The AWGIE Award for Stage is awarded by the Australian Writers' Guild at the annual

AWGIE Awards The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards began in 1967. The awards are judged by over 50 writers, most of whom are previou ...

for Australian performance writing. The award is for the playscript. To be eligible, the play must have had its first professional production (as distinct from reading) in the previous year.

David Williamson David Keith Williamson AO (born 24 February 1942) is an Australian dramatist and playwright. He has also written screenplays and teleplays. Early life David Williamson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 24 February 1942, and was brought ...

has received the award five times, over the period 1972 to 1988.

Andrew Bovell Andrew Bovell (born 23 November 1962) is an Australian writer for theatre, film and television. Life Bovell was born on 23 November 1962 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia and completed his secondary school education in Perth. He graduated from t ...

has also won five times (once jointly), over the period 1997 to 2014.

Hannie Rayson Hannie Rayson (born 1957) is an Australian playwright and newspaper columnist. She is recognised as one of Australia's most significant playwrights. Biography Rayson was born in Melbourne, Victoria and graduated from the University of Melbourne ...

Nick Enright Nicholas Paul Enright AM (22 December 1950 – 30 March 2003) was an Australian dramatist, playwright and theatre director. Early life Enright was born on 22 December 1950 to a prosperous professional Catholic family in East Maitland, New So ...

and Patricia Cornelius have all won three times. Award recipients are: *1971:

Michael Boddy Michael Boddy (8 March 193413 April 2014) was an English-Australian actor and writer. His best known works include co-writing the play ''The Legend of King O'Malley'' with Bob Ellis. Personal Boddy was born in the village of Baldersby, Yorkshire ...

Bob Ellis Robert James Ellis (10 May 1942 – 3 April 2016) was an Australian writer, journalist, filmmaker, and political commentator. He was a student at the University of Sydney at the same time as other notable Australians including Clive James, Germa ...

for '' The Legend of King O'Malley'' *1972:

for '' The Removalists'' *1973: David Williamson for ''

Don's Party ''Don's Party'' is a 1971 play by David Williamson set during the 1969 Australian federal election. The play opened on 11 August 1971 at The Pram Factory theatre in Carlton. Plot Don Henderson is a schoolteacher living with his wife Kath and b ...

'' *1974: Dorothy Hewett for '' Bonbons and Roses for Dolly'' and

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for '' President Wilson in Paris'' *1975:

Jim McNeil James Thomas McNeil (23 January 1935 – 16 May 1982) was an Australian award-winning playwright. While serving a 17-year sentence in Parramatta Correctional Centre for armed robbery and shooting a police officer, McNeil began writing plays. W ...

for '' How Does Your Garden Grow?'' *1976: Not awarded *1977: Steve J. Spears for '' The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin'' *1978: David Williamson for '' The Club'' *1979: Ron Blair for ''Marx'' *1980: David Williamson for ''

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'' and David Allen for ''Upside Down at the Bottom of the World'' *1981: Gordon Graham for ''Demolition Job'' *1982:

Ron Elisha Ron Elisha (born 1951) is an Israeli-born Australian playwright, writer and general practitioner. Born in Jerusalem Ron Elisha's family moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1953. In 1975 he graduated in Medicine from Melbourne University The Un ...

for ''Einstein'' *1983: Stephen Sewell for ''Welcome the Bright World'' *1984: Ron Elisha for ''Two'' *1985: John Upton for ''Machiavelli Machiavelli'' *1986: Jack Davis for ''

No Sugar ''No Sugar'' is a postcolonial play written by Indigenous Australian playwright Jack Davis, set during the Great Depression, in Northam, Western Australia, Moore River Native Settlement and Perth. The play focuses on the Millimurras, an Austral ...

