The Housekeeper at Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre

All is revealed when Two of Australia’s best comic actors, Evelyn Krape and Peter Moon, combine in this offbeat, delightfully zany comedy about a middle-aged, rather stuffy bachelor and the eccentric bag lady he hires as a housekeeper.

Manley Carstairs has lived at home with his rich, domineering mother until her recent death. Newly alone, he has hired a housekeeper, Annie Dankworth, to clean and cook for him. When Annie first arrived with her belongings in a shopping trolley, Manley is taken aback, but she seems so eager to please that he relents – after which their relationship progresses rapidly from initial reserve to fierce combat.

Annie is one of the world’s great oddballs. She insults her employer, denigrates his writing, admits she forged her references, accuses Manley of lusting after her and in general makes his life hell. This screwball comedy will have you in stitches with its lively wit and biting humor, becoming funnier and funnier as it builds towards its unexpected and thoroughly delightful conclusion.