best playwrights." Awards and nominations 2002, Winner of Patrick White Playwrights Award 2003, winner of Queensland Premier's Literary Award Best Drama Play 2003, winner of Western Australian Premier's Award for best script 2003, nominated for Louis Esson Prize for Drama 2005, winner of Drovers Australian Performing Arts Centres Association Excellence in Touring for 'Excellent Audience Response' 2005, winner of Drovers Australian Performing Arts Centres Association Excellence in Touring for 'Touring Excellence' Film adaptation Last Cab to Darwin is also the title of an Australian comedy-drama biopic directed and produced by Jeremy Sims and based on the 2003 play of the same name by Reg Cribb. Actors Michael Caton and Jacki Weaver have starring roles in the film. Central to the plot is the controversial theme of voluntary euthanasia. The script for the film was adapted as a screenplay by Sims and Cribb. Sims' association with Reg Cribb began when his production company, Pork Chop Productions produced the successful stage version of Last Cab. In 2006, Sims directed Last Train to Freo, an adaptation of Cribb's The Return. The film was given the green-light by Screen Australia in October 2013 as one of six films to share in $5.4 million government funding. In 2012, it was confirmed that Michael Caton has been cast for the lead role and Jacki Weaver, who played several parts in the stage production, will also have a major role. Ningali Lawford will play Polly, Rex's neighbour. By February 2014, actress Emma Hamilton had joined the cast. Hamilton plays an English nurse, engaging in backpacker tourism. It was earlier reported that the producers had been in discussions with Rebel Wilson for this role. References 2003 plays Euthanasia in Australia Australian plays adapted into films