The Housekeeper

Nambour Civic Centre
Sat 21 July 2012

Opposites attract or do they?

Two of Australia’s best comic actors, Evelyn Krape and Peter Moon, combine in this offbeat, delightfully zany comedy about a middle-aged, rather stuffy bachelor and the eccentric bag lady he hires as a housekeeper.

Foundering a bit after the death of his domineering mother, Manley Carstairs, a self-styled literary artist, engages a housekeeper, Annie Dankworth, to look after his large Victorian house (and himself). When Annie first arrives, wearing sneakers and carrying 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 active hatred.

Annie is one of the world's great oddballs.  She insults her employer, denigrates his writing, admits she forged her references, accuses Manley 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.

Written by James Prideaux

Directed by Lucy Freeman