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Alana Valentine (born 1961) is an Australian playwright, dramatist, librettist and director working in theatre, film, opera and television.
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Alana Valentine (born 1961) is an Australian playwright, dramatist, librettist and director working in theatre, film, opera and television.
Alana Valentine was born in 1961. [1]
She holds a Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies from the University of Sydney (2000). [2]
Valentine first worked with Vicki Gordon Music Productions to create the First Nations show Barefoot Divas, Walk a Mile in My Shoes. The work premiered at the Sydney Festival in 2012, toured North America in 2014 and was staged at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in 2015.[ citation needed ]
In 2016 Gordon commissioned Valentine and Ursula Yovich to co-write the First Nations rock musical Barbara and the Camp Dogs. This premiered at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney in December 2017, and toured the country in 2019.[ citation needed ]
In 2022 Valentine was commissioned by Neil Armfield to co-write the libretto with Christos Tsiolkas for a modern oratorio about the 1972 murder of George Duncan in Adelaide. With music composed by Joseph Twist, it was performed as Watershed: The Death of Dr Duncan to critical acclaim at the 2022 Adelaide Festival. [3] [4] [5]
Valentine has collaborated as a co-writer and dramaturg with Aboriginal director and choreographer Stephen Page on many productions for Bangarra Dance Theatre.[ citation needed ]
Valentine has been awarded four Australian Writers Guild awards, and has been a recipient of a Churchill Fellowship. She has also received a Centenary Medal for her work on the Centenary of Federation; a Cultural Leadership Grant from the Australia Council for the Arts; and a Literature Fund Fellowship. [2]
Other awards include:
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