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An opportunity for playwrights and other theatre practitioners to hear from the Artistic Director of Perth Theatre Company. A wide ranging discussion and Q & A, expl...

In the frontline of the international film business, the work of a sales agent is frequently seen as one of the most valuable roles; involved in everything from helping to get a film financed to advising on casting, bringing th...

The Dynamic Stage

19th April 2010

A ten meeting course with John Aitken
Presented by STAGES in association with the Blue Room and AWG.
 
This weekly course on writing for performance is for experienced playwrights seeking refreshment, actors and di...

A former Industrial Commissioner has agreed to mediate our Children's Television Agreement with SPAA.  Mediation should begin within 6 weeks. In preparation for mediation, we urge everyone to attend this important Industrial M...

A Two-Day Course With Tim Ferguson

This AWG course explores the principles of creating and writing narrative comedy for television and film. Participants will be shown how to construct a sitcom or narrative comedy fr...

 

After 12 years at 196 Oxford Street, the AWG and other tenants will be leaving the venue by June, as Central TAFE requires the space for their teaching programs. The guild has been fortunate to have such a large ve...

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National television executives are coming to Perth this month to launch the 2010 Tele-Navigator Development Program, which kicks off with a series of events a...

Jo Bell from ABC1 and Caterina De Nave  from SBS gave Q&A sessions last month. Coming up are the final two sessions in the first phase of the Tele-Navigator program. A rare opportunity for WA writers to hear from national executi...

Jo Bell from ABC1 and Caterina De Nave  from SBS gave Q&A sessions last month. Coming up are the final two sessions in the first phase of the Tele-Navigator program. A rare opportunity for WA writers to hear from national exec...

Presented by ScreenWest in association with the AWG, Feature Navigator is a screenplay development and marketing program for Western Australian filmmaking teams aimed at assisting feature projects to move from story development th...

Tele-Navigator Consultations

6th September 2010

The 2010 Tele-Navigator Consultation Week will be Monday 1st to Friday 5th November. Presented by ScreenWest and the AWG in association Screen Australia, this phase of Tele-Navigator is an intensive week-long series of consultatio...

In March 2011 ScreenWest and the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) are bringing screenwriter-producer Paul Chitlik from Los Angeles to Perth for two five-day intensive workshops for up to 16 projects (eight in each) to get one-on-o...

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Los Angeles screenwriter-producer Paul Chitlik will talk about the film industry, screenwriting, and how to clarify story and structure. Copies of his book REWRITE, A Step by Step Guid...

Appalling Behaviour, written and performed by AWGIE winning playwright Stephen House, is now playing at the Blue Room Theatre: www.pacs.org.au

Afte...

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Tele-Navigator launches next week with comedy gurus Ted Robinson and Tim Ferguson and ABC Development Manager Brett Sleigh coming to Perth for two presentatio...

A two day lecture & workshop in Perth exploring film genre for writers, directors, producers and developers by one of the UK’s leading practitioners. The workshop looks at the principles behind genre theory, and discusses the...

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A writer/producer based in Los Angeles for 31 years, Ron has worked in half-hour comedy, animation, hour-long comedy and drama, feature originals...

Madman is one of Australia’s leading theatrical distributors in feature film and other entertainment genres. At Madman, Nick works both in the assessment, acquisition and programming of films for Australia and New Zealand. He ha...

 

REMINDER: Applications close Monday 16 January
 
ScreenWest and the AWG are bringing acclaimed screenwriter and playwrigh...

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The Head of Development at Screen Australia Martha Coleman will talk about development in the Australian film i...

 

Held in conjunction with Screenwest, the week-long Tele-Navigator consultation workshop aims to assist television drama or comedy projects to move from concept development through to broadcaster commissio...

Whether you are going on a heroic journey to save a cat or just trying to find the fatal flaw in your transformational arc, story structure isn’t a rule or a guideline… it’s a lifeline. The thing you hold ...

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Heroes are made not born. And it's only by going through the trial and error process of a screenplay that characters bec...

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Originally from Perth, Sarah Smith is a writer-producer with extensive credits in Australian television drama. This Q&am...

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WA Members' Event

Meet The Writers: Mac Gudgeon & Katherine Thomson

A rare opportunity to hear from two of Australia’s most succes...

One-on-one meeting with Digital Manager, Michelle Glaser

ScreenWest and the AWG WA branch are offering the opportunity for potential 3to1 applicants to meet in an inform...

One-on-one meetings with Development Manager, Krista Carpenter

ScreenWest and the AWG WA Branch are offering the opportunity for writers and other screen practitioners t...

An AWG talk with Timothy Daly

Timothy Daly is one of Australia’s most internationally produced playwrights. This detailed and practical talk shows how to get your work into theatre markets in the USA and Europe. Tim...

The AWG is offering six WA playwrights or theatre-makers the opportunity for a consultation with playwright Timothy Daly, who is coming to Perth in late November. Timothy wi...

Big Drama For Large Spaces

1st December 2012

An AWG workshop with Timothy Daly

Many of the theatre spaces where writers and performance makers get their start are quite small, and seat relatively few. This workshop analyses the different writing styles and techn...

Los Angeles based writer/producer Aaron Ginsburg developed a career writing across many media platforms, including feature film, television drama, w...

Interactive digital platforms offer new ways to tell screen stories. ScreenWest and the AWG are offering the opportunity for potential applicants for digital funding to meet in an informal s...

Whether you are going on a heroic journey to save a cat or just trying to find the fatal flaw in your transformational arc, story structure isn’t a rule or a guideline… it’s a lifeline...

This will be a rare opportunity to meet your national representatives and hear about the major industrial and policy issues that affect your opportunities and career as a scriptwriter.


How to you write a good screen story? How do audiences get involved in a movie? What is the difference between narrative and plot? Jan will discuss the essentials of good drama and his personal approach to the craft of scr...

As a precursor to the Tele-Navigator application process, ScreenWest in association with the AWG will present a special Q&A event with two leading national television executives. This Q&A an...