Strengthening career paths for playwrights

Progressing from fringe theatres to mainstages is not the only career path for playwrights, nor should it be.
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Installation art by Dawn Ng. Image via http://designformankind.com

Playwriting makes the imagination manifest, but are our playwrights being as creative with their careers as they are with their work?

Later this month the Adelaide Festival Centre will host the National Play Festival, presented by Playwriting Australia and attended by 50 to 60 playwrights from across the country. As well as a formal program of masterclasses, workshops, play readings, forums and the keynote address by Joanna Murray Smith, the Festival will inevitably – like any industry event – feature many late-night conversations and casual networking opportunities where playwrights discus the intricacies and challenges of their craft.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts