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Congratulations to Angela Betzien, who has been nominated for the Nick Enright Prize for playwrighting with her play CHALKFACE. This award is part of the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, which work to honour distinguished achievements by Australian writers who contribute to Australia’s artistic reputation. CHALKFACE, a black comedy that highlights systemic issues in […]

Congratulations to the creative team behind TOTAL CONTROL which has been shortlisted for a Rose D’Or award. Yellow’s own Angela Betzien helped develop and wrote on both seasons one and two of the drama which was produced by Black Fella Films for ABC.

After a hugely successful season with The State Theatre Company South Australia, CHALKFACE, the new black comedy by multi-award winning writer Angela Betzien starring acclaimed actor, Catherine McClements will open in Sydney at the Sydney Opera House in September. In this sharp, farcical new work, CHALKFACE explores the endemic failures of our education system through […]

A massive congratulations to Yellow’s Sarah Scheller whose series THE LETDOWN Season 2 has won the 2019 AACTA Award for Best Comedy Program. Yellow’s Angela Betzien was also present at the ceremony with series TOTAL RECALL which picked up the AACTA Award for Best Drama Program The 2019 Annual AACTA Awards were announced on Wednesday […]

The 50th Australian Writers’ Guild Awards were held on the 25th August 2017. We would like to congratulate all the winners especially Angela Betzien and Anna Barnes. Best Children’s Theatre EGG – Angela Betzien Best Interactive GHOSTS OF BILOELA – Que Minh Luu, Christopher Burke and Anna Barnes   Please visit AWGIE website for the full […]

Angela Betzien‘s play THE HANGING is one of four works shortlisted for The Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting. The prize worth $30,000 is open to plays or a work of music drama first produced in Australia between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2016. THE HANGING is based on Picnic at Hanging Rock had its […]

Angela Betzien’s play MORTIDO has been included in the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2016, Premier’s 21 shortlist in the Drama category. The website includes an excerpt from the play. MORTIDO has had a successful season at State Theatre Company of South Australia and is playing at Belvoir Theatre until the 17th December 2015. Please see the rest of […]

Gritty crime drama MORTIDO premiered this month in Adelaide, scripted by Angela Betzien and directed by Leticia Caceres. Exploring the sordid dealings involved in the traffic and distribution of cocaine, and chronicling the human wreckage that occurs as a consequence of this, MORTIDO has been commended by critics as “gutsy and confronting” (Murray Bramwell, The Australian), and […]

First staged in Melbourne in 2012, Angela Betzien’s masterful piece HELICOPTER debuts internationally in Norway this month. Part social satire and part suburban horror story, this thrilling play showcases the lives of a cashed-up, dysfunctional family who live a cloistered life in their gated suburban community, until an appalling tragedy brings their Ugandan refugee neighbour into […]

The 48th Annual AWGIE Awards were held at Sydney’s Doltone House on Friday 11th September. We would love to congratulate all the AWGIE winners, especially Angela Betzien who took home two AWGIEs! For her work on University of Wollongong’s student production THE GAP, Angela won the Community and Youth Theatre Award along with Patricia Cornelius and Melissa Reeves, […]

We would love to congratulate all of the 48th annual AWGIE Awards nominees, especially Josh Lawson, Brendan Cowell, Reg Cribb and Jeremy Sims for their respective nominated screenplays! FEATURE FILM – ORIGINAL Josh Lawson – The Little Death FEATURE FILM – ADAPTATION Brendan Cowell – Ruben Guthrie Reg Cribb with Jeremy Sims – The Last Cab to […]

THE DARK ROOM by Angela Betzien, (Premiered in 2009 with the HotBend Ensemble and the Sydney Theatre Company Push Program, with a subsequent season at Belvoir, 2011), has been shortlisted for the German Youth Theatre Prize. The translation by Anne Fritsch / Theaterstückverlag is nominated alongside German, Dutch and UK plays. The prize is awarded by […]

Our most hearty congratulations to Angela Betzien who has been awarded the 2014 Patrick White Fellowship, which includes a year working on a commission with the Sydney Theatre Company. Artistic Director, Andrew Upton said: “Angela Betzien is an enormously talented playwright who has been making a great career crafting work of a consistently high standard. […]

Anglea Betzien’s THE DARK ROOM plays at State Theatre Company of South Australia

Angela Betzien’s TALL MAN opens at the La Mama theatre

Read about Angela Betzien’s recent work.

Angela Betzien announced as winner of the Kit Denton Award.

Angela Betzien featured in The Australian