Reg Cribb

Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor.

Early life

Cribb graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales in 1990 and his first play, Night of the Sea Monkey, was performed in 1999.^[1]

Plays

Cribb's plays include:

• The Return (adapted to the film Last Train to Freo)^[2]
• Last Cab to Darwin^[3]
• Gulpilil^[4]
• The Chatroom^[5]
• Ruby's Last Dollar, an adaptation of Uncle Vanya^[6]
• Unaustralia^[7]
• Mt Ragged^[8]
• Night of the Sea Monkey^[9]
• Krakouer^[10]
• Country Song, a play about Australian indigenous singer and musician Jimmy Little performed by the Queensland Theatre Company at the Cremorne Theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (August 2015) ^[11]

With Rachel Perkins, Cribb co-wrote the screenplay for the movie Bran Nue Dae based on the 1989 stage musical Bran Nue Dae written by Jimmy Chi.^[12]

Acting Career

Cribb appeared in the film A Country Life.^[13]

He appeared in Home and Away during the 1990s,^[14] with appearances in G.P., A Country Practice and Police Rescue.^[15] 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.

Stage history includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,^[16] Hester,^[17] The Players,^[18] Face to Face,^[19] Romeo and Juliet^[20] and The Turning.^[21]

Awards

• Last Cab to Darwin – 2003 Qld Premier's Literary Award,^[4] 2003 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award,^[4] 2003 WA Premier’s Award for Best Script, overall 2003 WA Premier's Award (the first to win this award),^[4] 2003 WA Equity Award for Best New Script. Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the 2003 Australian Writers’ Guild Award.
• The Return – 2001 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award^[4] and shortlisted for the 2001 Qld Premier’s Literary Award.
• 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.
• Gulpilil – shortlisted for the 2001 Australian Writers’ Guild Award.
• Ruby's Last Dollar – shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the WA Equity Awards.
• Screenplay for Last Train to Freo – 2006 WA Premier's Award. Nominated for the 2006 Qld Premier's Literary Award and Victorian Premier's Literary Award, as well as a 2006 AWGIE and Best Adapted Screenplay in the 2006 AFI Awards and Critics Circle Awards.^[4]
• Country Song it won the 2013 Rodney Seaborn Playwright's Award for New Work.^[11]

In 2015, Cribb was the Professional in Residence at the Perth's Film & Television Institute.^[22]

References

1. "Meet the Panellists of Critical Mass - 4.00pm - 4.30pm Sundays on ABC TV". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
2. Sims, Jeremy (14 September 2006), Last Train to Freo, retrieved 24 January 2016
3. "LAST CAB TO DARWIN". AustralianPlays.org. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
4. "Reg Cribb". AustralianPlays.org. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
5. Cribb, Reg (2004), The chatroom, HLA Management, retrieved 24 January 2016
6. Austlit. "Ruby's Last Dollar". www.austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
7. Marais, Karen (29 January 2008). "A look at our intolerant heart" (PDF). Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
8. Broadbent, Penelope (3 June 2011). "The Haunting of David Gartrell". Australian Stage. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
9. "Reg Cribb and the Upside Down River". FilmInk. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
10. Kinsella, John (7 October 2011). "O brother, I get a kick out of this performance". The Australian. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
11. "Country Song". Queensland Theatre Company. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
12. "Bran Nue Dae Review". SBS Movies. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
13. Blakemore, Michael (1995-07-28), Country Life, retrieved 2016-01-24
14. "Home and Away", Internet Movie Database, retrieved 2016-01-24
15. "Australian Television: Police Rescue: episode guide". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
16. "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead". AusStage. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
17. "Hester". AusStage. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
18. "The Players". AusStage. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
19. "Face to Face". AusStage. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
20. "Romeo and Juliet". AusStage. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
21. "The Turning". AusStage. Retrieved 2016-01-24.
22. "Award-winning writer Reg Cribb is FTI's next Professional in Residence". ScreenWest. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2016.

External links

• List of plays and awards