A Social Service

Production still for "A Social Service". L-R: Nicola Gunn, Shaan Juma. Photographer: Pia Johnson

A Social Service

By Nicola Gunn & David Woods

11 August 2015 – 29 August 2015 Beckett Theatre

Malthouse Theatre,

New Writing Theatre

In a send-up of greed, status and the machinations of power, Gunn and Woods take a satirical look at the state of the public housing system, and the developers and bureaucrats who control its future. Questioning who these safety nets are really there to benefit, A Social Service digs at a reality more concerned with replicating itself than improving the situation. When the people at the top have no understanding of ordinary worries, needs or wants, maybe their help is the kind we’d be better off without.

 

"HER COMIC TIMING IS IMPECCABLE, HER WRITING IS BIZARRE AND UNPREDICTABLE, HER CONTENT OFTEN CHALLENGING AND HER PARODY ... INGENIOUS."

— Herald Sun

 

Production still for "A Social Service". L-R: Shaan Juma, Nicola Gunn. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Production still for "A Social Service". L-R: David Woods, Nicola Gunn. Photographer: Pia Johnson
Production still for "A Social Service". David Woods. Photographer: Pia Johnson
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Production still for "A Social Service". L-R: Shaan Juma, Nicola Gunn. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "A Social Service". L-R: David Woods, Nicola Gunn. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Production still for "A Social Service". David Woods. Photographer: Pia Johnson

Cast

David Woods

David Woods

Creator, Actor

Nicola Gunn

Nicola Gunn

Production Designer, Original Concept, Creator, Actor

Abira De Oliveria

Performer

Angelo Duot

Performer

Shaan Juma

Performer

Isobel Mure

Performer

Tayla Nichols

Performer

Elisabeth Wot

Performer

Creatives

Katrina Gaskell

Set and/or Property Maker, Carpenter, Cooper

Gwendolyna Holmberg-Gilchrist

Gwendolyna Holmberg-Gilchrist

Lighting Designer, Production Designer

Nick Roux

Nick Roux

Sound Designer

Eugyeene Teh

Eugyeene Teh

Projection Designer

Tia Clark

Tia Clark

Stage Manager

Production Program