This play, set in Australia, tells the story of two itinerant canecutters: Barney, a swaggering little gamecock, and Roo, the big man, a driver and born leader. They have been spending their summer layoffs each year for the past sixteen with two barmaids in a small city down south. Every summer Roo has been bringing a tinseled doll to Olive, his girl, as a gift to symbolize their unusual but tender relationship. This seventeenth summer is one of change and climax when the old familiar patterns must be broken, new ways found, and when the characters must face for the first time certain unpleasant truths about themselves.New Paragraph

Pearl Cunningham

 - Fiona Radford    Bubba Ryan

 - Juliet Busby    Olive Leech

 - Marion Burt    Barney Ibbot

 - Dan Dunleavy    Emma Leech

 - Lynn Parkes    Roo Webber

 - Derek Mason    Johnnie Dowd

 - David Doupe    Production & Design Team

   Director

 - Clare Henderson    Producer

 - Jackie Jones    Assistant Director

 - Marianne von Cube   Set Design

 - Jim Kerr    Lighting Design

 - Jim Ferguson   Sound Design

 - Jim Ferguson   Script Assistant

 - Nick Athorne    Set Dressing

 - Jim Kerr   Head of Properties

 -    Master Carpenter

 - Jim Kerr    Set Construction

 - Ralph Jones, Jackie Jones, Tom Jones,     - Bill Garrod, Glenn Garrod, Jean McClure,     - Eric Nixon, Bob Thoms, Susan Kaakee   Programme & Publicity

 - Derek Mason    Running Crew

   Stage Manager

 - Michael Brown     Assistant Stage Manager

 - Jacqui Quigley, Eric Nixon    Lighting Board Operator

 - Jim Ferguson    Sound Board Operator

 - Jim Ferguson    Makeup

 - Linda Doupe, Marg Armstrong   House Manager

 - Judy Henderson    Front-of-House Hosts, Business Manager,Tickets

 - Garth Mailman   Ticket Assistant

 - Pauline Robinson