14 - 20 August
KXT ON BROADWAY
In 2023, the playwrighting phenomenon is back - a Festival showcase that produces genuine outcomes for writers.
It’s time for the next round of great, unproduced Australian plays to be given the spotlight.
Now in its fourth season, Storytellers Festival has proven to be an incredible engine for getting new Australian writing to our stages, with a stellar alumni of programmed plays in its wake.
Storytellers Festival @ KXT is a one-week, pop-up celebration of playwrights and new Australian writing. It’s an opportunity to showcase unproduced work, test writing that has never been heard, and come together as a playwriting community. The Festival is curated by playwright Joanna Erskine, in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre.
THE 2023 LINE UP
*please note the Wednesday performance has been moved to the Matildas-friendly time of 6.30 pm
MONDAY 14 Aug 7.30pm: Shitbag by Hayley Edwards and Prevail by Donna Abela
TUESDAY 15 Aug 7.30pm: Sucklings by Jem Lai and Trash Wizard by Bella Battersby
WEDNESDAY 16 Aug 6.30pm: Probe by Becca Hurd
*please note the Wednesday performance has been moved to the Matildas-friendly time of 6.30 pm
THURSDAY 17 Aug 7.30pm: ALL BOYS by Xavier Hazard
FRIDAY 18 Aug 7.30pm: The House Collector by Charley Sanders
SATURDAY 19 Aug 5pm: Fortress by Erica Brennan
SATURDAY 19 Aug 7.30pm: Doris Fitton by Justin Fleming and CALIFORNIA ORANGE STELLAR by Grace Wilson
SUNDAY 20 Aug 5pm: The Devil Girls from Planet M by Noelle Janaczewska
the 2022 Storytellers festival featured the work of 11 playwrights, 10 directors and 50 actors:
PLAYWRIGHTS
Josephine Gazard; Erica Brennan; Kate Gaul; Callum Mackay; Brian Obiri-Asara; Xavier Coy; Meg Goodfellow; Cassandra-Elli Yiannacou; Stephen Sewell; Lucy Green; Wendy Mocke
DIRECTORS
Jo Bradley; Camilla Turnbull; Hayden Tonazzi; Bruce Koussaba; Jay James-Moody; Kim Hardwick; Madeleine Diggins; Sophie Benassi; Shaun Rennie; Amy Sole
ACTORS
Alison Bennett, Laura Djanegara, Kieran McGrath, Christopher Moro, Marcus Rivera, Annie Stafford, Simon Thomson, LJ Wilson, Poppy Lynch, Tom Dawson, Rachel Seeto, Abhilash Kaimal, Ziggy Resnick, Ed McCullough, Callum Stephen, Eddie Orton, Damon Manns, Whitney Richards, Nancy Denis, Brian Obiri-Asare, Xavier Coy, Mandy Bishop, Luisa Panucci, Sarah-Jane Kelly, Zoe Carides, Elouise Eftos, Alex Sideratos, Gen Papadopoulos, Georgia-Paige Theodos, Sophie Kouknas, Karen Vickery, Deborah Kennedy, Maggie Blinco, Mark Owen Taylor, Charlotte Friels, Jeremi Campese, Jamie Oxenbould, Deborah Galanos, Justin Amankwah, Wendy Mocke, Dalara Williams, Maryanne Fonceca, Kurt Ramjan, Margaret Pittas, Lungol Wekina, Annie Stafford, Emma O'Sullivan, Toby Blome
AND
The Hero Leaves One Tooth: Lyrics and music by Jake Neilson. Musical direction by Alexander Lee-Rekers
SUPPORT
Thanks to Charlie Vaux; Camilla Turnbull, Jacob Parker, Sean Landis, Mitchell Bourke
Storytellers Festival is a showcase of new work.
The Festival provides an opportunity to share work and invite people to hear your work, to further generate audience interest in new Australian writing, create new industry connections for writers, and encourage industry to hear work that is ready for production.
Plays that were first seen at Storytellers and have gone on to full production include:
Son of Byblos by James Elazzi ~ You're Not Special by Sam O'Sullivan ~ Orange Thrower by Kirsty Marillier ~ Lilac by Jackson Used ~ Dead Skin by Laneikka Denne ~ The Princess Party by Samira Spring ~ Kangaroo by Miranda Gott ~ Omar and Dawn by James Elazzi ~ 44 Sex Acts in One Week by David Finnigan ~ The Park by Simon Thomson ~ Hairworm by Emma Wright
plays have been staged at: KXT - Kings X Theatre; 25a Belvoir St Theatre; Griffin Theatre; Sydney Festival; Touring; LA; Seymour Centre; Old 505 Theatre
STORYTELLERS 2019
STORYTELLERS 2018
