Australian playwright and actor
Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor.
Early life and education [ edit ]
Cribb graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales in 1990.[citation needed ]
Cribb's first play, Night of the Sea Monkey , was performed in 1999.[ 1] [ 2]
His play Gulpilil ,[ 3] co-written with David Gulpilil about Gulpilil's life, was performed in March 2004 at the Adelaide Festival of Arts , performed by Gulpilil, to standing ovations.[ 4] [ 5] It was directed by Neil Armfield . The show was later staged in Brisbane and Sydney .[ 6]
Country Song is a play about Indigenous Australian singer and musician Jimmy Little , performed by the Queensland Theatre Company at the Cremorne Theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in August 2015. [ 7]
With Rachel Perkins , Cribb co-wrote the screenplay for the 2009 movie Bran Nue Dae , based on the 1989 stage musical Bran Nue Dae written by Jimmy Chi .[ 8]
Cribb's other plays include:
Cribb appeared in the film A Country Life .[ 16]
He appeared in Home and Away during the 1990s,[ 17] with appearances in G.P. , A Country Practice and Police Rescue .[ 18] He also sang the song "Banana Holiday" on the ABC children's TV series Bananas in Pyjamas with Monica Trapaga as well as the main cast of the show.[citation needed ]
Stage history includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ,[ 19] Hester ,[ 20] The Players ,[ 21] Face to Face ,[ 22] Romeo and Juliet [ 23] and The Turning .[ 24]
2003, for Last Cab to Darwin :
2001: Patrick White Playwrights, Award, for The Return [ 3]
2001: The Return shortlisted for the Qld Premier's Literary Award[ 3]
2004: The Chatroom , shortlisted for the 2004 Patrick White Playwrights Award, the 2005 Qld Premier's Literary Award and the 2005 WA Premier's Literary Award.
2001: Gulpilil , shortlisted for the Australian Writers Guild Award[which? ]
?: Ruby's Last Dollar , shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the WA Equity Awards
2006: Last Train to Freo screenplay – WA Premier's Award; nominated for the Qld Premier's Literary Award and Victorian Premier's Literary Award, as well as an AWGIE and Best Adapted Screenplay in the AFI Awards and Critics Circle Awards[ 3]
2013: Rodney Seaborn Playwrights Award , for Country Song [ 7]
2015: Professional in residence at the Perth's Film & Television Institute [ 25]
^ "Meet the Panellists of Critical Mass - 4.00pm - 4.30pm Sundays on ABC TV" . www.abc.net.au . Archived from the original on 20 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ "Reg Cribb and the Upside Down River" . FilmInk . Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ a b c d e f g "Reg Cribb" . AustralianPlays.org . Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ Adelaide Festival. "2004" . Adelaide Festival . Retrieved 29 November 2021 .
^ "Adelaide Festival 2004: Gulpilil" . RealTime . 31 March 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2021 .
^ "David Gulpilil" . AusStage . Retrieved 1 December 2021 .
^ a b "Country Song" . Queensland Theatre Company . Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015 .
^ "Bran Nue Dae Review" . SBS Movies . Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ Sims, Jeremy (14 September 2006), Last Train to Freo , archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 24 January 2016
^ "LAST CAB TO DARWIN" . AustralianPlays.org . Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ Cribb, Reg (2004), The chatroom , HLA Management, archived from the original on 29 January 2016, retrieved 24 January 2016
^ Austlit. "Ruby's Last Dollar" . www.austlit.edu.au . Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ Marais, Karen (29 January 2008). "A look at our intolerant heart" (PDF) . Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts . Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ Broadbent, Penelope (3 June 2011). "The Haunting of David Gartrell" . Australian Stage . Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ Kinsella, John (7 October 2011). "O brother, I get a kick out of this performance" . The Australian . Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ Blakemore, Michael (28 July 1995), Country Life , archived from the original on 19 March 2018, retrieved 24 January 2016
^ "Home and Away" , Internet Movie Database , archived from the original on 15 May 2015, retrieved 24 January 2016
^ "Australian Television: Police Rescue: episode guide" . www.australiantelevision.net . Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" . AusStage . Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ "Hester" . AusStage . Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ "The Players" . AusStage . Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ "Face to Face" . AusStage . Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ "Romeo and Juliet" . AusStage . Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ "The Turning" . AusStage . Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .
^ "Award-winning writer Reg Cribb is FTI's next Professional in Residence" . ScreenWest . 28 July 2015. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016 .