Don Parties On

I didn't realise until yesterday that Don Parties On, David Williamson's sequel to his 1971 play Don's Party had transferred to Sydney from it's Melbourne world premiere season. This seemed like a good play to attend whilst Mt is in Sydney so we booked tickets online for tonight's performance and were surprised on our arrival at the theatre to discover it was opening night with the paparazzi in attendance to snap every luminery and intending luminery as they walked a non-existent red carpet. Mt and I must have been about the only paying customers in attendance so we were delighted to note the Sydney Morning Herald subsequently describe the photographed ones as 'A-list uglies'.

Even better we noticed a number of politicians whose names were uttered (sometimes disparagingly) during the play drawing howls of laughter from the 'in crowd'. Critics generally look down on Williamson's work nowadays opining that he basically is writing the same play each time. There is some truth in this but the fact is that his plays remain popular with the punters so who is having the last laugh?

Maybe Don Parties On is the latest in the Williamson template but Mt and I enjoyed every moment.