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Ellis Productions present 

The Housekeeper By James Prideaux

OPPOSITES ATTRACT OR DO THEY?

All is revealed when two of Australia’s best comic talents combine for this offbeat comedy between a middle-aged, rather stuffy bachelor and the eccentric bag lady he hires as a housekeeper.

Manley Carstairs has lived at home with his domineering mother until her recent death. Newly alone, he has hired a housekeeper, Annie Dankworth, to clean and cook for him. When Annie first arrives with her belongings in a shopping trolley, Manley is taken aback, but she seems so eager to please that he relents – after which their relationship progresses rapidly from initial reserve to outright hostility.

Annie is one of the world’s great oddballs. She insults her employer, denigrates his writing, admits she forged her references, accuses him of lusting after her and, in general, makes his life hell. This screwball comedy will have you in stitches with its lively wit and biting humour, becoming funnier and funnier as it builds toward its unexpected and thoroughly delightful conclusion.

“A hilarious comedy of amorous faux pas. A comic valentine

- Rocky Mountain News

“One of the best new comedies to come around in a long time

- Westmore News

“The opening night audience was convulsed with laughter

- Barnstable Patriot

DIRECTED BY

Lucy Freeman 

WITH

Evelyn Krape and Peter Moon