ANDREW BOVELL is a writer renowned for his work in theatre, film, and television. His theatre credits include Song of First Desire (Belvoir), Canción Del Primer Deseo, (Teatro La Abadia, Madrid), Things I Know to Be True (Belvoir St Theatre, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Frantic Assembly, Black Swan Theatre, Teatro Stabile Turino), Anthem (Melbourne Arts Centre, Sydney and Perth Festivals), an adaptation of The Secret River (Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival, Edinburgh Festival, National Theatre London), When the Rain Stops Falling (Brink, Adelaide Festival, Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Almeida Theatre, Lincoln Centre, NYC) His screen credits include, A Most Wanted Man, Edge of Darkness, Blessed, Lantana, based on his award-winning stage play Speaking in Tongues, and Head On. Andrew has received the David Williamson Prize for The Secret River, and the AWGIE Best Stage Play for Speaking in Tongues, Who’s Afraid of the Working Class, Holy Day and When the Rain Stops Falling. This play won Five Lucille Lortell awards in New York, and was named Time Magazines Nest New Play. Lantana won seven AFI Awards, the AWGIE for Best Screenplay, and five Film Critics’ Circle of Australia Awards.