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November
Thank you to everyone who has supported PlayWriting Australia in 2008, all of the writers who have submitted work for us to read, and to all of the playwrights, directors, dramaturgs and actors we’ve worked with throughout the year. It’s been a busy second year for us, and we’re pleased and proud to have worked with so many great artists and supporters. Best wishes for the holidays. See you in the new year. To coincide with the Ten Days on the Island launch, we have launched a new website to provide you with full details of the National Play Festival. You can now find information on the six showcase plays at www.nationalplayfestival.org.au. Our full two-week Festival programme will be available to view from late January 2009 and you can register now to receive an early-bird copy as soon as it becomes available. Single tickets and multi-session passes are now on sale via www.tendaysontheisland.com for performances of the six showcase plays: The Berry Man by Patricia Cornelius A novice farmer struggles with friends who won’t go away. Read more » Hypatia by Marcel Dorney In a fifth century world being destroyed by blind faith, Hypatia fights for reason. Read more » Three Short Plays About the Same Two People by Van Badham Tom and Eve’s relationship shatters under the weight of alcohol, cruelty and warped modern idealism. Read more » Return to Earth by Lally Katz Winner of the R.E. Ross Trust Playwrights Development Award 2008. Revolution by Jonathan Ari Lander Winner of the Max Afford Playwrights Award 2008 Dirtyland by Elise Hearst What won’t Anya do to get away from her dirty, dirty land? Read more » The National Play Festival 2009 is supported by Arts Tasmania, Festivals Australia, Arts Victoria, the RE Ross Trust (in partnership with the State Library of Victoria), the Max Afford Playwrights’ Award (through Trust, the award trustees) and Events Tasmania Call for entries: National Script Workshop 2009 Applications are now invited for the National Script Workshop 2009. The counterpart to the National Play Festival, the Workshop supports the creative development of new plays in early draft form. The Workshop provides writers with time, space, a company of professional actors and the input of leading directors and dramaturgs to intensively investigate, explore and experiment with a new play as a work-in-progress. The Workshop is exclusively for creative dialogue between artists with the intention of supporting a new work in its progress to the next stage of its creative development. It is not intended that writers will produce a performance-ready script by the end of the two weeks and the Workshop does not conclude with public readings. The working process comprises time spent in conference with directors and dramaturgs, rehearsal time with actors, and writing time. Submissions are invited from individual writers, theatre companies or creative teams. Applications open Until 27 February Runs 27 June – 10 July, 2009 More information Download full application details here. The National Script Workshop 2009 is supported by Arts Queensland and Arts Victoria Congratulations: PlayWriting Australia projects on stage in 2009 PlayWriting Australia congratulates our writers making it onto stage in 2009.
National Play Festival showcase season launched
The showcase season of the National Play Festival 2009, featuring six great new Australian plays, has been publically launched in Hobart as part of Tasmania’s prestigious Ten Days on the Island programme. Following the success of the inaugural National Play Festival in February this year, the National Play Festival 2009 has been invited to travel to Tasmania where the showcase programme features alongside a selection of the best contemporary performing and visual arts from around the world.
1 April at 4.30pm & 3 April at 6.30pm
1 April at 6.30pm & 3 April at 1.30pm
1 April at 9.30pm & 3 April at 4.30pm
A young woman returns home and finds herself wide awake in a sleepy little town. Read more »
2 April at 4.30pm & 4 April at 6.30pm
A play that takes a running leap at a disenfranchised, bleak and bloody future. Read more »
2 April at 6.30pm & 4 April at 1.30pm
2 April at 9.30pm & 4 April at 4.30pm
Steve Rodgers's Savage River (National Script Workshop 2007, National Play Festival 2008) will be co-produced in 2009 by Griffin Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company and Tasmanian Theatre Company.
Ross Mueller's Concussion (National Play Festival 2008, winner Playwright Exchange 2008) will be co-produced by Griffin Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company.
Anna Goldsworthy and Peter Goldsworthy's Maestro (National Script Workshop 2008) will be produced by State Theatre Company of South Australia.
Congratulations, too, to Sue Smith (In the Violet Time, National Play Festival 2008) whose play Strange Attractor features in the Griffin Theatre Company 2009 season, Rosalba Clemente (Helly's Magic Cup, National Play Festival 2008) whose Swimming to New York appears alongside The Beautiful Black Snake by Alana Valentine (Doing Dawn, Creative Development Studio 2008) in the 2009 season at Vitalstatistix, and Mary Rachel Brown (Australian Gothic, National Play Festival 2008) whose play Permission to Spin features in New York's Hot Ink international playwriting festival in 2009 and who is contributing to Four Plays About Wollongong for Merrigong Theatre Company alongside Marcel Dorney (Hypatia, National Script Workshop 2008).
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