1996  Guardian.

 Comedy.  Director Michael Wansbrough, with Malcolm Robertson, Peter Houghton, Penelope Hanby and Brenda Palmer.  Carlton Courthouse. 

Synopsis:  Retired bureaucrat Norman wrongly suspects that his house guest, a high profile aid worker, is a predatory pedophile.  Norman's clumsy efforts to protect his grandchildren threaten to destroy a major international aid organisation.

 “… tight structure and well-edited dialogue … entertaining theatre - with a social conscience” (Steven Carroll, The Sunday Age)

  “Opie is courageous and right on cue”  (Barbara Biggs, Sunday Herald Sun) 

 “… confidently displays a command of dialogue … a tasty nibble of Opie’s talents as a playwright”  (Jen Vuk, In Press) 

“an enterprising debut”  (Michael Bodey, Beat Magazine) 

“hilarious exchanges … entertaining, truly funny and at times brilliant” (Peter Ascott, Farrago)

Malcolm Robertson plays the impulsive Norman, retired bureaucrat

Peter Houghton plays the urbane Jean-Paul, high profile representative of Globalcare

Brenda Palmer plays Norman's long-suffering wife Valmay

Penelope Hanby plays Norman and Valmay's daughter, former Globalcare worker Deirdre