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PRESENTED BY STATE THEATRE COMPANY

By Andrew Bovell

After Dinner

Season Finished
Dunstan Playhouse

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A knock out comedy from master playwright Andrew Bovell (The Secret River, Things I Know To Be True) following five eccentric lonely hearts in a 1980s pub bistro. Get ready to party like its 1989.

Paula, Dympie and Monika are, in the words of Roxette, Sweden’s greatest export, “dressed for success”. Primped, preened and ready to rumble, they are up for anything and, perhaps, anyone. Except that is for Stephen and Gordon, the alpha male and nerdy no-hoper at the table next to them.

Over the course of the night bad dance moves are on display, friendships are tested and the map of the human heart is crisscrossed. The brilliant Nathan Page (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The 39 Steps) leads an hilarious cast including Jude Henshall (Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play, Comedy of Errors), Elena Carapetis (Summer of the Seventeenth Doll), Ellen Steele (Angelique, Girl Asleep) and Rory Walker (The Popular Mechanicals) After Dinner will leave you rolling in the aisles.

SUITABLE FOR AGES 15 +

CONTAINS STRONG SEXUAL REFERENCES

  • Pre-show notes for After Dinner are available here.
    An MP3 version is available here.

  • Director

    Corey McMahon

  • Set & Costume Designer

    Jonathon Oxlade

  • Lighting Designer

    Nigel Levings

  • Sound Design

    Andrew Howard

  • Assistant Director

    Alira McKenzie-Williams

  • Cast

    Elena Carapetis
    Jude Henshall
    Nathan Page
    Ellen Steele
    Rory Walker

Dates & Times

Subscriber Briefing

April

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    • P
    • ON
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    • K
    • C
    • AD
    • AD
    • QA
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Preview
ON
Opening Night
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Captioned
AD
Audio Described
OS
Off Stage Post-Show Party
K
Keith's Matinee Club
QA
Post-show Q&A

"...an uproarious triumph"

— The Advertiser

"...bloody funny."

— The Barefoot Review

"a thoroughly entertaining evening."

— InDaily

"A fabulous and hilarious night at the theatre!"

— Stage Whispers

"Bovell’s play is of its time but also transcends it. "

— The Australian

‘A light comedy, sure, but this is no souffle. After Dinner sends you home feeling full and satisfied’

— Sydney Morning Herald

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