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Yve Blake

Yve Blake is a playwright, screenwriter, and songwriter.

She is best known for writing the Book, Music and Lyrics for the hit musical FANGIRLS, which has been awarded the 2019 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Mainstage Musical
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Yve is best known for writing the Book, Music and Lyrics for the hit musical FANGIRLS, which has been awarded the 2019 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Mainstage Musical. The show was also awarded the 2019 Matilda Award for Best Musical or Cabaret, 2020 AWGIE award for Music Theatre, 2021 Green Room award for New Australian Writing for Musical Theatre, and also scored an ARIA nomination for Best Original Soundtrack or Musical Theatre Cast Album. After premiering at Belvoir and Queensland Theatre in 2019, FANGIRLS returned in 2021 for a national tour, and returned by demand in 2022 at the Sydney Opera House. In 2024, FANGIRLS will premiere in the UK at the Lyric Hammersmith, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions.

Yve is an alumni of the Royal Court Writers’ Programme, and was the inaugural recipient of the ATYP Rebel Wilson Theatre-maker scholarship. She is also a 2024 Women in Music Australia Soho House Fellow, and has been a visiting artist at Princeton University. She's also developed and presented her own work in London at Soho Theatre, Southbank Centre, Old Vic New Voices, the National Theatre Studio and The Barbican. Her 2019 TEDxSydney talk about Fangirls has been promoted to an official TED talk on TED.com, where it has been viewed more than 1.4 million times.

She is currently developing a screen adaptation of Fangirls with Fremantle, a movie musical for Mark Gordon Pictures, a new spooky musical, and various other projects. For more info, head to yveblake.co

Podcast and Online Content

TEDxSydney : Why are Fangirls Scary?
Herself
TED Talk2019

Theatre and Live Performance

FANGIRLS Musical
Writer & Lead Performer
Queensland Theatre Company & Belvoir 2019
Fangirls - Keynote talk and Concert
Writer / Creator / Performer
Women of the World Festival, Southbank Centre2018
Foreign Bodies - Development showcase
Writer
Princeton University2018
Fangirls - London Industry Showcase
Writer / Creator / Performer
Barbican Centre2017
Fangirls - Los Angeles Industry Showcase
Writer / Creator / Performer
Australian Theatre Company 2017
Fangirls -Sydney Industry Showcase
Writer / Creator / Performer
Australian Theatre for People2016
Lie Collector
Writer / Performer
The Vaults Festival2015
Lie Collector
Writer
Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival2015
Lie Collector
Comedy Performer
Pleasance, Edinburgh Fringe Festival2015
THEN
Writer / Performer
VAULT 20142014
Sugar Sugar
Writer
MKA Theatre of New Writing Melbourne2014
THEN
Writer / Performer
Soho Theatre2014
THEN
Writer / Performer
Battersea Arts Centre2014
THEN
Writer / Performer
Australia New Zealand festival of Literature and Arts2014
Royal Court Writers Programme Training
Writer
2013 — 2014
Moreish
Writer / Performer
Bush Theatre London2013
The Finish Line
Writer / Performer
Roundhouse London2013
Shape Of The Impossible
Deviser/Performer
The National Theatre Shed2013
Am I Good Friend?
Writer / Performer
Sydney2012
Am I Good Friend?
Writer / Performer
Melbourne2012
Am I Good Friend?
Writer / Performer
Adelaide Fringe2012
Am I Good Friend?
Writer / Performer
Edinburgh Fringe2012
The One Sure thing
Co-writer
Australian Theatre for Young People2011

Awards

Australian Writers Guild
WINNER : Music & Theatre Category
2020
Sydney Theatre Awards
Fangirls Musical : WINNER : Best Production of a Maistage Musical
2020
Nominee
Les Enfants Terribles Award
2013
Playwriting Australia - Kicking Down the Door
Winner
2010

News

Yve Blake's Fangirls announced as part of the Belvoir season at Sydney Town Hall 2019

12th September 2018

Belvoir has just announced the 2019 season at Sydney Town Hall including Yve Blake and her new musical Fangirls

Yve Blake has been awarded the AYTP Rebel Wilson Scholarship!

30th January 2017

Congratulations to Yve Blake, who has been awarded the AYTP Rebel Wilson Scholarship, and is currently writing the music, lyrics and book to a brand new musical

Yve Blake awarded ATYP's Rebel Wilson Scholarship!!

11th April 2016

Full press release from ATYP, available here, below: After a month of reading through more than 90 applications each, Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) international ambassadors Rose Byrne and Rebel Wilson are excited to announce the winners of their respective scholarships

Five and Four star reviews for Yve Blake's new show: Lie Collector

17th February 2015

Yve Blake's brand new show opened last week at the Vaults Festival and is getting a great response from the critics