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THE WARDROBE by Kate Wyvill

'The Wardrobe' is black comedy at its most wicked, a close to home and close to the bone exposé of the effects young children and a stressful career can have on a once-happy marriage. These are the forces that can turn a dream home into a scene of complete chaos.

Emma, a frazzled mother of three boys, has had more than she can take and has locked herself inside the wardrobe to have a day off. Robert, her husband, is also at his wits’ end, he has a job-threatening deadline at work and he’ll be getting her out by whatever means it takes. Meanwhile the kids are screaming and all hell is breaking loose. 
'The Wardrobe' has previously toured the UK as 'Going Potty', including a triumphant run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

‘The Wardrobe’ premiered in Australia in November 2010 at the Darwin Entertainment Centre.

‘Gut-wrenchingly funny … delicious … not to be missed.’
Northern Territory News.

The production company members were:

Director -Kate Wyvill
Emma/Sally: Merrilee Mills
Robert: Yoris Wilson
Lighting Designer: Sean Pardy
Stage Manager: Celeste Brocksom
Assistant Stage Manager: Emma Pantazis
Photographer – Shane Eecen
Video – Tim Wood – MiseEn Media

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This is the greatest birth control product since I found out about tearing...great performances of the horrors of family life and domestic bliss... This is a very funny, very localised mid-life crisis. 
3 weeks in Edinburgh

Effortlessly articulates the loneliness and mild hysteria dormant in the majority of relationships...domestic bliss is given a comedy twist in this feisty new piece from Kate Wyvill. 
The Scotsman

Its real power lies in the originality and sensitivity of its sadder vision.
Theatre Guide London

Excellent…impressive…genuinely funny. 
Camden New Journal

A smartly written comedy. 
Birmingham Post

Well worth seeing - if your marriage can stand it! 
Birmingham Mail

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GOING POTTY by Kate Wyvill

'Going Potty' was the precursor to 'The Wardrobe'. The production began as a 50 minute one act play in August 2004 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The venue was Sweet on The Grassmarket and the show played every day for the length of the Festival. In 2005, Kate Wyvill, the playwright, created the full length production and secured Arts Council England funding and private sponsorship to tour the extended play around the West Midlands. The tour took the show to the Lichfield Garrick Theatre, the Birmingham Hippodrome, the Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton and the Theatre On The Steps, Bridgnorth. 'Going Potty' then played a four week season in 2007 at the New End Theatre, Hampstead, London.

The company members for the staging of ‘Going Potty’ were:
Director – Denise Gilfoyle
Emma/Sally – Kate Wyvill
Robert – Simon Greenway
Lighting Designer – Nick Marston
Stage Manager – Marie Costa
Photographer - Tony Adams

In the slideshow below hear Kate Wyvill talking to Nicola Barranger about the ideas which inspired the play.