PlayWriting Australia offers travel grants of up to $2,500 to connect playwrights, dramaturgs and theatre companies around the country in the development of new Australia plays
Australia's vast geography isn’t always conducive to artistic collaborations. Through the State Exchange program, PlayWriting Australia supports artists working across state and territory boundaries by contributing to travel and accommodation expenses.
Whether for a Tasmanian playwright who has found the perfect dramaturg in Cairns, or for an independent theatre company in Fremantle who wants to create a piece of verbatim theatre with an expert Sydney playwright, a State Exchange grant can help make it happen.
State Exchange grants are available up to a maximum of $2,500 for support of travel and accommodation costs only. Proposed activities must support the further development of a new Australian theatre work and must include one member of the creative team with at least one professional production credit.
Applications are invited during the year for activities across three sessions:
Session:
Session 1 April to June
Session 2 July – September
Session 3 October - December
Applications Open:
- Thursday 27 January 2011
- Monday 9 May 2011
- Monday 15 August 2011 Closing Date:
- Friday 18 March 2011
- Friday 17 June 2011
- Friday 16 September 2011
Please read through these Eligibility and Submission requirements carefully before applying.
Contact PlayWriting Australia with any questions about your application by email
For further information and application criteria and forms visit the website.
Previous Recipients include:
2010 - Playwright Carrie McLean and Mudlark Theatre Company (TAS) to bring director Kate Gaul and Daryl Wallis (NSW) to Launceston for a creative development workshop on Beautiful
Melbourne Workers Theatre (VIC) working with writer Roanna Gonsalves (NSW) on the development of Yet to Ascertain the Nature of the Crime.
2009 - Declan Greene (VIC) to attend World Interplay (QLD) and develop his play The Plague Cycle
Deckchair Theatre (WA) to workshop the new play Grace by Humphrey Bower (VIC) (adapted from the novel by Robert Drewe). Darwin Festival for Jason de Santis (NT) to develop Wulumanayuwi and the Seven Pamanuas in collaboration with Alex Galeazzi (NSW) and Kathryn Heyman (NSW) to develop the new work Storm in collaboration with the Flying Fruit Fly Circus (VIC).
2008 - Finegan Kruckemeyer (TAS) for the development of Achilles Fights the River in collaboration with Rowan Marchingo (NSW) and Performance Space for Leisa Shelton (VIC) and Luke Mullins (NSW) to collaborate on the adaptation of Irony is Not Enough by Anne Carson