Australian.
Playwright. Dramatist.
Librettist. Director.

Alana Valentine is an Australian playwright, dramatist, librettist and Director working in theatre, film, opera and television.

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...

Performing History

Playwright Alana Valentine and writer Sheila Ngoc Pham reflect on the writing of Sydney histories on the stage. Alana will speak about writing the history of Sydney institutions including the Parramatta Girls Home in her playParramatta Girls, the Pyrmont CSR Sugar...

My Beautiful Man

On December 15, 2014 eighteen people were taken hostage in the Lindt Café in Sydney’s Martin Place. After a sixteen-hour standoff, a single gunshot was heard and police stormed the café. Tragically Tori Johnson, the heroic Lindt Café manager, lost his life that day,...

News

RSWWF Send For Nellie

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...

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Notre Dame for Brandenburg Orchestra

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...

read more
Performing History

Performing History

Playwright Alana Valentine and writer Sheila Ngoc Pham reflect on the writing of Sydney histories on the stage. Alana will speak about writing the history of Sydney institutions including the Parramatta Girls Home in her playParramatta Girls, the Pyrmont CSR Sugar...

read more

Recent Works

RSWWF Send For Nellie

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...

read more
Notre Dame for Brandenburg Orchestra

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...

read more
The Doomsday Twins

The Doomsday Twins

Marilyn and Garnet Boles are two self-reliant twins who survive by making online web-content for a fee. When local young adults write in to talk about their lives, Marilyn and Garnet make videos with poems and songs to ease their apocalyptic angst. Just lately though,...

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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.