AWGIE winners announced
Awards ceremony held in Sydney
The Australian Writers’ Guild announced the winners of the 45th annual AWGIE Awards at a function in Sydney last Friday night. The winning scripts are:
In the cateogory of 'stage':
Silent Disco by Lachlan Philpott
The other nominees were:
Porn. Cake by Vanessa Bates
10 000 Beers by Alex Broun
Man In The Middle by Ron Elisha
Neighbourhood Watch by Lally Katz
For 'children's theatre':
Snow On Mars by Richard Tulloch with Kim Carpenter and Gale Edwards
The other nominees were:
Love by Finegan Kruckemeyer
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing by Finegan Kruckemeyer
For 'community theatre':
The Sadness Of Mister Saisson by Chris Thompson
The other nominees were:
Behind The Cane by Margery Forde and Michael Forde
The Boy With The Longest Shadow by Finegan Kruckemeyer
For 'radio play - original broadcast':
Random Red by Noëlle Janaczewska
The other nominees were:
Paper Moon by Clementine Bendle-Thompson
Grinning At The Lid by Paul Livingston
For 'radio play - adaptation' (only one nominee):
Aurora's Lament by Donna Abela
Meanwhile, Angela Betzien was announced as the recipient of the prestigious Kit Denton Disfellowship, which honours 'courageous' writing.
In the film and television categories, Keith Thompson and Tony Briggs were big winners, grabbing both the major award and a best adaptation gong for their film version of Briggs's stage musical The Sapphires.
And Sue Smith won the telemovie category with her script for Mabo.
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!
Click here for a list of previous AWGIE Award winners available on AustralianPlays.org.
More info about the award can be found here, at the Australian Writers' Guild's website.
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