STAGES Episode 633: KATIE POLLOCK

<p>Katie Pollock is an award-winning Australian playwright, screenwriter, dramaturg, editor, producer, and television development executive whose work spans theatre, radio, and screen.</p><p>Her extensive body of work for the stage includes <em>People Inside Me</em>, <em>Human Activity</em>, <em>Rough Trade</em>—a solo work which she also performed—<em>Normal</em>, <em>The Becoming</em>, <em>The Hansard Monologues</em> (<em>Age of Entitlement</em> and <em>A Matter of Public Importance</em>), <em>Blue Italian/Nil by Sea</em>, <em>The Blue Angel Hotel</em>, <em>A Quiet Night in Rangoon</em>, <em>A Girl Called Red</em>, and numerous short plays, including contributions to <em>The Curve</em>, produced by Critical Stages.</p><p>For radio, Katie has written <em>Beetroot: a bloody journey through roots and belonging</em>, <em>Nil by Sea</em>, <em>Contact</em>, <em>O is for Oxygen</em>, and <em>Blue Italian</em>.</p><p> Her work has been produced by a diverse range of companies and organisations including the ABC, Apocalypse Theatre, Bakehouse Theatre/KXT, Canberra Youth Theatre, Casula Powerhouse, Critical Stages, Eastside FM, Hothouse Theatre, Merrigong Theatre, Museum of Australian Democracy, New Theatre, Newtown Theatre, Old 505 Theatre, Redline Productions, Seymour Centre, Site &amp; Sound Festival, subtlenuance, Sydney Fringe Festival, Tamarama Rock Surfers, Theatre Works, and The Street.</p><p>Alongside her writing career, Katie works as a dramaturg, editor, producer, and development executive for television, and is a co-director of The Wallace Co-op theatre collective. Her plays <em>Rough Trade</em>, <em>Normal</em>, and <em>The Curve</em> are published by Currency Press, with other works available through Australian Plays Transform.</p><p>Through her distinctive and thought-provoking writing, Katie Pollock has established herself as a significant and versatile voice in contemporary Australian storytelling.</p><p>From August 5th, her play <em>People Inside Me</em> plays a season at the Flight Path Theatre run in Sydney.</p><p><em>The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).</em></p>