INFLUENCE is a classic satire from renowned Australian Playwright David Williamson and it’s next up from Theatre on Chester.

A satirical comedy, the play revolves around the failings, foibles, whims and double standards of Shock Jock Ziggi Blasko and his totally dysfunctional family of diverse characters. Paradoxes and ironies abound as Ziggi’s public and private lives collide.

Ziggi Blasko calls himself the merchant of the truth on commercial radio “because this country wants to hear what I’ve got to say”. He fills Sydney’s airwaves with sheer bile with his lashings at political correctness, the working poor, feminists and psychologists. Not surprisingly, Ziggi’s home is a war zone. 

His young, second wife Carmela is struggling to re-establish her ballet career after having a baby. His daughter Vivienne has run away from her mother to live with them and his father, deeply depressed according to Ziggi’s psychologist sister Connie, also comes to stay.

Established in 1956, the Theatre on Chester has delivered over 56 years of quality theatre to the community. The Group prides itself on its excellent reputation, a varied choice of plays and a high standard of production, three times a year.

INFLUENCE from Theatre on Chester [Facebook] plays in Epping NSW from 20th July – 11th of August 2018.

Directed by Sher Kearney.
By Special Arrangement with The Cameron Creswell Agency PTY LTD