MATTHEW WHITTET is a writer, actor and dramaturg who has worked extensively in theatre, film and television for the last 26 years. Most recently, Matthew has had two productions of his internationally successful play Seventeen showcased with the Melbourne Theatre Company, and Seymour Centre in Sydney. He has twice been nominated at the AWGIEs for Best Play for Young Audiences, with Girl Asleep (Windmill Theatre Company and Belvoir St Theatre) in 2015 and We Are the Mutable (Queensland Theatre) in 2022. Other plays of his include Kindness (National Institute of Dramatic Arts); Cinderella, Old Man, Silver (Belvoir St Theatre); Fugitive (Windmill Theatre Co and Adelaide Festival) and Big Bad Wolf (Melbourne Theatre Company and Windmill Theatre Co). In 2013, Matthew's play School Dance (Windmill Theatre Co, Adelaide Festival and Sydney Theatre Company) was nominated for a Helpmann Award, in the industry category of Best New Australian Work. Whittet's feature film adaptation of his play Girl Asleep debuted at the Adelaide Film Festival and went on to open the 2016 Generation 14plus Programme at Berlin International Film Festival. It also won The Age Critics' Award for best film at Melbourne International Film Festival, the 2016 CinefestOz Prize, the Australian Film Critics Association award for Best Film and the Seattle Film Festival Grand and Youth Jury Prizes.