CERTIFIED MALE
Written By Scott Rankin & Glynn Nicholas BRIEF OVERVIEW Certified is a rip snorter play with four actors and a piano player. It tells the story of four consultants who visit a tropical resort to discuss the company’s restructuring. It is an accessible, contemporary theatre work that explores hilarious themes like mortality, violence, nihilism, relationships that prove emotionally hollow, sporting bravado, the absent father and powerlessness in the workplace. The stuff we all love and of which we just cannot get enough! Alex, Howard and McBride leave the safety of their comfortable offices, their $2,000 suits, and set off to a place that is far from home and full of surprises. Jarrad, the boss, has told them the company will be restructured, the underlying implication is that one of them will not be returning to work on Monday. A sumptuous theatrical blend of brilliant dialogue, riotous comedy and unique staging with 7 original songs by Paul Kelly, Mark Seymour, Paul Norton and others. Certified made its UK debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007 to critical acclaim and sell-out houses. Women love this play - they just seem to get it. “Simply electric…unforgetable…energetic, affectionate and insightful…so true to life it’s frightening” HERALD SUN “… intelligent and very funny... it's all here, the appalling litany of what men get up to when they're alone together... a dynamic cast... and everyone gets to laugh”
THE SUN HERALD TIMEOUT “ … a very funny, sharply observed and well-performed comedy that has hit the spot with men and women...“ THE WEST AUSTRALIAN “It is one of the brightest, funniest, and cleverest pieces in town ... riotously funny”
AUSTRALIAN JEWISH NEWS “It's clever, fresh, down-right Australian, and very funny. With performers as good as these, who needs anything more?” THE SYDNEY WEEKLY “... smiles turning to sniggers, then snorts of laughter... yes, this is one funny show - innovative and unusual…” MOSMAN DAILY  | 
