The One Day Of The Year

'Well, you know what day this is? This day used to mean someth’n’ once...If it wasn’t for men like my old man this country’d never bin heard of. They put Australia on the map they did, the ANZACs did. An’ bloody died doin’ it'.

Is ANZAC Day just an excuse for 'one long grog-up' or is it a day when Australians reflect on those who have paid the ultimate price?

One of Australia's most popular plays, The One Day of the Year explores the universal theme of father-son conflict against the background of the beery haze and the heady, nostalgic sentimentality of ANZAC Day – Australia's equivalent of Remembrance Sunday – and a sacred cow among Australian annual celebrations.