Sweet Road

Debra Oswald will be better known to many of you as the scriptwriter for the TV hits Offspring and The Secret Life of Us.

That may explain why Sweet Road is a collection of short scenes tracing the adventures of an odd assortment of characters, some travelling with a purpose and some just drifting along this Sweet Road.

Happily married Jo (Kaela Gray) is planning a surprise birthday for her husband when she is surprised to see him kissing her best friend: so she takes off!

Unhappily married couple Andy (Dave Fraser) and Carla (Emily Scanlon) and their imaginary young family and dog, are relocating.

Michael (Craig Smith), Yasmin (Frankie Spear), Frank (Colin Turner) and Curtis (Dom Bradley) are an odd assortment of travellers also on the road.

Director Gaye Gay settled on a minimalist set with two small (noisy) revolves depicting the passing scenery with 2 car interiors (front seats only) and an assortments of props to create the action of the play.

It took a little while to adjust to the concept.

An interesting and different play to Javeenbah’s other offerings this year.

Roger McKenzie