Thursday 13 February 2025NIDA, Sydney KEY INFORMATIONWhere: Parade Theatre, NIDA, 215 Anzac Parade, Kensington, Sydney (click for map)When: Thursday 13 February 2025Doors open: 6pm AEDT for drinks in the foyerCeremony starts: 7pm AEDT The AWGIE Awards will run for approximately 1.5 hours. Following the Awards, guests are invited to join us in the foyer for drinks, music and more food! LIVE STREAMThe…
Continue readingA musical satirising the 1975 constitutional crisis has taken home top honours at the Australian Writers’ Guild’s annual AWGIE Awards, with The Dismissal: An Extremely Serious Musical Comedy winning the prestigious $100,000 David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre. It was the second win on the night for writers Blake Erickson and Jay James-Moody…
Continue readingAn outstanding field of Australian screen and stage writers has been recognised as nominees for the 57th Annual AWGIE Awards, which will be presented by the Australian Writers’ Guild next month in Sydney. Over 80 new works are celebrated from a cohort of Australian writers for stage, screen, audio and interactive. The nominees range from…
Continue readingThe 57th Annual AWGIE Awards are officially open for entries! The AWGIE Awards recognise and reward the outstanding achievements of Australian performance writers and their contribution to Australia’s cultural landscape. Entries are open to eligible screen, stage, interactive and audio works that finished principal photography or production or had a first performance between 1 January 2023 and…
Continue readingPalawa playwright Dylan Van Den Berg has swept the Australian Writers’ Guild’s annual AWGIE Awards, taking home three prizes including the prestigious David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre for Whitefella Yella Tree. In the television categories, Academy Award-nominee for Poor Things Tony McNamara was rewarded for the final season of The Great, taking home the…
Continue readingYOUR GUIDE TO THE 56th ANNUAL AWGIE AWARDS The Australian Writers’ Guild is excited to welcome our nominees, members and guests to celebrate the 56th Annual AWGIE Awards this Thursday 15 February 2024. KEY INFORMATIONWhere: Parade Theatre, NIDA, 215 Anzac Parade, Kensington, SydneyWhen: Thursday 15 February 2024Doors open: 6pm AEDT for drinks in the foyerAWGIE Awards Ceremony starts: 7pm AEDT The AWGIE Awards…
Continue readingAn exciting field of Australian screen and stage writers have been recognised as nominees for the 56th Annual AWGIE Awards, to be presented next month in Sydney. Over 70 new and outstanding works are celebrated from a cohort of storytellers that includes emerging and debut writers who are bursting onto the scene, as well as…
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