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
Cast
Creator, Actor
Production Designer, Original Concept, Creator, Actor
Performer
Performer
Performer
Performer
Performer
Performer
Creatives
Set and/or Property Maker, Carpenter, Cooper
Lighting Designer, Production Designer
Sound Designer
Projection Designer
Stage Manager