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AWGIE Awards
The AWGIE Awards are annual awards given by the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG), for excellence in screen, television, stage, and radio writing. History The AWGIE awards were conceived in 1967, with the first event being held in 1968. Bettina Gorton the wife of prime minister John Gorton was guest of honour at the event held at the Wentworth Hotel in Sydney on 22 March 1968, Also in attendance was Sir Robert Madgwick, chairman of the ABC. There were 250 guests in attendance, only 35 of whom were AWG members. Note: This source appears to list the year of the first awards The AWGIES awards ceremony has become a prominent industry event, and has featured many well-known guests of honour and speakers in the past, including: Manning Clark; Ken Hall; Fred Schepisi; Tom Keneally; Gough Whitlam; Paul Keating; and Roy and HG. It was held in Melbourne for some years, Current/upcoming awards The 56th Annual AWGIE Awards event is being held on 15 February 2024 at the National Inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Writers' Guild
The Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) is the professional association for Australian performance writers for film, television, radio, theatre, video, and new media. The AWG was established in 1962, and has conferred the AWGIE Awards since 1968, the Monte Miller Awards since 1972, and the John Hinde Award since 2008. The Australian Writers' Guild has been representing Australian screenwriters, playwrights, radio writers, comedy writers and digital media writers since 1962. It was created for writers by writers, with the council consisting of members within their respective performative industries. It aims to promote the Australian cultural voice within the arts. The guild recognises through their mission statement that performance writing and performance writers "thrive as a dynamic and integral part of Australian storytelling, shaping, reflecting and enhancing the Australian cultural voice in all its diversity." This is exemplified through AWG's work as a political voice throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 are annual awards given by the Australian Writers' Guild (AWG), for excellence in screen, television, stage, and radio writing. History The AWGIE awards were conceived in 1967, with the first event being held in 1968. Bettina ... for Australian performance writing. It is selected from individual category winners across the range of performance writing categories, covering film, television, stage, radio and interactive media. Winners The tables below show the winning writer(s) and work in each year and the work's category, since the awards began. Australian Writers Guild, accessed 25 May 2014 1960s ...
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Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Melina Miller-Heidke ( ; born 16 November 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Although classically trained, she has generally followed a career in alternative pop music. She signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the UK, but since 2014 has been an independent artist. Four of her solo studio albums have peaked in the top 10 of the ARIA Albums Chart, '' Curiouser'' (October 2008), '' Nightflight'' (April 2012), '' O Vertigo!'' (March 2014) and '' Child in Reverse'' (October 2020). Her most popular single, " The Last Day on Earth" (July 2009), reached No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart after being used in promos for TV soap, ''Neighbours'', earlier in that year. At the ARIA Music Awards Miller-Heidke has been nominated 17 times. She represented Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, with her song, "Zero Gravity" (January 2019). Miller-Heidke is the only person to have sung at Coachella, the New York Metropolitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drover's Wife (play)
''The Drover’s Wife'' is a play by Leah Purcell, loosely based on the classic short story of the same name by Henry Lawson published in 1892. Synopsis The title character, Molly Johnson, is a heavily pregnant woman living in a remote homestead in the Snowy Mountains, whose husband spends long periods away as a drover. She encounters Yadaka, an Aboriginal man on the run from colonial authorities. Over a few days, a series of events occur which change their lives forever. Productions The play premiered at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney from 17 September to 16 October 2016, directed by Leticia Càceres and produced by Belvoir. The cast included Purcell in the title role, Mark Coles Smith, Tony Cogin, Benedict Hardie, and Will McDonald. Critical reception The play and the original production were widely acclaimed. Awards ''The Drover's Wife'' has received multiple awards, including the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting and the overall Book of the Year at the NSW P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 roles in films, such as ''Lantana'' (2001), ''Somersault'' (2004), '' The Proposition'' (2005) and '' Jindabyne'' (2006). In 2014, Purcell wrote and starred in the play, '' The Drover's Wife'', based on the original story by Henry Lawson. In 2019, she went on to write the bestselling novel, ''The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson'', which was adapted for the screen when Purcell made her directorial debut in the acclaimed film of the same name in 2022, for which she had also written, produced and starred as the titular character. For her work, she has won several awards, including a Helpmann Award, two AACTA Awards, and Asia Pacific Screen Awards Jury Grand Prize. Purcell is notable for her roles in several television drama serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bleeding Tree
''The Bleeding Tree'' is a play by Australian writer Angus Cerini. Productions In 2015 the Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney premiered ''The Bleeding Tree'', directed by Lee Lewis and featuring Paula Arundell, Airlie Dodds, and Shari Sebbens. It was remounted for a Sydney Theatre Company season at the Wharf 1 Theatre in 2017. Awards *2014: Griffin Award (before production) *2016: David Williamson Prize for Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre *2016: Griffin's production received the Helpmann Award for Best Play *2016/7?: Two other Helpmann Awards The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001. The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical theatre ... *2017: Sydney Theatre Award References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bleeding Tree, The 2010s Australian plays 2015 plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Cerini
