BRENDAN HOGAN

Brendan Hogan is a multi-award-winning playwright and theatre-maker from north-east Victoria, who is passionate about writing for young people and communities.

 

He was the winner of the 2026 Martin-Lysicrates Prize for his play Sucks To Be You, and the 2024 Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for The Incomplete Works of Willow Baker. He was the winner of the 2023 AWGIE for Best Theatre for Young Audiences for All The Shining Lights. He was the winner of the 2018 and 2019 Martin-Lysicrates Prize for his plays, Farewell Mr Nippy and The Incomplete Works of Willow Baker, formerly Play Number Four, both of which are currently in development. Gamers for Life was a finalist in 2022, Arty Fyshal in 2023, and Madboyz in 2025. The Incomplete Works of Willow Baker was highly commended for the 2023 Griffin Award. His most recent work, All The Shining Lights, was commissioned by HotHouse Theatre and had its world premiere in November, 2022. The Last Boy on Earth, was performed by the Yackandandah Young Players as part of HotHouse Theatre's 2019 season. His published works for children include, Scaredy-Cat (MICF, 2015), How to Beat a Bully  (2016), The Last Boy on Earth (2019), all of which have been performed by youth ensembles in schools around Australia. In 2020, his monologue, Spiderweb, was one of fifty commissioned by Playwriting Australia as part of their Dear Australia project. He was part of Arena Theatre Company's Bendigo Studio in 2020.