in 2009, ...Awkward Productions is a new breed of production company to emerge on the Gold Coast influenced by styles of comedy from the likes of Monty Python, Little Britain, Ricky Gervais, The Simpsons and Family Guy. Started by Stewart McMillan, a Griffith University Graduate, ...Awkward prides itself on creating original scripts for productions on stage and/or screen.
..Awkwards first stage
production, Beautifully Dead, was written by Stewart McMillan and shows the dark side of the beauty pageant scene. Murder, betrayal, jealousy, eating disorders and Germans proved to be a wining combination with audiences raving about Beautifully Dead over its successful season at The Arts Centre Gold Coast.
..Awkwards new production, Un-natural selection, follows the lives of a young, newly married couple Simon and Diane Nomis as they try to get use to married life and run a successful business.....that just happens to be a funeral home. Another black comedy written by Stewart McMillan filled with cows, coffins, conspiracies, cadavers and other words starting with C…Un-natural Selection will have you re-thinking the traditional funeral. Un-natural Selection is set to be staged at The Arts Centre Gold Coast in August 2013.
