A play by David Williamson performed at the Civic Theatre Playhouse in Newcastle.
Truck Driver, a play by David Williamson, comes to the Civic Theatre - Playhouse in Newcastle on Saturday 26 September. It's a production of one of Australia's most well-known playwrights, and it's playing in the Playhouse, the smaller, more intimate space within the Civic Theatre complex.
Williamson has been a staple of the Australian stage for decades, and Truck Driver is one of his titles. If you're familiar with his work, you know he tends to write about the frictions and contradictions of Australian life, often with a sharp eye for how people talk to each other when things get tense. This is a play that sits squarely in that tradition, and seeing it in the Playhouse means you'll be close enough to catch the smaller moments and the timing of the dialogue.
For those who haven't kept up with his output, Williamson is one of the few Australian playwrights whose work is performed as regularly as the classics, and Truck Driver is part of that body of work. It's a play that relies on the chemistry between the characters on stage, and the Playhouse is a good fit for that kind of character-driven piece.
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It's on Saturday 26 September at the Civic Theatre - Playhouse in Newcastle, so it's a weekend matinee or evening depending on the session you pick. If you've been wanting to catch a Williamson play in the city, this is the one coming up.
