Description
OVERVIEW
Genre-bending, heartstring-snapping, and yet side-splittingly funny, too, The Platypus by Francis Greenslade peers into the lives of a nuclear family ticking closer to an explosion. If the honeymoon stage of a relationship is a whirling romance, a Shakespearean prose declaring undying devotion, then what does a marriage devolve into? When routine dissolves passion, and only performance remains, what genre will our players choose?
SYNOPSIS
Multiple genres, two actors, one black comedy, and possibly a platypus…
The platypus is a strange creature. It’s composed of odds and ends, as though evolution got tired one afternoon and stopped paying attention to what it was doing. It seems wrong, strangely put together, a curiosity — just like this play. This play is about Richard and Jessica. About the messy ending of their relationship and whether they can put the pieces back together.
Written by well-known actor Francis Greenslade (Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell, Winners and Losers), The Platypus is a genre-busting delight — an outrageously clever, wildly entertaining play about theatre, relationships, and the roles we all play inside, and out, of our homes.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
The Platypus was first produced by Buckets Nijinsky Productions at TheatreWorks in June 2024, then at the Adelaide Festival and the Brisbane Festival in 2025.
ISBN: 978-1-76161-416-3