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. 2005 looks like being a good year for Frank. Manly Mates gets a 6-week November/December run at the New Theatre, Newtown, Sydney; My Henry Lawson is touring with the Actors' Forum; The Merry Widow from Bluegum Creek plays at Marie Clark Theatre in Adelaide and a brand-new musical for which he has written the book and co-written the lyrics gets its professional world premiere under his direction in Sydney in August. More news about this one soon. Click on one of the shows below for more details: