
OUR COUNTRYS GOOD
BY TIMBERLAKE WERTENBAKER
Quote:
“Your Excellency, I will endeavour to speak Mr. Farquhar’s lines with the elegance and clarity their own worth commands”
Synopsis:
In the 1780s, convicts and Royal Marines were sent to Australia as part of the first penal colony there. The play shows the class system in the convict camp and discusses themes such as sexuality, punishment, the Georgian judicial system, and the idea that it is possible for ‘theatre to be a humanising force’.
Venues:
Okanagan College KLO Campus, Kelowna
Mary Irwin Theatre, Kelowna
Powerhouse Theatre, Vernon
Shuswap Theatre, Salmon Arm
Sagebrush Theatre, Kamloops
Awards:
2015 Theatre BC Mainstage Festival:
Best Ensemble: Fred Skeleton Theatre Company
Best Costumes: Shawn Oldham
Adjudicators Merit Awards: John Lomas, Rob Mason-Brown
2015 Theatre BC Okanagan Zone Theatre Festival:
Best Production: Our Country’s Good, Fred Skeleton Theatre Company
Best Director: Rob Mason-Brown
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Hull
Best Lighting: Vanessa Lomas
Best Costumes: Shawn Oldham

