C R E A T I V E
Writer
[stage + screen]
Kathryn Marquet is an award-winning playwright and actor with a passion for saving the planet. In 2024 she won the Shane and Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting (Stage category) for Aurochs, that same year the play was also shortlisted for the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award . Her other plays include: The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek (Playlab/La Boite); The Owl and the Pussycat (Little Match/Commonwealth Games); Pale Blue Dot (La Boite); Furious Creatures (Queensland Premier’s Drama Award Finalist); The Grand Ragtag Animal Band (Little Match); The Secret Garden (Dead Puppet Society/Queensland Theatre Young Artist Ensemble); and she was invited to write a monologue in the form of a metaphorical postcard entitled Dear Australia for Playwriting Australia as a reflection on the COVID lockdown.
As an actor, Kathryn has worked extensively in Australian theatre, film, and television for La Boite, Queensland Theatre, Playlab, Bell Shakespeare, Elbow Room, and many other independent companies. She performed in the recent feature Don’t Tell, Channel Ten’s Secrets and Lies, and the ABC miniseries Sisters of War.
Other awards and nominations include: Matilda Awards: Best Emerging Artist (winner); Best Supporting Actor – The Crucible (nominated); Lord Mayor’s Award for Best New Australian Work – Pale Blue Dot (nominated); Best MainStage Production – Pale Blue Dot (nominated); Melbourne Green Room Awards: Best Ensemble – Prehistoric (winner).
Notable positions include: Playwright In Residence, Playlab, 2017; Playwright in Residence, La Boite, 2013; Associate Artist, Queensland Theatre, 2011-2013; Emerging Artist, QT, 2009. Training: USQ (Acting); UQ (Playwriting).
She is currently writing the screenplay of A Pale Blue Dot in conjunction with Apocalypse Films and developing an iconic Australian play into a musical.