NEWS: BACKPACKER is slowly but surely on its way to the Silver Screen. Luke Eve is attached as Director and he has made a 35mm "Virtual Trailer" that you can watch here. Theatre companies: if you want to do BACKPACKER! on stage, get on the program quick, because once it goes into film production all stage rights will be frozen.
If you're a young company - if you've got three great male actors and two great female actors - BACKPACKER! is the play for you. Although set in Sydney, it can be anywhere - Melbourne, Perth, London, Hobart, Toronto, Seattle, Penrith, Moscow. The re-writes for a particular place are easy and I can do them. Here's the biz: When young Sydney (or anywhere) bankers Phil and Phoebe and their friend Jasper, a debt collector, head off to the Coogee Bay Hotel, it is only in the hope of having a little fun and maybe for Jasper to pick up a backpacker for the evening. Instead they meet Corisande, a young English traveller whose beauty and charm entrances them all. Before long, Corisande is living with Phil and Phoebe, the perfect housemate… and source of everyone’s desire. As sexual tension mounts among the group, suddenly their world is spun on its axis by the arrival of Corisande’s brother Clive, whose dangerous presence comes to threaten their entire existence. A fast-paced comedy thriller for adults. Check out some reviews and other media here.
