ANGUS CERINI is a writer, performer and theatre maker whose work has toured locally and internationally. His plays include Wretch (winner of the Patrick White Playwrights' Award) and Save for Crying (recipient of an RE ROSS Trust Award and two Green Room Awards for Best New Writing and Best Independent Production). His production of Resplendence for Melbourne Theatre Company's NEON Festival was awarded the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Drama. The Bleeding Tree, upon winning the Griffin Prize, premiered with Griffin Theatre Company and was followed by a return season with Sydney Theatre Company. The Bleeding Tree also won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for drama and the AWGIE Award for Best Play (alongside the David Williamson Prize for excellence in playwriting).