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Lally Katz’s STORIES I WANT TO TELL YOU IN PERSON has added an Indian tour to the string of hit seasons so far in Sydney, Melbourne, New York City, Albury-Wodonga, Mexico and Adelaide. Lally toured her one woman show with the Belvoir team to various venues in the continent during February – Delhi (as part of Bharat […]

Helpmann Award Winners

July 30th, 2015

2015 Helpmann Awards were presented live from Capital Theatre, Sydney on Monday 27th July. The winners included: Kip Williams for Best Direction of a Play, for his work on Sydney Theatre Company’s SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER. Opera Australia’s THE RABBITS featuring Lally Katz’ libretto won four awards including Best New Australian Work and Best Presentation for Children. Belvoir’s THE GLASS […]

THE DOG/THE CAT is a double bill of two 40 min new works directed by Ralph Myers which opened Saturday 20th June. THE DOG written by Brendan Cowell is about two housemates sharing a dog and a love interest. THE CAT by Lally Katz is a story of divorce and custody of their pet cat. […]

Lally Katz’s interptation of Ibsen’s A DOLL’S HOUSE opened September 10 at La Boite as part of the Brisbane Festival. This is what a couple of the critics are saying: “Overall this is a brilliant attempt at a re-interpretation of one of the greatest political plays of all time. With director Steven Mitchell Wright’s in-your-face […]

Lally Katz has written a new version of Ibsen’s play. The season will play till September 27 and is a co-production with Brisbane Festival. The new version differs with “songs in it. And time is used differently. But it also keeps very closely to the original structure.” Lally states that she keeps on returning to […]

Lally Katz’ play NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH has broken the box office record for the State Theatre of South Australia. This is the second production of NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH after the 2011 Helpmann Award nominated premiere season by Belvoir starring Robin Nevin which toured to the MTC earlier in 2014. The Adelaide production sees Miriam Margolyes in the […]

A brand new production of Lally’s hit play, NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, (first produced by Belvoir in 2011 & toured to the Melbourne Theatre Company in 2014), starring Miriam Margolyes has opened at the State Theatre Company of South Australia. Helpmann Award-winning director Julian Meyrick directs this new production which is receiving glowing reviews. State Theatre Company […]

Benjamin Law was asked to name his picks from the 2014 Sydney Writer’s Festival program. Here’s what he had to say about Lally Katz: Lally Katz: Looking for Guidance Hands down, Lally Katz is one of Australia’s best writers in any goddamn genre. Her work is so damn deft, clever and utterly one-of-a-kind, that when […]

Lally’s story was published in the Good Weekend in Sydney and in its sister publications nation-wide. “We turned the corner and there was Christmas Street, glowing gold and green. There were sleighs on rooftops, elves creating mischief on driveways, whole fleets of reindeer. The residents of Christmas Street had outdone themselves this year. I couldn’t […]

2013 AWGIE winners announced

October 8th, 2013

2013 AWGIE winners announced

Brett Sheehy announces MTC’s 2014 season – featuring works by Lally Katz and Brendan Cowell.

The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) has announced the nominees for the 46th Annual AWGIE Awards. Among the nominees are: Samantha Strauss, with two nominations for children’s television Nicholas Verso, for short film Lally Katz, for children’s theatre and Trent O’Donnell, with two nominations for comedy narrative “These prestigious accolades celebrate excellence in Australian writing for stage, […]

Lally Katz’s STORIES I WANT TO TELL YOU IN PERSON to open at Malthouse on 9 August

Lally Katz features in the July 2013 issue of The Australian Monthly. MARIA VERSUS THE SERBS appears in the magazine as one of their monthly essays. Read it here

Lally Katz interviewed on Triple J by The Doctor

Lally Katz’s STORIES I WANT TO TELL YOU IN PERSON opens this weekend – written and starring Lally Katz, designed by Ralph Myers and lit by Damien Cooper.

Lally Katz and Reg Cribb nominated for NSW Premier’s Awards

Lally Katz awarded new grant from Australian Writer’s Foundation.

Lally Katz and Angela Betzien nominated for NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

Lally Katz wins the 2012 Victorian Premier’s Award

Lally Katz to participate in Melbourne Festival’s HIVE lab.

Belvoir 2013 season, curated by Ralph Myers, has been announced.

QLD Literary Awards shortlist 2012 announced – Yellow Agency clients nominated

Lally Katz has been nominated in the 2012 Helpmann Awards.

Yellow Agency clients nominated for 2012 AWGIE Awards

View Lally Katz’s trailer for the Sydney Film Festival.

Lally Katz wins the InStyle Women of Style Award

Yellow Creative Management clients nominated for Sydney Theatre Awards

Read the reviews of NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH by Lally Katz.

Lally Katz’s THE EISTEDDFOD nominated in the 2011 Adelaide Theatre Guide Awards.

Union House Theatre is delighted to have Lally as our Writer-in-Residence in the second half of 2011.

Lally Katz’s play THE GOLEM STORY at Malthouse.