Reg Cribb
Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor.
Early life and education
[edit]Cribb is from Perth, Western Australia.
Cribb graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales in 1990.[citation needed]
Writing career
[edit]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]
Plays
[edit]Cribb's other plays include:
- The Return (adapted to the film Last Train to Freo)[9]
- Last Cab to Darwin[10]
- The Chatroom[11]
- Ruby's Last Dollar, an adaptation of Uncle Vanya[12]
- Unaustralia[13]
- Mt Ragged[14]
- Krakouer[15]
- Thomas Murray and the Upside Down River, performed by the Griffin Theatre in January 2016 then touring nationally in 2018
Acting career
[edit]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]
Awards
[edit]- 2003, for Last Cab to Darwin:
- Queensland Premier's Literary Award[3]
- Patrick White Playwrights' Award,[3]
- WA Premier's Award for Best Script, overall 2003 WA Premier's Award (the first to win this award),[3]
- WA Equity Award for Best New Script
- Shortlisted, Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the NSW Premier's Literary Award and the 2003 Australian Writers Guild Award[which?]
- 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
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