12th – 18th March 2025
T H E S T A B L E S
Meat Market Melbourne
In this celebration of the monologue, to be directed by Jennifer Munday
and presented across seven nights in a double-bill Season
with the 2025 Amethyst Award-winning play Lyceum Highway,
we will be showcasing
TEN original, bold, beautiful
MONOLOGUES
written by playwrights from Melbourne Writers’ Theatre
SHOWCASE #1 12th – 14th March
- ‘Til Death Do Us Part by Louise Hopewell, performed by Nick Steain
- Snakes and Ladders by Donna de Palma, performed by Janine McGrath
- Off the Grid by Maree Collie, performed by Katrina Mathers
- The Most Alive Part of Me by Peter Farrar, performed by Amir Rahimzadeh
- The Night Market by Gary Helmore, performed by Marc Opitz
SHOWCASE #2 15th – 18th March
- PATCHWORK by Ros Varley, performed by Marc Opitz
- Cissy by Karyn Lee Greig, performed by Melanie Hillman
- The Drowning by Fiona Corke, performed by Tony Adams
- Buddy by Michael Olsen, performed by Tony Adams
- Juana Reina by Barbara Yazbeck, performed by Sarah Hamilton
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Limited tickets will also be available at the theatre door until 6.15pm each night.
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to everyone who submitted a script for consideration in Metropolis Monologues 2025.
We received a vast number of high-quality entries, making selection a difficult task.
We look forward to showcasing more new monologues in 2026.
2025 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
* Monologues must be 8 – 10 minutes in length.*They may be written on any theme.
*Your monologue must be previously unproduced.
*Your name may NOT appear on the title page, or on the title page.
*Each writer may submit ONE entry only.
*Writers must be resident in the state of Victoria, and hold citizenship or PR status.
*Writers must be current members of Melbourne Writers’ Theatre – or join MWT at the time of submitting.
*Please email your script as a PDF – together with a 50w synopsis – to melbournewriterstheatre@gmail.com
*All submitting writers will be advised of the selection outcome by Friday 13th December.
