James Elazzi James Elazzi i(15438236 works by)
Gender: Male
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Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2022 shortlisted Silver Gull Play Award for 'Miriam'.
2019 shortlisted Silver Gull Play Award for 'Son of Byblos'.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Queen Fatima 2021 Fortitude Valley : Playlab , 2024 20804920 2021 single work drama

'Fast approaching 31, Fatima is feeling the pressure from her bakery owning family to get married and have children. Her boyfriend, Karim, wants their relationship to remain secret. His high-flying, lawyer parents definitely wouldn’t approve of the match. In an effort to prove to Karim and his family she is worthy of his love, Fatima comes up with a plan to win Queen Lebanon Australia. Moonia, the pageant organiser, accepts Fatima because this year she wants a ‘diverse group of girls’ and Fatima is unlike anything the competition has seen before.

'With the help of her 74 year-old best friend Gada and her coffee cup readings, Fatima goes through a transformation that not even she expected.'

Source: National Theatre of Parramatta.

2022 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
y separately published work icon Son of Byblos 2020 Fortitude Valley : Playlab , 2022 19748001 2020 single work drama

'Adam has everything under control. As each day passes and he knows what to expect: Casual sex when he wants it, his traditional Lebanese parents wrapped around his finger and the only person he can be his true self with, his cousin Claire, right by his side. He has a grip on it all and is content.

'Until Claire announces her engagement to a man abroad in Lebanon. Claire, just like Adam, is gay.

'With their truce shaken, Adam begins to lose his grip, little by little. Sex isn’t getting him high any more and his parents start asking questions he hasn’t prepared answers to. His culture and sexuality clash and his truth becomes a beast the lies he’s used to telling won’t contain any longer.'

Source: Belvoir Street Theatre.

2023 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
y separately published work icon Lady Tabouli 2019 Fortitude Valley : Playlab , 2024 17481073 2019 single work drama

'Unapologetic, piercing and deliciously funny-until-it’s-not, Lady Tabouli is James Elazzi‘s unflinching clash of cultures and a searing look at how expectations can eat away at us until we decide to change the rules.

'It’s the day of his nephew’s baptism and Danny is godfather. Living back home with his religious Lebanese mother, he’s thrown into the maelstrom of preparations and high emotions: God forbid this christening comes second to the Boustanis’! The family can’t afford to lose face, especially with Danny recently and mysteriously calling off his engagement. But secrets will out, and amidst the sugared almonds and balloon deliveries, Danny discovers the true colours of those to whom he’s closest. Where do you turn when the people you love refuse to accept the truth?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
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