Eat My Leek Playscripts was founded in 2009 by Queensland playwright, Carolyn Stuart. It provides scripts for both adults and children which are grounded in the realities of life - its daily comedies and mishaps - and its overiding tragedies and delights. Carolyn is a member of Playlab, the Queensland Writers' Centre and the International Centre for Women Playwrights. She is a regular features writer for Border Living, a regional lifestyle magazine. She was the joint winner of Macintyre Writers open
section in 2009 with Keeping Mum and her one-act comedy, 'Love and Lycra' was awarded the People's Choice award at Armidale Favourite Shorts 2010. Her radioplay, Duffers was awarded first Runner-Up in the 2010 Dogwood Initiative: Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition.
"Writing has ... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer."
- HENRIK IBSEN, Speeches and New Letters
Praise for‘Keeping Mum’:
“I'm thrilled to say that I've finally had time to sit down and read ‘Keeping Mum’. Congratulations! You have a voice that people will really enjoy hearing. It's a lovely, very funny read - you've got a real gift for dialogue and character. It taps into something universal and presents a quirky, comic and compassionate take on it, which is a great thing to do. It will elicit groans of delight and recognition from everyone who sees it. You're really onto something here.”
- Elizabeth Coleman (‘Secret Bridesmaid’s Business’)
“The characters you have created are recognizable not only as types; you have given them a recognizable heart, need and intention. It is clear, direct and very funny. Well done!”
- Peter Matheson, freelance Dramaturg
section in 2009 with Keeping Mum and her one-act comedy, 'Love and Lycra' was awarded the People's Choice award at Armidale Favourite Shorts 2010. Her radioplay, Duffers was awarded first Runner-Up in the 2010 Dogwood Initiative: Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition.
"Writing has ... been to me like a bath from which I have risen feeling cleaner, healthier, and freer."
- HENRIK IBSEN, Speeches and New Letters
Praise for‘Keeping Mum’:
“I'm thrilled to say that I've finally had time to sit down and read ‘Keeping Mum’. Congratulations! You have a voice that people will really enjoy hearing. It's a lovely, very funny read - you've got a real gift for dialogue and character. It taps into something universal and presents a quirky, comic and compassionate take on it, which is a great thing to do. It will elicit groans of delight and recognition from everyone who sees it. You're really onto something here.”
- Elizabeth Coleman (‘Secret Bridesmaid’s Business’)
“The characters you have created are recognizable not only as types; you have given them a recognizable heart, need and intention. It is clear, direct and very funny. Well done!”
- Peter Matheson, freelance Dramaturg
Love & Lycra - Winner Armidale's Favourite Shorts People's Choice Award Season 2 2010
Full-length plays
Keeping Mum
Up Close and Physical - Life is a Cabernet
Lights Up! (Musical)
One-act Plays
Love and Lycra (Winner People's Choice Award: Armidale Favourite Shorts 2010)
10-Minute Wonders
Party Plan (new!)
Log Off The (Short) Musical (new!) (Entrant Pint-Sized Plays UK 2010)
Grass Roots (Published, Gemco Players)
Radio Plays
Duffers (Runner-Up Dogwood Initiative: Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition) (new!)
Plays for Young Actors
Eat My Shorts: plays for young actors (Free to download)
Waiting for Wolfo: Theatre Genre in Fairytale (Free to Download)
Up Close and Physical - Life is a Cabernet
Lights Up! (Musical)
One-act Plays
Love and Lycra (Winner People's Choice Award: Armidale Favourite Shorts 2010)
10-Minute Wonders
Party Plan (new!)
Log Off The (Short) Musical (new!) (Entrant Pint-Sized Plays UK 2010)
Grass Roots (Published, Gemco Players)
Radio Plays
Duffers (Runner-Up Dogwood Initiative: Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition) (new!)
Plays for Young Actors
Eat My Shorts: plays for young actors (Free to download)
Waiting for Wolfo: Theatre Genre in Fairytale (Free to Download)
Pantomimes
Christmas Panto's:
A Christmas Caper
Santa is
Lost
How Rudolph's Nose Really Became Red
Captain Christmas Takes on the Aliens (New!)
A Christmas Caper
Santa is
Lost
How Rudolph's Nose Really Became Red
Captain Christmas Takes on the Aliens (New!)
