Enough is Enough comes to Thomastown.
Enough is Enough is a theatrical production that examines the harmful effects of problem gambling. Enough is Enough is written and directed by award winning Melbourne playwright, Kieran Carroll (Sons of Sun, The Truth is Longer Than a Lie, NEWK – The John Newcombe Story).
The play is set around a bayside hotel which has both a TAB and pokies. Dangerously, the hotel is open until 5am. Four addicted gamblers from different socio-economic and educational backgrounds find themselves trapped inside the worlds of the hotel. Their lives unravel over the course of the play. One heads towards criminal activity, one seeks counselling and finds hope and support, one falls ill but still cannot stop gambling, one knows no other life after so much grief. All lose relationships and real connections with those they care about.
The four characters are watched over by a bar worker, a non-gambler, who herself is torn emotionally with the work of seeing other lives ruined by gambling. She needs a job but feels complicit in their suffering.
A gambling counsellor completes the casting, giving the audience insights into a Victorian government history of gambling, coping techniques and the ways the general public can recognize when people are gambling and suffering privately.
Enough is Enough is a vital and important community conversation.
Thomastown Library is very excited to host a one night only showing of Enough is Enough featuring Whittlesea resident and actor Graham Murray.
Thursday 29 February, 6pm— 7.30pm, at Thomastown Library. You can register to attend here!
If you’d like to learn more about gambling and its effect, check out these resources in our library collection:
Please gamble irresponsibly: the rise, fall and rise of sports gambling in Australia by Titus O'Reily
Australia sits atop the world when it comes to gambling, losing more money per capita than any other country. This book traces the history of gambling in Australia from the convict era, the rise of SP bookies and organised crime, the legalisation and commercialization of the industry and the threat it now poses to the integrity of sport.
Gambling addiction: the easy guide to stop gambling, understand what's behind your addiction and learn how to terminate it now by Rick Conall
This book offers an insight into the psychology of the gambling problem. It presents ways to identify and diagnose effective treatment therapies to help individuals and affected families in countering this addictive behavior.
Gambling by You Can’t Ask That - on Kanopy
'You Can't Ask That' asks gambling addicts the awkward, inappropriate or uncomfortable questions you've always wanted to know the answers to, but never had the guts to ask.