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THE DISMISSAL, lyrics and music by HLA’s Laura Murphy opens August 26, 2023 at the Seymour Centre The Dismissal: Gough Whitlam’s removal from government is the subject of a new muscal (smh.com.au)

MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS, co-written by Keith Thompson, has been nominated for Best Screenplay at the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards! https://writersguild.org.uk/writers-guild-awards-shortlist-2023/?fbclid=IwAR1JZrF0rPpTFe8XTk-g-y7yOAOwU_8rdGY96IXLAYR1it-fhKm4wXgL_kY

Justin Kurzel’s TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG will screen tomorrow at the National Film and Sound Archive.A Q&A with Justin and photographer Matthew Thorne will follow! Tickets available via the NFSA website.

Check out the cast announcement for NORTH SHORE, directed by Gregor Jordan for Beach Road Pictures, for Network 10 and Paramount UK. Production on this six-part crime drama series is underway in Sydney. ‘North Shore’ welcomes John Bradley, Joanne Froggatt, Kirsty Sturgess – IF Magazine

SAVAGE RIVER, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, is a finalist in the #c21media International Drama Awards!

The Arts Foundation’s highest honour, the Icon Award is bestowed to a living circle of twenty of New Zealand’s most significant artists for their extraordinary lifetime achievements and mark on the arts. Read more here: Jane Campion | Arts Foundation Laureate | Arts Foundation (thearts.co.nz)

HLA is proud to announce that we now represent Cinematographer Kieran Fowler NZCS ACS. Kieran’s feature credits include CARNIFEX, TERMINUS, SKINFORD, and SKINFORD: CHAPTER TWO and the Vietnamese thriller DUONG DUA. He has most recently completed photography on SAFE HOME for Kindling Pictures and SBS. His short film work has been met with acclaim, notably, GIANTS, which is nominated for the 2022 AACTA award for Best Short Film and SOULMATE for which he won the Ross Wood Snr ACS Award ...

https://www.tvinsider.com/1067898/irreverent-colin-donnell-trailer-peacock/ Check out the trailer for IRREVERENT, featuring production design by Paul Heath and episodes written by Angela McDonald.

HLA welcomes writer Grace Chapple. A writer for stage and screen, Grace’s NIDA graduate play NEVER CLOSER was met with critical acclaim in Belvoir’s 2022 25A program, and has been shortlisted for the Griffin Award, the Rodney Seaborn Award, longlisted for Theatre503’s International Playwriting Award, a was a finalist in the Shane & Catherine Brennan Playwriting Award. Grace’s writing explores contemporary issues through a retrospective lens. She is drawn to love stories and comedies with tragically authentic outcomes. Grace is ...

GIRLS & BOYS, directed by Kate Champion, is “a masterclass in how theatre can produce the antithesis of the human experience” Girls & Boys: Nikki Shiels delivers the performance of a lifetime (beat.com.au)

The Lovers (Bell Shakespeare) (limelightmagazine.com.au) “THE LOVERS is an exhilarating breath of fresh air and proof positive that Laura Murphy is something of a genius when it comes to writing musicals.”

Review: The Lovers (Bell Shakespeare) | Suzy Goes See “Director Shaun Rennie demonstrates great attention to detail…technical brilliance and exceptional polish”

GIRLS & BOYS, directed by Kate Champion, opens tomorrow night at Melbourne Theatre Company. Book your tickets via the link below. https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/season-2022/girls-and-boys/

Congratulations to director John Sheedy and his short film TARNEIT which has taken out the Iris Prize, Cardiff’s International LGBT Short Film Prize over the weekend. The film was shot by HLA Director of Photography Sky Davies. John Sheedy’s ‘Tarneit’ wins £30,000 Iris Prize – IF Magazine

How relentless rain transformed the ABC’s big new family drama (smh.com.au) SIGNIFICANT OTHERS airs on ABC and iView Sunday nights.

Tickets are available now to see Suzie Miller in conversation with Andrea Durbach.  Live at UNSW on Thursday November 10th, 6:30pm https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/in-conversation-with-suzie-miller-and-andrea-durbach-tickets-423067725957?fbclid=IwAR0Vqfspd8BS1SDn-_Aivzk05bOfmxRwD_gXf1ruCEiFFXWAI9xyhPiWxNY

Check out the official trailer for SHANTARAM, premiering on Apple TV+ October 14th. Cinematography by HLA’s Stefan Duscio.

Goldberg Variations (West Australian Ballet) (limelightmagazine.com.au) “Lighting Designer Matthew Marshall added manna to the action with cleverly-angled spotlights and defining colour.”

Stephen Page has been awarded the 2022 Wendy Blacklock Industry Legend Award at PAC Australia – APAX‘s Impact Awards! This award recognises exceptional, long-time service to the performing arts industry. Congratulations Stephen!

National Theatre Live’s PRIMA FACIE by Suzie Miller has become the highest grossing event cinema release of all time in the UK and Ireland. https://www.screendaily.com/news/minions-2-regains-uk-ireland-box-office-crown-prima-facie-breaks-event-cinema-record/5174099.article

Production on the eight-part series BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE has begin in Brisbane. HLA’s Jocelyn Moorhouse is one of three directors on the series, with cinematography by Shelley Farthing-Dawe. Nina Buxton will join Jocelyn as her directors’ attachment. Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker, Phoebe Tonkin lead ‘Boy Swallows Universe’ cast – IF Magazine

Kasimir Burgess’ FRANKLIN has been nominated for Bet Documentary at the AACTA Awards. Catch it in cinemas from September 4th. Winners & Nominees | AACTA