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In this episode of The Aside, we talk with Alana Valentine — playwright, director, and librettist known for turning real-life stories into powerful theatre. Sections of her 2008 play Watermark appear on the 2025 VCE Theatre Studies monologue list. We discuss the play, it's development and we dive into design possibilities as well.

Her book Bowerbird also includes insights into the development of Watermark and can be purchased here: https://www.currency.com.au/books/auto-biography/bowerbird-the-art-of-making-theatre-drawn-from-life/