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MAXINE
MELLOR
ABOUT MAXINE
Playwright | Brisbane | Australia
Inspired by nature, oddballs, and difficult questions.
Maxine is an award-winning playwright of over twenty works for the stage. Recent awards include the 2012/2013 Queensland Premier's Drama Award, Inscription's Edward Albee New York City Residency Scholarship, 2012, and the Max Afford Playwright's Award, 2014.
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Recent productions include new versions of The Wind in the Willows for La Boite Theatre, The Wizard of Oz (Danger Ensemble/La Boite Theatre Company), and Trollop for Queensland Theatre Company.
Her work has been performed nationally and internationally and is published by Playlab Press and the Australian Script Centre.
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Maxine Mellor is an audacious talent with an apparently boundless imagination and will to explore the nooks and crannies of humanity.
Stage Noise, 2010
Mellor’s writing is rich and rhythmic
Sydney Morning Herald, 2006