, Jean
Dixon,
Phillippa Iemma, Ken
James, Justine Nangle, & Christopher
Weekes,
Comedy
: The story so far on 'Harbour City Solicitors'
The
Ferknerkle contribution to the
Short
& Sweet short play festival
2003
King
of the Castle
written
& directed by Brett Danalake
featuring
Olivia
Solomons, Oriana Panozzo
&
Malcolm
Frawley
Comedy
: A revival of a favourite from 2001
+
Speaking
of Nothing
written
& directed by Brett Danalake
featuring
Christopher
Weekes, Justine Nangle
&
Jacqueline
Delmege
Comedy
: A substantial rewrite of Before The Show
from 1999
2002
FAMOUS
LAST WORDS
written
and directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast:
Paige
Rodgers, Justine Nangle, Phillippa
Iemma, Trevor Farrugia,
Jean
Dixon, Bernard Wheatley, Fairlie
Adams-Hamilton
Comedy
: A revival of a favourite from 2000
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FERKING
OFF
Cast:
Christopher
Weekes, Jacqueline Delmege, Malcolm
Frawley,
Oriana
Panozzo. Host: Brett Danalake
Comedy
: “A variety of prepared improvisations involving some audience involvement.”
December
2001
'Hot
For Frida'
by
Brett
Danalake and Malcolm Frawley
directed
by Malcolm Frawley
Cast:Jean
Dixon, Trevor Farrugia, Oriana Panozzo, Bernard
Wheatley,
Ellie
Saffron, Deny Kirkwood, Claire Gandy, Christopher
Weekes,
Katrina
Harrison, Jacqueline Delmege, Paige
Rodgers, Brett Danalake and Kylie
Orue
Comedy
: “A surprise 40th birthday party goes awry after the birthday boy runs
off with a girl who looks like Frida from Abba.”
November
2001
'Meant
To Be'
Cast:
Paige
Rodgers, Robert Carne,
Claire
Gandy and Bernard Wheatley
Comedy
: “A romantic young woman fantasizes her love life far into the future.”
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'A
Change In The Wind'
written
by Brett Danalake
driected
by Bruno De Villenoisy
Cast:
Malcolm
Frawley, Oriana Panozzo,
Katrina
Harrison and Christopher Weekes
Drama
: “A reclusive middle-aged man finally attempts to get a life after the
death of his mother.”
September
2001
'Benchmark'(Return
Season)
written
by Malcolm Frawley
directed
by Fairlie Adams Hamilton
Cast
: Malcolm Frawley, Brett
Danalake,
Chris Galletti, Claire Gandy
Comedy
: A revival of an early favourite from 1999
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'Ferking
About'
devised
by the Company
Cast
: Ellie Saffron, Paige Rodgers, Deny Kirkwood,
Trevor Farrugia
Oriana
Panozzo (Ringmaster)
Comedy
: “A variety of prepared improvisations involving some audience involvement.”
July
2001
'SNIPER'
written
and directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast:
Jamie Croft, Bernard Wheatley, Magdalena
Roze,
Paige Rodgers,
Robert
Carne, Oriana Panozzo and Jacqueline
Delmege
Drama/Comedy:
: “A small theatre company kidnaps a critic for giving
them
a bad review. But who really suffers from sour grapes?”
June
2001
'King
Of The Castle'
written
and directed by Brett Danalake
Cast:
Ellie Saffron, Oriana Panozzo, Malcolm
Frawley
Comedy:
“A hen-pecked family man takes up a golden opportunity to
change
his life. Is it only the grass that’s greener on the other side?”
+
'Bad
Blood'
written
by Jean Dixon
Directed
by Malcolm Frawley
Cast: Bernard
Wheatley, Deny Kirkwood, Michael Carson,
Jean
Dixon, Claire Gandy
Drama:
“Two detectives investigate a murder. All the suspects have motive and
opportunity. Or was it really suicide?”
