[1] In 2005 Metro Street received its Pratt Prize workshop and showcase production at Chapel Off Chapel in Melbourne, with a cast of Carrie Barr, Lucy Durack, Verity Hunt-Ballard, Benjamin Lewis and Sally-Anne Upton, directed by Tom Healey and music directed by Michael Tyack.
[2] A concert version of Metro Street was presented for one performance at the 2006 Adelaide Cabaret Festival with an Adelaide-based cast of Nicholas Cannon, Melissa McCaig, Jacqy Phillips, Sky Ingram and Libby O'Donovan, directed by Terence O'Connell, with Matthew Lee Robinson as the music director.
[3] Metro Street was also presented as part of the Magnormos OzMade Musicals[4] in 2004 and 2005, and many readings and workshops through 2007 and 2008 in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.
The cast was Debra Byrne, Cameron Goodall, Nancye Hayes, Jude Henshall and Verity Hunt-Ballard.
Sets by Victoria Lamb, lighting by Geoff Cobham, directed by Geordie Brookman, with Matthew Carey as the musical director.
At the 2009 Helpmann Awards on 5 August, for which the STCSA production was nominated for five awards, Nancye Hayes, Debra Byrne, Cameron Goodall, Jude Henshall and Verity Hunt-Ballard performed the closing song, "My Hands"[6] (referred to as "Invitation" in STCSA material).
Sue is dealing with a marriage that has broken down and a recent diagnosis of breast cancer that she doesn't know how to communicate to her son, Chris.
Chris and his girlfriend Amy are having troubles of their own nearing the end of their University courses and unsure where life is leading.
Chris and Amy's neighbour, Kerry, has come to the city to escape her small country town, meanwhile Jo, Sue's Mum, is trying to hold things together for her daughter and grandson.
("The Girl Next Door") Amy is studying feminism and is a bit of a prude, but she befriends Kerry and takes her out shopping, along with Chris's grandmother, Jo.
Kerry gets an amazing job as a personal assistant to a music company head, but is reluctant to take it.
"Love Is", "How's Life", "The Best Thing" and a song titled "Someone Else" first appeared as part of the show for the October 2007 reading.
"Someone Else" was eventually replaced by "As Night Descends" – a song for Chris in a similar vein and written during development of the STCSA season.
Finally, the order of some of the songs in the second act was changed in preparation for the World Premiere Season in Adelaide – reflected in the list above.