Glenn Saunders is a Melbourne-based dramaturg and writer.

 

Originally from Sydney, he maintained the theatre-review blog thespellofwakinghours for five years, and holds a Masters in Dramaturgy from Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).

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Highlights include: writer/director/producer/designer: The Book of Ducks for La Mama Explorations 2019; co-writer & dramaturg: LANNY with Remy Prichard for Trinity Grammar School, Kew; dramaturg: A Comprehensive History of Gastric Juice for Remy Prichard/VCA; The Marvellous Life of Carlo Gatti for Cassandra-Elli Yiannacou/Wildefang Productions & TheatreWorks; Besen Family Artist Placement (Bliss, Malthouse); Aleppo for Elias Jamieson Brown/VCA.

Forthcoming: as writer: like me (Someone New Theatre Company); The Girl Who Fell to Earth (La Mama Winter play-reading).

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Equally at home with research and working on new work, his practice seeks to temper darkness with lightness, integrity, compassion, and courage.

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The Book of Ducks is published by Australian Plays Transform.