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Katherine Lyall-Watson Katherine Lyall-Watson i(A74852 works by)
Born: Established: 1968 ;
Gender: Female
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Katherine Lyall-Watson has been an editor at the Queensland Writers Centre, a freelance writer and a reviewer. She has managed Brisbane's Better Bookshops and has also worked as a bookseller at Avid Reader.

Lyall-Watson is the niece of South African-born natural history writer Lyall Watson.

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y separately published work icon Boy, Lost 2022 Fortitude Valley : Playlab , 2023 25441394 2022 single work drama

'Boy, Lost is a true story of a boy’s lifelong search for his mother.

'Adapted from Kristina Olsson’s award-winning memoir, Boy, Lost is a dynamic new production by Queensland Theatre’s 2020 resident company, Belloo Creative. A true story of a boy snatched from his mother’s arms and their journey back to one another, this is an ultimately uplifting story of survival.

'Travelling down the train tracks of the east coast of Australia and spanning fifty years, the play ricochets from post war Brisbane to Cairns and Sydney as it follows one boy’s life long search and a family’s journey from loss to redemption.

'Told in Belloo Creative’s signature style of fluid storytelling and physicality, Boy, Lost combines dramatic storytelling and nuanced music theatre to create a testament to the tenacity of the human spirit.

'From the book by Kristina Olsson
'Adapted for the stage by Katherine Lyall-Watson' (Production summary)

2022 winner Matilda Awards Best New Australian Play
2022 shortlisted Matilda Awards Best Independent Production
y separately published work icon Hanako : Desire & Other Secret Weapons 2016 Fortitude Valley : Playlab , 2018 10640009 2016 single work drama

'Come on an electric, cross-cultural journey with the award-winning theatre-makers behind Motherland.

'HANAKO plunges the audience into the hyper-realistic fantasy of a young Japanese girl journeying from the pages of a traditional Noh play into an imagined future-world as she attempts to escape the control of two warring adults from East and West, past and present.

'Traditional Japan collides with contemporary urban culture, music, anime and fashion as the audience follows Hanako on her precarious journey into the future.'

2016 nominated Matilda Awards Best Independent Production
y separately published work icon Motherland 2012 Brisbane : Playlab , 2013 Z1933520 2012 single work drama

'Motherland tells the story of Nell Tritton, whose family owned the landmark Tritton's Furniture Store in George St, and who fell in love with exiled former Russian prime minister Aleksandr Kerensky while travelling in France in the 1920s. The play encompasses adultery, war, love, bisexuality and death.'

(Source: Courier Mail, 22 April 2013, p.11)

2012 shortlisted Patrick White Playwrights' Award
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