Reg Cribb
Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor.
Background
Cribb graduated from NIDA in 1990 and his first play, Night of the Sea Monkey, was performed in 1999.
Plays
Cribb's plays include The Return (adapted to the film Last Train to Freo), Last Cab to Darwin, Gulpilil, Chatroom, Ruby's Last Dollar, an adaptation of Uncle Vanya, Unaustralia, Mt Ragged, Night of the Sea Monkey and Krakouer.
Acting History
In film: A Country Life.
In television: a regular on Home and Away, with appearances in G.P., A Country Practice and Police Rescue. He also sang the song "Banana Holiday" on the ABC children's TV series Bananas in Pyjamas with Monica Trapaga as well as the main cast of the show.
Stage history includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Hester, The Players, Face to Face, Romeo and Juliet and The Turning.
Awards
- Last Cab to Darwin – 2003 Qld Premier's Literary Award, 2003 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, 2003 WA Premier’s Award for Best Script, overall 2003 WA Premier's Award (the first to win this award), 2003 WA Equity Award for Best New Script. Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the 2003 Australian Writers’ Guild Award.
- The Return – 2001 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award and shortlisted for the 2001 Qld Premier’s Literary Award.
- Chatroom – shortlisted for the 2004 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award, the 2005 Qld Premier’s Literary Award and the 2005 WA Premier’s Literary Award.
- Gulpilil – shortlisted for the 2001 Australian Writers’ Guild Award.
- Ruby's Last Dollar – shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and the WA Equity Awards.
- Screenplay for Last Train to Freo – 2006 WA Premier's Award. Nominated for the 2006 Qld Premier's Literary Award and Victorian Premier's Literary Award, as well as a 2006 AWGIE and Best Adapted Screenplay in the 2006 AFI Awards and Critics Circle Awards.