Kieran Carroll

Type Faster Productions present Ladders By The Sea at the Shirley Burke Theatre in Melbourne from April 12th to 15th, 2012. 

The play is a satiric comedy about the clash between a greedy trans-gender real-estate agent from the city and insular men caught in an old world Australia of the 1950s who do not want to move. Bert and Kev are only 40 and 36 respectively but live as if they're 90. They stay at home, drink beer, watch the neighbourhood and dislike change. Enter Barbara Malabar, who begins hassling the men for their properties. Things take a radical, backward and hilarious change when Bert gives Barbara something from his laboratory that makes things more traditional between a man and a woman.

Written by prolific Melbourne playwright, Kieran Carroll. Directed by Ron Hadley. Live music from John Kennedy and Peter Timmerman. Starring Valentino Arico, Matt Thomson and Stephanie Bursill. Set Design by Christina Logan-Bell.

Who are you, your background and where in the world are you located?

I'm a Melbourne playwright who has eleven full length plays produced in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. Recent shows include: A Fitzroy Romance (La Mama Courthouse, Melbourne May '11) and The Giraffe's Uncle (Newtown Theatre, Sydney, Nov '11). I hold an MA in playwriting from QUT Brisbane (2008) and have won Best Original Production at the Melbourne Fringe Festival (2002) for 3XY OR I DIE!

Funds donated from this site will aid theatre hire costs, set design costs and public liability costs.

Following this season, the productions aims to tour regionally.  

Show updates will appear regular on the Type Faster Productions Facebook Page. Kieran Carroll can also be contacted at [email protected]