Victorian Premier's Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (2020) Winner
S. Shakthidharan
エス・シャクティダラン
S. Shakthidharan
Aliases:
Shakthi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Australia
- Languages
- English, Tamil
- Residence History
- Sydney, Australia
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, director, film director, producer, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 2005-2024
- Affiliations
- Kurinji, Belvoir, CuriousWorks, Co-Curious
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Helpmann Awards | Counting and Cracking | Best Play | Live Performance Australia | Winner |
| 2019 | Helpmann Awards | Counting and Cracking | Best New Australian Work | Live Performance Australia | Winner |
| 2019 | Sydney Theatre Awards | Counting and Cracking | Best Mainstage Production | — | Winner |
| 2020 | Victorian Prize for Literature | Counting and Cracking | — | Victorian Government | Winner |
| 2020 | Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama | Counting and Cracking | — | Victorian Government | Winner |
| 2020 | Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting | Counting and Cracking | — | New South Wales Government | Winner |
| 2015 | NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights | A Counting and Cracking of Heads | — | Theatre Network NSW | Joint Winner |
Helpmann Awards
2019
Work:
Counting and Cracking
Category:
Best Play
Organization:
Live Performance Australia
Result:
Winner
Helpmann Awards
2019
Work:
Counting and Cracking
Category:
Best New Australian Work
Organization:
Live Performance Australia
Result:
Winner
Sydney Theatre Awards
2019
Work:
Counting and Cracking
Category:
Best Mainstage Production
Result:
Winner
Victorian Prize for Literature
2020
Work:
Counting and Cracking
Organization:
Victorian Government
Result:
Winner
Victorian Premier's Prize for Drama
2020
Work:
Counting and Cracking
Organization:
Victorian Government
Result:
Winner
Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
2020
Work:
Counting and Cracking
Organization:
New South Wales Government
Result:
Winner
NSW Philip Parsons Fellowship for Emerging Playwrights
2015
Work:
A Counting and Cracking of Heads
Organization:
Theatre Network NSW
Result:
Joint Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Counting and Cracking
2019 PlayThe play concerns four generations of one Tamil family across Sri Lanka and Australia, from 1956 to 2004. It is inspired by the playwright's own family story.
reconciliationfamilymigrationidentitySri Lankan civil strife
The Jungle and the Sea
2023 PlayCo-written and directed with Eamon Flack, produced by Belvoir.
Stay
2022 PlayPremiered at the 2022 Sydney Festival.
The Bone Sparrow
2022 PlayStage adaptation of Zana Fraillon's novel.
Bibliography
- Counting and Cracking
- Stay
- The Jungle and the Sea
- The Bone Sparrow
- Riz
- Here Out West
- Four Years Later
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Multilingual dialogueEpic family saga
- Recurring Motifs
- Migration experiencesIntergenerational reconciliation
Legacy
A key figure in contemporary Australian theatre, known for stories of migration and multiculturalism. Counting and Cracking won numerous awards and has been performed internationally.
Quotes
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It's a story about reconciliation: between parents and children, between neighbours and enemies, between your new home and your old home, between society and its institutions.
Source: Interview related to Counting and Cracking (2019)
Trivia
- Co-founder and co-director of Kurinji theatre company.
- Former artistic director of CuriousWorks.
- His mother Anandavalli is an internationally renowned dancer, choreographer, and teacher.