About
Eat My Leek Playscripts was founded in 2009 by Queensland playwright, Carolyn Stuart. It provides scripts for both adults and children which are grounded in the realities of life - its daily comedies and mishaps and its overriding tragedies and delights.
Carolyn is a playwright and features writer. Her play Keeping Mum was produced at the Browns Mart Theatre in Darwin, and her three 10 minute plays, Grassroots, Folly, and Love and Lycra were produced by the Gemco Players Community Theatre at The Gem in Emerald, Victoria and the Gold Coast Little Theatre. Under a commission from Performing Arts Goondiwindi Inc, she wrote the script for a comic cabaret, Let’s Get Physical, performed at Gourmet in Gundy Festival in Goondiwindi and her one-act comedy, 'Love and Lycra', was awarded the People's Choice award at Armidale Favourite Shorts 2010. Her feature articles have appeared in Border Living Magazine, and her regular column, ‘Between You & Me’, published in Goondiwindi Argus.
'Keeping Mum’ and the short story ‘The One That Stays’ won the Macintyre Writer‘s open section in 20009 and 2019 respectively and her radio play, ‘Duffers’ was awarded Runner-Up in Dogwood Initiative: Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition 2010.
Carolyn honed her craft at various professional workshops including Queensland Writer’s Conferences and Auckland University workshops and was educated at Otago University and the Dunedin College of Education. Carolyn's plays for high school students, Waiting for Wolfo and others were performed at Ayr State High School in 2002 and her various Christmas pantomimes have been produced by Performing Arts Goondiwindi where she may have featured as the naughty elf.
She is a proud member of Playlab and the International Centre for Women Playwrights. www.womenplaywrights.org/
Carolyn is a playwright and features writer. Her play Keeping Mum was produced at the Browns Mart Theatre in Darwin, and her three 10 minute plays, Grassroots, Folly, and Love and Lycra were produced by the Gemco Players Community Theatre at The Gem in Emerald, Victoria and the Gold Coast Little Theatre. Under a commission from Performing Arts Goondiwindi Inc, she wrote the script for a comic cabaret, Let’s Get Physical, performed at Gourmet in Gundy Festival in Goondiwindi and her one-act comedy, 'Love and Lycra', was awarded the People's Choice award at Armidale Favourite Shorts 2010. Her feature articles have appeared in Border Living Magazine, and her regular column, ‘Between You & Me’, published in Goondiwindi Argus.
'Keeping Mum’ and the short story ‘The One That Stays’ won the Macintyre Writer‘s open section in 20009 and 2019 respectively and her radio play, ‘Duffers’ was awarded Runner-Up in Dogwood Initiative: Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition 2010.
Carolyn honed her craft at various professional workshops including Queensland Writer’s Conferences and Auckland University workshops and was educated at Otago University and the Dunedin College of Education. Carolyn's plays for high school students, Waiting for Wolfo and others were performed at Ayr State High School in 2002 and her various Christmas pantomimes have been produced by Performing Arts Goondiwindi where she may have featured as the naughty elf.
She is a proud member of Playlab and the International Centre for Women Playwrights. www.womenplaywrights.org/
Praise for ‘Keeping Mum’:
"I'm thrilled to say that I've finally had time to sit down and read ‘Keeping Mum’. Congratulations! You have a voice that people will really enjoy hearing. It's a lovely, very funny read - you've got a real gift for dialogue and character. It taps into something universal and presents a quirky, comic and compassionate take on it, which is a great thing to do. It will elicit groans of delight and recognition from everyone who sees it. You're really onto something here.”
- Elizabeth Coleman (‘Secret Bridesmaid’s Business’)
“The characters you have created are recognizable not only as types; you have given them a recognizable heart, need and intention. It is clear, direct and very funny. Well done!”
- Peter Matheson, freelance Dramaturg
"Laughed cried and remembered"
"Didn't stop laughing!"
"Absolutely brilliant show!!!"
"Haven't laughed so much in a long time."
"I went to this wonderful show last night. It has been years since I laughed so hard. You did my heart good!"
Plays
Full-length plays
Radio Plays
Duffers (Runner-Up Dogwood Initiative: Australia's Richest Radio Play Writing Competition) (new!)
One-act Plays
Love and Lycra (Winner People's Choice Award: Armidale
Favourite Shorts
2010)
10-Minute Wonders
Grass Roots (Winner Little Gems, published and Performed Gemco Players 2011)
Folly (new!) (Winner Little Gems, published and performed Gemco Players 2013)
Party Plan (new!)
Log Off The (Short) Musical (new!) (Entrant Pint-Sized Plays UK 2010)
Folly (new!) (Winner Little Gems, published and performed Gemco Players 2013)
Party Plan (new!)
Log Off The (Short) Musical (new!) (Entrant Pint-Sized Plays UK 2010)
Plays for Young Actors
Eat My Shorts: plays for young actors (Free to
download)
Waiting for Wolfo: Theatre Genre in Fairytale
(Free to Download)
download)
Waiting for Wolfo: Theatre Genre in Fairytale
(Free to Download)
Pantomimes
Christmas Panto's:
Santa Baby Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2012
A Christmas Caper Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2009
Santa is Lost Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2008
How Rudolph's Nose Really Became Red Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2010
Captain Christmas Takes on the Aliens (New!) Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2011
Santa Baby Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2012
A Christmas Caper Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2009
Santa is Lost Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2008
How Rudolph's Nose Really Became Red Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2010
Captain Christmas Takes on the Aliens (New!) Performed by Performing Arts Goondiwindi 2011