Playing Hardball for the Kids

Kids' TV drama is a rare beast these days, especially in NSW, but as Northern Pictures' 'Hardball' starts shooting in Western Sydney, we talk to Executive Producer Catherine Nebauer about finding the fun as well as the money..
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Image: The cameras are rolling on Hardball. L-R Logan Reberger as Jerry, Reannah Hamdan as Salwa, Semisi Cheekam as Mikey and Erin Choy as Tiffany. Photo credit: Andy Baker.

‘We’re surrounded by beautiful Lebanese biscuits and sweets and we’re trying not to eat them!’ says Executive Producer Catherine Nebauer of Northern Pictures on the phone to ScreenHub. She’s in Bankstown on location for a scene at a shop called ‘Sweet Yummy’.  It’s the third week of a twelve week shoot for Hardball, a new live action kids’ comedy series shot entirely on location in Sydney’s Western suburbs.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is Screen Content Lead at Screenhub. She is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema and was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates'. Rochelle has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, is out with Midnight Sun on October 1, 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk