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About this production
Max. Sam. Lenny. Joey. Teddy. And Ruth. In a crowded house in East London lives a family of butchers, fighters, and men bound by routine and rivalry. When Teddy returns from America with his wife Ruth — a woman his family has never met — old tensions surface and an unsettling battle for control begins. As loyalties shift and desires emerge, the household is thrown into a dangerous and unpredictable power game.
Directed and Designed by Greg Carroll (Swansong, Glory Dazed) with Sound by Paul Norton (Much Ado About Nothing) — this intimate new production brings together an outstanding cast of Australian stage and screen talent.
Starring Kate Kendall (Stingers, Rush) as Ruth, Richard Piper (The Lady in the Van, Twelfth Night, Come from Away) as Max, Ben Geurens (Reign) as Lenny, Peter Houghton (Shakespeare in Love, North by Northwest) as Teddy, David Field (City Homicide) as Sam & Eddie Orton (Touching The Void) as Joey.
Kate Kendall is one of Australia's most acclaimed stage and screen actors, known for her commanding presence and razor-sharp instincts. Her credits span the Melbourne Theatre Company, Malthouse Theatre and Belvoir St, alongside long-running television roles.
Richard Piper
Max
Richard has spent forty-four years of his career on stage. Trained in London, he was soon performing on the West End in Grease and Elvis, and came to Australia in 1987 with cult cabaret band The Bouncing Czecks. Most recently, Richard appeared in Seventeen for Melbourne Theatre Company and Death of a Salesman for Red Line Productions. For Melbourne Theatre Company, he's appeared in over forty productions, including: As You Like It, The Lady in the Van, Twelfth Night, Born Yesterday, Double Indemnity, Ghosts, Music, The Gift, Drowsy Chaperone, The Daylight Atheist (Green Room Award for Best Actor). For Melbourne's Malthouse: The Black Rider, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore. For Sydney Theatre Company: The Secret River, Gross und Klein, Great Expectations, Moby Dick. Bell Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The War of the Roses, Henry V, Henry IV. STCSA: Moby Dick, Marat Sade, Restoration. Also, an accomplished musical theatre performer, Richard played the mayor in the award-winning, Come from Away and Dad in Billy Elliot.
Ben Geurens
Lenny
Ben Geurens is an Australian actor whose career spans theatre, television, and film across Australia, the United States, and Canada. A graduate of National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Ben has appeared extensively on stage and screen for more than three decades.
Internationally, he is best known for his series regular roles in Reign and Legacies, alongside appearances in The Good Place and Rebel Moon directed by Zack Snyder. His Australian screen credits include The Jesters, Molly, Catching Milat, Paper Giants: Magazine Wars, Underbelly: Badness, Packed to the Rafters, Home and Away, and Neighbours. His film work includes the cult Australian horror Body Melt and the acclaimed independent feature Locusts.
On stage, Ben has worked with many of Australia's leading theatre companies. With Melbourne Theatre Company he appeared in Entertaining Mr Sloane, The History Boys, and The Glass Soldier. For Sydney Theatre Company he performed in The Great, and at Malthouse Theatre he appeared in Hate.
Ben has maintained a long creative collaboration with director, Nick Pollock, with the pair producing independent theatre works with productions of This Is Our Youth at 45 Downstairs and Shining City at Griffin Theatre Company and more recently developing an original immersive performance project together set for 2027.
Peter Houghton
Teddy
Peter has performed in Macbeth,Misalliance, Birthrights, Laughter on the 23 Floor, Sweet Bird of Youth, HisGirl Friday, Joy of Text, Shakespeare in Love, Three Little Words (MelbourneTheatre Company); The Trial andTravesties (Sydney Theatre Company); Tartuffe,The Pitch, A View Of Concrete, Ruby Moon, Tear From A Glass Eye (MalthouseTheatre); The Graduate with Jerry Hall (HerMajesty’s Theatre); The Beast (AmbassadorGroup); North by Northwest (Kaye andMcLean). King John, The Crucible, Endgame(11th Hour) and most recently Hamlet at 45 Downstairs.
