Writing
I am an eclectic writer for stage and screen. I also write prose and am currently writing a novel as part of a PhD program at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia. Here are some of my recent writing credits with relevant links.
Theatre
2009: Delusion of Doubt: Short play about obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) staged at the New End Theatre in Hampstead as part of Lost Theatre’s One Act Festival.
2009: The Same Paige, Episode 1 Finding a Voice: Short version of longer play adapted to screen for The UK Sit Com Trials and performed in the basement of Leicester Square Theatre.
2008: The Same Paige: One act absurd comedy about women and writing as part of Equinox Drama’s New Comedy Scene Series (Colourhouse Theatre, Merton Abbey Mills, London) Directed by Nathan Osgood http://www.ozscript.org/script.php?id=1074
2007: The Speechwriter: Play about Australian politics and intergenerational misunderstanding (Blue Room, Perth) http://www.ozscript.org/script.php?id=1046
2006: Shift: A dysfunctional relationship between doctor and nurse shifts when a mysterious mute patient is admitted to their ward (Blue Room, Perth) Reading
2004: Apart: One act play about siblings (Pocket Theatre, Fremantle) Directed by Hellie Turner
Screen
2003: Hotel Blue (CO-WRITER): TV series pilot for TAFE WA
2002: Unlock: Short about children whose parents have mental illness for SBS and Channel 4
2001: Chiko Roll, An Australian Oddyssey: Short comedy for FTI and AFC
Short Stories
2008: Beneath Our Skins (online in Overland Express) http://web.overland.org.au/?page_id=586
2008: Shiva and Uma (online in Fickle Muses) http://www.ficklemuses.com/fiction/2008-08-24.html
2007: Ghostbusters, Extra, Prison Christmas Lunch (in Bangkok Blondes) http://www.dcothai.com/product_info.php?cPath=61&products_id=808
2005: Instant Karma (in Big Chilli Thailand News Magazine, May)
2004: English Speech Competition (in Big Chilli Thailand News Magazine, Dec)
1998: Kiss Chasey (in Australian Womens Forum)
Writing Prizes
2009: Runner up and Asia Pacific regional winner in BBC World Service international radio play competition will my play Shift
2006: Runner up in drama category of Hope Awards with my short film Unlock
2001: 2nd prize in Bendigo Writers Association Pieces of Eight poetry competition for poem Suburbs
200: 2nd prize in Winedark Sea’s inaugural short story competition for Shiva and Uma
Non-Fiction
Book: Alcohol Policy and Public Health in South Africa by CDH Parry and A Bennetts published by Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 1998
Memberships
I am an associate member of the Australian Writers Guild and a member of Stages Playwright’s Consortium.
