Jane E Seymour requested an interview with me to spill the beans on SET the play , for her blog RPWorkshops
How did SET the play come about?
Listen to Nick discuss how he and Sam imagined, devised and realised the script for SET:The Play. A great snapshot into the process of bringing ideas onto the page.
Collaborations, Nick, Sam & home & Away writers
A fascinating insight into the writing process and how collaborating can be so very effective in creating a playtext; and presenting seasoned professionals with a solid challenge out of their usual writing comfort zone.
13 Characters, Casting, Performance Dates, Venues
Nick discusses the casting process and what he was aiming for; plus the ‘when’ and ‘where SET:the Play will be performed….. NIDA studio in April / May 2013
Whats Next
Nick talks about what’s coming up next when SET:The Play is up and running.
Got a gig on the new Old Spice TVC a few weeks back. The clip has just been released, see below.
Was a monstrous set at Fox Studios and was a lot of fun to do. I lucked out by getting the one role that was sitting down, which when on a 6hour shoot was a result!
The guy being operated on had a wetsuit on beneath the operating gowns.
Some background on the campaign in the Ad News article below.
Article from Ad News Believe it or not, George isn’t at home: Old Spice brings back the jingle
09 Apr 2013 By Frank Chung
Da-nana-na-na… Old Spice has returned to the classic advertising jingles of the ’80s and ’90s in its latest off-the-wall campaign, shot by renowned Australian director Steve Rogers.
As revealed by AdNews last month, advertising powerhouse Wieden+Kennedy was in Sydney recently to shoot the new campaign, ‘The Bar Soap You’ve Been Smelling For‘, with Revolver‘s Steve Rogers at the helm.
The campaign promotes the brand’s new line-up of “manly scented” bar soaps with two spots, ‘Shower’ and ‘Watermelon’. A third ad will debut in the coming months.
Keeping with the its trademark surreal humour, ‘Shower’ shows how Old Spice’s freshness literally follows you everywhere, while ‘Watermelon’ has a man discovering a bar of soap inside a watermelon disguised as a basketball.
Joe Arcuri, vice president, North America Beauty Care at Procter & Gamble said in a statement: “With new Old Spice bar soap, we wanted show the more than 40% of guys who are bar soap loyalists that we have their backs when it comes to manly scented shower equipment.
“We know many guys are living with an unspoken shame – that they simply use whatever bar soap is already in the shower based on what the woman in their life purchased and is often using. I guess we’re also in the business of helping guys reclaim their territory in the shower.”
The TV commercials will be supported by cinema ads and a dedicated online campaign. Old Spice’s landmark 2010 campaign, ‘The Man Your Man Could Smell Like’, helped to relaunch the brand and has been credited with lifting global sales by 27% in six months.
A week later, Ben rang me to say that ABC were updating their Australian Story episode on him, and wanted to use our footage, which we were only too pleased to provide.
I’ve only just watched the episode as I’ve been in Thailand for three weeks, and needless to say bawled like a baby on numerous occasions. Its heartwrenching stuff. Ben takes a lot of credit for speaking up about his former employer regards the tricky issue of post traumatic stress disorder.
