INCUBATOR 2025: PLAY READINGS
QUT Kelvin Grove Campus | Z9 Block - Studio 120
Wed 5 NOV | 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Join us on November 5 for an evening of play readings, showcasing the culmination of works from Playlab Theatre's 2025 Incubator participants. After months of intensive dramaturgical development with multi-award-winning literary manager Kathryn Marquet, five talented playwrights are ready to showcase their year-long efforts. Excerpts of each work will be brought to life by QUT acting students under the direction of Daniel Lammin.
Playlab Theatre's 2025 Incubator Playwrights:
BOGQUEEN by Grace Wilson – At just 20 years old, Grace is an award-winning playwright who won the Queensland Theatre Young Playwrights' Award at 18 and has been a finalist in major awards including the Patrick White Playwrights' Award, Griffin Award, and Queensland Premier's Drama Award—the youngest in history to achieve these accolades.
POPPY CHOPPERS by Kian Dillon – A Meanjin-based theatre maker and Producer at QPAC, Kian co-founded the feminist performance collective T!TS AKIMBO and recently premiered FABLE at the Roundhouse Theatre through La Boite's Assembly program.
REBEL GRRL by Kim 'Busty Beatz' Bowers – A fearless multidisciplinary artist of Xhosa, Chinese, and Indonesian heritage, Busty is the Co-Creator and Writer of the international smash hit Hot Brown Honey, winner of a Helpmann Award and the UK Total Theatre Award for Innovation.
TROLLEY BANDITS by Annabel Gilbert – A playwright and director with a knack for the colourful and quirky, Annabel's work shines a light on darker themes through a feminist lens, encouraging audiences to laugh whilst they ponder their place in this life.
ULCER by Tom Anderson – Actor, writer, and director, currently studying at QUT. Tom recently wrote and directed his debut play, Sickbay and has performed in productions including Ten Pound Poms (Stan and BBC).
About the Program
Incubator provides emerging playwrights with mentorship, workshops, and structured creative time to develop a complete draft of their original work. Playlab continues to provide a serious and sustained investment in the growth of the sector, nurturing emerging playwrights from page to stage and publication.
Presented in partnership with QUT School of Creative Arts Graduate Showcase Festival 2025
FREE EVENT | BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL
