Draft:Watchlist (play)

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Watchlist
Promotional poster for the 2021 premiere production
Written byAlex Vickery-Howe
Date premiered4 June 2021
Place premieredBakehouse Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia
Original languageEnglish
GenreDark comedy, political satire

Watchlist is a 2021 Australian stage play by Alex Vickery-Howe. It premiered on 4 June 2021 at the Bakehouse Theatre in Adelaide, produced by the South Australian Playwrights Theatre and directed by Lisa Harper Campbell. A dark comedy and political satire set in the near future, the play follows three characters living under widespread surveillance. The script was published by Currency Press.[1]

Synopsis

In a near-future Australia under pervasive state surveillance, Basil, Delia, and Roger find themselves drawn into a series of conversations about complicity, climate collapse and what — if anything — ordinary people can do. As their domestic lives intersect with the broader political crisis, each character is forced to choose between silence, dissent or self-interest.

Production

Delia (Katherine Sortini) and Basil (Gianluca Noble)

The premiere production was produced by Lucy Combe for the South Australian Playwrights Theatre, with lighting design by Stephen Dean, sound design by Sascha Budimski, and stage management by Claire Miyuki Gueri. The original cast comprised Gianluca Noble (Basil), Katherine Sortini (Delia), Katie O'Reilly (Marie), Eddie Morrison (Roger) and Matt Hawkins (Norman).

Reception

In The Advertiser, Peter Burdon reviewed the production, describing the play as a work about a "vulnerable man [who] falls under the spell of an environmental radical".[2] Murray Bramwell, writing in InDaily, described the production as "amusing, ambitious, [and] provocative".[3] In The Barefoot Review, Samela Harris characterised the work as an "agit-prop piece" and commented on its satirical style.[4] Broadway World reviewed the production in the context of Adelaide's post-pandemic theatre season.[5] The Adelaide Show podcast also covered the premiere.[6]

Publication

The script was published by Currency Press.[7]


References

  1. ^ "Watchlist". Bakehouse Theatre. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  2. ^ Burdon, Peter (6 June 2021). "Review: Watchlist, by South Australian Playwrights Theatre". The Advertiser. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  3. ^ Bramwell, Murray (4 June 2021). "Theatre Review: Watchlist". InDaily. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  4. ^ Harris, Samela (2021). "Watchlist". The Barefoot Review. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  5. ^ "BWW Review: Watchlist at Bakehouse Theatre". Broadway World. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  6. ^ "Watchlist review". The Adelaide Show. 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  7. ^ "Watchlist by Alex Vickery-Howe". Currency Press. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

Category:2021 plays Category:Australian plays Category:English-language plays

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