A fast-moving, wisecracking commentary on contemporary urban mores and morals, and the rivalries and passions to be encountered on the road to success. Colin, a screenwriter, and his wife Kate, a publisher, move to the ‘Emerald City’, where fame and fortune are there for the taking, but surprises are in store for them both.
Teaming up with well-connected hack writer Mike, Colin finds himself in a tug of war between artistic ambition
and big bucks. Fame and fortune – not to mention Mike’s criminally hot girlfriend – are up for grabs.
Part love letter, part hate mail to the harbour city, Emerald City is one of the best works by Australian
theatre’s most beloved craftsman and commentator, David Williamson. Three decades after it was written, it
still captures the ballsy spirit of the ’80s and retains its skewering sharpness – a panoramic view of the city
that’s always prized beauty over brains.
Sharp-edged, satirical and accusatory, Emerald City lays into the materialism of the 1980s with a razor wit.
Within four months of its premiere, five separate productions had opened around Australia.
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