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Low Pay Don’t Pay
Written By: Dario Fo
Creative Team: Director: Larry Waller
This production reimagines Dario Fo’s Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! as a fast, funny, political, community-driven piece of popular theatre that speaks directly to a 2026 Australian audience experiencing the pressures of rising costs, economic strain, and social inequity. While the play is set in Italy, our version is modern South Australia, and although comic and chaotic, it remains anchored in real human struggle. The humour emerges from truthful desperation, not caricature.
This is a show about people trying to survive — and laughing in order not to cry.
Low Pay Don’t Pay is a bold, joyful, and sharply political ensemble comedy that places actors, audience, and action in constant relationship. This immersive production celebrates the play’s greatest strengths: its relentless physicality, rapid-fire farce, and deeply human heart. Performed in the round, the audience becomes part of the pressure cooker. There is nowhere to hide.
Our vision is to create a piece of theatre that is fierce, funny and alive. If you are committed to having fun, working hard and holding a mirror up to present day Australia and exploring / improvising / workshopping theatre, this is a production for you!
Information Session: 14/02/2026
Blackwood Memorial Hall
Audition Information:
| Audition Information #:1 | |
| Date: | 28/02/2026 |
| Time From – Time to: | 13:00 – 15:30 |
| Character Descriptions #:1 | |
| Role Name: | Ensemble (16 sought) |
| Gender: | Undefined |
| Stage Age: | |
| Role Information: | We are seeking 16 Ensemble members for this production. Leads will be shared. The production will be dual cast, with A and B casts rotating performances to support performer wellbeing and ensure continuity across the season. |
More Information at: www.Blackwoodplayersinc.com
Please note, the Audition process for Low Pay Don’t Pay is in two parts: A Commedia dell’Arte Workshop run by leading Commedia expert Dr Corrina Di Niro.
Date: Saturday 14 February
Venue: Blackwood Memorial Hall (21 Coromandel Parade, Blackwood)
Time: 12noon-3pm
The Workshop will feed into the formal audition.
Date: Saturday 28 February
Venue: Blackwood Memorial Hall (21 Coromandel Parade, Blackwood).
Time: 1pm-3.30pm
We encourage people to come to both. However, we understand that life is busy – please get in touch with Larry for a 1:1 conversation about your interest.
Contact: Larry Waller
larrywaller1@icloud.com
0401530628