The Incorruptible (1995)

This political exposé takes us on a journey from a plush Brisbane hotel to the burning cane fields of Queensland and on to a crusade to Canberra.

Ed 'Gabo' Gabelich, political kingmaker, plucks Ion Stafford (Colin Friels), a plain-talking conservative Christian sugar cane farmer from the relative obscurity of Australia's deep north and attempts to plant him firmly in the most powerful position in the land. But the high moral ground that Ion fights so hard to maintain is forced to feed on entrenched political corruption in order to sustain itself. A monster is created that devours all in its path.

In 1995 the production also traveled to Geelong, Bendigo and the Alexandra Theatre in Clayton.

"NOWRA IS AN ORIGINAL, AND PROLIFIC WRITER WHOSE WORK ALWAYS HAS INTEGRITY. THE EARTH DOES CRY IN THIS PLAY, THOUGH YOU MAY BE LAUGHING EVEN AT THE END... THIS IS AN ENJOYABLE, AT TIMES UNNERVING, AND SATISFYING THEATRE EXPERIENCE."

– Frank McKone, Canberra Critics' Circle