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Theatre For Young People Award
or Theatre for Young Audiences
Subcategory of AWGIE Awards
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Notes

  • Sometimes awarded in sub-categories which have varied over the life of the Awards. Awards may be given for an Original work or for an Adaptation.

Latest Winners / Recipients

Year: 2020

winner y separately published work icon Cusp Mary Anne Butler , 2018 13419116 2018 single work drama

'Elvis wants Rosie. Rosie wants to escape. Maddie doesn’t know what the hell she wants, but it sure isn’t this. Cusp examines the lives of three young adults as they swim against the tides of irrevocable change. How do you move into the future, when your past keeps dragging you backwards?'

Source: National Playwriting Festival program.

Year: 2017

winner y separately published work icon Where Words Once Were Finegan Kruckemeyer , 2016 11415187 2016 single work drama fantasy children's

'Young Orhan lives in a world where words are both very precious and very dangerous. Only 1,000 of them can exist: new ones are forbidden, and anything newly invented takes the place of an existing word, which is then illegal to say. Those who disobey the rules are punished in the strongest way possible. They lose their right to speak and to be spoken of; they become only "…" – a condition that causes them to slowly fade away. When Orhan accidentally takes a pen (a mighty weapon indeed!) from school, he sets in motion an adventure to reclaim lost words.'

Source: Kennedy Center (http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/event/KRTBA).

Year: 2016

joint winner y separately published work icon Reasons to Stay Inside Katy Warner , 2015 10274861 2015 single work drama children's

'Pedro and Flora. Flora and Pedro. Best Friends. Until one day he stops going outside and starts building a gigantic pillow fort.

'Pedro has the best reasons to stay inside but Flora knows what he’s missing and will do whatever it takes to get her best friend back.

'You can’t stay inside your fort forever, can you?

'A show about irritating best friends, pillow forts, dancing pegacorns and that weird anxious feeling.'

Source: The Blue Room Theatre.

joint winner y separately published work icon The Red Balloon Hilary Bell , 2015 10275000 2015 single work drama children's

'On his way to school, a young boy finds a red balloon tangled around a lamp post. Soon after rescuing it, the boy discovers the balloon has a mind of its own! Together, the boy and his balloon wander the streets, exploring the neighbourhood and searching for adventure.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Year: 2015

winner Marlin Damien Millar , 2014 single work drama

'When a fisherman and his granddaughter head out on a fishing trip, their journey becomes a life and death adventure that neither of them had anticipated. Marlin is inspired by classic seafaring literature, and is set in the game fishing regions off Northern Queensland. Played in a sea of foam, Marlin explores the special relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, and asks what it really means to win.' (Production summary)

Year: 2014

joint winner y separately published work icon Storm Boy Tom Holloway , 2013 2013 6198235 2013 single work drama

'Young Storm Boy lives a simple yet free life on the coastal wilds of the South Australian Coorong, combing the beaches with his reclusive father, Hideaway Tom.

'During a long summer, he makes two friends who will shepherd him from childhood into adulthood: the jester Fingerbone Bill, who teaches him about his country; and Mr Percival, an orphaned pelican who prepares Storm Boy for the wider world with a poignant lesson about love, loss and letting go.'

Source: Queensland Theatre Company.

joint winner y separately published work icon The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You Finegan Kruckemeyer , 2014 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2015 6390461 2014 single work drama

'It started around the time he turned 16. Everyone and everything started grating on Connor’s nerves. His mum, his dad, his teachers, even his best mate. Lately he just can’t help picking fights, slamming doors and flipping desks. Then his parents decide to dump him alone in a forest for a week.

'As unpredictable as Connor himself, 'The Violent Outburst That Drew Me To You' tackles the ticking time bomb of teenagerdom. Behind its sly and smart-arsed exterior is a searching exploration of adolescent anger, bound to strike a dissonant chord with anyone who’s ever caught a whiff of teen spirit.' (Source: Griffin Theatre Company website.)

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