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No Pay? No Way! single work   drama  
Adaptation of Non Si Paga! Non Si Paga! Dario Fo , 1974 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 No Pay? No Way!
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'Prices are out of control – and so is Antonia. Riled by the rising cost of living, she agitates a riot in the local supermarket with an army of unruly housewives, leaving the place gutted. What follows is a wild and unpredictable caper, as Antonia and her friend Margherita attempt to outsmart the police, hoodwink their husbands, and ‘liberate’ more loot. This is high-wire farce.

'No Pay? No Way! (sometimes known as Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!) was written by Italian father of farce and Nobel laureate Dario Fo in 1974 and its ever-resonant themes of rising corporate greed, wage stagnation and the thrills of sticking it to the man have seen it staged around the world ever since.'

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Production Details

  • Produced by Sydney Theatre Company at the Drama Theatre (Sydney Opera House), 10 February - 20 March 2020, and at the Riverside Theatres, Parramatta, 1 - 4 April 2020.

    Director: Sarah Giles.

    Designer: Charles Davis.

    Lighting Designer: Pail Jackson.

    Cast: Glenn Hazeldine, Rahel Romahn, Helen Thomson, Aaron Tsindos, and Catherine Văn-Davies.

    Production cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, effective at the Sydney Opera House from 18-28 March 2020 and for the entire run at Parramatta Riverside Theatres.

    Presented by Sydney Theatre Company. Performed at Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre : 6 April - 11 May 2024.

    Director: Sarah Giles.

    Designer: Charles Davis.

    Lighting Designer: Paul Jackson.

    Composer & Sound Designer: Steve Francis.

    Cast: Glenn Hazeldine, Mandy McElhinney, Aaron Tsindos, and Catherine Văn-Davies.

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First known date: 2020
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Works about this Work

No Pay? No Way! Review – This 50-year-old Cost-of-living Satire Is Perfect for Today’s Australia Elissa Blake , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 11 April 2024;
— Review of No Pay? No Way! Marieke Hardy , 2020 single work drama
No Pay? No Way! Review – This 50-year-old Cost-of-living Satire Is Perfect for Today’s Australia Elissa Blake , 2024 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 11 April 2024;
— Review of No Pay? No Way! Marieke Hardy , 2020 single work drama
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