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b4 25 Shortlist Announced
PLAYMARKET
MEDIA ALERT
11 MAY 2011
Young Playwrights Change the World!
The annual PLAYMARKET PLAYWRIGHTS b4 25 competition challenges young playwrights (24 and under) to write about anything that matters to them in any way they like, for any kind of audience they like, with the tag-line CHANGE THE WORLD – WRITE A PLAY!
This year the competition had a record number of entries from all over the country and from writers of varying ages and experience.
PLAYMARKET is delighted to announce the shortlisted playwrights and we congratulate them and all who submitted.
SHORTLISTED PLAYS AND
PLAYWRIGHTS
Ben Anderson The Suicidal
Airplane
Charlotte Greenfield Moments in
Longing
Danny Aumua Back Home
Eli Mathewson
& Hamish Parkinson Square Eye Pair
Jess Sayer
FIX
Joseph Harper The Boy and the
Bicycle
Louise Blackstock Six Hours
Matthew
Arrowsmith Plaything
Ralph McCubbin Howell The
Spin
Robyn Paterson Mooi River
Stevie
Wildewood Temperamental Bastards
The
winner will be announced in the first week of
June.
(Please see our website for information on
this annual competition for playwrights
under
25).
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