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.
[5] 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.
[2] 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.
"[8] 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 best playwrights.
"[9] Last Cab to Darwin is also the title of an Australian comedy-drama biopic directed and produced by Jeremy Sims and based on the 2003 play of the same name by Reg Cribb.