Reginald Cribb is an Australian playwright and actor.

Early life and education

Cribb is from Perth, Western Australia. Cribb graduated from National Institute of Dramatic Art at the University of New South Wales in 1990.

Writing career

Cribb's first play, Night of the Sea Monkey, was performed in 1999. His play Gulpilil, co-written with David Gulpilil about Gulpilil's life, was performed in March 2004 at the Adelaide Festival of Arts, performed by Gulpilil, to standing ovations. It was directed by Neil Armfield. The show was later staged in Brisbane and Sydney. Country Song is a play about Indigenous Australian singer and musician Jimmy Little, performed by the Queensland Theatre Company at the Cremorne Theatre at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre in August 2015. With Rachel Perkins, Cribb co-wrote the screenplay for the 2009 movie Bran Nue Dae, based on the 1989 stage musical Bran Nue Dae written by Jimmy Chi.

Plays

Cribb's other plays include:

Acting career

Cribb appeared in the film A Country Life. He appeared in Home and Away during the 1990s, with appearances in G.P., A Country Practice and Police Rescue. He also sang the song "Banana Holiday" on the ABC children's TV series Bananas in Pyjamas with Monica Trapaga as well as the main cast of the show. Stage history includes Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Hester, The Players, Face to Face, Romeo and Juliet and The Turning.

Awards