Glyn Roberts (born 17 November 1982) is an Australian

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Career

Roberts has a Masters in Writing for Performance from Victorian College of the Arts. He is the co-founder and former Creative Director of

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's new writing theatre: MKA: Theatre of New Writing until September 2013. He is currently Program Manager at Brisbane's premiere contemporary theatre company,

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. The MKA: Theatre of New Writing was the 2012 recipient of the Green Room Special Award for Contribution to Independent Theatre in Melbourne. Roberts' play ''Triangle'' was short-listed for the 2011

Patrick White Playwrights' Award The Patrick White Playwrights' Award is an annual Australian literary award established jointly by the Sydney Theatre Company and ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' in honour of Patrick White's contribution to Australian theatre. The award was launc ...

and received two nominations for the 2012

Green Room Award The Green Room Awards are Australian peer awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, theatre companies, independent theatre, musical theatre, contemporary and experimental performance, and opera. The awards, which were established in ...

(Theatre-Independent) for Tania Dickson (Direction) and Production. His play ''She Dances Like a Bomb'' was placed on the highly commended list for the 2013 Griffin Award.

Works

* ''The Flock and the Nest'', directed by Gary Abrahams, St Michael's Drama Studio and Red Stitch Writers, 2014 * ''She Dances Like a Bomb'', Master of Writing for Performance Public Reading Program, 2012 * ''Triangle'' directed by Tanya Dickson, MKA: Theatre of New Writing, 2012 * ''The Horror Face'' directed by Felix Ching Ching Ho, MKA: Theatre of New Writing, 2011Woodhead, Cameron
''The Horror Face''
''Sydney Morning Herald'', June 27, 2011

References

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