'Prices are out of control – and so is Antonia. Riled by the rising cost of living, she agitates a riot in the local supermarket with an army of unruly housewives, leaving the place gutted. What follows is a wild and unpredictable caper, as Antonia and her friend Margherita attempt to outsmart the police, hoodwink their husbands, and ‘liberate’ more loot. This is high-wire farce.
'No Pay? No Way! (sometimes known as Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!) was written by Italian father of farce and Nobel laureate Dario Fo in 1974 and its ever-resonant themes of rising corporate greed, wage stagnation and the thrills of sticking it to the man have seen it staged around the world ever since.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Produced by Sydney Theatre Company at the Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), 10 February - 20 March 2020, and at the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, 1 - 4 April 2020.
Director: Sarah Giles.
Designer: Charles Davis.
Lighting Designer: Pail Jackson.
Cast: Glenn Hazeldine, Rahel Romahn, Helen Thomson, Aaron Tsindos, and Catherine Văn-Davies.
Production cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, effective at the Sydney Opera House from 18-28 March 2020 and for the entire run at Parramatta Riverside Theatres.
Presented by Sydney Theatre Company. Performed at Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre : 6 April - 11 May 2024.
Director: Sarah Giles.
Designer: Charles Davis.
Lighting Designer: Paul Jackson.
Composer & Sound Designer: Steve Francis.
Cast: Glenn Hazeldine, Mandy McElhinney, Aaron Tsindos, and Catherine Văn-Davies.