April
2001
VISITING
written
& directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Chris Galletti, Oriana
Panozzo, Jacqueline Delmege,
Deny
Kirkwood, Magdalena Roze
Comedy
& Drama : “Songs are like houses we once lived in. When we hear them
we go visiting.” – Cole Porter
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INVASION
FROM A PLANET WITH NO SPECIAL EFFECTS
Written
& Directed by Brett Danalake
Cast
: Bernard Wheatley, Jean
Dixon, Ken James, Olivia
Solomons,
Katrina
Harrison, Phillippa Iemma
Comedy
: “Flashing lights. Bulbous eyes. Anal probes. Everything you
always
wanted to know about extraterrestrial life but were afraid to ask.”
March
2001
NO
SECRETS
written
by Malcolm Frawley & Tony Harvey
Directed
by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Bernard Wheatley, Oriana
Panozzo, Diane Milic
Drama
: “Ego. Insecurity. Betrayal. Oh, for a life in the theatre.”
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THE
SIEGE OF CAFE GLEBE
written
by Peter Fleming
Directed
by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Wayne Tunks, Kurtis Giitsidis, Ellie Saffron,
Cathy
Crawley, Brett Danalake
Romantic
Comedy : “A blind date between two sensitive optimists is almost scuttled
by their well-meaning,
but
cynical, best friends.”
November/December
2000
ALLERGIES
written
& directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Diane Milic, Lisa Sciberras, Jean Dixon, Cathy Crawley,
Simon
Gaske, Claire Gandy, Katrina Harrison, Magdalena Roze,
Christopher
Weekes, Jennifer Maran, Chris Galletti
Comedy
: “With only a matter of weeks before she is married, a young woman agonizes
over whether she has made the right decision.”
October
2000
FALLING PIANOS
written & directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Deny Kirkwood, Alina Krefel, Jean Dixon,
Chris
Galletti, Claire Gandy, Bernard Wheatley
Comedy/Drama
: “Defining moments in the lives of a disparate group of characters.”
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YOU
ARE HERE
written
by Brett Danalake
directed
by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Brett Danalake, Bronwyn Tasker,
Lisa
Sciberras, Kurtis Giitsidis, Kim Blumenthal
Comedy
: “Two couples’ dirty weekends are ruined by a double-booking.”
August
2000
FAMOUS
LAST WORDS
written
& directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Alina Krefel, Lisa Sciberras, Olivia Solomons,
Kurtis
Giitsidis, Brett Danalake, Bernard Wheatley, Bronwyn Tasker
Comedy
: “The backstage (and onstage) machinations of an amateur dramatic society.”
+
THE
WOLF IN THE SUNLIGHT
written
by Peter Fleming
directed
by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Chris Galletti, Deny Kirkwood,
Jean
Dixon, Christopher Weekes
Drama
: “Rome 32 A.D. Power still corrupts.”
June
2000
RIGHT
PLACE, WRONG TIME
written
& directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Angela Kennedy, Brett Blewitt,
Bronwyn
Tasker, Brett Danalake,
Claire
Gandy, Jean Dixon, Kurtis Giitsidis, Malcolm Frawley
(See
first production)
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SCI
FI FO FUM
written
and directed by Brett Danalake
Cast
: Darren James, Deny Kirkwood,
Lisa
Sciberras, Jennifer Maran
Comedy
: “Four sci-fi fans meet at a convention. Beam us up, Scotty.”
April
2000
A DELICATE EGG
written
by Malcolm Frawley
directed
by Claire Gandy
Cast
: Jennifer Maran, Malcolm Frawley, Katrina Harrison
Drama
: “Two ex-lovers meet fifteen years after their break-up. Why didn’t it
work out?”
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COFFEE
WITH MARILYN
written
by Jean Dixon
directed
by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Jean Dixon, Bernard Wheatley,
Lisa
Sciberras, Deborah Jones
Comedy/Drama
: “A young woman’s dreams of stardom are shattered by the opportunity that
finally knocks.”
