Australian.
Playwright. Dramatist.
Librettist. Director.
Alana Valentine is an Australian playwright, dramatist, librettist and Director working in theatre, film, opera and television.
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Baleen Moondjan
Stephen Page, co-writer Alana Valentine, music by Steve Francis, designed by Jacob Nash, costumes Jennifer Irwin, lighting Damien Cooper. Book tickets
Send For Nellie
Sydney Festival 10 - 14 January, 2024. Cabaret written by Alana Valentine, directed by Liesel Badorrek, performed by Elenoa Rokobaro. Book tickets
Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan
Watershed, a ravishing new operatic work and the hit of the 2022 Adelaide Festival, is a collaboration between some of Australia's most acclaimed creative talents. Alana Valentine and Christos Tsiolkas have created a searing libretto for Joe Twist's luscious score,...

Recent Works
Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan
Watershed, a ravishing new operatic work and the hit of the 2022 Adelaide Festival, is a collaboration between some of Australia's most acclaimed creative talents. Alana Valentine and Christos Tsiolkas have created a searing libretto for Joe Twist's luscious score,...
RSWWF Send For Nellie
16 September 2023 Experience ‘SEND FOR NELLIE’ a captivating cabaret work by award-winning playwright Alana Valentine. Focussing on Nellie Small, a West Indian-Australian performer from 1930’s Sydney, this is an opportunity to witness the creative development of this...
Notre Dame for Brandenburg Orchestra
Spirited, soulful and unapologetically French, Notre-Dame commemorates eight centuries of exquisite music performed within Notre-Dame de Paris. It is a story told in a moving theatrical experience of spoken word penned by award-winning playwright and director Alana...
Wayside Bride
Wayside Bride is an oral history project to gather stories from people who have been married at the Wayside Chapel over the five decades of its history.