Vivienne Walshe Vivienne Walshe i(A73365 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Actor and playwright Vivienne Walshe was born in Australia but left for Canada with her parents as an infant. She arrived back in Australia at the age of ten.

Vivienne Walshe studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, graduating in 1997 and has acted on stage and for television. She is a founding member of Hoist Theatre Group.

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2014 shortlisted Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting for 'The Blood in the Suburbs'.
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Awards for Works

form y separately published work icon The Artful Dodger ( dir. Jeffrey Walker et. al. )agent Australia : Sony Pictures Walt Disney Productions Beach Road Pictures Curio Pictures , 2023 24577399 2023 series - publisher film/TV

Based on the character of the same name from Oliver Twist, The Artful Dodger follows Jack Dawkins (the Dodger) following his transportation to Australia. Now a surgeon, he can't shake his predilection for crime. MediaWeek notes that, 'From high-octane heists to life-and-death surgeries, glittering parties to colourful streets, this series is a rock’n’roll tale about the double life of Dickens’ most famous prince of thieves with an Aussie connection.'

Source: https://www.mediaweek.com.au/disney-announces-new-australian-original-content-launching-in-2022-23/ (Sighted: 26/05/2022)
2025 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Television Drama Series
This is Where We Live 2012 single work drama

'Hardened from a life filled with bullies, dead-beat boyfriends and no sense of hope, Chloe uses her sexuality as her armour and her weapon.

'Chris's sexuality is utterly under-used. Always on the wrong side of cool, he's living a very different version of hell.

'But when 'Odd Boy' Chris meets 'Chloe from the Underworld', an intense connection is formed. Suddenly, a different life seems possible.

'Winner of the 2012 Griffin Award, 'This is Where We Live' is a love story that conjures Orpheus leading his Eurydice out from the underworld of small town hell. Francesca Smith unleashes Vivienne Walshe's unique poetic language in this vivid, dark and inventive new Australian play.' (Source: Griffin Theatre website)
2012 winner Griffin Award for New Australian Playwriting
I Shot the Albratross (but I Taught It How to Land) 2006 single work drama
2006 joint winner R. E. Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Award
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