Our country's good
stage manager on book
production photography by Sarah McKenna-Ayres (@yourstmarys)
November 2025
The true story of the first convict colony in Australia, Our Country’s Good is fearlessly bold and vibrantly theatrical. A play which cunningly redresses ideas about the morality of crime and punishment.
Witty and thought-provoking, Wertenbaker’s
masterpiece questions the meaning of ‘civilised’ society as we know it and who has the right to determine and shape its future.
CAST &
Captain Collins/Killara/Esther
Abrahams - Millie Angel
Captain Philip/Wisehammer - Ashik Rasool Ansari
Liz Morden/Second Lieutenant Faddy -Tyra Shaneil Bailey
Midshipman Harry Brewer/Convict -Bradley Brazil
Robert Sideway/Captain Tench - Cerys Cook
Duckling Smith/ Lieutenant Dawes -Sophia Fowle
Major Ross/Ketch - Henry Jackson
Dabby Bryant/Lieutenant Johnston -
Kenza Jerbi
Mary Brennan/Officer - Ezri Moulding
John Arscott/Captain Campbell -
Jonathan Ridd
Meg Long/Reverend Johnson - Camille Rosenthal
Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark - Sam White
creatives
Directed by Michael oakley
Stage Manager - Beth Scott
Lighting Design - Lesley Talbot
Costume Design - Emily Sions
Production Manager - Alistair Milne
Fight director - kiel o'shea
intimacy director - joana nastari
production coordinator - tracey french