Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor.

Early life

Cribb graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales in 1990 and his first play, Night of the Sea Monkey, was performed in 1999.

Plays

Cribb's plays include: *

The Return The Return may refer to: Print media * ''Nostoi'' or ''Returns'', a lost poem in ancient Greek, thought to have been completed in the sixth or seventh century BC *The Return, a 1987 children book by Sonia Levitin * ''The Return'' (de la Mare n ...

(adapted to the film Last Train to Freo) *

Last Cab to Darwin ''Last Cab to Darwin'' is a 2003 Australian drama/comedy stage play written by Reg Cribb and based upon the true story of taxi driver Max Bell who was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer in the early 1990s. The 2003 production was presented ...

Gulpilil David Dhalatnghu Gulpilil (1 July 1953 – 29 November 2021), known professionally as David Gulpilil and posthumously (at his family's request, to avoid naming the dead) as David Dalaithngu for three days, was an Indigenous Australian actor ...

* The Chatroom * Ruby's Last Dollar, an adaptation of Uncle Vanya * Unaustralia * Mt Ragged * Night of the Sea Monkey * Krakouer *

Country Song Country song may refer to: *National anthem, known as a "country song" in some languages * "Country Song" (Jake Bugg song), a 2011 song by British singer songwriter Jake Bugg * "Country Song" (Pink Floyd song), an untitled song by Pink Floyd from th ...

, a play about Australian indigenous singer and musician

Jimmy Little James Oswald Little, AO (1 March 19372 April 2012) was an Australian Aboriginal musician, actor and teacher, who was a member of the Yorta Yorta tribe and was raised on the Cummeragunja Reserve, New South Wales. Little started his profess ...

performed by the Queensland Theatre Company at the Cremorne Theatre at the

Queensland Performing Arts Centre The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (also known as QPAC) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre and is located on the corner of Melbourne Street and Grey Street in Brisbane's South Bank, Queensland, South Bank precinct. Opened in 1985, it ...

(August 2015) * Thomas Murray and the Upside Down River, a play about a man ravaged by drought, family secrets and love performed by the Griffin Theatre in January 2016 then touring nationally in 2018 With Rachel Perkins, Cribb co-wrote the

screenplay ''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, fe ...

for the movie Bran Nue Dae based on the 1989 stage musical Bran Nue Dae written by Jimmy Chi.

Acting career

Cribb appeared in the film A Country Life. He appeared in

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...

during the 1990s, with appearances in

G.P. ''G.P.'' is an Australian television series produced by Roadshow, Coote & Carroll for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the series was broadcast for 8 seasons between 1989 and 1996. Synopsis The series, screened on the ABC, is set arou ...

A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...

and Police Rescue. He also sang the song "Banana Holiday" on the ABC children's TV series Bananas in Pyjamas with

Monica Trapaga Monica Maria Trápaga (born 1965) is an Australian entertainment presenter, jazz singer and actress. She was a presenter on the Australian children's series, '' Play School'', from 1990 to 1998; and had provided the vocals to the theme of ''Bana ...

as well as the main cast of the show. Stage history includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,

Hester Hester is both a female given name and a surname. As a given name Hester is a variant of Esther. As a surname it is of Germanic origin and uncertain meaning, possible roots being the Middle High German ''heister'' beech tree indicating residence ne ...

, The Players, Face to Face,

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

and The Turning.

Awards

– 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. *

– 2001 Patrick White Playwrights’ Award and shortlisted for the 2001 Qld Premier's Literary Award. *The 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. * ''Country Song'' it won the 2013 Rodney Seaborn Playwright's Award for New Work. In 2015, Cribb was the Professional in Residence at the Perth's Film & Television Institute.

References

External links

List of plays and awards
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cribb, Reg Australian male dramatists and playwrights Australian male soap opera actors Australian male stage actors Year of birth missing (living people) Living people