'The Price family appear to be living the Australian dream—a loving household in a solid brick house on a quarter acre block where the passing of time is measured by the seasonal changes in working class patriarch Bob’s beloved roses. The four kids have grown up and spread their wings, with only the youngest, Rosie, still at home. As the seasons turn, their story becomes darker and more difficult. But, with complexity comes richness, resolution and meaning.' (AusStage)
Via State Theatre Company of South Australia.
World premiere 13 May – 14 June, 2016 by the State Theatre Company of South Australia and Frantic Assembly at the Dunstan Playhouse in Adelaide, South Australia.
Directors: Scott Graham and Geordie Brookman.
Set and Lighting Designer: Geoff Cobham.
Costume Designer: Ailsa Paterson.
Cast includes Paul Blackwell, Tilds Cobham-Hervey, Eugenia Fragos, and Nathan O'Keefe.
Produced by Belvoir Street Theatre, 8 June to 21 July 2018.
Director: Neil Armfield.
Set Designer: Stephen Curtis.
Costume Designer: Tess Schofield.
Lighting Designer: Damien Cooper.
Cast: Tony Martin, Tom Hobbs, and Anna Lise Phillips.
Presented at New Theatre, Newtown, November-December 2022.
Director: Hailey McQueen.
Set and Lighting Designer: Victor Kalka.
Composer and Sound Designer: Rhiannon Cox.
Cast: James Bean (Bob), Kath Grodon (Fran), Michael SMith (Mark), Ben Chapple (Ben), Skye Beker (Rosie)), and Ann Wilson (Pip).
Produced by Black Swan Theatre Company at Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth, 27 May - 18 June 2023.
Director: Kate Champion.
Set and Costume Designer: Zoe Atkinson.
Cast: Humphrey Bower, Caroline Brazier, and Laura Shaw.
'A family held together by love, but wracked by secrets.'
'This brilliant, moving and often very funny production is deceptively simple at first. It is domestic, suburban and in some ways quite old-fashioned. It is about family and love, about adult children moving on and parents letting go, or not. But in the hands of playwright Andrew Bovell and director Neil Armfield, two of our greatest theatre artists, it is a transforming experience.' (Introduction)
'This brilliant, moving and often very funny production is deceptively simple at first. It is domestic, suburban and in some ways quite old-fashioned. It is about family and love, about adult children moving on and parents letting go, or not. But in the hands of playwright Andrew Bovell and director Neil Armfield, two of our greatest theatre artists, it is a transforming experience.' (Introduction)
'A family held together by love, but wracked by secrets.'
