SYNOPSIS:

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It's 2007, Kevin Rudd has just been elected Prime Minister, and the world feels ripe for change. On a leafy suburban street two unlikely neighbours meet.

When they say ‘Love thy neighbour’, they obviously hadn’t reckoned on Ana, a battle hardened, Hungarian-Australian World War 2 survivor whose bark is as ferocious as her German shepherd’s.

Catherine is Ana’s neighbour. Twenty-something, struggling actor, nervous, and curious yet distantly hopeful that a better world is on its way … but in the meantime watching episodes of The West Wing with her housemate Ken. 

When these two lost souls find each other in Mary Street, they spark up a friendship that transcends generations and cultures as both try to navigate the struggles of finding your way in contemporary Australia, and from each other Ana and Catherine forge an alliance that carries them to war-torn Hungary and back again, as they help one another to reconcile the past, find ways to move forward.

 

Can their unlikely friendship outlive the colossal forces of history, the inevitability of death, and a trip to the mall to see Mamma Mia?

A staple on the NSW HSC Drama play list, Neighbourhood Watch is a humorous, heart-warming and at times devastating Australian story of hope, grief, survival and friendship that will appeal to adult audiences of all ages.

Director Hamish Keddie says, "This epic play questions whether we really know what story is out there in the ‘burbs’."

•    Duration    105 mins