The first, and scariest, thing to note is how credible and relevant David Williamson’s scathing play about male brutality and oneupmanship remains, and how much we still have to learn from it.
The Removalists cracked something open in the Australian theatrical imagination when it premiered at La Mama back in 1971, and it seems to have lost none of its power to shock in the intervening decades. It’s a savage work, a curled lip and a bloodied fist, and Anne-Louise Sarks’ revival feels dangerously timely.
