Reg Cribb

Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor.

Early life and education

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

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

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

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

• 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

1. "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.
2. "Reg Cribb and the Upside Down River". FilmInk. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
3. "Reg Cribb". AustralianPlays.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
4. Adelaide Festival. "2004". Adelaide Festival. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
5. "Adelaide Festival 2004: Gulpilil". RealTime. 31 March 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
6. "David Gulpilil". AusStage. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
7. "Country Song". Queensland Theatre Company. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
8. "Bran Nue Dae Review". SBS Movies. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
9. Sims, Jeremy (14 September 2006), Last Train to Freo, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 24 January 2016
10. "LAST CAB TO DARWIN". AustralianPlays.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
11. Cribb, Reg (2004), The chatroom, HLA Management, archived from the original on 29 January 2016, retrieved 24 January 2016
12. Austlit. "Ruby's Last Dollar". www.austlit.edu.au. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
13. 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.
14. Broadbent, Penelope (3 June 2011). "The Haunting of David Gartrell". Australian Stage. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
15. Kinsella, John (7 October 2011). "O brother, I get a kick out of this performance". The Australian. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
16. Blakemore, Michael (28 July 1995), Country Life, archived from the original on 19 March 2018, retrieved 24 January 2016
17. "Home and Away", Internet Movie Database, archived from the original on 15 May 2015, retrieved 24 January 2016
18. "Australian Television: Police Rescue: episode guide". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
19. "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead". AusStage. Archived from the original on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
20. "Hester". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
21. "The Players". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
22. "Face to Face". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
23. "Romeo and Juliet". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
24. "The Turning". AusStage. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
25. "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.

External links

• List of plays and awards