SYDNEY SEASON
Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the deep fryer… Work, But This Time Like You Mean It is back! We’re tearing out of the drive-thru and hitting the road, because our smash-hit anarchic comedy about fast-food workers in a fried-chicken time-loop is touring to Sydney.
“a madcap, skit-like experience full of joyful comedy… as good as a cheeky bit of fried chicken you weren’t planning on eating, but somehow seemed to hit the spot.” – City News
“A sharp-shooting shot at the employment of young people in the fast food industry. Fast is the word. In fact frenetic may be more like it… a very clever, witty, surreal satire.” – Canberra Critics Circle
Neon lighting has dried out your eyeballs. The grease has permeated your sneakers. You think you can hear salt. A group of fast food workers are just trying to get through another shift. They’re underpaid and overworked and the customers keep coming and time is moving backwards and they need to stop working.
Winner of the 2022 Emerging Playwright Commission, Work, But This Time Like You Mean It is a darkly surreal comedy about young people’s first experiences in the workplace. It’s about having a good work ethic on less-than-minimum wage. It’s about perseverance when you just want to curl up under the counter and cry. It’s an unhinged, deep-fryer-dive into deeply human relationships, forged within the most alienating of circumstances.
It’s fricken tasty!
STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON
Cast
Georgie Bianchini
Hannah Cornelia
Kathleen Dunkerley
Quinn Goodwin
Matthew Hogan
Blue Hyslop
Sterling Notley
Emma Piva
Creative Team
Director Luke Rogers
Set & Costume Designer Kathleen Kershaw
Lighting & Video Designer Ethan Hamill
Sound Designer Patrick Haesler
Stage Manager Rhiley Winnett
Education Kit
Coming soon! Email anna@canberrayouththeatre.com.au to be notified when it’s ready.
This return season is supported by the Australian Theatre for Young People, and the ACT Government. The Emerging Playwright Commission is generously supported by Holding Redlich.
