Tickets available at the door, $15 each

Black Box Theatre is proud to announce a strong selection of locally written plays written overnight, and are currently being rehearsed by teams of Illawarra actors.

DOCTORS ORDERS  by Tom Peach

Cast: Bradley Ward, Mathew Latham and Alexander Cuff 

Alexander Cuff, Tom Peach (writer), Bradley Ward & Mathew Latham in “Doctor’s Orders”

In the near future heroic end of life medical care needs to be paid for by the families of the dying, not by the state. Two doctors can follow a routine procedure to euthanise an individual.  As this intervention is now so rare most surgeons and other life saving medical staff now spend their time either running these panels or spending time enhancing the rich and the well with increasingly obtuse cosmetic surgery.

Joe is dying, a young man with a high risk of not making it through a year his family have asked for him to be euthanised, For Doctors Smith and Armand this is a regular occurrence, part of their daily routine, supported with apps and a checklist of circumstances.

Over the course of the short play we explore the impact of these decisions – both on Joe and on the Doctors who help him to make them. Over the course of the short play we explore the impact of these decisions – both on Joe and on the Doctors who help him to make them.

LISTEN  by David Rienits

Cast: Glenn Wanstall, Vu Moyo & Adam Armitt

Vu Moyo, Glenn Wanstall, David Rienits (writer) and Adam Armitt in “LISTEN”

COFFEEGATE  by Bec Ellis

Cast: Louisa Raft, Jen Jackson, Bernadette Le Mesurier

Louisa Raft, Jen Jackson, Rebecca Ellis (writer) and Bernadette Le Mesurier in “Coffeegate”

An intern. The wrong cup of coffee. The government is brought to a stand still. How will the spin doctors deal with the latest scandal threatening the future of the Leadership and the Party? Only a three word slogan will do.

DOLLARS AND SENSE by Ace Robertson

Cast: Travis Marley, Dylan Horvat, Josh Chicaro, Jarrod Sleiman
Directed by Hayley Reynolds

Ace Robertson (writer), Josh Chicaro, Travis Marley, Jarrod Sleiman, Hayley Reynolds (director) and Dylan Horvat in “Dollars and Sense”

When a conflicted man who has suddenly come into a large sum of money stumbles into the presence of three morally corrupt drunkards, suddenly everyone has an opinion on how his money should be spent.

ADVISING THE ALMIGHTY  by Suz Mawer

Cast: Inga Silfr, Monica Kickert & Catriona Potter

Inga Silfr, Suz Mawer (writer), Catriona Potter & Monica Kickert in “Advising the Almighty”

Advising the Almighty is a play about an agony aunt to the all powerful. What would you say to keep a deity inspired?