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Join us as we showcase and celebrate exciting new works from emerging playwrights from our Page to Stage program developed under the mentorship of award-winning playwright Donna Abela, presented by National Theatre of Parramatta (NTofP) and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).
Discover new works from Airlie Benson, Chanika Desilva, Jollee Hacadurian-Sacco, Mayu Iwasaki, Monica Kumar, Benjamin La, Daniel Mehareb, Gavin Roach, Kobra Sayyadi, Geneva Valek and Olivia Xegas.
Saturday 27 September 11:00am – 1.30pm
Tickets $10 (plus booking fee)
The Page to Stage program is aimed at nurturing and developing committed writers who live and/or work in Western Sydney.
NTofP are committed to nurturing playwrights and ensuring Western Sydney artists have genuine pathways to audiences. I look forward to the incredible potential this new cohort unleashes.” – Joanne Kee (Creative and Executive Producer, NTofP)
“Western Sydney is incubating tomorrow’s astonishing artists. The Page to Stage course is an important part of this vigour because it is tailored to the talent and enthusiasm of its participants, and connects them to real world professional support. This course is a joy to teach, and I look forward to the adventures ahead.” – Donna Abela (Page to Stage tutor)
“NIDA is really excited to be partner with National Theatre of Paramatta on the wonderful Page to Stage initiative. The quality of the applicants reinforced that Western Sydney is home to some of the strongest writing talent that Australia has to offer, and we’re delighted to be developing our relationship with those communities.” – Joe Hepworth (Course Leader & Head of Dramatic Writing, NIDA)
The Page to Stage program began in 2016 when NTofP invited Donna Abela to design and deliver a year-long course to nurture, empower and uplift culturally and linguistically diverse writers who live or work in Western Sydney, and embed their stories in the Australian theatre landscape. Proudly, this is the third time we have offered this program.
