Here is the new generation Dimboola, a laugh-out-loud comedy that is bound to be performed by every rural drama group in our wide, brown land.

Garimba is a small Queensland county town in big economic trouble. Its cattle and crop growers have been battered for years by one drought after another, so, believing that tourism can be their salvation, the Business Attraction Group of Garimba decides to stage a ‘grabber’ event. In a desperate effort to bring money and recognition to their town, BAGG throw around a few ideas that could reel in the tourists but unfortunately, all the world events seem to be happening elsewhere. All except one!

A quirky, laconic, so-o Australian comedy, this play was the inaugural winner of the National Dogwood Playwrights Initiative and it is easy to see why it romped in first. The acutely observed characters are people that everyone who has ever served on any committee will recognise… the sharp dialogue, single and modern day setting will surely appeal to every drama committees budget too.

This play tackling two key themes; that of dying towns taking their precarious future into their own hands whilst facing the unique challenges facing farmers in the 21st century.