Disturbing Mavis was first performed at the Workhouse Theatre, Melbourne on 17 June 1998 with the following cast:

MAVIS ... Elizabeth Penny
ALFRED ... Jamie Wilson
NURSE ... Miranda King
AMBULANCE OFFICER 1 ... Tim Constantine
AMBULANCE OFFICER 2 ... David Bourne

Mavis and Alfred’s bedroom; in it is a chair and small table that sits down stage right. A two-seater settee and coffee table sit centre stage and another chair sit centre stage left, in front of an open fire. A small fire burns in the fireplace. Double doors to a hallway up centre stage and a window over looking the street, stage left. Alfred sits in front of the fireplace with his back facing the audience; a blanket covers his legs. A newspaper is draped over the arm of the chair. A red ambulance light reflects into the room, similar of that to a flashing sign or billboard.

Location
The nursing home is located in middle suburbia with characters well known to the Australian culture.

Relationships
Mavis is a lonely soul and recently widowed in the past twenty-four hours. Mavis reads and comforts her dead husband, Alfred. Their lifetime of love and companionship binds them together, forbidding Mavis to accept the inevitable.

On Stage
This play is written around a very simple set of two chairs and small table, a two-seater settee, coffee table and an open fire. A newspaper is draped over an arm of one of the chairs. There are double doors and a window over looking the street. A red ambulance light reflects into the room, similar of that to a flashing sign or billboard.