THE APPLETON LADIES' POTATO RACE Tickets

Welcome to Appleton, a tidy country town with a population of 1557. Stop in at the pub in the arvo, try your luck with the pokies and why not stay for the annual Potato Race?

It’s the highlight of the year. Only this year Dr Penny Anderson is back home in Appleton, and she has a question. Why should the prize money for the race be more for the men than for the women?

Cousin Nikki thinks Penny is up herself. Long-time resident Barb is up for a change but her friend Bev isn’t a fan of the tree-changers and their woke ways. Can they work together to smash through the glass ceiling, one potato sack at a time?

Playwright Melanie Tait takes real-life events and brings us a warm comedy showing the world that there’s more than one way to win a race.

"A very Australian, effervescently entertaining, laugh-out-loud funny new play with serious things to say and a gentle way of saying them." — Limelight Magazine

Creatives

Writer: Melanie Tait

Director: Priscilla Jackman

Set Designer: Michael Scott-Mitchell

Costume Designer: Leigh Buchanan

Lighting Designer: John Rayment

Composer/Sound Designer: Brady Watkins

Stage Manager: Grant Gravener

Assistant Stage Manager: Nicole Neil

Cast

Nikki: Rachel Gordon

Rania: Natassia Halabi

Bev: Barb Lowing

Penny: Libby Munro

Barb: Francesca Waters