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Olivia Satchell Olivia Satchell i(11589523 works by)
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Olivia Satchell co-founded new writing development company Somersault Theatre in 2013. Trained at the Victorian College of the Arts (with a focus on directing) and at the University of Sydney, she is a playwright, director, and dramaturg, and has also worked in community development for emerging artists and in new writing development. She has also served as Development Coordinator for Polyglot, a Melbourne-based theatre company specialising in theatre for young audiences.

Her woks have been presented by La Mama Theatre, and shortlisted for a range of awards.

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y separately published work icon My Sister Feather 2018 13738233 2018 single work drama

'“I thought I’d let her know I made it after all.”

'Tilly and Egg have been waiting for their mother to find them. They haven’t seen her since she disappeared during a game of hide-and-seek when they were kids.

'They’re middle-aged when Tilly receives two letters from her. She’s dead. Egg’s in prison, and Tilly needs special permission to visit and let her know.

'Tilly was supposed to keep Egg close but it’s only the spectre of their mother that now brings them back together.'

Source: La Mama.
2019 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards — Direction : Theatre - Independent
I Sat And Waited But You Were Gone Too Long 2016 single work drama

'I’m standing on the edge of a hill and the sea is roaring towards me. I have to hold on, to anything, the grass, dirt, anything I can get a grip on so that it doesn’t suck me back out with it. Every time it crashes over me I know that I might open my eyes in water.

'You realise someone is looking at you. You return their gaze and your heart starts knocking at your ribs. They’re not looking away.

'A woman in a nightgown sits in a changing room. She does not know who she is. A girl is getting dressed, refusing to answer her phone. The woman stares at her, and she returns her gaze. They speak, edging around what they have both lost.

'Can we trust the intimacy of strangers?' (Production summary)
2016 shortlisted Silver Gull Play Award
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