

He has written a play that is full of family and political banters that the audience responded to abundantly. As a writer De Angelis shows tremendous promise and intelligence beyond his 23 years. ‘The Worst Kept Secrets’ is a play written and directed by young Arts/law student Thomas De Angelis. The chiaroscuro of the theatrical picture must be reviewed by the experience behind the work and the capacity to which those hands are capable from experience. One must take this into account with a measure of grace when attending. Independent theatre is a broad spectrum, from novice to professional practitioners, the very young and the old, varied intentions and bottomless ideas. So, when he’s offered the role of chairman for the government’s new economic advisory panel, Frank realises that his days of courting votes are over and that he can finally come clean with the secrets he’s been keeping so poorly. Of course, they’ve only endured each other so long because it has made Frank electable and Annie popular.

What the public don’t know is that their relationship is as malignant as a tumour, that Frank is sleeping with his son’s girlfriend, and that Annie’s favourite pastime is to hurl virulent abuse at her husband.

Synopsis: Ex-Premier Frank Steeper and his brilliant wife Annie are the power couple with it all: a twenty-nine year old marriage, two handsome sons, and résumés glistening with achievements.
