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Emily Steel Emily Steel i(12560292 works by)
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

Playwright.

In 2017, Steel began touring 19 Weeks, a one-woman show written about her decision to have a termination after her baby was diagnosed with Down Syndrome. After playing at Adelaide Fringe in 2017, it played Melbourne Fringe in 2018.

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y separately published work icon Euphoria 2020 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2023 18026439 2020 single work drama

'Meg is busy and she'd rather not be. But sometimes she can't help it. She’s holding a town meeting and her ex-student Ethan is there. He hasn't got a job...he can't help that either. She wants to start a new festival to celebrate everything their little country town has to offer. It’s going to be called “Euphoria”, which means “happiness”. And they should be happy, shouldn’t they?

'With the festival barrelling towards them, Meg and Ethan come face to face with the darkest parts of themselves as the past collides with the present. Based on real conversations between playwright Emily Steel and regional South Australian communities, Euphoria is a gently moving new work that will see audiences come together for a town meeting they’ll never forget.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2022 winner AWGIE Awards Stage Award Community and Youth Theatre
form y separately published work icon 19 Weeks Wales (UK) : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) , 2019 16969871 2019 single work radio play
2019 winner AWGIE Awards Audio
19 Weeks 2017 single work drama

'In 2016, playwright Emily Steel had a termination after her baby was diagnosed with Down Syndrome. This is her story. It’s sad and funny, familiar and surprising, not self-righteous or guilt-ridden but complex and truthful. Come sit by the pool, put your feet in the water, and listen.'

Source: 19weeks.com (https://www.19weeks.com/).

2018 winner Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards Jill Blewett Playwright's Award for the Creative Development of a Play Script by a SA Emerging Writer
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