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Katherine Thomson is an Australian playwright and screenwriter. Katherine Thomson was born in Manly, New South Wales and began her theatrical involvement as a teenager with the Australian Theatre for Young People. She helped found Theatre South in Wollongong and acted in many of their productions.
Katherine Thomson. Katherine has written and script produced for seasons 4, 5 and 6 of the much acclaimed Seven Network production A Place To Call Home which recently won the 2017 Logie for Most Outstanding Television Drama.
Katherine Thomson is an Australian playwright and screenwriter. Katherine Thomson was born in Manly, New South Wales and began her theatrical involvement as a teenager with the Australian Theatre for Young People. She helped found Theatre South in Wollongong and acted in many of their productions.
The writer discusses: key literary figures; development of her ideas and themes; motivation of her characters; adaptation of the texts; dramaturgy and staging of her plays; social and historical context of her plays; inspirational sources for her plays; tips for young writers.
Katherine Thomson is a dramatist who has also worked as a television scriptwriter. She began her career as an actor with the Australian Theatre for Young People in 1969, and was a founding member of Theatre South in Woolongong.
Katherine Thomson: Katherine Thomson began her career in the Theatre as an actor. For the stage she has written Harbour, Navigating, Diving for Pearls, BarmAIDS, Mavis Goes to Timor and Wonderlands all published by Currency.
'The dissident walks through Katherine Thomson's plays - the whistleblower, the unionist and the activist occupy her stage. We see them in Harbour, Mavis Goes to Timor, and Wonderlands. Katherine talks about her writing process, where the research has led her and where her ideas come from.
