After Dinner

After Dinner is a play by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell. It was Bovell's first play, written in 1984, when he lived in Carlton, Melbourne.^[1]

After Dinner

Author	Andrew Bovell
Cover artist	Emma Vine
Language	English
Genre	Play
Publisher	Currency Press
Publication date	1988
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print (Paperback)
ISBN	978-0-86819-518-6

After Dinner was first performed at La Mama Theatre in 1988,^[2] and went on to be performed throughout Australia.

It is still regularly performed.^[3][4]

Plot

An acutely observed but tender-hearted account of relationships and behaviour in a suburban pub bistro on a Friday night.

First Production

After Dinner was first performed at La Mama Theatre, Melbourne, on 20 April 1988^[2] with the following cast and crew:

Cast

• Tom Gutteridge as Gordon
• Kim Trengove as Dympie
• Eugenia Fragos as Paula
• Leigh Morgan as Monika
• Peter Murphy as Stephen

Crew

• Director: Kim Durban
• Designer: Amanda Johnson
• Stage Manager: Jane Allen
• Music: Tom Gillick and The Heartbreaks