by Alana Valentine | Sep 25, 2023 | 2023, News, Public Event, Recent, Uncategorized
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...
by Alana Valentine | Sep 22, 2023 | 2023, Featured Home Page, News, Public Event, Uncategorized
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...
by Alana Valentine | Mar 20, 2023 | Featured Home Page, News
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...
by Alana Valentine | Mar 18, 2023 | News
As part of its Pride (R)evolution exhibition, the Library will be celebrating Nellie’s 33-year career in her own words, through archival recordings and newspaper interviews, as well as the words of her contemporaries, many of whom I interviewed more than 30 years...
by admin | Mar 8, 2023 | News
In this year’s Phillip Parsons lecture, award-winning playwright Alana Valentine reflects on her experience of bringing into the theatre the lived experience of diverse, community, regional and local audiences to hear their own stories in the context of the...
by admin | Mar 8, 2023 | News
Diversity has finally triumphed in Australian live entertainment, with key categories of the 19th Helpmann Awards going to a rollicking Indigenous musical. more info