

HILARY AUSTIN
Dip Hyp CS, Adv Dip CP
PLAYWRITING
ENOUGH
Short Play ‘Enough’ – won the 2020 Playwriting Festival run by Contexture Theatre.
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It explores the dysfunctional and co-dependant relationship between a mother and son. Billy Janes is angry and violent, and, fuelled by alcohol and drugs, pushes his mother, Maggie Janes, to make a heart-breaking decision. The full length play is a work in progress and was due to be showcased at the finals of the 2021 festival (on hold at the moment due to COVID-19).
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MOVE ALONG
Radio Play
Radio Play ‘Move Along’ is set in 2012. The Metropolitan Police Service has been instructed by The Home Office to perform Operation Trafalgar, an initiative to remove homeless people off the streets before the visitors arrive for the Olympics. Whilst going about his duty, PC Paul Wright meets Len Palmer, a homeless man whose tragic story challenges Paul’s belief in himself and fundamentally changes the course of his life.