13 August 2009 BACK TO BACK THEATRE short-listed for the Kit Denton Fellowship
The Fellowship was created in 2007 to honour the work and memory of Kit Denton, a respected and admired member of the writing community.
The father of media personality Andrew Denton, Kit was a lifetime member of the Australian Writers' Guild, a scriptwriter, author, poet and lyricist.
Reflecting the courage of Kit's own work, the purpose of the Fellowship is to promote courage, to champion bold and challenging ideas, and to reward talent and excellence in performance writing. The $25,000 annual Kit Denton Fellowship provides the recipient(s) with material and practical support to assist in the development a new writing project.
GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH is co-authored by members of the Back to Back Ensemble of actors, in collaboration with Artistic Director, Bruce Gladwin and is an exploration of cultural appropriation in all forms, be it the theft of symbols, icons, rituals, aesthetic standards, or behaviour from one culture or subculture by another. Taking in the territories of nationalism, globalisation, multiculturalism, religion, spirituality and pop-culture, its single linear narrative is presented as a hero’s journey.
The Fellowship will be presented at the 42nd Annual AWGIE Awards to be held 28th August 2009.
Back to Back would like to congratulate all of the other short-listed writers; Robert Reid for The New Black, Karl Madderom for Face Value and Bobbie Waterman, Lisa Hoppe and Margot O'Neill for Blind Conscience.
Follow this link to the AWGIE Awards page on the Australian Writers' Guild website for more information.