The problem with a stage director demanding that everyone stay on script "or else" is that in this play, a script writer has been notably absent, and senior cast members have crafted their own personal scripts, each of which bears only passing resemblance to a central plot.
David Warner's transformation from the bad boy of Australian cricket to an official leader is complete after the opener was endorsed by Cricket Australia on Friday as the new vice-captain of the national team.
A senior sergeant on the 1990s Victoria Police attempt to charge a bishop with covering up the crimes of paedophile priests has broken his silence, saying the Catholic Church he encountered was more concerned with "brand protection" than protecting vulnerable children.
