YVE BLAKE is a composer, lyricist, playwright and screenwriter born on the lands of the Eora Nation (Sydney, Australia). She wrote the book, music and lyrics for the smash hit musical FANGIRLS. After premiering at Belvoir and Queensland Theatre in 2019, FANGIRLS toured Australia in 2021 before returning in 2022 at the Sydney Opera House. In 2024, FANGIRLS premiered in the UK at the Lyric Hammersmith, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions. FANGIRLS won a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Mainstage Musical and a Matilda Award for Best Musical or Cabaret. Yve’s writing was also recognised with an AWGIE Award for Music Theatre, a Green Room Award for New Australian Writing for Musical Theatre, and, following the UK premiere of FANGIRLS, The Stage x Netflix Debut Award for Best Composer, Lyricist or Book Writer. FANGIRLS also received an ARIA nomination for Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album, and the script is now studied on high school curriculums across three Australian states. Yve is an alumna of the Royal Court Writers’ Programme, was a 2024 Women in Music Australia Soho House Fellow, and has been a visiting artist at Princeton University. She has also developed and presented her work in London at Soho Theatre, Southbank Centre, Old Vic New Voices, the National Theatre Studio, and the Barbican. Currently, Yve is working between the UK and Australia, and developing several new works for stage, film and TV.