Robert Reid
As Artistic Director of the independent theatre company Theatre in Decay in Melbourne, Robert’s works include All Dressed Up and No-one to Blow, Screaming in America: The Bill Hicks Project, All of Which are American Dreams, A Mile in her Shadow, Sweet Staccato Rising and Empire.
His works produced by other companies include Pat Sabatine’s Eighth Birthday Party, presented by the Australian Theatre for Young People, The Man Who Had Gout broadcast by 3RRR FM and Portraits of Modern Evil presented by Black Swan BSX. Robert directed Tyranny by Barry Dickens and This is Set in the Future by Glyn Roberts at La Mama.
Robert won the St Martin’s Playwright of the year award in 2000 for Pat Sabatine’s Eighth Birthday Party. His play Empire was given a special commendation by Melbourne Fringe in 2004. He was given the R.E. Ross Trust Playwright Development Award for his play A Mile in her Shadow in 2005 which was workshopped at the final ANPC conference. His play Sad Bird Boy and the Scalpel Fingered Girl won both the Best Independent Theatre Company Prize and the Best Overall Performance Prize at Short and Sweet Melbourne 2005. Portraits of Modern Evil was shortlisted for both the Wal Cherry Award and the Griffin Award in 2007 and The New Black was shortlisted for the Kit Denton Award in 2009.
Robert was an Affiliate Writer at Melbourne Theatre Company in 2006, an Associate Artist at The Storeroom and is currently a PhD candidate at La Trobe University.