Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright)

Tommy Murphy (Australian playwright)

Tommy Murphy (born 1979) is an award-winning Australian playwright. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney and of the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Director's course). He was born in Queanbeyan , in New South Wales, Australia. The seventh of eight children in a Catholic family, Murphy says that he grew up "in an arena of constant performance and mimicry". His plays are known for their humour and buoyant theatricality.

He was a resident writer at Griffin Theatre Company 2004-06, for which he wrote "Strangers in Between" and "Holding the Man". Both plays are published by Currency Press, in one volume. "Strangers in Between" won the national 2006 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Best Play, and "Holding the Man" won the same Award in 2007. Murphy is the youngest recipient of the award, and the only playwright to win in successive years.

"Saturn's Return" was commissioned by Sydney Theatre Company co-artistic directors Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett for STC's Wharf 2 season 2008 and is published by Currency Press.

Murphy's play for young actors, called "Precipice", had its premiere production at NIDA's Parade Playhouse on May 3 2007 for Cranbrook School Sydney.

Murphy sits on the Board of Directors of the Australian Theatre for Young People and World Interplay, and is the recipient of a Centenary of Federation Medal.

In 2007, Tommy Murphy had the title of Honorary Associate conferred by the Faculty of Education & Social Work, University of Sydney.

His plays include:

* "Saturn's Return". Sydney Theatre Company, August 2008.
* "Holding the Man" (adapted from Timothy Conigrave's memoir). Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney Opera House, Company B, Brisbane Powerhouse, and Melbourne Theatre Company. New Conservatory Theatre Company production, San Francisco 2007.
* "Strangers in Between". Griffin Theatre Company. First produced in 2005, this play toured nationally in 2008.
* "Precipice" a play for secondary school students was written after 'Holding the Man' in 2007.
* "Kinderspiel", co-written with Manuel Schobel. A co-production between the Australian Theatre for Young People and Theater an der Parkaue, Berlin, for the 2002 Sydney Festival at the Sydney Opera House.
* "Troy's House" at the Australian Theatre for Young People, SUDS, the Old Fitzroy and Melbourne's La Mama. Also produced by the Australian National University in 2007.
* "The Massacre at Paris", adapted from Christopher Marlowe.
* "For God, Queen and Country".

Awards

* Winner, $15,000 2007 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Best Play - "Holding the Man"
* Winner, $15,000 2006 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Best Play - "Strangers in Between"
* Winner, 2007 Australian Writers' Guild Award (AWGIE), Best Play - "Holding the Man"
* Winner, 2007 Aussietheatre.com Online Awards, Best New Play, "Holding the Man"
* Winner, 2007 Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award
* Nomination, 2007 Helpmann Award for Best Play - "Holding the Man"
* Nomination, Best New Australian Work, 2007 Sydney Theatre Awards - "Holding the Man"
* Nomination, Best Play, 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards - "Holding the Man"
* Nomination, Best New Australian Work, 2006 Sydney Theatre Awards - "Strangers in Between"
* Nomination, 2006 Australian Writers' Guild Award (AWGIE) for Best Play - "Strangers in Between"
* Winner, Sydney Theatre Company Young Playwright's Award - "For God, Queen & Country".
* Winner, ACT Young Playwright's Award - " For God, Queen and Country"

References

* [http://www.currency.com.au/author-of-month-tommy-murphy.aspx Currency Press Author of the Month]
* [http://sydneytheatre.com.au/Performance.asp?pID=253 STC program information]
* [http://www.ozscript.org/script.php?id=991 Australian Script Centre playwright profiles]
* [http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/alumni/156.html?newsstoryid=1077 University of Sydney Alumni News]

External links

* [http://www.cameronsmanagement.com.au/playwrights.html#murphy Bio at Cameron Creswell Agency]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/to-have-and-to-hold-onto-forever--its-the-siren-call-from-planetpossibility/2008/05/02/1209235149834.html Sydney Morning Herald opinion piece on Saturn Return]


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