THE SPARE
From the novel by Helen Garner
Adapted and Directed by Eamon Flack
- VenueUpstairs Theatre
- Dates7 Jun &#; 13 Jul 25
- Content warning
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- New work at Belvoir supported by
- The Creative Development Fund
When Helen’s old friend, Nicola, comes to town for treatment, it only makes sense she should stay in the spare room. Nicola has put her faith in a shady alternative cancer clinic, and Helen is determined to be her brilliant friend and carer no matter what. But as the sleepless nights rack up, a short stay in the spare room becomes a loving, maddening battle for life.
Helen Garn
Starring cast:
Marta Dusseldorp
as Janet King
Damian Walshe-Howling
as Owen Mitchell
Christopher Morris
as Andy Campbell
Peter Kowitz
as Tony Gillies
Ella Scott Lynch
as Erin O'Shaughnessy
Hamish Michael
as Richard Stirling
Andrea Demetriades
as Lina Badir
Aimee Pedersen
as Ashleigh Larsson
Vince Colosimo
as Jack Rizzoli
Supporting & notable guest cast:
Peter Adams
as Tim Clarke
Andy Anderson
as Anthony Schaeffer
Akos Armont
as Drew Blakely
Craig Ball
as Constable Payne
Blazey Best
as Lynda Searle
Brandon Burke
as J. Jonathan MacLeod
Zoe Carides
as Gillian Warden
Jeanette Cronin
as Tracey Samuels
David Downer
as Jasper Bernard QC
Harriet Dyer
as Maya Blakely
Indiana Evans
as Tatum Novak
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
as David Sinclair
Julian Garner
as Brian Vincent
Darren Gilshenan
as Alex Moreno
Marcus Graham
as Danny Novak
Noel Hodda
as Magistrate Hansford
Diarmid Heidenreich
as Leon Cranfords
John Howard
as Steven Blakely
Deborah Kennedy
as Dianne Vaslich
Ivy Mak
as Meili Changs
Andrew McFarlane
as Keith Nelson
Gabriella Maselli
New faces in House Husbands
Indiana Evans and Justine Clarke have joined the cast of the fourth season of Playmaker Media’s House Husbands, now shooting in Melbourne.
Evans (Secrets & Lies, Janet King) is playing Tash, a single mother new to Melbourne who ignites a tumultuous love triangle. Clarke is Eve, the hot-headed tuckshop lady who competes with the catering business run by Kane (Gyton Grantley).
Also new to the cast are Akos Armont (Winter, Janet King) as the charming and ambitious Dr Saxon, whose presence creates tension within the hospital, and Jane Kennedy as Belinda, the resident Director of Medical Services.
Returning regulars include Lewis (Gary Sweet), Justin (Firass Dirani), Mark (Rhys Muldoon), Gemma (Julia Morris), Abi (Natalie Saleeba), Alex (Darren McMullen) and Miss Looby (Louise Siversen).
Mark’s controlling boss Rachel, played by Jane Allsop in season one, makes a fiery comeback . Also returning from season one to cause trouble is Rodney (Nicholas Coghlan). Back on the scene after her intimate encounter with Justin in season three is Frankie (Danielle Horvat).
Missing, however, is Rachel Griffiths, who guest starred as
Aurora Films’ Ákos Armont and Antony Waddington option Helen Garner novel
Helen Garner.
Aurora Films’ Ákos Armont and Antony Waddington plan to turn Helen Garner&#;s novel The Spare Room, a drama about a woman who cares for her cancer-stricken friend, into a feature film.
Eamon Flack, the artistic director of Sydney&#;s Belvoir, will make his screen directing debut on the project.
Published in , the novel follows the relationship between two women, Nicola, who has advanced bowel cancer, and her friend Helen.
When Sydney-based Nicola goes to Melbourne for the treatment she hopes will cure her, Helen becomes her nurse, protector, guardian angel and judge.
Garner&#;s literary agent sent the tome to Waddington in when he was raising the finance for Fred Schepisi&#;s The Eye of the Storm and he has wanted to turn it into a film ever since.
Last year the producers met the author and optioned the screen rights. &#;We are both enormously encouraged that Helen allowed us to take her work and develop it: a great privilege and responsibility,&#; Armont tells IF.
&#;Her willingness to explore taboo subjects with candour and grace, places her as one of our most inspired a
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