1996 Guardian.

Comedy. Director Michael Wansbrough, with Malcolm Robertson, Peter Houghton, Penelope Hanby and Brenda Palmer. Carlton Courthouse.

Synopsis: Retired bureaucrat Norman wrongly suspects that his house guest, a high profile aid worker, is a predatory pedophile. Norman's clumsy efforts to protect his grandchildren threaten to destroy a major international aid organisation.

"! tight structure and well-edited dialogue ! entertaining theatre - with a social conscience" (Steven Carroll, The Sunday Age)

"Opie is courageous and right on cue" (Barbara Biggs, Sunday Herald Sun)

"! confidently displays a command of dialogue ! a tasty nibble of Opie's talents as a playwright" (Jen Vuk, In Press)

"an enterprising debut" (Michael Bodey, Beat Magazine)

"hilarious exchanges ! entertaining, truly funny and at times brilliant" (Peter Ascott, Farrago)

Malcolm Robertson plays the impulsive Norman, retired bureaucrat

Peter Houghton plays the urbane Jean-Paul, high profile representative of Globalcare

Brenda Palmer plays Norman's long-suffering wife Valmay

Penelope Hanby plays Norman and Valmay's daughter, former Globalcare worker Deirdre