Don's Party by David Williamson 15th July 30th August 1981

Cast:   Kevin Forrest, Fae Johnson, Bill Butler, Jane Derby, John Golder, Pam Alderton, Tony Nesbitt, Stephen Fearnley, Janie McLaod, Carl Terry, Maureen Sinton.

Director:  Helene Wong. Assisted by Trish Trevor.
Design: Stephen Fearnley.

Production Team: David Austin, Helene Wong, Rodney Bane, Gordon Johnson, Kate Monica.
Stage Manager: Mary Fenwick
Principal Designer: Stephen Fearnley
Wardrobe: Sally Moon

TV Commentaries: Michael Hooper, Radio Windy, Brian Jennings 2ZB.
Photos: Rodney Bane.
Poster: Helen Wong and David Austin.
Front of House: Sydney Biggs, John Gilberthorpe.
 

Theme: Set in Melbourne on election night, 25 Oct 1969.

Venue: 1 Kent Terrace

Stories:  The night a can of beer tipped over on the coffee table and dribbled off the table between Don's legs making it look like he was peeing himself.

 Review:

Riotous Hangover from '60s.
Theatre Review by Ann Hogan
excerpt from the newspaper review:

...Director Helen Wong has managed to guide her large cast of 11 thought their paces without letting the play drag at all. The action is fast moving but the feeling that the audience is viewing the party from beginning to end is not lost.

Most of the cast perform ... playing the more obnoxious guests, notably JOhn Golder as Mal the analyst, Tony Nesbett as Mack who has just left his woife and Carl Terry as Cooley the whote shoe waering chauvinist ( well as of the men are but he's the worst of the lot). The femails arinthe cast all do a good job carrying offf the bitching flirting and scorn superbly. Helene Wong is obviously a sticker for detail, Her set- loungh, kitchen and hall in a typical suburban house- is the perfect right down to t ensuring all the electrical equipment has wires in the right places. Great attention has been paid to the props- Australian matches and beer cans -likewise to costumes. Remember the 60's- bellbottoms, mimiskirts, ribbons in the hair, grotesque floral long dresses, wide paisley ties and silver slingbacks? And who could forget the Seekers. ....