'Appleton is a small country town being forced into the present with a recent influx of wealthy city slickers, treechangers and refugees. Simmering tensions come to a head when new GP Penny Anderson discovers that the famous Appleton Potato Race awards $1000 prize money for the men, and a measly $200 for the women. When Penny decides to take steps to restore gender parity and coax Appleton into the 21st century, little could she have anticipated the spiralling, hilarious culture war that would follow.'
Source: Ensemble Theatre.
The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race
( dir. Lynn Hegarty
)
Australia
:
Paramount Pictures
Congaline Productions
EQ Media
,
2023
25529234
2023
single work
film/TV
'When Penny Anderson (Claire van der Boom) returns to her childhood home just in time for the Appleton Show and its ‘world famous’ potato race, she is outraged that the men’s first prize pays out $2,000 and the winning woman’s prize is only $200! Determined to right this wrong, she unleashes a cultural war the likes never seen in sleepy Appleton - pitting family against family, sister against sister and potato racer against potato racer.'
Source: Screen Australia.
Produced by the Ensemble Theatre (world premiere), 22 March to 27 April 2018.
Director: Priscilla Jackman.
Cast including Valerie Bader, Merridy Eastman, Amber McMahon, and Sharon Millerchip.
Presented by the State Theatre Company of South Australia at the Royalty Theatre, 4-19 June 2021.
Director: Elena Carapetis.
Set and Costume Designer: Kathryn Sproul.
Sound Designer: Andrew Howard.
Cast: Genevieve Mooy, Carmel Johnson, Susie Youssef, and Anna Steen.
Presented by Queensland Theatre Company at Bille Brown Theatre, 7-28 October 2023.
Director: Priscilla Jackson.
Cast including Rachel Gordon.
'Mashing through the glass ceiling, one potato race at a time. '
'STCSA’s The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race features an excellent production and performances but can’t conceal the play’s troubling blind spots. By Ben Brooker.'
'The annual potato race at the Appleton show is dominated by the men. It is a race that involves running while carrying a sack of potatoes. The money prize for the men is five times the amount for the women’s race.' (Introduction)
'The annual potato race at the Appleton show is dominated by the men. It is a race that involves running while carrying a sack of potatoes. The money prize for the men is five times the amount for the women’s race.' (Introduction)
'STCSA’s The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race features an excellent production and performances but can’t conceal the play’s troubling blind spots. By Ben Brooker.'
'Mashing through the glass ceiling, one potato race at a time. '
