The Rio Tinto Black Swan Commissions
Through collaboration with our Principal Partner, Rio Tinto, Black Swan has created a research and development wing of the company that offers commissions, dramaturgy and workshops for new work. The new work that is created through the commissioning program takes various forms. Occasionally, Black Swan offers a substantial commission to a writer of national stature to deliver a script that we are convinced, based on the writer’s track record, will go straight to the main stage. Other writers are offered a commission because we would like to see how they intend to develop an idea that intrigues us or because we would like to foster an ongoing relationship and we want the playwright to continue writing.
Black Swan’s commission of Kate Mulvany resulted in the 2009 production of The Web. Writers currently under commission include Reg Cribb, Matt Dyktynski, Aiden Fennessy, Hannie Rayson, Hilary Bell and Bill McCluskey. We look forward to sharing the fruits of their work with you over the coming years!