Cloudstreet - 2000 - 2001

Adapted by Nick Enright and Justin Monjo from the novel by Neil Armfield

During the four years of Cloudstreet’s development Tim Winton took us around a number of stretches on the Swan River near Freemantle that had been important to him as a child growing up, and that he was wanting to pass on a an experience to his children.

The play centers on two families, the Pickles and the Lambs. Both families suffer a separate tragedy and come to live together in a large house, at No. 1 Cloudstreet, Perth in Western Australia. The Pickles, who have inherited the house, but are not allowed to sell it for 20 years, lurch from crisis to crisis caused by Sam Pickles' (Roy Billing) gambling and Dolly Pickles (Kris McQuade) drinking and loose living. Their tenants, the Lambs, prosper through industry and clean living. Their rent which helps out the struggling Pickles, is paid up for years ahead.

This Souvenir Program is from the Queensland Theatre Company Production 2000 - 2001
Cast: Roy Billing, Anna Brockway, Andrew Crabbe, John Gaden, Claire Jones, Gillian Jones, John Leary, Eliza Logan, Rebecca Massey, Travis McMahon, Kris McQuade, Christopher Pitman, Kevin Smith, Dan Wyllie, Matthew Hoy