The David Williamson Prize-winning play Horizon will return to the stage later this month at the Brisbane Powerhouse, running from July 31–August 10. Commissioned by Playlab Theatre and written by award-winning playwright Maxine Mellor, Horizon is an AWGIE award-winning script exploring the current political and social climate of Australia and where we are headed as a nation — who…
Continue readingNine emerging writers and their outstanding new projects have been shortlisted for the 2024 Emerging Writers’ Awards. After three rigorous rounds of judging, the shortlisted projects were selected from over 500 entries across two categories, with scripts ranging from plays, pilots shorts, features, audio and web series. The winning writers in both categories (short form and long…
Continue readingLucy Campbell is an Australian writer and director. Her short films and online series have screened at festivals around the world and her sci-fi series The Big Nothing has over 1M views on Dust. Lucy cut her teeth working as a script editor/coordinator for shows including Firebite (AMC), The Tourist (BBC/HBO Max), Stateless (ABC/Netflix) and Wolf Creek S2 (Stan). In 2022,…
Continue readingVale Bill HughesProducer, Director, Filmmaker 1944 – 2024Bill Hughes passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning, 7 April. He was a few weeks away from celebrating his eightieth birthday. I worked with Bill in the 1990s. We lost touch after that and I don’t feel entirely qualified to write the kind of tribute…
Continue readingCharlotte Rose Hamlyn is an AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter, the co-founder of children’s animation production company Big Serious Studios, a published Author/Illustrator for children’s books, a director for animated television, a television presenter, and a retired professional fairy. Charlotte has written over 100 episodes across more than 50 shows for platforms including Netflix, ABC, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Disney, and recently won…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild is delighted that Madness of Two’s latest production, Starweaver, opens this evening in Adelaide, running until Saturday 6 July as part of the 2024 Stateside Season of State Theatre Company South Australia. Starweaver is a gritty and gripping new science-fiction story live on stage, created and written by the award-winning theatre makers at Madness of Two, Jamie…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild is delighted that Madness of Two’s latest production, Starweaver, opens this evening in Adelaide, running until Saturday 6 July as part of the 2024 Stateside Season of State Theatre Company South Australia. Starweaver is a gritty and gripping new science-fiction story live on stage, created and written by the award-winning theatre makers at Madness of Two, Jamie…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild and VicScreen are pleased to launch First Break, a unique professional development program designed to give talented, aspiring screenwriters the opportunity to gain in-demand and practical skills, develop their understanding of the industry, and build industry connections. Supported by VicScreen, First Break forms part of AWG’s ongoing, overall professional development strategy to nurture talent and provide…
Continue readingFinegan Kruckemeyer has had 101 commissioned plays performed on six continents and translated into eight languages. He has received 42 awards (at least one each year since 2002) including the 2017 Mickey Miners Lifetime Achievement Award for services to international theatre for young audiences, the 2015 David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre, and…
Continue readingWriter Stephanie Westwood has been named winner in the unproduced category of the AWG’s John Hinde Award, for a moving and naturalistic sci-fi game. You Can Survive a Rip Current, the only interactive script in the shortlist, was chosen from seven outstanding science-fiction projects spanning film, TV and audio. Westwood will receive $5,000 in script development funding and…
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