Raimondo Cortese

Raimondo Cortese has written over thirty plays, including Features of Blown Youth, Roulette, St Kilda Tales, Holiday and The Child. Holiday won a 2007 Green Room Award for Best Australian Writing. His plays have been presented in over twenty countries. He was a founding member of Ranters Theatre, serving as Artistic Director from 1994 to 2001. Raimondo was the recipient of a 2010 Australian Leadership Award and the inaugural Patrick White Fellowship from Sydney Theatre Company in 2011. He also writes fiction and for film. He is Senior Lecturer, Master of Theatre Writing, VCA, University of Melbourne.