Playlab is a not-for-profit script development and playwright development agency, funded by the Queensland State Government, through Arts Queensland. Playlab Press is a part of Playlab Inc and is Australia's second largest publisher of theatre and new work for performance.

More than 70 texts have been published since 1978, and the current Playlab Press catalogue provides a wide selection of contemporary new texts for performance, study or pleasure. Playlab receives operational funding from the Queensland Government and project funding from the Australia Council.

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Congratulations to the Varuna Winners!

A big congratulations to the three successful applicants for a Varuna/Playlab residency at the Varuna Writers House in Katoomba, New South Wales: Tamara Whyte, Melissa Cantwell, and Sven Svenson. To find out more about Varuna, visit the Varuna website

** PLAYLAB PRESS PLAYWRIGHT NOMINATED FOR AWGIE! **

Born and bred Tasmanian playwright Tom Holloway has been nominated for the prestigious Australian Writers Guild Award, the AWGIE, for his unforgettable and touching play Beyond the Neck. Published by Playlab Press, Toms haunting play follows the aftermath of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.

Aged 17 at the time of the tragedy, Tom was so profoundly affected by the event that he was moved to write Beyond the Neck. Based on in-depth-interviews, the story is set ten years later and explores the power of community and recovery.

'This is such an important story and I think it is really important that is being told,' Tom has said of his work.

Nominated for the Stage category for the AWGIEs, Beyond The Neck was also one of five plays short-listed from over four hundred entries for presentation at the Royal Court Theatre London in 2007.

Leo Butler of the Royal Court Theatre has praised Beyond the Neck calling it a 'remarkable play': 'Tom is an authentic, original and exciting new playwright.'

The winners of the AWGIEs will be announced at the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne on Friday 15 August 2008.

Copies of Beyond the Neck are currently available for $19.95 from Playlab Press. Click here to access the catalogue: [read more] or phone us on +61 7 3220 0841 to order.