Aidan Fennessy Aidan Fennessy i(A23442 works by)
; Died: Ceased: 13 Sep 2020
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Aidan Fennessy was the co-founder in 1992 of Chameleon Theatre (Melbourne). As well as being a drama writer, he directed for theatre and film, and had been writer-in residence with the Melbourne Theatre Company.

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y separately published work icon The Heartbreak Choir 2020 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2022 17258226 2020 single work drama

'In this backwater country hamlet on the fringes of the commuter belt, the local choir was always the quiet heartbeat of the town. It brought people together. But then a devastating event shattered everything and split the town in two. Now, Choir leader, Barbara, and her friends must start a new choir – The Heartbreak Choir – and they have a lot to prove. Not just to the town, but to themselves. With no basses, no gigs, no Annual Arts and Culture Festival and a tentative rehearsal space in the old CFA Hall on the edge of town, this choir, more than ever, need to find a reason to sing.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2023 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards — Production : Theatre - Companies
2023 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards — Direction : Theatre - Companies
2023 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards — New Writing for the Australian Stage
y separately published work icon The Architect 2018 Brisbane : Playlab , 2021 13965229 2018 single work drama

'Suffering from a serious illness, Helen is forced to hire a carer while her devoted partner takes a short overseas trip. Fiercely independent, she concedes to the deal by hiring the least likely candidate; a young, unqualified, homeless tradie called Lennie, with a dangerous past. As their different worlds collide, an extraordinary bond is formed across the cultural taboos of age and class and a tragic pact takes shape.'

Source: Melbourne Theatre Company 2018 season.
2019 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards — Production : Theatre - Companies
2019 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards — Direction : Theatre - Companies
2019 nominated Victorian Green Room Awards — Writing/Adaptation for the Australian Stage
National Interest 2012 single work drama 'Aidan Fennessy, a member of MTC's Season 2012 Programming Team and an MTC Associate Director since 2008, charts the story of his extended family, the Stewarts, whose twenty-one-year-old son Tony Stewart was one of the Balibo Five. This is one of Australia's most controversial issues, and Fennessy explores it through the eyes of those to whom justice matters the most. Julia Blake stars as Tony Stewart's mother.

On 16 October 1975, five Australian-based journalists, Greg Shackleton, Tony Stewart, Gary Cunningham, Malcolm Rennie and Brian Peters, were murdered on assignment in the town of Balibo, East Timor, at the hands of the Indonesian military. The journalists had been sent by their networks to investigate decolonisation in East Timor and the threat of invasion by neighbouring Indonesia.

It took one month for the parents of the journalists to learn that their children were missing and another month to confirm that they were killed. After two official inquiries (1999 and 2007), those responsible for the murder of the Balibo Five have still not been prosecuted.' (Source : http://www.au.timeout.com/melbourne/theatre/events /1797/national-interest )
2012 winner Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — People's Choice Award
2012 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Drama
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