Frank Hatherley’s multi-media professional career has covered radio, film journalism, theatre directing, TV drama producing with the BBC, and a London university senior lectureship in media studies. But he has always returned to playwriting, usually comic, often with songs.

During 2006/2010 Frank has written thousands (and thousands) of words for local residents' group Community Action Rozelle, CARz for short, in their objection to two inappropriate inner-city developments in his neighbourhood. See the CARz website at rozelle.e-newsletter.com.au (no www required!).

Here's an interview with Frank, plus photograph of sparky Peninsula Theatre Company cast, that appeared in the Daily Telegraph of 29 May 2007.



Frank is currently still writing his play about the amazing Billy Hughes, Australia's WW1 Prime Minister; and contributing to a suffragette play about Muriel Matters, his first-cousin-once-removed; and 'No Junk Mail', his 10 minute playlet for 2009 Short+Sweet Central Coast, was performed at Woy Woy in September, and it was staged in Short+Sweet Brisbane, too; and...