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My new play 'Falling, Praying' has made it into the Top Twenty' of Short and Sweet to be performed at the Melbourne Arts Centre in December.

Meanwhile 'Drip' is currently on at The Carlton Courthouse in Playspotting as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.

I should also mention that my mum, Anna Taylor, also has an installation piece in the Fringe Festival at BUS gallery in Lonsdale Street Melbourne titled 'Deception'.

Deception is an installation of a multitude of abstracted forms, created from knitted wire suspended from the ceiling. These laborious and delicate forms make reference to displaced communities, balancing a fragile appearance with the harshness of their construction.

Artist Anna Taylor


Her website can be found here

My play 'Believe' will be produced at Dante's on Gertrude street from the 20th of October to the 1st of November.

'The Example' is finished in the UK for a while but it received some great reviews and I recently received this from the producer

"Our most recent Brighton and Edinburgh Festival new writing showcases have enjoyed unparalleled success this year, and I am delighted to offer you the following credits, that as a member of our "Top 16" playlist, give you the rights to use in connection with your work..."

Brighton Festival Angel Award 2008 for Artistic Excellence - Public Vote

Edinburgh Fringe First Nomination 2008

Top 5 Shortlist Carol Tambor (New York) "Best of Edinburgh" Award

Well done again to everybody at Bite-Size theatre.

'Drip' in Playspotting 'Falling, Praying' and Betterfly shortlisted

(Lifted from another site)

Melbourne Writers’ Theatre presents its 7th Annual 10-minute play festival, MelBorn08, showcasing eleven of the sometimes raw, sometimes beautifully polished creations of some very talented writers. The plays were chosen from 138 entries, for their ideas, for their theatricality, and most of all for their potential to provide meaning and enjoyment to an audience. They present a mixture of styles, and indeed topics, that may not appear in mainstream theatre, but each has something unique to say about the human condition. Robert Chuter, Artistic Director has scoured Melbourne for the best directors and actors, to support our 11 best writers. Last year the show was a sell out, and many missed a great night of theatre. This year, get in early!

Selected Plays

DRIP by Tom Taylor
SPACE TRAVEL UNLIMITED by Julia Britton
THE LETTER by Phoebe Hartley
TICKING BOXES by Brooke Fairley
THE NEEDLE AND THE DAMAGE DONE by Angus Brown
A CUP OF SUGAR by Jane Miller
THE TRICK by George Huxley
CATE BLANCHETT WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND ON FACEBOOK by Alex Broun
TEN YEARS by Therese Cloonan
LOVELY BITS by Mark Andrew

And for the first time at MelBorn08 - the Actors’ Choice!

CROSSED LINES by Brett Danalake & Iain Triffit

When:
September 24th to October 11th

Where:
Carlton Courthouse Theatre
349 Drummond St
Carlton Vic Web Link: MelBorn08 | Playspotting



'Believe' is also being produced in October while the two new plays I entered into Short and Sweet Melbourne, 'Falling, Praying' and 'Betterfly', have both been shortlisted.

It's great to see some familiar names on the shortlist, including Jane Miller, Alex Broun and the gigantic Norwegian Carl J Sorheim.

It's especially good to see 'We Need to Talk' make the cut, written by Katie Dircks - a playwright with a wonderful voice.

A Great Week - Film, TV, Comic Books And A Surprise Contact From The USA.

Earlier this week I was contacted out of the blue by Jeremy Kagan. Jeremy is the Emmy-award-winning director of Chicago Hope who has also directed a bazillion other TV and film projects including one of my favourites, The West Wing.
Jeremy saw my play 'The Example' at The Edinburgh Festival and appreciated my "insight, language and tension." He asked for a copy of the script to share with his graduate film directing students at USC. He also thought it would make a great short film and asked if I was interested in this... pretty amazing.

A huge thank-you to Nick Brice and everyone at Bite-Size theatre who obviously put on a great production.

Meanwhile, it looks like the TV series I was writing earlier this year is happening and, if all goes as planned, it could start shooting as early as November. Another series I've been working on also looks set to happen - unless it becomes a feature film instead. I'll give more details when I'm allowed... almost all of my working life is vague and secretive at the moment.

The film of A4 2 A3 is progressing well and I met with the producer, lead actor and director this week.

My play 'Drip' will be opening at the Carlton Courthouse on September 24 as part of Melborn '08 and the Fringe Festival. Drip is currently in the number 1 spot in the 'top 40' unproduced works over at Script Squirrel.

Most of my writing time has recently been given over to the writing of comic books. I currently have five different projects in the works, with the first to be published in January.
I also had a good chat about the future with DFC editor Will Fickling earlier this week. The DFC, based in Oxford, England, is a weekly comic book brought out by Random House. It would be fantastic to see something like this supported by a mainstream Australian publisher.
I've recently realised that writing comics is my dream job... it looks like that dream is coming true.

The upshot of all of this is I am on the brink of being a full-time writer. I'd like to give a huge thank-you to Megan and Finn for all of their support.

Thanks also to my editors and sounding boards, Megan and Kym, both of whom have had to listen to and comment on bizzare things for years while treading that fine line between criticism, support and just humoring me.

Lastly, I'd like to thank caffeine for all of its help with my writing between 12 and 4 in the morning.