One Day in the Week.
One Day in the Week, a new youth musical, deals with two young students from different cultures, Australian and Chinese, living in contemporary Melbourne, trying to work out their relationship, as well as personal and family issues.
With more than 4 million people, and rapidly rising, Melbourne is a dynamic city on track to become Australia’s largest. It attracts many people to live here, and about 6.5 % of its people, ie. 300,000 are of Chinese background. Yet these remarkable developments have been little noted in the arts. The creators of One Day in the Week want to put some of this contemporary life on the musical stage.
Melbourne is internationally known as a centre of musical theatre, which draws large audiences each year, and brings millions into Victoria’s economy. The public are clearly attracted by the power of song, in a narrative context, to convey and illuminate emotion. This is a genuinely original concept, already recognised and welcomed by members of the Melbourne Chinese community, a musical which draws on the lived experience of our vibrant city and its rich culture.
Creative Team
Kieran Carroll (script), Janice Florence (lyrics) and Darryl Emmerson (music) have been working on One Day in the Week since 2012.
Kieran Carroll (Writer)
Kieran is a Melbourne based playwright who writes dramas, comedies and biographical works. Of his fourteen plays produced in Australia, five have appeared at La Mama Theatre, Melbourne and three at The Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney. Recent plays include 3XY OR I DIE! (Old Fitzroy Theatre, Sydney, June ‘12), The Giraffe’s Uncle – The Les Robinson Story – (La Mama, Feb ‘13) and the ongoing Sons of Sun (The Sam Phillips Story). Kieran holds an MA (by Research) in Playwriting, and has received playwriting residencies around the world including the prestigious Yaddo in Saratoga Springs, New York in 2008/09. In 2013, he was awarded the Grace Marion Playwrights’ Fellowship through the Victorian Writers’ Centre. Further information can be found at www.kierancarroll.com
Darryl Emmerson (Composer)
Darryl has written music for The Pathfinder and Martin and Gina, both supported by the Victorian Ministry for the Arts and the Australia Council, and both nominated for the Melbourne Green Room Awards. He has performed with the Victoria State Opera and the a capella group Polyphony, and in his own concerts and cabaret shows, for several decades.
As well as songs and musical scores, he has also written plays, I Write What I See: Christina Stead Speaks, and directed [Ibsen’s Ghosts and Rosmersholm]. His music, performed throughout Australia in stage productions and on radio, can also be heard on First Light, his CD with guitarist Tony Burcul, and on his website www.darrylemmerson.com
Janice Florence (Lyrics)
Janice has performed extensively as a dance artist and singer. She wrote lyrics for Martin and Gina by Darryl Emmerson, has collaborated on other songs with him, and also co-wrote scripts for a long running segment on Channel 31. Twice funded for overseas professional development in the USA and UK by the Australia Council, she is currently Artistic Director of the physical theatre company, Weave Movement Theatre www.weavemovementtheatre.com.au
Contact Us.
Please contact Darryl on 0407 52 4141 or darryl@jeack.com.au to discuss this exciting new show.