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Production still for "Babes in the Wood" (2003). L-R: Lucy Taylor as Reggie, Caroline Craig as Ruby. Photographer: Lisa Tomasetti
Babes in the Wood (2003)
By Tom Wright
21 November 2003 – 13 December 2003 Merlyn Theatre
Playbox Theatre Company,
New Writing Theatre World Premiere
Once upon a time, two native-born Australians, still wrapped in the robes of childhood, find themselves lost in the Unforgiving Bush. They meet a colourful cavalcade of colonial pantomimics and get caught up in a spiralling hallucination of disreputable tales. Tom Wright has hunted through our rich heritage of colonial pantomimes to create this triumph of rhyme over reason.
"THIS IS A GLORIOUSLY COARSE AND VULGAR PRODUCTION, WHICH HURTLES AT FULL SPEED FROM BEGINNING TO END. THE COMPANY OF PEERFORMERS, LED BY THE NOW ICONIC MAX GILLIES, IS A SPECTACULARLY COHESIVE AND VIGOROUS ONE. I CAN’T HONESTLY SINGLE OUT ANY ONE PERFORMER AS THEY WERE ALL SUBLIME."
— Lola MacMillan, Australian Stage
Cast
Creatives
![Anna Tregloan](/media/mdohalzv/tregloan-anna.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763243254770000)
Designer
![Tom Wright](/media/qljfl333/wright-tom.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763244105730000)
Playwright
![Paul Jackson](/media/iwbfn3l1/jackson-paul.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239155330000)
Lighting Designer
![Iain Grandage](/media/0rviv4oo/grandage-iain.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763238018270000)
Composer, Musician
![Kate Denborough](/media/vsanqcp4/denborough-kate.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763236628370000)
Choreographer
![Michael Kantor](/media/yn0lpzdg/kantor-michael.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239325100000)
Director
![Armando Licul](/media/1fej5wfl/licul-armando.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=300&height=300&rnd=132763239834630000)
Stage Manager
Stage Manager
Costume Co-ordinator
Costume Assistant
Assistant Stage Manager
Costume Assistant
Costume Assistant