Emerald City
( dir. Michael Jenkins
)
Australia
:
Limelight Productions
,
1988
Z867337
1988
single work
film/TV
The film tells the tale of a married couple and their desperate search to keep in tune with the pressures and the pleasures of modern-day life. The pressure is intensified when the family moves from Melbourne to Sydney, where the husband pursues his career in screen writing and the wife works in the publishing industry. The story satirises both modern-day family life and the world of Australian movie-making.
First produced by the Sydney Theatre Company at the Drama Theatre, Sydney Opera House, 1 January 1987.
Director: Richard Wherrett.
Produced by Griffin Theatre Company, 17 October - 6 December 2014.
Director: Lee Lewis.
Designer: Ken Done.
Costume Designer and Associate Set Designer: Sophie Fletcher.
Lighting Designer: Luiz Pampolha.
Composer: Kelly Ryall.
Cast: Lucy Bell, Mitchell Butel, Jennifer Hagan, Kelly Paterniti, Ben Winspear, and Gareth Yuen.
Produced by Queensland Theatre Company at the Playhouse, 8 - 29 February 2020.
Director: Sam Strong.
Associate Director: Travis Dowling
Designer: Dale Ferguson
Lighting Designer: David Walters
Composer/Sound Designer: Russell Goldsmith
Cast includes Ray Chong Nee, Nadine Garner, Jason Klarwein, and Rhys Muldoon.
This production was then set to be presented at the Sumner, Southbank Theatre (under the auspices of the Melbourne Theatre Company, from 6 March to 18 April 2020). Melbourne production cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, effective 16 March 2020.
Presented by Ensemble Theatre, Sydney, 18 July-23 August 2024.
Director: Mark Killmurry.
Cast includes Guy Edmonds, Rachel Gordon, and Matt Minto.
'Celebrating 50 years of QTC, Stables and the people's playwright, David Williamson'
