A Shared House

A Shared House is an Australian online sitcom created by Georgia Woodward and Joshua Lundberg.

[1] The series follows Charlotte, a dissatisfied woman in search of her identity, who is stuck with a house under lease and a stack of bills when her long-term boyfriend, Oscar, leaves her.

With new housemates – Lucas, Michael, and Liz moving in, the series explores the experience of a bunch of dysfunctional people living in share houses.

The series stars Georgia Woodward, David Halgren, Grace Avery and Sonny-Joe Flanagan.

Unlike most web series at the time all four episodes in the Season were released on the same day to take advantage of the tendency for audiences to binge watch.

[4] A Shared House Season One received international critical acclaim, winning Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series at the LA Web Festival,[1] as well as earning nominations for Outstanding Actor and Actress awards for Georgia Woodward and David Halgren.

"[4] Woodward reached out to Lundberg in January 2015 over a coffee to discuss the possibility of making a comedy series.

Lundberg was studying at The International Film School in Sydney and had two other major projects he was working on, "Operation Eldridge" and "The Last Brush".

Additional filming locations for Michael's bike shop was shot at Ride In Workshop in Balgowlah on Sydney’s North Shore.

It was decided in the early stages of development that Woodward would portray Charlotte, although she had doubts in playing the role; she wanted to re-cast right up until the week before shooting commenced.

Both Lundberg and Woodward felt that Avery was excellent in the role of Liz and gave her " compelling emotional depth and humor".

Charlotte, whilst nursing a lost identity and a broken heart begins a shaky search for housemates.

Charlotte has never lived with housemates before and finds the move in situation confronting to which she takes refuge in her backyard with three jugs of cocktails.

Season 1 follows Charlotte as she is confronted by the housemates as they ask her to throw away all her collectibles in order to make more space.

The Season finale Lucas is stuck for an idea for a new app to which he seeks advice from Michael about his creative process.

Charlotte is eager to walk a new path, Lucas hits on Emma, Liz turns to gin in disgust and Michael is again puzzled.

Charlotte is about to complete an interior design course and is working on a major assignment with her vivacious client, Helen - played by Lyn Collingwood.

Charlotte, feeling down, drowns her sorrows by watching reruns of her favorite late-night videos of Russian personal trainer - Sven.

[4] Despite this, the show had strong growth and the producers released an additional version with Chinese-Mandarin subtitles in January 2016.

Holiday Season Photoshoot: Georgia Woodward, David Halgren, Grace Avery, Sonny - Joe Flanagan.