Elise Hearst

Elise Hearst graduated in 2005 in Creative Arts at Melbourne University where she co-produced and wrote various shows for independent company KumQuat Theatre. She attended World Interplay 2005 and in 2006 won an award for the Monash University National Playwrights' Competition for her play Apple. In 2006 she relocated to London to attend the Royal Court Theatre’s Young Writers' Programme and had work performed at the Soho Theatre, Hamspstead Theatre, Theatre 503 and the Trafalgar Studios. Since returning to Melbourne she has taken Dirtyland to PlayWriting Australia’s 2008 National Script Workshop and the 2009 National Play Festival.

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