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'And God said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour. He obviously hadn't reckoned on Ana.
'Neighbourhood Watch is a glorious new comedy about hope, death and pets. It's a classic odd-couple story: opposites attract, and from each other they gain a new understanding. But as the domestic crises accumulate, Neighbourhood Watch takes on a sense of enormity in the midst of the ordinary that would make Patrick White proud.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: Decicated to Anna Bosnjak and Robin Nevin.
Production Details
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World premiere produced at Upstairs Theatre, Belvoir Street, Surry Hills, New South Wales, 23 July - 28 August 2011.
Director: Simon Stone.
Revived for Melbourne Theatre Company's 2014 season, the Sumner, Southbank Theatre, 17 March to 26 April 2014.
Director: Simon Stone.
Set and Costume Designer: Dale Ferguson.
Lighting Designer: Damien Cooper.
Composer: Stefan Gregory.
Associate Sound Designer: Terry McKibbin.
Cast: Akos Armont, Charlie Garber, Anthony Harkin, Natasha Herbert, Megan Holloway, Kris McQuade, and Robyn Nevin.
Produced by the State Theatre Company of South Australia and performed at the Dunstan Playhouse, 2 - 24 May 2014.
Director: Julian Meyrick.
Designer: Louise McCarthy.
Lighting Designer: Geoff Cobham.
Cast including Nic English, Eugenia Fragos, Miriam Margoyles, and Eleanor Stankiewicz.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Affair of the Heart
2015
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 21 March 2015; (p. 14) -
Miriam Returns to the Neighbourhood
2015
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 February 2015; (p. 25) -
Great Expectations
2014
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 April 2014; (p. 10-13) -
Gusts of Laughter as the Winds of Change Blow Through Mary Street
2014
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— Appears in: The Australian , 9 May 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch 2011 single work drama -
Neighourly Love : MTC's Black Comedy One to Watch
2014
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— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 2014; (p. 42)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch 2011 single work drama
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Broken Hungarian Is a Rhapsody in the Key of Nevin
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 July 2011; (p. 11)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch 2011 single work drama -
Untitled
2011
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 August 2011; (p. 13)
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Ayckbourn Compromises on the Humour
2013
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 December 2013; (p. 15)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch 2011 single work drama -
Neighourly Love : MTC's Black Comedy One to Watch
2014
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— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 2014; (p. 42)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch 2011 single work drama -
Gusts of Laughter as the Winds of Change Blow Through Mary Street
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 May 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch 2011 single work drama -
Double Act
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 - 10 July 2011; (p. 6-9) Veteran Actress Robyn Nevin sits down with emerging playwright Lally Katz to discuss the Australian theatre scene -
Nevin in the Neighbourhood As the Show Rolls In
2011
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— Appears in: The Australian , 27 July 2011; (p. 7) -
Out of the Box
2011
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— Appears in: The Monthly , August no. 70 2011; (p. 50-52) -
Take a Bow, You Deserve It
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 December 2011; (p. 11) -
Theatre Gets a Round of Applause
2011
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 December 2011; (p. 10)
Awards
- 2012 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
- 2012 nominated Helpmann Awards for Performing Arts in Australia — Best Play
- 2012 nominated AWGIE Awards — Stage Award
- Kew, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,