Date 21 May, 2025
Time 6:30-7:45pm
Cost Adult from $30, Concession from $20
Venue Carriageworks, Wilson Street, Eveleigh NSW, Australia
The prestigious Griffin Award is one of Australia’s premier playwriting competitions.
Every year, hundreds of playwrights vie for the award that set Suzie Miller and Prima Facie on its remarkable trajectory to the West End and Broadway.
Join us for a keynote from leading Australian playwright Leah Purcell (The Drover’s Wife) alongside readings from three exceptional award finalists. The winner of the Griffin Award will receive $17,700 from the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.
Presented at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, more information here
Keynote: Leah Purcell is one of Australia’s most admired and leading creatives. She has starred in some of Australia’s most iconic films, TV and theatre such as Lantana and The Proposition, Police Rescue and Wentworth, Stuff Happens and The Marriage of Figaro. Leah has also starred in, created, written, produced and directed some of our finest works that make up the First Nations Canon such as Box the Pony, Bran Nue Dae, Black Chicks Talking, Don’t Take Your Love to Town, The Story of the Miracles at Cookie’s Table, Is That You Ruthie?, The Drover’s Wife play and The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson film. Her latest drama High Country (Foxtel Sony TV USA/Curio Pictures) recently screened on BBC One in the UK where it won its opening night primetime slot with a 6 million+ viewing audience. She was nominated for a 2024 LOGIE Award for Best Support Lead in a TV Drama for her outstanding work opposite Sigourney Weaver in The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Amazon Prime/Made Up Stories) and has also been nominated for a 2025 AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a TV Drama for High Country. She received an Order Of Australia in 2022 for her outstanding work in the Arts, Women and Youth especially in the First Nations space. At present, outside of her acting accolades and in her capacity as a writer, director and producer she is developing and pitching through her company Oombarra Productions premium series, film and publishing projects such as I am Molly, Koa Kid, Is That You Ruthie?, Promised and Moxie Girls. Leah Purcell is a proud Kuwa – Gunggari – Wakka Wakka Murri woman.