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A Man With Five Children by Nick Enright is a gripping multimedia drama featuring an idealistic documentary filmmaker, Gerry, as he follows the lives of five children into adulthood.
A Man With Five Children goes beyond Big Brother - this play questions the 'reality' behind television. Black Swan Theatre's staging of A Man With Five Children celebrates the life of one of Australia's most prolific writers, Nick Enright, famous for stage works such as Blackrock, Cloudstreet and The Boy From Oz and the Academy Award nominated screenplay, Lorenzo's Oil.
Directed by Peter Kingston
Set & Costume Design by Monita Roughsedge
Lighting Design by Matthew Marshall
Sound Design by Kingsley Reeve
Starring
Igor Sas, Crispian Chan, Suzanne Clarke, Mike Frencham, Adam McGurk, Sam Murray, Renee Newman-Storen, Gibson Nolte, Alison Van Reeken
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Two young gentlemen living in 1890's England have taking to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives.
Jack Worthing has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his dull country life behind to visit the ravishing Gwendolyn.
Algy Moncrieff decided to take the name "Ernest", when visiting Worthing's young and beautiful ward, Cecily at the country manor.
Things start to go awry when they end up together in the country and their deceptions are discovered - threatening to spoil their romantic persuits.