The Queen's Nanny
Next date: Thursday, 26 June 2025 | 07:30 PM
to 09:00 PM
- PACC presents an Ensemble Theatre Production -
Inspired by historical events, a royal scandal ignites a blistering fire between the steely Queen Mother and her children’s doting nanny in Melanie Tait’s sparkling new comedy drama.
Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford adored her job as governess to Princesses Lilibet and Margaret Rose … until she was ostracised without warning, despite dedicating the best part of her life to raising, educating and caring for the young royals. The reason? A tell-all memoir.
From the creative team behind the sell-out success of The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race, this blackly funny play imagines a series of pivotal moments between two strong-spirited women harbouring complicated resentment.
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Review Quotes
★★★★ “tartly funny and inventive” - Limelight
★★★★1/2 “superbly written” - Musical Theatre AU
★★★★ "Melanie Tait has threaded the needle between sensationalist drama and cosy character study with the skill of a master seamstress." - Cultural Binge
"Filled with iconic historical characters, laughs and a uniquely Australian take on the Royals ..." - Australian Arts Review
Cast
Elizabeth Blackmore (Marion)
Matthew Backer (J)
Emma Palmer (Elizabeth)
Creative Team
Playwright Melanie Tait
Director Priscilla Jackman
Assistant Director Miranda Middleton
Set Designer Michael Hankin
Costume Designer Genevieve Graham
Lighting Designer Morgan Moroney
Composer and Sound Designer James Peter Brown
About Ensemble Theatre
Founded in 1958, Ensemble Theatre is the longest continuously running professional theatre in Australia. Ensemble’s extensive history of touring productions include the 20-venue tour of Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks in 2007 which won a Helpmann Award for Best Regional Touring Production, the Drover Award-winning national tour of Tuesdays With Morrien (2011), the acclaimed 26-venue tour of Frankenstein (2013), Melanie Tait’s heart-warming comedy The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race (2021) and most recently, a 26-venue tour of Black Cockatoo (2022) by Geoffrey Atherden and directed by Wesley Enoch.
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When
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Thursday, 26 June 2025 | 07:30 PM
- 09:00 PM