Yve Blake
Career
Yve Blake was born in Sydney, Australia, and as a teenager took drama classes at Australian Theatre for Young People. After moving to England to study at Central School of Speech and Drama, Blake dropped out and developed her play Sugar Sugar as part of the Royal Court Theatre's Young Playwright's program. The play had its Australian premiere in Melbourne in 2014.{{Cite web |last=Blake |first=Elissa |date=2015-05-22 |title=Yve Blake: from Australian Theatre for Young People to world domination |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/yve-blake-from-australian-theatre-for-young-people-to-world-domination-20150519-gh50pr.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} That year, her next play Then sold-out at London's Vault Festival,{{Cite web |last=Carroll |first=Lisa |date=2014-03-01 |title=Review: Then, Vault Festival |url=https://www.ayoungertheatre.com/review-then-vault-festival-yve-blake/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=A Younger Theatre |language=en-GB}} and she returned to the Vault in 2015 with Lie Collector, a musical comedy.{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=William |date=2015-01-21 |title=Tunnel vision: musical comedian Yve Blake on her new show Lie |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/tunnel-vision-musical-comedian-yve-blake-on-her-new-show-lie-collector-at-the-vault-festival-9992099.html |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Evening Standard |language=en}} Then was later performed in Australia by the Australian Theatre for Young People.
In 2019, Blake premiered her musical Fangirls at Queensland Theatre. The musical won the 2019 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Mainstage Musical, the Matilda Award for Best Musical or Cabaret, the 2020 AWGIE Award for Music Theatre,{{Cite web |date=13 July 2021 |title=FANGIRLS Q&A with Yve Blake |url=https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/community/content-hub/together-with-you/videos/fangirls-qa-on-demand |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Arts Centre, Melbourne}} and was recognised for New Australian Writing for Music theatre at 2022's Green Room Awards.{{Cite web |last=Kaufmann |first=Michael |date=12 July 2022 |title=2022 Green Room Awards announced |url=https://limelightmagazine.com.au/news/2022-green-room-awards-announced/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Limelight |language=en-AU}}
Productions
- Prince Willy (2012){{Cite web |date=28 March 2013 |title=Walk on the Wild Side |url=https://www.countryarts.org.au/news/walk-on-the-riverlands-wild-side/ |access-date=18 May 2023 |website=Country Arts}}
- Am I Good Friend? (2012){{Cite web |title=Yve Blake |url=https://www.pbjmanagement.co.uk/artists/yve-blake |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=PBJ Management |language=en}}
- The Finish Line (2013)
- Moreish (2013)
- Sugar Sugar (2014)
- Then (2014)
- Lie Collector (2015)
- Fangirls (2019)
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