Thank Yous from the Gut - By Oleg Puposheep

Cue Music

Announcer: The Academy would like to congratulate A Gut Feeling Productions on their first victory, in as many nominations. To accept the award on the team's behalf, here is Oleg Puposap...

Applause. Oleg steps on stage and aproaches the microphone.

Oleg Pupocrap: Oh wow. I can't oh my god. Yes. Thank you.

Applause itensifies. The crowd stands.

Thank you, thank you. Please be seated, please.

Ok. I would firstly like to thank my team: Ian Zammit, Carrie Hardie and Tara Clark for making this possible. Without them I would have never gotten off my ass and put pen to paper. Without them I would only be dreaming to one day have a production, I've helped write, go on stage in a professional venue. Without them I would have locked myself away at home watching The Wire instead of attending boring ass production meetings. Without them and their inspiration and hard work I wouldn't be standing here thanking you all.

Which brings me to you; on behalf of the team, I would like to thank you, the audience.

the crowd erupts

Without you we wouldn't have sold out both nights. Without you we wouldn't have gotten those laughs and gasps on the night. Without you, really, there would be no In Stereo; it would have been performed to dead space and empty chairs. With you there you were able to realize our dream and bring it to life. And for that we are in debt to you.

One minute is up. Que music.

And although there are too many names to mention we thank each and everyone of you; whether you were a family member, friend, "contact", lighting designer (yeah that's right, you Susie), sponsor or just a theatre goer with a keen interest in Australian Theatre; you were all greatly appreciated and loved for the entire hour of the show.

And lastly, I would like to thank actors. Our amazing actors. The ones who usually take most of the credit for a show's success but don't see a penny in the end. The ones who put in hours of work; rehearsing, learning lines and ques, dealing with other actors and all this while keeping a "proper" job. In a cooperative production they are the producers, stage hands, directors, writers, stage managers, voice coaches and actors. Ultimately it is because of them that the show does well and, in this case, we were lucky to have on board some of the finest in Salman Shad, Victoria Greiner and Kieran Foster. Only having read the script exactly a month before opening night, they have pulled together to deliver amazing performances and bring our dream to life.

The music gets louder. The microphone starts lowering.

Thank you to the actors for their patience and hard work.

Oleg, now almost on his hands and knees, continues to follow the microphone. Two men, dressed in black, start approaching him.

A Gut Feeling Productions would like to thank each and every person for their love and support!

The two men swiftly escort Oleg from the stage.