THE ITALIANS
BY DANNY BALL
BELVOIR ST THEATRE, SYDNEY (2022)
★★★★ I’VE BEEN LAUGHING FOR 80 MINUTES STRAIGHT… IT HAS THE MADCAP ENERGY OF A SLAPSTICK REVUE
— CULTURAL BINGE
NOMINATED BEST DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS (2022)
Your family have a really woggy vibe – you know, your dad working in the repair shop, your mum at the cafe… which I totally love… and mine are more… Italian.
It’s la dolce vita for Joe right now. He’s got a successful business, handsome boyfriend and wealthy AF future in-laws. He’s clawed his way out of the working class and he’s got freshly steamed linen trousers to prove it.
But his plans for full-blown assimilation take a nasty turn when Joe’s estranged cousin drops by and exposes an enormous family secret. Suddenly, Joe’s on a mission out to South-Western Sydney, to the Italian-Australian heartland and the place where his family’s story began.
CREATIVES
DIRECTOR | RILEY SPADARO
SET + COSTUME | GRACE DEACON
LIGHTING | PHOEBE PILCHER
SOUND | LUKE DI SOMMA
CAST
DANNY BALL
PHILIP D’AMBROSIO
DEBORAH GALANOS
AMY HACK
JONATHAN LAGUDI
EMMA O’SULLIVAN
TONY POLI
BRANDON SCANE
Production photography by Katherine Griffiths