'' and

for ''Room to Move'' *1987:

Michael Gow Michael Gow is an Australian playwright and director most famed for his 1986 work '' Away''. Early life As a student at Sydney University, Gow acted and directed with the Dramatic Society from 1973-1976. After graduation, Gow went on to act pr ...

for '' Away'' *1988: David Williamson for ''

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'' *1989: Paul M. Davies for ''On Shifting Sandshoes'' *1990:

for ''Daylight Saving'' *1991: Hannie Rayson for ''Hotel Sorrento'' *1992: Gordon Graham for ''The Boys'' *1993: Alma DeGroen for ''The Girl Who Saw Everything'' *1994: Nicholas Parsons for ''Dead Heart'' *1995: Scott Taylor for ''Clipped Wings'' *1996: Nick Enright for ''

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'' *1997:

for ''Speaking in Tongues'' *1998: Andrea Lemon for ''Rodeo Noir'' *1999: Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves,

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for ''Who's Afraid of the Working Class'' and Justin Monjo & Nick Enright for ''

Cloudstreet ''Cloudstreet'' is a novel by Australian writer Tim Winton published in 1991. It chronicles the lives of two working-class families, the Pickles and the Lambs, who come to live together in a large house called Cloudstreet in Perth, Western Aust ...

'' *2000:

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for ''The Private Visions of Gottfried Kellner'' *2001: Hannie Rayson for '' Life After George'' *2002: Andrew Bovell for ''Holy Day'' *2003: Katherine Thomson with Angela Chaplin & Kavisha Mazzella for ''Mavis Goes To Timor'' *2004: Stephen Sewell for ''Myth, Propaganda and Disaster in Nazi Germany and Contemporary America'' *2005: Melissa Reeves for ''The Spook'' *2006: Patricia Cornelius for ''Love'' *2007: Tommy Murphy for '' Holding The Man'' *2008: Tom Holloway for '' Beyond the Neck'' *2009: Andrew Bovell for '' When the Rain Stops Falling'' *2010: Tom Holloway for '' And No More Shall We Part'' *2011: Patricia Cornelius for ''Do Not Go Gentle'' *2012: Lachlan Philpott for ''

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'' *2013:

Kate Mulvany Kate Mulvany (born 24 February 1977) is an Australian actress, playwright and screenwriter. She works in theatre, television and film, with roles in '' Hunters '' (2020–2023), ''The Great Gatsby'' (2013), '' Griff the Invisible'' (2010) and ...

& Anne-Louise Sarks for ''Medea'' *2014: Andrew Bovell for ''

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'' *2015: Donna Abela for ''Jump for Jordan'' *2016: Angus Cerini for ''

The Bleeding Tree ''The Bleeding Tree'' is a play by Australian writer Angus Cerini. ''The Bleeding Tree'' received the Griffin Award in 2014. The following year the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney premiered the play, directed by Lee Lewis and featuring Paula Aru ...

'' *2017:

Leah Purcell Leah Maree Purcell (born 14 August 1970) is an Aboriginal Australian stage and film actress, playwright, film director, and novelist. She made her film debut in 1999, appearing in Paul Fenech's ''Somewhere in the Darkness'', which led to role ...

for '' The Drover's Wife'' *2018: Michelle Lee for ''Rice'' *2019: Kate Mulvany for ''

The Harp in the South ''The Harp in the South'' is the debut novel by Australian author Ruth Park. Published in 1948, it portrays the life of a Catholic Irish Australian family living in the Sydney suburb of Surry Hills, which was at that time an inner city slum. P ...

'' *2020:

Suzie Miller Suzie Miller is an Australian/British playwright, librettist and screenwriter. In April 2022, Miller made her West End debut with ''Prima Facie'' starring Jodie Comer. Overview Miller is a contemporary international playwright, librettist a ...

for '' Prima Facie'' *2021: Kodie Bedford for ''Cursed!'' *2022: Maxine Mellor for ''Horizon'' riginal Elaine Acworth for ''My Father's Wars'' dapted : Also awarded the

Major AWGIE Award The Major AWGIE Award is awarded by the Australian Writers Guild for the outstanding script of the year at the annual AWGIE Awards The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen ...

across all categories

References

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Stage Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * Sta ...

Australian theatre awards Dramatist and playwright awards