Melbourne Writers' Theatre

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Robert Chuter - Artistic Director MelBorn 08 Robert Chuter, of Fly on the Wall fame, has been appointed as our Artistic Director for MeBorn 2008. Robert joins MWT with a wealth of theatrical knowledge having worked at the helm of both theatre and film productions locally and internationally. He has been the recipient of the Green Room Award for Best Production, the Premiere’s Literary Award for Drama and is the AAV Australia Award Winner for Best Film Production for his film The Mortal Coil. In recent years Robert has visited Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt and the United Kingdom with a view to presenting new concepts for openair/ site specific theatre which he has evolved nationally in Australia. Robert will be ably assisted by Lachlan Mcleod.
MelBorn08 - Readings of the Top 30 ACOPA - June 9, 10 & 17 - 2008 138 plays submitted from which the final season 11 will be selected. Artistic Director Robert Chuter • Producer Douglas Montgomery • Directors - June 9: Matt Scholten, Robert Chuter June 10: June 17: David Rock, Ensemble for Readings: David Forster, Christopher Pender, Daniel McBurnie, Juliana Clements, Liz McColl, Saskia Post, Jonathan Wood, Nicola Wright, Liam McIntyre, Robynne Kelly, Jason Buckley, Kate Doherty, David Rock, Brenda Palmer, Frances Hutson, Francesca Waters, Michael Wahr, Anthony Winnick, Ray Hare, Margaret Younger, Marc Opitz, Doug Montgomery and Moni Lai Storz.
Ensemble - Monday - June 9th	09 June 2008 Host: ALEX BROUN Foul - Nathan Curnow Space Travel Unlimited - Julia Britton Masterpiece - Dina Ross Drip - Tom Taylor Cate Blanchett Wants To Be My Friend on Facebook - Alex Broun The Letter - Phoebe Hartley Evelina - Colin Ryan The Great Ocean Road- Natalie Faulkner Ticking Boxes - Brooke Fairley A Cup of Sugar - Jane Miller
10 June 2008 Host: ROB GEORGE Caffeinated Love - Tom Smith Cyber - Douglas Montgomery The Diver - Melita Rowston The First Fireworks - Alex Broun The Controlled Use of Heroin - Tracee Evison-Griffith Love Bits - Mark Andrew Love Your Poison - Christine Croyden Unsafe Sex - Cerise de Gelder Duet with a Dictionary - Noëlle Janaczewska The Needle and the Damage Done - Angus Brown	Ensemble - Tuesday - June 10th
Ensemble - Tuesday - June 17th	17 June 2008 Host: RAY MOONEY The Gold Finders - Bruce Nettheim Hunting for a Replica - Brett Steel Love Bomb - David Kemp Nice Night Out - Bruce Shearer The Trick - George Huxley Music of Orpheus - Colin Ryan Sushi Wushi Woo - Kate Toon Empty Vessel - Cath Krejany Ten Years - Therese Cloonan Crossed Lines - Brett Danalake & Iain Triffitt