December 15, 2011

Shellakybooky First Past the Post!!!!

By suehealy

My Radio Play Wins First Prize

Yeeessss! My radio play, ‘Shellkybooky’ has won first prize in the Annual Sussex Playwright’s competition – a national comp run from Brighton. A nice cheque and presentation of play is on the way… : ) Whatever else, 2011 has been a bumper year for my writing! BTW ‘shellakybooky’ is a Waterford word for a snail… and the play centres round a Liverpudlian Irish family of expats in Budapest Hungary and their son’s secret life as a graffiti enthusiast…

About suehealy

From Ireland, Sue Healy is Literary Manager at the Finborough Theatre, London, a full-time Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Lincoln, a Creative Writing tutor at City Lit and the Irish Editor at TheTheatreTimes.com. In addition to her academic work, Sue is an award-winning writer for stage, TV, and prose writer. Her current project, a 6x60minute TV series, is under option. Her most recent stage-play, Imaginationship (2018), enjoyed a sold out, extended run at the Finborough and later showed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough. Her previous stage productions include Cow (Etcetera Theatre, 2017) and Brazen (King’s Head Theatre, 2016), funded by Arts Council England. Sue’s short plays have been performed at the Criterion (Criterion New Writing Showcase), Arcola (The Miniaturists) and Hackney Attic (Fizzy Sherbet Shorts). Her radio work includes nine plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (Opening Lines winner), WLRfm and KCLR96fm. Sue’s prose has won The Molly Keane Award, HISSAC Prize, Escalator Award, Meridian Prize and has been published in nine literary journals and anthologies including: The Moth, Flight, Tainted Innocence, New Writer, Duality, HISSAC, New European Writers. She has been writer-in-residence on Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, and at the Heinrich Boll Cottage on Achill Island. She has also benefitted from annual artist residencies at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and at Ginestrelle, Assisi in Italy. An academic with a PhD in modern theatre history, specifically the Royal Court Theatre, Sue has presented her research internationally. She spent eleven years in Budapest, editing Hungary A.M. She has a PhD in modern theatre history (Royal Court Theatre) and is a UEA Creative Writing MA alumnus. View all posts by suehealy

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24 responses to “Shellakybooky First Past the Post!!!!”

Miriam
December 15th, 2011 at 13:44

Congratulations!

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richard vereker
December 15th, 2011 at 13:53

must be all de blaas bouy ! sorry geirel ! an de learge bohhles dowen de towen.

richard in waterford

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- suehealy
  December 15th, 2011 at 13:55
  
  :))
  
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artfulhelix
December 15th, 2011 at 14:28

That’s fantastic, congratulations!

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mrsbongle
December 15th, 2011 at 15:16

Well done!

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Gillian Colbert
December 15th, 2011 at 15:21

Congratulations!

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SusanWritesPrecise
December 15th, 2011 at 16:32

Excellent!

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Diane
December 15th, 2011 at 17:07

Well done and many congratulations – what a lovely pre-Christmas present – Diane

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adalamar
December 15th, 2011 at 17:15

Yay! Huge congrats!!

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Kathleen
December 15th, 2011 at 17:43

Awe! I’m so excited for you!! I absolutely relish your writing and guidance, so the recognition is going to someone who really deserves it! What an interesting concept too! YIPPEE!

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ibdesignsusa
December 15th, 2011 at 18:06

Congratulations and agree that it’s a great pre-Christmas gift!

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Dawn Pisturino
December 15th, 2011 at 19:32

Congratulations!

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Mary
December 15th, 2011 at 21:21

Wonderful news. Congratulations!

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The harem's master
December 16th, 2011 at 10:44

As we old hippies used to say; right on, right on, right on! Congrats!

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Diego Serrano
December 16th, 2011 at 12:56

Am happy for you.

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wordsfromthemoon
December 16th, 2011 at 21:06

Congrats on all your writing success!

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willofheart
December 16th, 2011 at 23:30

Congratulations…. 🙂

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Ben Naga
December 17th, 2011 at 20:45

Congratulations!

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Susannah Bianchi
December 17th, 2011 at 22:50

Happy for you. To be recognized is a huge thing.

Susannah Bianchi

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karenlee thompson
December 17th, 2011 at 23:22

Congratulations Sue.
The play sounds wonderful. Well done.

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Lee
December 21st, 2011 at 18:51

Congratulations, Sue! I’ll have a glass of bubbly in your honor today. 🙂

(And I want to see more of what the graffiti artist is working on in the pic you posted.)

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Candice Nolan
December 27th, 2011 at 20:04

hum – best pull my finger out in 2012 and get some recognition too! Well done Sue

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slightly irregular me
November 6th, 2016 at 17:42

Just listened online. Loved it. So entertaining. Relevant and very funny. “My tongue is not long enough to tell you how much I suffered.” or “I feel like I’ve been sprayed from a can. I feel alive!” That’s a line I would love to repeat to someone (with due credit, of course). Looking forward listening to your other plays. Thanks for brightening my Sunday. Bendy Boy — that’s a new one I haven’t heard before LOL

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- suehealy
  November 6th, 2016 at 17:55
  
  Thank you very much, that’s lovely praise. It’s heartening to think my writing has added to someone’s day. x
  
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