Last Cab to Darwin is a 2003 Australian drama/comedy stage play written by Reg Cribb and based upon the true story of taxi driver Max Bell who was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer in the early 1990s. The 2003 production was presented both at the Sydney Opera House and the Octagon Theatre in Perth. Plot Taking advantage of the controversial Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 in the Northern Territory, Rex decides to end his own life with dignity. His request under the law is in bitter dispute but Rex sells up everything he owned, says goodbye to his neighbor and good friend Polly, and drives the great distance from Broken Hill, New South Wales to Darwin, Northern Territory where taking his own life would be legal. Cast The cast of the 2003 production was: Barry Otto - Rex Jacki Weaver - Dot, Backpacker 2, Mrs Gratton, Diedre Justine Saunders - Polly, Mrs Chester-Burnham Steve Rodgers - Doctor, Simmo, Publican (off), Bob, Jack, Canadian Backpacker, Curly Michael Tuahine - Tilly, Reporter 2 - The Telegraph, Beano, Shadow, Mr Speaker, Reporter 2 (scene 15), Afghan, Sledger Darren Gilshenan - Reporter 4 - Broken Hill Times, Doug, Barman, Mr Stanton, Reporter 3 (scene 15), Truckie, Afghan, Soldier Alan Dukes - Reporter 1 - The Herald, Ces, Ted, Canadian Backpacker, Mr Pembroke, Reporter 4 (scene 15) Afghan, Stan Kirsty Hillhouse - Reporter 3 - The Australian, Mrs Brown, GP, Fran, Backpacker 1, Mrs Stilton, Reporter 1 (scene 15), Afghan, Shirl Critical reception Variety wrote that the story of Rex Bell's journey was "a great premise for drama". Bryce Hallett of Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the play was "a big-hearted, sprawling, dry-humoured, unwieldy saga which splendidly evokes the landscape of knotted trees, furnace sunsets and the dual feeling of liberation and terror on the journey from Broken Hill to Darwin." Adelaide Review wrote "It is not surprising that playwright Reg Cribb saw the story of Max Bell as ready-made for the telling. It has all the elements of a mythic quest with a sturdy, self-deprecating hero meeting a host of different characters as he travels a last time through his native land." In their announcement of casting in 2012 for a production of the play, director Steve Wiegerink of Off the Leash Theatre stated "Both humorous and tragic, Last Cab to Darwin proves once again why Reg Cribb is one of Australia's