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If you've Googled and come upon this site looking for details about the show KEATING!, you're on the right track... sort of. This is the site for the Drowsy Drivers' original one-hour version of the show. If you're looking for information about the Company B two-hour extended version, well, you can book tickets for the November/December return Sydney season here. The live CD of the original Drowsy show (recorded on deluxe multitrack during the Sydney Opera House season in August 2005) is here, and the soundtrack CD of the Company B show is available from the Belvoir (by order form) or at the venue.

The Drowsies also have T-shirts - funky T-shirts, people, you should snap 'em up in the off-season so that you can wear 'em while pottering around your house in the wintertime, and they'll be fashionably worn-in come the warmer weather. You've got to plan ahead for maximum cool, dig? Alright, I'll be quiet now, but if you're interested in said garments, send an email to info@drowsydrivers.com or join our mailing list via the link above.

Historically accurate* and independently verified by skimming through Don Watson’s book, KEATING! is the simple and time-honoured tale of an Australian political superhero and his battles against assorted mugs, dummies, dimwits, gutless spivs and scumbags.

Share in the heady rise, tempestuous reign and tragic fall of the Placido Domingo of Australian politics. GASP! as Hawke ignores the Kirribilli agreement! THRILL! as Prime Minister Keating sticks it to the drones opposite! CHEER! as he wins the sweetest victory of all! HISS! as the evil Howard betrays his colleagues in his thirst for power! SCOFF! at the blatant historical revisionism!

KEATING received the Barry Award, the Golden Gibbo and the Age Critic's Award at the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Best Original Score (Cabaret) 2005 Green Room award, the 2006 Helpmann Award for Best Original Score and was nominated for Best Musical at the inaugural Sydney Theatre Awards. The original Drowsy version ran for approximately one hour.