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If this house built for Showcase’s production of Cloudstreet is any indication, the miniseries being produced by Screentime looks like it will be one to watch.
Filming for the six part series has been underway in Perth, with this house created by set designer Herbert Pinter built at the old Sunset Hospital site in Dalkeith.
Appearing in the screen adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel are Essie Davis (The Silence, The Girl With The Pearl Earring, After The Deluge, The Matrix) as Dolly Pickles with Stephen Curry (30 Seconds, The King) as her husband …
Cast announced for Cloudstreet
Showtime Australia and Screentime have announced its cast for the Cloudstreet miniseries, to be adapted from Tim Winton’s novel about two Perth working class families from the 1940s – 1960s.
It includes Essie Davis (The Silence, The Girl With The Pearl Earring, After The Deluge, The Matrix) as Dolly Pickles with Stephen Curry (30 Seconds, The King) as her husband Sam Pickles, and Emma Booth (Underbelly 3, Clubland) as their daughter Rose.
They will be joined by Kerry Fox (Bright Star, Shallow Grave, An Angel At My Table) as Oriel Lamb, Geoff Morell …
ABC gets the Lowdown on Adam Zwar
The ABC will produce a new 8 part comedy, Lowdown, starring and co-created by actor / writer Adam Zwar (Wilfred).
Zwar, who has just completed a second season of Wilfred for SBS, told TV Tonight, “I created it with Amanda Brotchie, an AFI Award winning filmmaker. It’s based very loosely on my career as a celebrity profile writer for a Sunday newspaper.”
Joining Zwar in the cast are Paul Denny (Love of Lionel’s Life, Wilfred, Hawke), Beth Buchanan (Hey Dad, The King) and Dailan Evans (Eagle and Evans, Mark Loves Sharon.)
During his time …
Vale: Ray Barrett
Film, stage and television actor Ray Barrett died suddenly on Tuesday morning from a brain haemorrhage following a fall. He was 82.
Barrett’s wife said he suffered from chronic low-blood pressure which in recent weeks had led to several falls.
Screenwriter Andrew Knight (After the Deluge) said on hearing the news, “Oh no, I was about to go up and see him”.
Barrett was formidable on the big screen in feature films including Don’s Party, Hotel Sorrento, Brilliant Lies, Goodbye Paradise, The Winter Dark and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, for which he won …
Bob Hawke consults on TEN telemovie
Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke has been involved as a consultant on the new Channel TEN telemovie Hawke, currently filming in Melbourne.
Richard Roxburgh plays the title role, which promises to be a “warts and all” look at the colorful politician’s rise from trade union leader to PM.
The telemovie will touch upon Hawke’s alcoholism and womanising.
“It’s there, there’s no point in it not being there,” Roxburgh told the Herald Sun. “But it’s not there to the detriment of other elements of his nature.
“I began this (research process) by reading thousands of bits …
Drama Exec leaving SBS
One of the best in the biz, Drama Executive Sue Masters, is leaving SBS citing personal reasons.
Masters has only been with SBS since April, previously with TEN and the ABC. During her tenure SBS has produced or developed Carla Cametti P.D, Bogan Pride, and Swift and Shift Couriers plus second seasons of East West 101 and The Circuit -she will remain as an Executive Producer on series two of The Circuit.
Masters has previously worked on dramas including Brides of Christ, The Secret Life of Us, Wildside, Seachange, RAW FM, …