Angus may refer to: *Angus, Scotland, a council area of Scotland, and formerly a province, sheriffdom, county and district of Scotland * Angus, Canada, a community in Essa, Ontario Animals * Angus cattle, various breeds of beef cattle Media * ''Angus'' (film), a 1995 film * ''Angus Og'' (comics), in the ''Daily Record'' Places Australia * Angus, New South Wales Canada * Angus, Ontario, a community in Essa, Ontario * East Angus, Quebec Scotland * Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency) * Angus (UK Parliament constituency) United States * Angus, Iowa * Angus, Nebraska * Angus, Ohio * Angus, Texas * Angus, Wisconsin * Angus Township, Polk County, Minnesota People Historical figures * Óengus I of the Picts (died 761), king of the Picts * Óengus of Tallaght (died 824), Irish bishop, reformer and writer * Óengus II of the Picts (died 834), king of the Picts * Óengus mac Óengusa (died 930), Irish poet * Óengus of Moray (died 1130), last King of Moray * Aonghus M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finegan Kruckemeyer
Finegan Kruckemeyer (born 1981) is an Australian playwright. Early life Kruckemeyer was born in 1981 in Cork, Ireland, of a German father and Irish mother. The family moved to Adelaide, South Australia when Finegan was eight years old, and he attended Unley Primary School and Glenunga High School and became involved with Unley Youth Theatre. Career Kruckemeyer honed his skills working with Independent Theatre and Brink Productions in Adelaide, before moving to Tasmania in his mid-twenties to pursue a career as a playwright. His work has been performed in over 200 international festivals; all Australian states and territories; eight US national tours; five UK national tours; and at venues including the Sydney Opera House (six works), New York’s New Victory Theater (three works), Edinburgh’s Imaginate Festival (three works), Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, Shanghai’s Malan Flower Theatre and DC’s Kennedy Center. Recognition and awards Kruckemeyer was awarded the Colin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret River (play)
''The Secret River'' is a play by Australian playwright Andrew Bovell, based upon the 2005 novel of the same name by Kate Grenville. It premiered in Sydney on 8 August 2013. Synopsis Narrated by Dhirrumbin, the drama is about a man who is exiled from London in the eighteenth century, and is sent with his family to a penal colony in the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, where he hopes to make a new start, but its Indigenous inhabitants, the Dharug people, are not willing to give up their land. Production The play was first produced by the Sydney Theatre Company (STC). Choreographer and then artistic director for Bangarra Dance Theatre, Stephen Page, was artistic associate for the production. Performances 2013 The STC production of ''The Secret River'' had its world premiere on 8 January 2013 at the Sydney Theatre as part of Sydney Festival. The cast included Nathaniel Dean, Trevor Jamieson, Daniel Henshall, Miranda Tapsell, and Ursula Yovich. 2016 A 2016 remount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Bovell
Andrew Bovell (born 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 the University of Western Australia with a BA and followed that with a Diploma in Dramatic Arts at the Victorian College of Arts, in Melbourne. Writing career His AWGIE award-winning play, ''Speaking in Tongues'', (1996) has been seen throughout Australia as well as in Europe and the US and Bovell adapted it for the screen as ''Lantana'' (2001). Both the play and screenplay have been published by Currency Press along with ''After Dinner'' (1988), ''Holy Day'' (2001), ''Scenes from a Separation'' (written with Hannie Rayson) (1995) and ''Who's Afraid of the Working Class?'' (1998), written with Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and Irene Vela. ''Who's Afraid of the Working Class?'' was adapted to film as '' Blessed''. '' When t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alana Valentine
Alana Valentine is an Australian playwright, dramatist, librettist, and director working in theatre, film, opera, and television. Early life and education Alana Valentine graduated with a Bachelor of Communications from University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 1983. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies from the University of Sydney (2000). Career Valentine wrote her first play ''Multiple Choice'', in 1985, mentored by Alex Buzo. It was staged by the Australian Theatre for Young People as part of the Sydney Festival in 1986. She has also written for television and film, starting with the series ''Lady Chaplain'' on SBS Television, and later ''McLeod's Daughters''. She has written for short films, including ''Mother Love'' (1994), ''The Witnesses'' (1995), and ''Reef Dreaming'' (1997).Alana Valentine [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Williamson
David Keith Williamson (born 1942) is an Australian playwright, who has also written screenplays and teleplays. He became known in the early 1970s with his political comic drama '' Don's Party'', and other well-known plays include '' The Club'', '' Travelling North'', and '' Emerald City''. Early life and education David Williamson was born in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1942, and was brought up in Bairnsdale. He initially studied mechanical engineering at the University of Melbourne from 1960, but left and graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1965. His early forays into the theatre were as an actor and writer of skits for the Engineers' Revue at Melbourne University's Union Theatre at lunchtime during the early 1960s, and as a satirical sketch writer for Monash University student reviews and the Emerald Hill Theatre Company. After a brief stint as design engineer for GM Holden, Williamson became a lecturer in mechanical engineering and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
