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The Louis Esson Prize for Drama: Judges 2009
| Patricia CorneliusPatricia Cornelius, a founding member of Melbourne Workers Theatre, is an award-winning playwright. She has written over 20 plays and they include, Do not go gentle…,The Call, Boy Overboard, Love, Lilly and May, Jack’s Daughters, Opa- a sexual odyssey, Max, Platform, Hog's Hairs and Leeches. Who’s Afraid of the Working Class and Fever were written in collaboration with Andrew Bovell, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and Irine Vela. Her first novel, My Sister Jill, was published by Random House in 2002. |
| Chrissy SharpChrissy Sharp is the inaugural director of the Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas. The centre is a Victorian government initiative and part of Melbourne’s successful bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature, one of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network. From 2004 to 2009, Chrissy was general manager of Sadler’s Wells, London’s famous dance theatre. Previously she was general manager of the Sydney Festival and from 1995 to 2000 she was head of policy at SBS. She has also been a theatrical agent, and executive director of the Australian Writers’ Guild. |
| Kristy EdmundsProfessor Kristy Edmunds is the head of the new School of Performing Arts, encompassing dance, theatre and production, in the Faculty of the VCA and Music at the University of Melbourne. She also serves as the consulting artistic director for the newly established Park Avenue Armory in New York. Her work as an independent artist is represented by the Elizabeth Leach Gallery, and her consulting through Mirtillo Global Pty Ltd. Kirsty was formerly the artistic director of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, from 2005 to 2008, and prior to that the founder and director of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. | |
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