Originally from Queensland, Aedan Whyatt's experience in the Australian public service and in international relations influenced his work as a playwright. He received Australia Council for the Arts support to develop 'Horizons of the Yet Unborn' (2006) and 'Anti-Clockwise' (Write in Your Face Initiative 2008), both plays dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Whyatt also received funding from Arts Queensland and Australia Council for the Arts to write 'The Silence' [originally entitled 'I, Witness'], a play exploring the Rwandan genocide. In 2005 Whyatt received an Australian Young Achievers Award in the Arts. In 2010 Whyatt was an affiliate writer with the Street Theatre, Canberra.
Source: 'Winners of Street Theatre Commissions', ArtsHub website www.artshub.com.au (sighted 09/03/2010)
