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NEXT (ON) STAGE

NEXT (ON) STAGE

with Elise Esther Hearst, Andrea James & Phillip Kavanagh

Friday 28 Feb, 4pm

Southbank Theatre, The Lawler

All tickets $8

Join us as we share fresh new works from our NEXT STAGE Writers-In-Residence.

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Join us as we share fresh new works from our NEXT STAGE Writers-In-Residence.

Elise Esther Hearst, Andrea James and Phillip Kavanagh have been working on new plays during the first six months of their NEXT STAGE Residency. Hear from each playwright in conversation with MTC Literary Team Chris Mead and Jenni Medway as they discuss their playwriting journeys, alongside short excerpts from each play read by the Cybec Electric acting ensemble.

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Elise Esther Hearst

Writer-in-Residence

Elise Esther Hearst is a Melbourne-based playwright and storyteller. Elise trained in London at the Royal Court Theatre and had a long-time collaboration with independent theatre company Arthur and director Paige Rattray. Her plays include Bright World, co-written with Andrea James (Theatreworks), The Mesh (Red Stitch) and The Sea Project (part of MTC’s inaugural Cybec Readings series and shortlisted for the Griffin Award). Her play Dirtyland was part of the PWA National Play Festival. Elise is a former resident playwright at the Griffin Theatre. From 2019-2020, Elise was an MTC resident writer as part of the Next Stage writers' program.

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Andrea James

Writer-in-Residence

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Phillip Kavanagh

Writer-in-Residence

Phillip Kavanagh is a playwright, originally from Adelaide. He completed a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) and a Master of Arts in Creative Writing at Flinders University, as well as a Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art (Playwriting) at NIDA. He is currently a PhD candidate at Flinders University. Phillip has been awarded the Patrick White Playwrights' Award, Jill Blewett Playwright's Award, and the Colin Thiele Creative Writing Scholarship. His plays include Jesikah (STCSA), Deluge (Tiny Bricks/Brink/Adelaide Festival), Replay (Griffin) and a new adaptation of Moliére’s Tartuffe (Brink/STCSA). Phillip is one-half of the independent theatre company Tiny Bricks, a creative partnership with director Nescha Jelk. From 2019-2020, Phillip was an MTC resident writer as part of the NEXT STAGE Writers' Program.

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The Lawler

140 Southbank Boulevard

Southbank, Victoria 3006