As Playwright: The Pitch (Malthouse, National Tour, UKtour, Black Swan, Queensland Theatre Company); The China Incident (National tour, Malthouse Theatre); A Commercial Farce (Malthouse Theatre,National tour); The Colours (MTC).
As Director: Art and Soul, True Minds, The Odd Couple,Hinterland, The Architect, Heartbreak Choir, Boy at the Edge of Everything (MTC);Svetlana in Slingbacks, God’s Last Acre,The China Incident (Malthouse Theatre); Noisesoff (Marriner Theatres); Footprintson Water (Griffin); No Man’s Island (MelbourneFestival).
Awards: Peter hasreceived several Green Room Awards including for acting (The Pitch, Endgame), direction (Footprintson Water, No Man’s Island) and as playwright (The Pitch). His production of Boyat the Edge of Everything won a Drama Victoria Award for best production.
Screen Creditsinclude: Molly, Killing Time, The Eyeof The Storm, Howzat Kerry Packer’s War, Utopia, Gallipoli, Wrong Kind of Black, Newstopia, Three Dollars, Metal Skin among others.
His productions with Australian Shakespeare Company include A Midsummer Nights Dream, Hamlet, Comedy ofErrors and Merry Wives of Windsor.
David Field
Sam
David Field is one of Australia's most distinctive character actors, with iconic film and television credits including Chopper, Two Hands, Cosi and The Rover. As Sam, the family's softer, watchful brother, he brings warmth and quiet devastation in equal measure.
Eddie Orton
Joey
Eddie is a graduate of the National Theatre Drama School. His recent credits include 37 (Melbourne Theatre Company & Queensland Theatre), Touching The Void (Melbourne Theatre Company); Let The Right One In (Darlinghurst Theatre Company); Werewolf (Arts Centre Melbourne); Australian Open (Theatreworks); Heroes Of The Fourth Turning (Outhouse Theatre); Jurassica (Red Stitch Actors' Theatre); The Last Train To Madeline (Fever 103) and The Players (Bell Shakespeare). He is proudly represented by Ian White Management.
Creatives
Paul Norton
Music
Paul played bass in various bands, including The Runners, Wendy and the Rocketts, and Steve Hoy and the Hoy Boys, before launching a solo career in 1988. Signed to Mushroom Records, his single "Stuck On You' reached number two on Australian charts. The single from his album "Under a Southern Sky" was later chosen for Australia Day celebrations at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Paul toured Australia with The Countdown Spectacular, performing to 100,000 people nationwide in 2006. As the Musical Director for The Australian Shakespeare Company, he wrote the scores for Much Ado About Nothing, Jungle Book - The Next Chapter, Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, As You Like It, The Dream Fairies, Barassi the Stage Show, Alice in Wonderland, and the comedy Certified Male.
Greg Carroll
Director
Peter Amesbury
Lighting Designer
Peter’s career in live performance and theatre production spans more than 15 years, combining hands-on technical knowledge with a focus on producing and managing large-scale events.
Since 2013, Peter has worked with the Australian Shakespeare Company (ASC), developing a close collaboration with theatre director Glenn Elston OAM. Over the past decade, he has managed more than 100 seasons of theatre across Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide, as well as internationally through a nine-year relationship with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. His work with ASC has included outdoor Shakespeare, family theatre, musical theatre, and special events, helping bring productions such as Hamlet, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, The Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, and Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies to audiences across Australia and the UK.
Peter’s role at ASC covers production management, touring logistics, technical coordination, and ticketing integration, working closely with venues, presenting partners, and creative teams.
Alongside this, as a lighting designer, creating designs for productions including Maria Stuarda and Lucia di Lammermoor with Melbourne Opera, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny with iOpera, Godspell with Room 8 Productions, Walking with Spirits Festival with Djilpin Arts, Songs for a New World and Guilty Pleasures with Blue Saint Productions, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream for ASC’s international touring season.
Peter is Melbourne Based and lives with wife Katie and their two dogs, Lucky and Scully.
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