Reg Cribb
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Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor.
Early life
Cribb graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales in 1990 and his first play, Night of the Sea Monkey, was performed in 1999.[1]
Plays
Cribb's plays include:
- The Return (adapted to the film Last Train to Freo)[2]
- Last Cab to Darwin[3]
- Gulpilil[4]
- The Chatroom[5]
- Ruby's Last Dollar, an adaptation of Uncle Vanya[6]
- Unaustralia[7]
- Mt Ragged[8]
- Night of the Sea Monkey[9]
- Krakouer[10]
- Country Song, a play about Australian indigenous singer and musician Jimmy Little performed by the Queensland Theatre Company at the Cremorne Theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (August 2015) [11]
- Thomas Murray and the Upside Down River, a play about a man ravaged by drought, family secrets and love performed by the Griffin Theatre in January 2016 then touring nationally in 2018
With Rachel Perkins, Cribb co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Bran Nue Dae based on the 1989 stage musical Bran Nue Dae written by Jimmy Chi.[12]
Acting career
Cribb appeared in the film A Country Life.[13]
He appeared in Home and Away during the 1990s,[14] with appearances in G.P., A Country Practice and Police Rescue.[15] 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,[16] Hester,[17] The Players,[18] Face to Face,[19] Romeo and Juliet[20] and The Turning.[21]
Awards
- Last Cab to Darwin – 2003 Qld Premier's Literary Award,[4] 2003 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award,[4] 2003 WA Premier’s Award for Best Script, overall 2003 WA Premier's Award (the first to win this award),[4] 2003 WA Equity Award for Best New Script. Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the 2003 Australian Writers’ Guild Award.
- The Return – 2001 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award[4] and shortlisted for the 2001 Qld Premier’s Literary Award.
- 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.
- Gulpilil – shortlisted for the 2001 Australian Writers’ Guild Award.
- Ruby's Last Dollar – shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the WA Equity Awards.
- Screenplay for Last Train to Freo – 2006 WA Premier's Award. Nominated for the 2006 Qld Premier's Literary Award and Victorian Premier's Literary Award, as well as a 2006 AWGIE and Best Adapted Screenplay in the 2006 AFI Awards and Critics Circle Awards.[4]
- Country Song it won the 2013 Rodney Seaborn Playwright's Award for New Work.[11]
In 2015, Cribb was the Professional in Residence at the Perth's Film & Television Institute.[22]
References
- ^ "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.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Sims, Jeremy (14 September 2006), Last Train to Freo, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 24 January 2016
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "LAST CAB TO DARWIN". AustralianPlays.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d e f "Reg Cribb". AustralianPlays.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Cribb, Reg (2004), The chatroom, HLA Management, archived from the original on 29 January 2016, retrieved 24 January 2016
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Austlit. "Ruby's Last Dollar". www.austlit.edu.au. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Marais, Karen (29 January 2008). "A look at our intolerant heart" (PDF). Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Broadbent, Penelope (3 June 2011). "The Haunting of David Gartrell". Australian Stage. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Reg Cribb and the Upside Down River". FilmInk. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Kinsella, John (7 October 2011). "O brother, I get a kick out of this performance". The Australian. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Country Song". Queensland Theatre Company. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Bran Nue Dae Review". SBS Movies. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Blakemore, Michael (28 July 1995), Country Life, archived from the original on 19 March 2018, retrieved 24 January 2016
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Home and Away", Internet Movie Database, archived from the original on 15 May 2015, retrieved 24 January 2016
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "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.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Hester". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Players". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Face to Face". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Romeo and Juliet". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Turning". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "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.
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