Salt Waves Fresh: The Characters

 
Salt Waves Fresh is set in contemporary or near-future Townsville (Queensland, Australia), though there are frequent references to the characters’ historical connections. There has been a cyclone and attendant flooding that has temporarily cut off the characters from the outside world.
 
Feste (Emily Edwards) and Toby (Christopher Tomkinson) dancing.
ABOUT THE CHARACTERS
 
  • Feste: A red-tailed black cockatoo. The bird is a sort of pet to Olivia, but also a free agent, understood initially only by Olivia and Toby.
  • The Local: A long-time resident of Townsville, a beachcomber and lighthouse keeper
  • Olivia: A landowner who has lost her family in previous natural disasters
  • Viola & Sebastian: Twins who fled from their South Pacific island because it was sinking. Viola adopts the disguise name “Giom” (a name associated with a 19th-century shipwreck survivor, Barbara Thompson)
  • Orsino: A military major
  • Toby: A marine biologist
  • Malvolio: A real estate developer
  • Antonio: A modern-day pirate
 
SCENES
Want to know more? Read some extracts from the play! Here are two scenes from Salt Waves Fresh:
  • Scene 1 - the opening scene of the play.
  • Scene 6 - set within Olivia's home, this scene features Feste, Toby and Malvolio.

Local (Michael Sams) and Viola (Arminelle Fleming) during the Townsville workshops.