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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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Via State Theatre Company of South Australia.

Notes

  • Dedication: Decicated to Anna Bosnjak and Robin Nevin.

Production Details

  • 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

    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press ; Belvoir Street Theatre , 2011 .
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      • Theatre program at end of playtext.

      • This play went to press before the end of rehearsals and may differ from the play as performed.

      ISBN: 9780868198996 (pbk.)
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency Press (publisher), 1983- series - publisher 'Current Theatre Series consists of Australian plays published with the program inserted and sold during theatre seasons. The aim of the series is to promote and encourage new dramatic writing and make it accessible to theatregoers and the public. The text is presented at the first day of rehearsal and does not contain changes which the author may choose to make after the play has commenced its present season - these will be incorporated into any new edition published by Currency.' Currency Press.
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2014 .
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      Edition info: Revised edition
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      • Published: 21st March 2014

      ISBN: 9781925005141
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— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 February 2015; (p. 25)
Great Expectations Penelope Debelle , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 12 April 2014; (p. 10-13)
Gusts of Laughter as the Winds of Change Blow Through Mary Street Alan Brissenden , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 May 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch Lally Katz , 2011 single work drama
Neighourly Love : MTC's Black Comedy One to Watch Cameron Woodhead , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 2014; (p. 42)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch Lally Katz , 2011 single work drama
Broken Hungarian Is a Rhapsody in the Key of Nevin Jason Blake , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 July 2011; (p. 11)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch Lally Katz , 2011 single work drama
Untitled Elissa Blake , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 7 August 2011; (p. 13)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch Lally Katz , 2011 single work drama
Ayckbourn Compromises on the Humour John Shand , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 December 2013; (p. 15)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch Lally Katz , 2011 single work drama
Neighourly Love : MTC's Black Comedy One to Watch Cameron Woodhead , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 March 2014; (p. 42)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch Lally Katz , 2011 single work drama
Gusts of Laughter as the Winds of Change Blow Through Mary Street Alan Brissenden , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 May 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of Neighbourhood Watch Lally Katz , 2011 single work drama
Double Act Lally Katz , Robyn Nevin , 2011 single work column
— 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 Sallie Don , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 27 July 2011; (p. 7)
Out of the Box Peter Robb , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Monthly , August no. 70 2011; (p. 50-52)
Take a Bow, You Deserve It Jason Blake , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 December 2011; (p. 11)
Theatre Gets a Round of Applause Joyce Morgan , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 December 2011; (p. 10)
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