March
2000
NOTHING LIKE OLD TIMES
written
& directed by
Malcolm
Frawley
Cast
: Bronwyn Tasker, Claire Gandy, Brett Blewitt,
Deny
Kirkwood, Kurtis Giitsidis, Darren James, Lisa Sciberras
Comedy
: “A school reunion fails on every level. You can never go back.”
+
CAUGHT
IN THE WEB.COM
written
by Brett Danalake
directed
by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Brett Danalake, Chris Galletti,
Ellie
Saffron, Jennifer Maran
Comedy
: “The pitfalls of romance on the web. He’s 36. She’s 16.”
November
1999
FEATHERS
written
by Malcolm Frawley
directed
by Malcolm Frawley & Brett Danalake
Cast
: Bernard Wheatley, Amy Kersey, Kate O’Donnell,
Sean
Lynch, Malcolm Frawley
Comedy/Drama
: “A tycoon makes a group of strangers an offer they can’t refuse. But
at what cost?”
August
1999
FATHERS
DAY
written
& directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Robert Baxter, Chris Baker, Jean Dixon,
Kate
O’Donnell, Jennifer Maran
Drama
: “Three siblings learn, too late, that their dead father is worthy of
love.”
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DO
NO HARM
written
by Darren James
directed
by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Darren James, Diana Fletcher, Bernard Wheatley
Drama
: “A desperate man cannot be cured even by the care of a good doctor.”
July
1999
TUMBLING
DICE
written
& directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Lauren Hawthorne, Darren James, Chris Baker,
Jennifer
Maran, Claire Gandy, Sean Lynch, Bernard Wheatley
Drama/Comedy
: “Four students, three teachers. Seven lives over four years – 1994-1998.”
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BEFORE
THE SHOW
written
& directed by Brett Danalake
Cast
: Angela Sasvary, Malcolm Frawley
Comedy
: “A friendship is threatened as love rears its ugly head.”
June
1999
ONLY
FOREVER
written
& directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Bernard Wheatley, Ellie Saffron, Angela Sasvary,
Chris
Galletti, Lauren Hawthorne
Drama
: “Two warring parents manage a truce once they realize their daughter
might be the major casualty.”
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ALL
THE WRONG PLACES
written
by Claire Gandy & Brett Danalake
directed
by Brett Danalake
Cast
: Diane Milic, Graeme Hickey, Claire Gandy,
Darren
James, Brett Danalake, Shaun Anthony Perrett
Comedy
: “Looking too hard for love, a girl eventually finds it right beside her.”
March
1999
BENCHMARK
written
by Malcolm Frawley
directed
by Claire Gandy
Cast
: Malcolm Frawley, Chris Galletti, Brett Danalake, Jean Dixon
Comedy
: “Three ordinary guys bemoan their relationship failures.”
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BECAUSE
SHE CAN
written
& directed by Brett Danalake
Cast
: Tanya Gallagher, Jacqui Delmege, Beth Champion, Darren James
Comedy/Drama
: “A manipulator moves into share accommodation and takes over.”
November
1998
IT'S
MY PARTY
written
& directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Paige Martinson, Claire Gandy, Darren James,
Brett
Blewitt, Bernard Wheatley
Comedy
: “A naïve country girl and her socialite flatmate host two parties.
Both are complete disasters.”
September
1998
RIGHT
PLACE, WRONG TIME
written
by Malcolm Frawley
directed
by Malcolm Frawley & Robert Baxter
Cast
: Julie Tyler, Brett Blewitt, Jean Dixon, Chris Galletti,
Brett
Danalake, Claire Gandy, Paige Martinson, Malcolm Frawley
Drama
: “A play about terrorism is directed by a closet terrorist.”
+
SIMON
SAYS
written
& directed by Malcolm Frawley
Cast
: Paige Martinson, Jean Dixon, Claire Gandy,
Julie
Tyler, Brett Blewitt
Drama/Comedy
: “Five strangers trapped in a basement.”
